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 Mitchell Marsh. Off cutter back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pushing, to point for no runs, fielded by Nawaz.
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6.4
Shaheen Afridi to Mitchell Marsh. Length ball, to leg on the back foot pushing, to point for no runs, fielded by Nawaz.
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Shaheen Afridi to Mitchell Marsh. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pushing, to point for no runs, fielded by Shafique.
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6.1
Shaheen Afridi to Mitchell Marsh. Slower length ball, down leg side on the front foot defending, to point for no runs, fielded by Shafique.
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5.6
Hasan Ali to David Warner. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to deep backward square leg for 2 runs, fielded by Mir.
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FOUR! Hasan Ali to David Warner. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep point for 4 runs.
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Hasan Ali to David Warner. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, hit pad to fourth slip for no runs, fielded by Shafique.
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Hasan Ali to David Warner. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
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Hasan Ali to Mitchell Marsh. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, thick edge to third man for 1 run, fielded by Mir.
Warner dropped on 10
That was an awful drop! There are just no excuses, he doesn’t even get his hands to that delivery.
Usama Mir has been drafted into the team for this match, Warner has skied that high and I don’t know how he hasn’t caught it.
Australia have a let off and Pakistan have missed a golden opportunity to get Warner out for just 10
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