Australia Openers David Warner and Mitchell Marsh scored centuries to beat Pakistan by 62 runs in a crucial ODI World Cup match on Friday.
In the match played in Bengaluru, Australia batted first and scored 367 runs for the loss of nine wickets.
Pakistan openers Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafiq also gave the team a good start but the batting line-up of the latter could not show any special performance.
Today, Australian openers Warner and Marsh gave Australia a great start, adding 259 runs and laying the foundation for the win.
The Pakistani bowlers looked helpless against both the openers and got their first success in the form of Marsh in the 34th over who scored 121 runs and was caught out by Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Warner played an excellent innings of 163 runs off 124 balls. He faced 124 balls and hit nine sixes and 14 fours. He was caught out by Haris Rauf in the 43rd over.
Australia looked to be in a position to score 400 runs at one point, but Pakistan’s bowlers restricted them to 367 runs in the final overs, taking consecutive wickets.
On behalf of Pakistan, Shaheen took five wickets for 54 runs, while Haris got three wickets and Osama Mir got one wicket.
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Pakistan’s innings got off to a good start as Imam (70 runs) and Abdullah (64 runs) combined to score 134 runs in the 22nd over.
However, after the top three wickets fell for 41 runs, Pakistan fell away from the path of victory.
Rizwan definitely showed resistance by scoring 46 runs, but he could not get the support of the rest of the batsmen.
The entire team returned to the pavilion at 305 in the 46th over due to intermittent wickets.
Australian spinner Adam Zampa took four wickets for 53 runs while Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pete Cummins and Marcus Stoins got two wickets each.
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2024-10-02 21:45:34
