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Australia vs Pakistan, 18th Match at Bengaluru, Oct 20, 2023,
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Printed on: Oct 21, 2023
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Openers David Warner and Mitchell Marsh hammered tons whereas Adam Zampa claimed 4 wickets as Australia thumped Pakistan by 62 runs in match quantity 18 of the 2023 World Cup on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday, October 20. With their second consecutive win, the Aussies moved as much as fourth place within the factors desk whereas Pakistan slipped to fifth.
Pakistan gained the toss and opted to bowl first within the match. Nonetheless, the transfer backfired as Warner (163 off 124) and Marsh (121 off 108) added a mammoth 259 runs, the second-highest opening partnership within the historical past of the World Cup. Pakistan needed to pay an enormous worth for his or her slack fielding. Warner may have been out as early because the fifth over as he top-edged a pull off Shaheen Afridi. Usama Mir, nevertheless, dropped a sitter, and, in hindsight, the match at mid-on.
Warner and Marsh have been accomplished dominant on the Pakistan bowling after the early reprieve as boundaries got here at will. Warner was the primary one to achieve three figures, his twenty first ODI ton. On the different finish, Marsh celebrated his thirty second birthday together with his second one-day hundred.
The good stand was damaged when Marsh flicked Afridi to brief tremendous leg, the place Mir took a pointy catch this time. Glenn Maxwell perished for golden attempting to tackle Afridi from the phrase go. Steven Smith’s poon run continued as he chipped a return catch to Mir, having made 7 off 9.
Warner and Marcus Stoinis added (21) added 41 for the fourth wicket. The partnership was damaged when the previous’s good knock got here to an finish. He tried to go after Haris Rauf (3/83) however ended up being caught within the deep. Afridi continued Pakistan’s struggle again and accomplished a five-fer by dismissing Stoinis and a few decrease order batters. Finally, Australia completed with 367/9 after trying good for 400 at one stage.
Pakistan acquired off to a promising begin within the huge chase as openers Abdullah Shafique (64 off 61) and Imam-ul-Haq (70 off 71) added 134 runs for the primary wicket. Nonetheless, Stoinis despatched each of them again to the pavilion. Zampa (4/53) then had Babar Azam (18) brilliantly caught by Pat Cummins, diving to his proper at midwicket. Saud Shakeel (30), Iftikhar Ahmed (26) and Mohammad Rizwan (46) all acquired begins, however couldn’t keep on.
Zampa trapped each Iftikhar and Rizwan leg earlier than. The wickets saved crumbling after that as Pakistan have been bowled out for 305 in 45.3 overs. The tip got here when Afridi (10) was caught within the deep off Cummins (2/62).
–By A Cricket Correspondent
