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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FOUR! Haris Rauf to Mitchell Marsh. Length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past long on for 4 runs.
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Wide Haris Rauf to Mitchell Marsh. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, Play and Miss (Leg Side) for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan.
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Haris Rauf to David Warner. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot Steer, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Mir.
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FOUR! Haris Rauf to David Warner. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed in the air under control past deep backward point for 4 runs.
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Iftikhar Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh. Off break length ball, off stump on the back foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
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Iftikhar Ahmed to Mitchell Marsh. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to short mid wicket for no runs.
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Iftikhar Ahmed to David Warner. Off break length ball, off stump on the back foot working, to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by ul-Haq.
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Wide Iftikhar Ahmed to David Warner. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan.
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Iftikhar Ahmed to David Warner. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to cover for no runs, fielded by Nawaz.
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