Australia vs Pakistan LIVE: World Cup result and reason as David Warner and Adam Zampa star in 62-run win
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Australia beat Pakistan by 62 runs in a high-scoring World Cup group game on Friday to get their campaign back on track with a second straight win thanks to centuries from their opening pair of David Warner and Mitchell Marsh.
Pakistan won the toss and put Australia in to bat but skipper Babar Azam’s hopes of taking early wickets quickly evaporated when Warner (163) and Marsh (121) went all guns blazing to put on a 259-run stand.
But the rest of Australia’s batting order collapsed with the last six wickets falling for 38 runs while Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi finished with 5-54.
In response, Pakistan’s Abdullah Shafique (64) and Imam-ul-Haq (70) laid the platform for the chase with a 134-run opening partnership but the rest of the top order failed to build on promising starts as they were bundled out for 305.
Spinner Adam Zampa was the pick of the Australia bowlers as he cleaned up the middle order to finish with figures of 4-53 to move Australia up to fourth -- level with fifth-placed Pakistan on four points but with a better net run rate.
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Usama Mir to David Warner. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the back foot cutting, Gloved in the air uncontrolled to backward point for 1 run, fielded by Shakeel.
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OUT! Caught. Shaheen Afridi to Glenn Maxwell. Length ball, outside off stump deep in crease Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long off, caught by Azam.
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OUT! Caught. Shaheen Afridi to Mitchell Marsh. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot flick, inside edge in the air uncontrolled to short fine leg, caught by Mir.
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SIX! Shaheen Afridi to Mitchell Marsh. Off cutter back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control over deep backward square leg for 6 runs.
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Shaheen Afridi to David Warner. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot Steer, outside edge to third man for 1 run.
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Shaheen Afridi to Mitchell Marsh. Off cutter length ball, down leg side on the front foot Slog, hit pad to point for 1 run, fielded by Shafique.
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SIX! Shaheen Afridi to Mitchell Marsh. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled over long off for 6 runs.
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Usama Mir to David Warner. Googly length ball, to leg on the back foot pushing, to point for no runs.
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FOUR! Usama Mir to David Warner. Leg spinner half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep extra cover for 4 runs.
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