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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Glenn Maxwell to Mohammad Rizwan. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Marsh.
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Glenn Maxwell to Mohammad Rizwan. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep cover for 2 runs, fielded by Hazlewood.
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Glenn Maxwell to Mohammad Rizwan. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Cummins.
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FOUR! Mitchell Starc to Saud Shakeel. Full toss, outside off stump moves in front Scoop, well timed in the air under control past fine leg for 4 runs.
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Mitchell Starc to Saud Shakeel. Short, outside off stump on the back foot Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Inglis.
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Mitchell Starc to Saud Shakeel. Half volley, off stump on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Labuschagne.
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FOUR! Mitchell Starc to Saud Shakeel. Off cutter back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs.
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Wide Mitchell Starc to Saud Shakeel. Off cutter short, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Inglis.
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Mitchell Starc to Saud Shakeel. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Smith.
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