Australia vs Pakistan Highlights, World Cup 2023: Adam Zampa collects four wickets as AUS win by 62 runs

Australia vs Pakistan Highlights, World Cup 2023: David Warner and Mitchell Marsh both scored centuries and Adam Zampa collected four wickets as Australia defeated Pakistan by 62 runs in their World Cup match in Bengaluru on Friday.

Warner and Marsh had taken the Aussies to 367/9. In reply, fifties from Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq went in vain as Adam Zampa’s figures of 4/53 helped Australia see off Pakistan for 305 in 45.3 overs.

Australia 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 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

Australia vs Pakistan Preview: Australia face the Pakistan challenge on Friday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. While the Australians come into the match with a win against Sri Lanka, Pakistan suffered a comprehensive defeat to India in their last match. Pakistan won their first matches, against the Netherlands and Sri Lanka, but the defeat against India have exposed their faults.

Neither the batters nor the bowlers were able to make a mark against India and in such a scenario, Pakistan will be looking to bounce back immediately before the campaign descends into more chaos. They also had some issues with six players suffering from illness, but Hasan Ali confirmed on the eve of the game that most of them have recovered.

Meanwhile, Australia started their campaign with two successive defeats, against India and South Africa, before finding a win against Sri Lanka. For Australia also the problem has been lackluster performance from their batters and bowlers, but batting has been a bigger worry. Names like David Warner and Steve Smith are still to find their form in the World Cup.

AUS vs PAK squads

Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey (wk), Josh Inglis (wk), Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim