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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Wide Haris Rauf to Marcus Stoinis. Slower length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan.
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Haris Rauf to Marnus Labuschagne. Half volley, middle stump on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for 1 run, mis-fielded by Nawaz.
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FOUR! Haris Rauf to Marnus Labuschagne. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, well timed in the air under control past long off for 4 runs.
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Haris Rauf to Marnus Labuschagne. Bouncer, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, missed for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
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Shaheen Afridi to Marnus Labuschagne. Length ball, to leg on the back foot cutting, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by ul-Haq.
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Shaheen Afridi to Marcus Stoinis. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot flick, in the air under control to deep mid wicket for 1 run.
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FOUR! Shaheen Afridi to Marcus Stoinis. Slower length ball, to leg on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control past deep backward point for 4 runs.
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Shaheen Afridi to Marnus Labuschagne. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot working, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Mir.
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Shaheen Afridi to Marnus Labuschagne. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pulling, hit pad to short leg for no runs.
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