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Best performances - Batsmen

DA Warner
DA Warner
163(124) 14x4 - 9x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 32 runs
  • 6x4 - 0x6
14 8 15 18 47 18 5 38
MR Marsh
MR Marsh
121(108) 10x4 - 9x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 21 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
5 0 7 23 24 26 13 23

Best performances - Bowlers

Shaheen Shah Afridi
Shaheen Shah Afridi
O10
M1
R54
W5
Eco5.40
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
A Zampa
A Zampa
O10
M0
R53
W4
Eco5.30
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-18.00, Second Session 18.00-21.30

Match days

20 October 2023 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Australia 2, Pakistan 0

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Ekanth and Danyal

Another what-could-have been performance from Pakistan. Australia continue their upward surge. The tournament will hit 20 games tomorrow. So, it's hotting up. A few ebbs and flows to go, let's hope there are some close games along the way. For now, it's goodbye from me, Ekanth, my report-writing co-commentator, Danyal Rasool, and our scorers, Chandan Duorah and Ranjith P.

Shalabh: "Historically ODIs have rarely been close contested. Maybe it is perpetual T20 hangover which forces to expect close contest every time."

Pat Cummins, Australia captain: That was great. Pretty tough playing here but good to get a win. Proper from the openers, it set the tone and we want to take the game on like that. The key in ODIs is to carry on. You get one breakthrough and it looks tough for the next guy. Batting for long, like our openers did, was great. Zampa has been awesome. Showed his class, he's a wicket-taker. Babar and Iftikhar were big wickets. We're coming off two wins and have a three or four-day break before the next game. Can take a couple of days off, then get into work. We've set the benchmark in the last two games and gotta keep that going.

Babar Azam, Pakistan captain: First 34 overs in the bowl and field cost us. We dropped Warner and such batters don't spare you. This is a big-scoring ground and we missed our mark. Credit to quicks and spinners for coming back in the last 15, who hit their lengths and the stumps. Message for the batters ahead of the chase was that we can do it. We've done it and the ball comes well under lights. We started well. We got small partnerships but needed big ones in the middle overs while chasing a 350+ score. Honestly, we have to get up to the mark in the first ten overs with ball and partnerships in the middle with bat.

Anjan: "Australia- 19 and Pakistan - 6, the no. of sixes determined the outcome of the match."

Karthik: "My theory about more one-sided or large defeats in this worldcup is due to removal of strike rotation when a wicket falls, this has allowed bowling teams to put pressure on new batsman straightaway."

Aqeel: "Everytime a wicket falls, I keep checking if no-ball is being checked. What's the rule? How de we know if no-ball will be checked?" The third umpire checks it

David Warner, POTM The groin is okay. Just a bit sore, all cramps at the moment. Stand with Marsh with awesome. Once we got the pace of the wicket, we tried to set it up for the incoming batters. Committing and batting my skills was pleasing. Had a good hit yesterday. It helps when you hit it off the middle, and playing on this ground as well. Marsh and I tried to bat till 35 and we thought we could go big in the back half. We need to work on going big at the end though. It's what you do as a team. Every run's valuable. Part of my DNA is running fast between the wickets. Stoinis struck with his bumpers and Cummins also went into the pitch to get the well-set Shakeel and the burgeoning 57-run stand. Pakistan have lost their last five wickets for 36 runs, which is a worrying pattern in a tournament where NRR can play a key role. But it's their bowling that'd probably hurt more.

10:07pm Another game that's not close, although it threatened to be. Imam and Shafique gave Pakistan a great start, with that 134-run opening stand, but Stoinis came in to nip them out. Zampa ensured that the batters in the middle order getting set couldn't go big. In the end, that was the difference: Australia got two hundreds and Pakistan two fifties. Wickets-wise, Zampa getting Babar out on the pull by cramping him for room was striking, as was having Rizwan pinned in front after the batter went across for the sweep. Mz: "2019 was a very similar match, dropped catches and middle order collapse by Pakistan." Yeah, someone mentioned that earlier comment too I think

Andy C: "Surely Shaheen will get his sensible head on here and try to shepherd 20 off the last 5 rather than slog and get out?" Um...

45.3
W
Cummins to Shaheen Shah Afridi, OUT, Even better shot but straight to Marnus at deep midwicket. Australia win by 62 runs. It was into the pitch again, Shaheen danced down and pulled it flat again, but went straight to the fielder

Shaheen Shah Afridi c Labuschagne b Cummins 10 (17m 8b 2x4 0x6) SR: 125.00

45.2
4
Cummins to Shaheen Shah Afridi, FOUR, Forces a pull to cow corner. Not far from going over actually. It was a bouncer just outside off, Shaheen swatted it flat and far.
45.1
0
Cummins to Shaheen Shah Afridi, no run, Heaves and misses. Slower one on a three-quarter length, gets good bounce to go over the stumps

END OF OVER:
45 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 301/9 (67 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 6.68, RRR: 13.40)

  • Haris Rauf0 (1b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi6 (5b)
  • Mitchell Starc8-0-65-1
  • Josh Hazlewood10-1-37-1
44.6
0
Starc to Haris Rauf, no run, Length on middle and leg, goes square-on and tucks it to square leg. 137ks

Krish: "So Australia are slowly getting into the WC mode. Other teams beware!"

Vikram: "Just on cue, Stark strikes."

44.5
W
Starc to Hasan Ali, OUT, Starc's streak is alive. Hasan went across and tried to pull it fine while swivelling, ball went off the underedge to the keeper. Starc went into the pitch again and angled it in around sixth stump.

Hasan Ali c †Inglis b Starc 8 (7m 8b 2x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

RC: "credit to Pakistan to reach 300"

44.4
4
Starc to Hasan Ali, FOUR, Hasan probably got it 180 degrees away from where he intended but got four to deep third. Very fine at that. Was a full toss that he toed with a flat bat

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st134Imam-ul-HaqAbdullah Shafique
2nd20Babar AzamImam-ul-Haq
3rd21Mohammad RizwanBabar Azam
4th57Mohammad RizwanSaud Shakeel
5th37Mohammad RizwanIftikhar Ahmed
6th5Mohammad RizwanMohammad Nawaz (3)
7th3Mohammad Nawaz (3)Usama Mir
8th10Mohammad Nawaz (3)Shaheen Shah Afridi
9th14Hasan AliShaheen Shah Afridi
10th4Shaheen Shah AfridiHaris Rauf