HYDERABAD – Australia beat Pakistan by 14 runs in the second warm-up match of the ICC World Cup 2023 in India on Tuesday.
Australian batters showed an impressive performance, helping team set a tough target of 352 runs for Pakistan in the warm-up match in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Chasing the target, the entire Pakistan team collapsed at 337 runs in 47.4 overs.
Glenn Maxwell remained top scorer with 77 runs followed by Cameron Green from tail order, who smashed a brilliant fifty. David Warner made 48, Marsh 31 while Marnus hit 40 runs to put a challenging total on scoreboard.
Meanwhile, Usman Mir took two wickets while Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz and Mohammad Wasim grabbed one wicket each.
Earlier, Australia won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan.
India faces Netherlands and Afghanistan takes on Sri Lanka in the other warm-up ties of the day.
In the first warm-up match, New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets with 38 balls remaining in in Hyderabad on Friday.
Batting first, Pakistan set a 346-run target for New Zealand in 50 overs at the loss of 5 wickets. Chasing the target, New Zealand made the required runs in 43.4 overs at the loss of 5 wickets.
Pakistan vs Australia World Cup 2023 live streaming in Pakistan
Pakistan vs Australia warm-up match is being live-streamed at Daraz, Tapmad, Jazz Tamsha and ARY ZAP.
The match is being telecasted live on the PTV Sports and A-Sports.
Pakistan vs Australia World Cup 2023 live streaming in India
Pakistan vs Australia match is being live-streamed at Disney+Hotstar. The warm-up match will also be telecasted live on the Start Sports TV channels in India.
Squads
PAKISTAN
Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saud Shakeel, Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Usama Mir, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jr
AUSTRALIA
David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey(w), Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Matthew Short, Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne, Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Travis Head, Adam Zampa
