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Australia vs Pakistan

AUS vs PAK ODI Match 18, ICC Cricket World Cup, 2023 - Match Info

Match 18

Bengaluru

367/9 (50.0)

305/10 (45.3)

Australia beat Pakistan by 62 runs

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Player of the match

David Warner - AUS

Match Summary

Player of the Match

David Warner

AUS - Batter

Runs

163(124)

S/R

131.45

367/9 (50.0 overs)

Top Batter

Top Bowler

305/10 (45.3 overs)

Top Batter

Top Bowler

Detailed Commentary

All

Wickets

4s

6s

AUS

PAK

That is it from this game. Valuable two points for Australia. We have two games lined up for Saturday, 21st of this month. Netherlands will take on Sri Lanka while England will face South Africa later on. Join us at 10.30 am IST (5 am GMT) and early on for the build up. Cheers.

Pat Cummins says it was a great win. Adds the opening stand set the tone and it was the type of cricket they wanted to play. Shares it is tough to bowl at this ground but the bowlers need to stick to get wickets. Mentions Zampa showed his class. Tells the benchmark is set from the last two games and are looking forward to the next game.

Babar Azam says they were not up to the mark in the field and with the ball as well. Adds the margin of error is very small. Reckons he is happy the way they bowled in the last 15 overs. Reckons they need few partnerships in the middle over. They had a few today but were small ones. Hopes to get things done in the next match.

David Warner is the Player of the Match. He says the groin is a little bit sore but feels fine. Adds it was pleasing to put on a stand with Marsh, once they got the pace of the wicket, they targeted their bowlers. Reckons he backed his skills. Believes he was one bit of luck away from scoring runs. Tells he talked with Marsh to bat deep and then go big in the backend. Feels there is still a lot to work in their team. States it is in his DNA to run hard between the wickets.

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Australia didn't bowl well at the start. Just like Pakistan, they were sloppy and dropped catches but a quick turnaround saw the game tilt towards the Aussie team as Marcus Stoinis and Adam Zampa turned things with quick wickets. Adam Zampa though was the pick of the lot with four wickets. While batting, it was a carnage from Mitchell Marsh and David Warner. Both put on a stand of 259 and put Pakistan completely off. That opening stand tired the Pakistani team who didn't recover quickly after the beating. Pakistan will be disappointed with not just their bowling but fielding as well.

Both the innings were quite similar in this game. The openers laid the foundation for both of them. Pakistan though were under pressure as they had to chase a humongous target. The openers did the job by giving a blistering start. Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq fell in quick succession after scoring respective fifties. However, Pakistan failed to hold the momentum as the other batters got off to a start but didn't stay out for a long period of time. Mohammad Rizwan looked solid along with Iftikhar Ahmed but once both fell, Pakistan fell apart and it was all over.

Job done by the Aussies. It was not an easy victory as Pakistan were in it for a long period of time but Australia bowled well in the middle and death phase to get the job done. Two wins for Australia after their sloppy start to the campaign.

305/10 (45.3)

70 (71)

64 (61)

4/53 (10)

2/40 (5)

Over 46

W

4

0

Shaheen Afridi*

10 (8)

Haris Rauf

0 (1)

Pat Cummins

2/62 (7.3)

PAK

305/10

Over 45

0

W

4

0

1

4

Haris Rauf*

0 (1)

Shaheen Afridi

6 (5)

Mitchell Starc

1/65 (8)

PAK

301/9

Haris Rauf is the last man in.

Over 44

0

0

0

4

0

1

Hasan Ali*

4 (5)

Shaheen Afridi

1 (3)

Josh Hazlewood

1/37 (10)

PAK

292/8

Hasan Ali walks out now to bat.

Over 43

W

0

6

1b

1

2

Mohammad Nawaz*

14 (16)

Shaheen Afridi

0 (2)

Adam Zampa

4/53 (10)

PAK

287/8

Over 42

0

W

0

1

2

0

Shaheen Afridi*

0 (1)

Mohammad Nawaz

5 (11)

Josh Hazlewood

1/32 (9)

PAK

277/7

Match Details

Date & Time:

20th Oct 2023, 2:00 PM

Match Number:

Match 18

Match Results:

AUS Won By 62 runs

Head to Head

Just the right stats to help you determine which team statistically has the upper hand

PAK vs AUS

*Last 3 years

7

No. of Matches

4

PAK

3

AUS

0

Tie

Last Overs

over 46

0

4

W

Runs 4

over 45

4

1

0

4

W

0

Runs 9

over 44

1

0

4

0

0

0

Runs 5

over 43

2

1

1

6

0

W

Runs 10

over 42

0

2

1

0

W

0

Runs 3

Venue/Pitch Details

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Neutral

Not Available

Not Available

1st Batting Average

Highest Score Chased

No. of Matches

Won by team

1st Batting

%

2nd Batting

%

Wicket Split

Pacer

| W

Spin

| W

Match Officals

Umpire:

Chris Brown (NZ), Richard Illingworth (ENG)

Third Umpire:

Michael Gough (ENG)

Match Referee:

Sir Richie Richardson (WI)