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.

Australia vs Pakistan LIVE: ODI World Cup updates

• Pakistan have won the toss and chosen to field
• David Warner scored 50 after being dropped on 10
• Mitchell Marsh scores 50 from 40 deliveries
• Warner scores 100
• Mitchell Marsh scores 100
• Wicket! Marsh out for 121 - Australia 259-1
• Wicket! Maxwell out 0 - Australia 259-2

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Adam Zampa to Iftikhar Ahmed. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump down the track Late Cut, to short third man for 1 run, fielded by Hazlewood.

20 October 2023 17:01

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Adam Zampa to Iftikhar Ahmed. Googly length ball, middle stump on the back foot pushing, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Cummins.

20 October 2023 17:00

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Marcus Stoinis to Iftikhar Ahmed. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to mid on for 1 run, fielded by Cummins.

20 October 2023 16:59

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Marcus Stoinis to Iftikhar Ahmed. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Labuschagne.

20 October 2023 16:58

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Marcus Stoinis to Mohammad Rizwan. Off cutter half volley, middle stump on the back foot flick, to deep square leg for 1 run.

20 October 2023 16:57

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FOUR! Marcus Stoinis to Mohammad Rizwan. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the back foot slog sweeping, bottom edge in the air uncontrolled past fine leg for 4 runs.

20 October 2023 16:57

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Marcus Stoinis to Iftikhar Ahmed. Full toss, to leg on the front foot working, to deep square leg for 1 run.

20 October 2023 16:56

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SIX! Marcus Stoinis to Iftikhar Ahmed. Off cutter back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, well timed in the air under control over long off for 6 runs.

20 October 2023 16:55

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Pat Cummins to Iftikhar Ahmed. Off cutter short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Labuschagne.

20 October 2023 16:54

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SIX! Pat Cummins to Iftikhar Ahmed. Length ball, off stump deep in crease Slog, well timed in the air under control over deep backward square leg for 6 runs.

20 October 2023 16:53