Pakistan had a mountain height target of 352 runs in front of them. Unpredictably Pakistan lost 4 wickets in 83 runs and almost crashed out of the match. Even in such a match, the Men in Green lost in the end after a great fight.
Pakistan lost by 14 runs against Australia in the World Cup warm-up match in Hyderabad. Babar Azam scored the highest for the team with 12 fours and 2 sixes, playing an innings of 90 runs off 69 balls. Besides, Iftikhar Ahmed played an innings of 83 runs off 85 balls smacking 6 boundaries and 4 sixes.
In a recent ODI warm-up Match Highlight New Zealand won by 7 runs against South Africa. Cricket fans were glued to their seats throughout the match they’ve witnessed the true spirit of a warm-up match.
Babar and Iftikhar’s partnership of 144 runs for the fifth wicket, Pakistan dreamed of winning the match. However, it ultimately did not become a reality. In the end, Mohammad Nawaz collected 50 off 42 balls. Australia’s part-time spinner Marnus Labuschagne took the maximum number of 3 wickets. Apart from this, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh took 2 wickets each and Glenn Maxwell and Sean Abbott took 1 wicket each.
Earlier, Australian captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. Although only two batsmen made fifties, the Aussies made a huge collection of 351 runs for 7 wickets with the efforts of the rest.
In the beginning, two openers, David Warner and Mitchell Marsh gave the team a flying start. The Aussies scored 83 runs within 12.2 overs in the opening pair. Usama Mir deprived run machine David Warner of his fifty in the last ball of the 13th over. After scoring 48 runs off 33 balls, Warner returned to the dressing room with a catch by Haris Rauf.
Coming to bowl in the 15th over, Usama struck the second blow in the Australian camp. This leg spinner returned two openers in two consecutive overs. Mitchell Marsh (31 from 48 balls) was caught by Iftikhar this time.
In-form batsman Labuschagne played an innings of 40 runs off 31 balls. Steven Smith failed to contribute to the big target collection. He fell victim to Haris Rauf with 27 runs off 29 balls. Wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey was run out after scoring 11 runs. Then the score of the team stood at 172 runs losing 5 wickets.
After that, Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green’s batting led to a big collection for Australia. Maxwell scored 77 runs off 71 balls. Green played an emphatic innings of 50 runs off 40 balls.
Josh Inglis made a big collection for Australia by batting on a rampage in the death overs. After scoring 48 runs off 30 balls, Mohammad Wasim returned to the dressing room. In the end, Australia got a big collection of 351 runs for 7 wickets.
For Pakistan, Usama Mir took the maximum number of 2 wickets with 31 runs. Apart from this, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim, Shadab Khan, and Mohammad Nawaz scalped one wicket each.
Before this, Australia could not play the entire warm-up match against the Netherlands. That match was washed away by rain. As the preparations against Pakistan went well, it can be said that Australia will enter the World Cup with confidence. On the other hand, Pakistan’s experience is exactly the opposite. After losing against New Zealand in the first warm-up match, they also lost in this match, which might demotivate the team spirit a bit.
Australia – 351/7 (50.0)
Pakistan – 337/10 (47.4)
Result – Australia won by 14 runs
Australia
Pakistan | Shadab Khan (c), Mohammad Haris (wk), Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Saud Shakeel, Agha Salman, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr, and Haris Rauf. |
Australia | Pat Cummins (c), Alex Carey (wk), David Warner, Steven Smith, Mitchell Marsh, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Marcus Stoinis, Marnus Labuschagne, Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, and Travis Head. |
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