Canada Global(Web News) In the 18th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup, Australia easily defeated Pakistan by 62 runs and got the second victory in the event. In pursuit of Australia’s target of 368 runs, the Pakistani team scored 305 runs. Abdullah Shafiq scored 64 runs, Imam scored 70 runs.
This is Pakistan’s second defeat in the current World Cup, the national team has played four matches in which it has faced defeat by India and Australia. In the match played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, captain Babar Azam won the toss and Australian. Captain Pete Cummins was invited to bat first after which Mitchell Marsh and David Warner opened the innings for Australia.
The Australian team scored 367 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the scheduled 50 overs, David Warner scored 163 runs and Mitchell Marsh scored 121 runs on behalf of the Kangaroos. Shaheen Afridi took 5 wickets and Haris Sohail 3 wickets on behalf of Pakistan. Thanks to 367 runs, Australia has become the team that scored the most runs against Pakistan in the history of World Cup.
Earlier in this World Cup, Sri Lanka scored 344 runs against Pakistan on October 10. In the conversation after the toss, captain Babar Azam said that we have trained well for this match and had very good practice sessions. We will try to win this match by showing good performance and try to take early wickets. On the other hand, the Australian captain said that if we had won the toss, we would have bowled. , and provided his team with a mountain of runs. Meanwhile, poor fielding by Osama Mir and Abdullah Shafiq allowed the Kangaroos to play more.
Warner and Marsh put on a 259-run partnership for the first wicket, the highest partnership for any wicket in a World Cup against Pakistan. It was the first time a team had put on a 200-run partnership against Pakistan in a World Cup. Is.
Earlier, West Indies’ Brian Lara and Desmond Hynes had put on a 175-run partnership against Pakistan in 1992.
However, in the 34th over of the match, Mitchell Marsh played a brilliant innings of 121 runs and caught Osama Mir, after which Glenn Maxwell also returned to the pavilion on the next ball by Shaheen Shah, while Steve Smith got out after scoring 7 runs. Done. Apart from this, David Warner returned to the pavilion after scoring 163 runs off 124 balls, becoming the highest individual scorer against Pakistan in the World Cup. , the total of 400 stalled at 367 at one point as wickets continued to fall.
Marcus Stones 21, Josh Ingles 13, Labushin 8, Pat Cummins 6, Mitchell Starc 2, Kangaroos scored 367 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Shaheen Afridi from Pakistan gave 54 runs in 10 overs for 5 players. while Haris Rauf took 3 wickets for 83 runs in 8 overs. Apart from this, Osama Mir took one catch for 82 runs in 9 overs.
Chasing Australia’s target of 368, Pakistan got off to a good start, with Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafiq putting on a 134-run opening partnership and both scoring half-centuries. happened After that, captain Babar Azam once again failed to play a big innings in the World Cup and returned to the pavilion after scoring only 18 runs.
Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel kept the scoreboard moving but then Saud was dismissed for 30 and then newcomer Iftikhar Ahmed for 26 runs.
Rizwan also got out of the team after scoring 46 runs, while Muhammad Nawaz scored 14 runs, Osama Mir Safar, Hasan Ali scored 8 runs, Shaheen Afridi scored 10 runs, thus the entire Pakistan team scored 305 runs in 45.3 overs. It piled up.
