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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Adam Zampa to Mohammad Nawaz. Googly length ball, to leg on the back foot pushing, mis-timed to silly mid on for no runs.
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Adam Zampa to Mohammad Rizwan. Leg spinner half volley, middle stump on the front foot working, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Starc.
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Josh Hazlewood to Mohammad Nawaz. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, hit pad to point for no runs, fielded by Smith.
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Josh Hazlewood to Mohammad Rizwan. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep square leg for 1 run.
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Josh Hazlewood to Mohammad Nawaz. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Smith.
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Josh Hazlewood to Mohammad Rizwan. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to backward point for 1 run, fielded by Stoinis.
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Adam Zampa to Mohammad Nawaz. Leg spinner length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Inglis.
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OUT! L.B.W. Adam Zampa to Iftikhar Ahmed. Googly length ball, off stump on the back foot pushing, hit pad.
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Adam Zampa to Iftikhar Ahmed. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, in the air under control to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Labuschagne.
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