CWC 2023 Warm Up Match
Australia VS Pakistan Played at Hyderabad on 3 October 2023
Australia 351 /7 (Glen Maxwell 77, Cameroon Green 50, David Warner 48, Josh Inglis 48, Mitchell Marsh 31, Steve Smith 27, Usama Mir 2/31, Mohammad Newaz 1/34, Shadab Khan 1/69, Haris Rauf 1/97)
Pakistan 337 All Out in 47.4 Overs (Babar Azam 90, Iftikhar Ahmed 83, Mohammad Newaz 50, Marnus Labuschagne 3/78, Pat Cummins 2/34)
Australia Won by 14 Runs
Two top contenders of 2023 CWC, Australia and Pakistan were engaged in a run festival at batsmen paradise at Hyderabad yesterday when Australia prevailed over Pakistan by 14 runs in a match producing 688 runs.
Australia batting fast posted a skyscraper 351/7 in allotted overs. Pakistan fell short scaling it is stopping at 337 all out. Five-time world cup champions Australia had good work out before the commencement of the mission 2023 compared with the first rival strong India. It could play two of their scheduled warm up matches. The first match though against minnows Netherlands could not be completed for rains with Australia in complete command. Yesterday at Hyderabad they were marginally better than strong Pakistan. On the other hand, both the matches of Australia’s first competitor India had both of its warm up matches against England at Guwahati and Netherlands at Thiruvananthapuram got washed out without a ball being bowled.
Yesterday at sun shining Hyderabad Australian batsmen made merry on batting paradise scoring at will. Several Australian batsmen Glen Maxwell (77), Cameroon Green 50, David Warner (48) ,Josh Inglis (48) ,Mitch Marsh (31) and Steve Smith (27) had very useful batting practice. All Pakistani bowlers struggled in containing free stroking Australians. Usama Mir with his loopy leg spins managed taking 2 wickets giving away 31 runs and Mohammad Newaz with the left arm spinners took 1 for 34. Australians punished Haris Rauf smashing him for 97 runs for his 1 wicket, Shadab Khan also leaked 69 runs for his lone wicket.
Chasing 352 to win against strong Australian bowling was a tall task. Yet Pakistan batted well riding on fluent 90 of Babar Azam. Had he not retired hurt giving opportunity to his teammates for batting Pakistan could have won the match. Iftikhar scored a breezy 83 and Mohammad Newaz impressed with 50. Pakistan fell short by 14 runs getting all out for 337. Part time spinner Marnus Labuschagne took 3 wickets giving away 78 runs, captain Pat Cummins took 2 wickets for 34 runs.
Pakistan lost both their warmup matches against New Zealand and Australia in high scoring encounters. They have lot of concerns over their top order batting and middle over bowling. Australia is looking great. Their batsmen and bowlers appear on tune. Pakistan will start their mission against Netherlands while Australia faces formidable India in their first match of CWC world cup.
BDST: 1002 HRS, OCT 04, 2023
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