ICC CWC 2023 - Match 18 - Australia vs Pakistan - Thread

Teams:

Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

Pakistan (Playing XI): Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf

Pakistan have won the toss and have opted to field

End of inning one - Australia - 367/9 in 50 overs

David Warner - 163 (124)
Mitchell Marsh - 121 (108)

Shaheen Shah Afridi - 10 overs 1 maiden 54 runs 5 wickets
Haris Rauf - 8 overs 83 runs 3 wickets

Pakistan needs 368 to win in 50 overs

Shaheen Shah Afridi becomes the second bowler to take a 5-wicket haul in this World Cup after Mitchell Santner. Also, This is the third 150-plus score for Warner in World Cups; no other player has done that more than once.

259 between Warner and Marsh is the second-highest opening partnership in World Cup history and the highest opening partnership for Australia in the ODI World Cup. The highest opening partnership in ODI World cup is 282 between Dilshan and Tharanga vs Zimbabwe in 2011.

Australia - 367/9 in 50 overs

David Warner - 163 (124)
Mitchell Marsh - 121 (108)

Shaheen Shah Afridi - 10 overs 1 maiden 54 runs 5 wickets
Haris Rauf - 8 overs 83 runs 3 wickets

Pakistan - 305/10 in 45.3 overs

Imam ul Haq - 70 (71)
Abdullah Shafique - 64 (61)

Adam Zampa - 10 overs 53 runs 4 wickets

Australia won the match by 62 runs
Player of the Match award - David Warner