Match Details
Date & Time:
20th Oct 2023, 2:00 PM
Match Number:
Match 18
Match Results:
AUS Won By 62 runs
Australia beat Pakistan by 62 runs
Player of the match
David Warner - AUS
Player of the Match
367/9 (50.0 overs)
Top Batter
Top Bowler
David Warner
163(124)
Mitchell Marsh
121(108)
Shaheen Afridi
5-54(10)
Haris Rauf
3-83(8)
305/10 (45.3 overs)
Top Batter
Top Bowler
Imam-ul-Haq
70(71)
Abdullah Shafique
64(61)
Adam Zampa
4-53(10)
Marcus Stoinis
2-40(5)
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)
Over 46
W
4
0
Shaheen Afridi*
10 (8)
Haris Rauf
0 (1)
Pat Cummins
2/62 (7.3)
PAK
305/10
W
45.3
Pat Cummins to Shaheen Afridi ,OUT! GONE! The skipper finishes the job. This is short and outside off. Afridi again pulls but flat and to deep mid-wicket where Marnus Labuschagne takes it in the deep. Australia win by 62 runs.
4
45.2
Pat Cummins to Shaheen Afridi ,FOUR! SMASHED AWAY! Shorter and on middle, Afridi hangs back and pulls it over to mid-wicket for a boundary.
0
45.1
Pat Cummins to Shaheen Afridi ,Length ball, outside off. Afridi cuts and misses.
Over 45
0
W
4
0
1
4
Haris Rauf*
0 (1)
Shaheen Afridi
6 (5)
Mitchell Starc
1/65 (8)
PAK
301/9
0
44.6
Mitchell Starc to Haris Rauf ,On a length and on middle, Rauf nudges it to mid-wicket.
Haris Rauf is the last man in.
W
44.5
Mitchell Starc to Hasan Ali ,OUT! GONE! Something to cheer for Starc! Bowls it short and on middle, Ali gets across to pull but gets a faint edge to the keeper who makes no mistake.
4
44.4
Mitchell Starc to Hasan Ali ,FOUR! A full toss on off. Ali swings and edges it away to third man for a boundary.
0
44.3
Mitchell Starc to Hasan Ali ,Short in length and outside off, Ali leaves it alone again.
1
44.2
Mitchell Starc to Shaheen Afridi ,A bumper on middle, Afridi pulls it to square leg for a single.
4
44.1
Mitchell Starc to Shaheen Afridi ,FOUR! It has been that kind of night for Starc. Tries the yorker but bowls a full toss, outside off, Afridi smokes it through covers.
Over 44
0
0
0
4
0
1
Hasan Ali*
4 (5)
Shaheen Afridi
1 (3)
Josh Hazlewood
1/37 (10)
PAK
292/8
0
43.6
Josh Hazlewood to Hasan Ali ,A bumper to end the over, on leg. Ali sits again and lets it go.
0
43.5
Josh Hazlewood to Hasan Ali ,This is short and outside off. Ali swings and misses it.
0
43.4
Josh Hazlewood to Hasan Ali ,A length ball, outside off. Ali gets across to paddle it but misses.
4
43.3
Josh Hazlewood to Hasan Ali ,FOUR! A length ball on middle, Ali swings and connects well, hits it past mid on for a boundary.
0
43.2
Josh Hazlewood to Hasan Ali ,A bumper on middle, Ali sits under it.
1
43.1
Josh Hazlewood to Shaheen Afridi ,Length and on off, this is tapped to point for a single.
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
W
42.6
Adam Zampa to Mohammad Nawaz ,OUT! STUMPED! Adam Zampa loved that one. He gets his fourth and final wicket of the day. Flat and outside off, slower one and was the googly. Mohammad Nawaz comes down the track to defend but gets beaten and Josh Inglis gets the job done behind.
0
42.5
Adam Zampa to Mohammad Nawaz ,A googly, outside off. Nawaz has a poke at it but misses.
6
42.4
Adam Zampa to Mohammad Nawaz ,SIX! HIT HARD! Too full and on middle, Nawaz stands tall and hammers it over long on for a biggie.
1b
42.3
Adam Zampa to Shaheen Afridi ,How has that missed the stumps? Flighted on middle, full and Afridi looks to slog but misses. it bounces over the middle pole.
1
42.2
Adam Zampa to Mohammad Nawaz ,Too full and on middle, Nawaz works it to long on for a single.
2
42.1
Adam Zampa to Mohammad Nawaz ,Fuller and outside off, Nawaz sweeps it to the left of long on for a couple.
Over 42
0
W
0
1
2
0
Shaheen Afridi*
0 (1)
Mohammad Nawaz
5 (11)
Josh Hazlewood
1/32 (9)
PAK
277/7
0
41.6
Josh Hazlewood to Shaheen Afridi ,A length ball on middle, Afridi blocks it out.
W
41.5
Josh Hazlewood to Usama Mir ,OUT! GONE! Josh Hazlewood gets a wicket for his consistency. Short ball, targeting the body. Mir tries to fend it away but gets a top edge to fine leg where Starc takes it.
0
41.4
Josh Hazlewood to Usama Mir ,Drops it short and on off. Mir looks to pull but misses.
Date & Time:
20th Oct 2023, 2:00 PM
Match Number:
Match 18
Match Results:
AUS Won By 62 runs
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
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
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
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Chris Brown (NZ), Richard Illingworth (ENG)
Third Umpire:
Michael Gough (ENG)
Match Referee:
Sir Richie Richardson (WI)