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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Haris Rauf to David Warner. Off cutter length ball, down leg side on the back foot glancing, to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Afridi.
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Haris Rauf to Mitchell Marsh. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep cover for 1 run.
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Haris Rauf to David Warner. Length ball, down leg side on the back foot glancing, to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Afridi.
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Haris Rauf to David Warner. Short, down leg side ducked Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
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Wide Haris Rauf to David Warner. Bouncer, wide down leg side ducked Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan.
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SIX! Haris Rauf to David Warner. Off cutter length ball, down leg side on the front foot slog sweeping, well timed over fine leg for 6 runs.
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Usama Mir to David Warner. Googly half volley, off stump down the track driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Afridi.
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Usama Mir to Mitchell Marsh. Leg spinner half volley, down leg side on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by ul-Haq.
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Usama Mir to David Warner. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to backward point for 1 run, fielded by Rauf.
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