The Australian men’s cricket team vs Pakistan national cricket team match at Chinnaswamy stadium Bengaluru has once again proved to be a one-sided affair in this CWC23. While the centuries from Aussie players David Warner and Mitchell marsh rattled the Pakistani bowling attack, that fifer from ace pacer Shaheen shah Afridi stayed as the only positive for the men in greens.
Australian men’s cricket team vs Pakistan national cricket team
While winning the toss, Pakistan asked Australian men’s cricket team to bat first. Unfortunately, that didn’t turn out to be a good choice as Warner and Marsh put on some splendid show with the bat. Not only they added 259 runs for the first wicket, but also provided a perfect platform for the players to come.
Still, after the fall of marsh, the Australian team lost 2 wickets in the span of just 30 runs. Moreover, that comeback spell from Shaheen shah Afridi made them fall like nine pins during the death over. Such was the debacle that only Stoinis and Inglis were been able to cross the double digit mark.
Pakistan national cricket team, too respond in a perfect manner while adding 134 runs for the first wicket. Fifties from Abdullah shafique and Imam ul haq once put them in a comfortable position during the chase. Still, the fall of wickets at regular intervals put Pakistan national cricket team out of contention.
Talking about best bowling from Australia cricket team, Adam Zampa turned out to be pick of the bowlers while picking 4 wickets for 53 runs. On the other side, Usama mir from Pakistan gave away 82 runs in his first world cup match ever. With this, Usama mir has listed himself in a ‘not so favorable’ list of most expensive stats for a bowler in their first ever world cup match.
Australia men’s cricket team marked their return to the top four of the world cup 2023!
With this win, Australia cricket team has returned to the top four in the world cup 2023 points table. Pakistan, on the other hand went the other way with two consecutive losses. Currently, Australian men’s cricket team is sitting comfortable on the fourth spot with 4 points in their kitty. Besides, they have a healthy net run rate of -0.193 which may be enough as of now.
Talking about the cricket world cup 2023 points table, New Zealand is leading with 8 points in their 4 matches. Just like them, India is also sitting comfortable with 8 points, though their net-run rate is slightly below the kiwis. South Africa, on the other side, lost their comfortable position after that unfortunate loss against the minnow Netherlands. As of now, they are sitting on the 3rd spot with the 4 points in their bag. Also, their net run rate of +1.385 is good to make them in the run for the CWC23 title race.
With almost every team played 4 matches as of now, the world cup 2023 has entered into a really interesting phase. Still, there is a lot more to go for in this cricket world cup 2023 for every team. Stay tuned as we bring on all the right updates about your favorite teams and players !
