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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Shaheen Afridi to Pat Cummins. Length ball, off stump on the front foot Slog, inside edge to point for no runs, fielded by Ahmed.
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Shaheen Afridi to Adam Zampa. Full toss, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep backward point for 1 run, mis-fielded by ul-Haq.
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Wide Shaheen Afridi to Adam Zampa. Back of a length, off stump on the back foot glancing, Play and Miss (Leg Side) for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan.
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OUT! Caught. Shaheen Afridi to Josh Hazlewood. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, outside edge, caught by Rizwan.
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OUT! Caught. Shaheen Afridi to Mitchell Starc. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long off, caught by Shakeel.
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Haris Rauf to Mitchell Starc. Full toss, middle stump on the front foot driving, to mid off for 1 run, fielded by Azam.
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Haris Rauf to Pat Cummins. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, inside edge to short fine leg for 1 run, run save by Afridi.
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Haris Rauf to Mitchell Starc. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Nawaz.
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OUT! Caught (Sub). Haris Rauf to Marnus Labuschagne. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control to deep mid wicket.
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