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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Mohammad Nawaz to David Warner. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Shakeel.
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FOUR! Mohammad Nawaz to David Warner. Stock length ball, down leg side on the back foot sweeping, well timed in the air under control past deep square leg for 4 runs.
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Mohammad Nawaz to David Warner. Stock length ball, middle stump on the back foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Shakeel.
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Hasan Ali to Mitchell Marsh. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep cover for 1 run.
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Hasan Ali to Mitchell Marsh. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs.
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APPEAL! Hasan Ali to Mitchell Marsh. Back of a length, outside off stump down the track working, hit pad to silly point for no runs, fielded by Ahmed, appeal made for L.B.W.
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Hasan Ali to Mitchell Marsh. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Shakeel.
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SIX! Hasan Ali to Mitchell Marsh. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs.
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Mohammad Nawaz to Mitchell Marsh. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Mir.
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Mohammad Nawaz to Mitchell Marsh. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to point for no runs, fielded by Azam.
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