Pakistan team now came out to bat. 269 runs in 38.5 overs. Now Pakistan team is under a lot of pressure after losing 5 wickets. Babar Azam got out for 18 runs in 14 balls. Babar Azam did not do well in today's match. I don't think today. In which way can Pakistan team win the match. Australia team has started a good performance in the bowling line for which Pakistan team is under a lot of pressure in today's match.
Pakistan team had lost its hope of winning the match. Team Pakistan have lost 8 wickets scoring 292 runs in 44 overs. Adam Zampa is the match turner as he took important wickets of Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Ifthikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz. These players were the last hope to chase the massive target. Zampa had maintained good economy and Pakistan team players weren't able to maintain the start given by the openers. Australia have won by 62 runs as Pakistan was able to reach 305 runs in 45.3 overs losing every wicket. 
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Pakistan team now came out to bat. 269 runs in 38.5 overs. Now Pakistan team is under a lot of pressure after losing 5 wickets. Babar Azam got out for 18 runs in 14 balls. Babar Azam did not do well in today's match. I don't think today. In which way can Pakistan team win the match. Australia team has started a good performance in the bowling line for which Pakistan team is under a lot of pressure in today's match.
Iftikhar gone after a couple of sixes! Rizwan is the lone man standing along with a couple of tail enders and they still need 99 runs which implies that the game is pretty much over for Pakistan basically.
Afridi was the only bowler who bowled admirably while Warner played one of the best knocks of his life along with Marsh.
Afridi was the only bowler who bowled admirably while Warner played one of the best knocks of his life along with Marsh.
Both teams are almost equal in performance so today match will be interesting. There will be high chances of winning of Australia if Australia will play first turn and will set a target of 300+ runs. So it will make difficulties and a little pressure on Pakistani team. By the way we can't say anything at this time anything can happen.
Australian took a brilliant start with a double century of both of thier player which were already expected according to pitch conditions and small boundaries. Anyway again like previous matches thier middle order exposed and collapse. But the momentum set by opener already done a huge damage. Later some magnificent bowling of Shaheen stop them below 400 because they way they are smashing it's was confirmed that they will scored 400.Now paksitan took a decent start unexpectedly and build a decent partnership but again after thier dismissal baber again failed and now things are become difficult for paksitan but hope Rizwan will manage things easily
Australia team performed very well against Pakistan today which is surprising. Australia team has collected 367 runs which will be a big target for Pakistan. Of course Pakistan team has to give a very good batting performance to win this match today. I noticed something during the match Pakistan team has many misses regarding fielding due to which Australia team got chance and two opening batsman warner and Mitchell Marsh scored huge runs. And the opening two batsmen have scored maximum runs which is the performance of both of them which gives Australia team a lot of chances to win this match. But if Pakistan can perform well in terms of batting then surely we can enjoy a competitive match.
The game of the Pakistan openers was good enough today,both the opener going to complete their fifty runs.Shafique and Imam ul Haq game was good today.They both scored 104 runs in 17 overs was not expected one by the Australian bowlers.Because the Cummins gave 33 runs and Starc also gave 28 runs and very expensive today.The 367 runs was good one,but if the Australian was not take the early wicket of the team Pakistan.It will be the big trouble for the team Australia at the end.Because if the opener was set to the field,the run from that batsman will be unpredictable at the end of the game.Today game was very important for team Australia then Pakistan team.If Babar Azam was able to perform well Pakistan would have been able to win. But Pakistan did not get better performance from their experienced batsmen. Even if Babar scored 60+ runs, the road to victory would have been a bit easier for Pakistan.
Mohammad Rizwan and Iftikhar are batting now. These two batsmen are also quite talented. But now it has become very difficult to win this match. Pakistan need 116 runs from 78 balls. It cannot be said that it is impossible to collect. It can be collected if Iftikhar and Rizwan play well. But the Australian bowlers are quite experienced. It is now very difficult to collect 9 runs per over against them. But if these two batsmen can survive at the crease, maybe Pakistan can win.
Chasing a target of 368 runs is difficult for any team to win. However, Pakistan came down to bat with the aim of winning and so far collected 213 runs after losing 3 wickets in 32 overs. Pakistan's two opening batsmen have played well, with Babar Azam getting out shortly before. Babar Azam is out and Pakistan are under some pressure. Pakistan need 155 runs in 18 overs to win, now they have to bat in T20 style to win. 8+ runs per over should be scored. But if they play by holding the wicket and if Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan can form a good partnership, Pakistan will have a chance to win in the end. Australia performed very well today, they were not in good form but they surprised today. Australia is slightly ahead to win today's match. But I think I can finally see the rivalry.
Situation is very interesting as right now we have 16 overs left and Pakistan needs 137 runs which is looking possible, but cricket nature is unpredictable while we have Pakistan in chase then any prediction is never been easy Mohammad Rizwan and Saud are at crease with Aussies are trying their best for having another wicket which can change the momentum of the match but its really entertaining match between two top class teams.Pakistan lower order is also not good which is concern for them but if they are able to have Mohammad Rizwan then surely we can expect good end of this match.
Edit: Cummins have another breakthrough as Saud out but still game is on for both teams as Mohammad Rizwan is doing his best for another good end.
Australia team performed very well against Pakistan today which is surprising. Australia team has collected 367 runs which will be a big target for Pakistan. Of course Pakistan team has to give a very good batting performance to win this match today. I noticed something during the match Pakistan team has many misses regarding fielding due to which Australia team got chance and two opening batsman warner and Mitchell Marsh scored huge runs. And the opening two batsmen have scored maximum runs which is the performance of both of them which gives Australia team a lot of chances to win this match. But if Pakistan can perform well in terms of batting then surely we can enjoy a competitive match.
The game of the Pakistan openers was good enough today,both the opener going to complete their fifty runs.Shafique and Imam ul Haq game was good today.They both scored 104 runs in 17 overs was not expected one by the Australian bowlers.Because the Cummins gave 33 runs and Starc also gave 28 runs and very expensive today.The 367 runs was good one,but if the Australian was not take the early wicket of the team Pakistan.It will be the big trouble for the team Australia at the end.Because if the opener was set to the field,the run from that batsman will be unpredictable at the end of the game.Today game was very important for team Australia then Pakistan team.
Pakistan team started very well but the fall of three wickets put Pakistan team under a lot of pressure. Just as Australia's opening batsmen performed well, Pakistan's players Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq also started the performance. But if Pakistan team wants to win today's match then they must save the wicket and survive till the end. Pakistan's victory will depend on these two batsmen, Rizwan and Saud Shakeel, who are one of the strongest players in the current crease. Because the next batsmen are not very strong so if these two wickets can perform well then I think Pakistan will definitely win. But in terms of bowling and doing great performance for the Australian team, it is a competitive match at present.
Chasing a target of 368 runs is difficult for any team to win. However, Pakistan came down to bat with the aim of winning and so far collected 213 runs after losing 3 wickets in 32 overs. Pakistan's two opening batsmen have played well, with Babar Azam getting out shortly before. Babar Azam is out and Pakistan are under some pressure. Pakistan need 155 runs in 18 overs to win, now they have to bat in T20 style to win. 8+ runs per over should be scored. But if they play by holding the wicket and if Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan can form a good partnership, Pakistan will have a chance to win in the end. Australia performed very well today, they were not in good form but they surprised today. Australia is slightly ahead to win today's match. But I think I can finally see the rivalry.
My bet is on Pakistan to win against Australia though it won't be easy since both teams are under a lot of pressure after recent losses. Both teams are pretty weak in the batting and bowling departments.
Whoever bats first could have the advantage since this is a high scoring pitch and chasing increases the pressure basically.
Australia finishes their innings with 367/9, adding just 37 runs in the last seven overs and losing five wickets in the process. Pakistan requires 368 runs to clinch their third victory of the world cup. David Warner and Mitchel Marsh the top performers for their teams in the first innings. The Marsh-show started before the tournament since he was asked to open, and he takes it into world cup. First hundreds for in the World Cup for Mitchell MarshWhoever bats first could have the advantage since this is a high scoring pitch and chasing increases the pressure basically.
Standing tall, hitting it clean and long one of the most dangerous openers around right now. I think 368 big target is very difficult to chase down and Australia have 90% Chances to win this match
Here Look like Pakistan is going to suffer badly in coming big matches against South Africa, England and New Zealand because their batting is having no good depth for the competing at this level specially Babar fail to give his best on this batting pitches which is miserable and going to cost Pakistan as well.
My bet is on Pakistan to win against Australia though it won't be easy since both teams are under a lot of pressure after recent losses. Both teams are pretty weak in the batting and bowling departments.
Whoever bats first could have the advantage since this is a high scoring pitch and chasing increases the pressure basically.
Australia finishes their innings with 367/9, adding just 37 runs in the last seven overs and losing five wickets in the process. Pakistan requires 368 runs to clinch their third victory of the world cup. David Warner and Mitchel Marsh the top performers for their teams in the first innings. The Marsh-show started before the tournament since he was asked to open, and he takes it into world cup. First hundreds for in the World Cup for Mitchell MarshWhoever bats first could have the advantage since this is a high scoring pitch and chasing increases the pressure basically.
Standing tall, hitting it clean and long one of the most dangerous openers around right now. I think 368 big target is very difficult to chase down and Australia have 90% Chances to win this match
Here Look like Pakistan is going to suffer badly in coming big matches against South Africa, England and New Zealand because their batting is having no good depth for the competing at this level specially Babar fail to give his best on this batting pitches which is miserable and going to cost Pakistan as well.
Australia team performed very well against Pakistan today which is surprising. Australia team has collected 367 runs which will be a big target for Pakistan. Of course Pakistan team has to give a very good batting performance to win this match today. I noticed something during the match Pakistan team has many misses regarding fielding due to which Australia team got chance and two opening batsman warner and Mitchell Marsh scored huge runs. And the opening two batsmen have scored maximum runs which is the performance of both of them which gives Australia team a lot of chances to win this match. But if Pakistan can perform well in terms of batting then surely we can enjoy a competitive match.
The game of the Pakistan openers was good enough today,both the opener going to complete their fifty runs.Shafique and Imam ul Haq game was good today.They both scored 104 runs in 17 overs was not expected one by the Australian bowlers.Because the Cummins gave 33 runs and Starc also gave 28 runs and very expensive today.The 367 runs was good one,but if the Australian was not take the early wicket of the team Pakistan.It will be the big trouble for the team Australia at the end.Because if the opener was set to the field,the run from that batsman will be unpredictable at the end of the game.Today game was very important for team Australia then Pakistan team.
My bet is on Pakistan to win against Australia though it won't be easy since both teams are under a lot of pressure after recent losses. Both teams are pretty weak in the batting and bowling departments.
Whoever bats first could have the advantage since this is a high scoring pitch and chasing increases the pressure basically.
Australia finishes their innings with 367/9, adding just 37 runs in the last seven overs and losing five wickets in the process. Pakistan requires 368 runs to clinch their third victory of the world cup. David Warner and Mitchel Marsh the top performers for their teams in the first innings. The Marsh-show started before the tournament since he was asked to open, and he takes it into world cup. First hundreds for in the World Cup for Mitchell MarshWhoever bats first could have the advantage since this is a high scoring pitch and chasing increases the pressure basically.
Standing tall, hitting it clean and long one of the most dangerous openers around right now. I think 368 big target is very difficult to chase down and Australia have 90% Chances to win this match
Pakistan's two openers got off to a good start. But their strike rate was not very high. Shafique scored 64 runs off 61 balls and Imam scored 70 runs off 71 balls.
Babar Azam and Rizwan are now at the crease. These two are the most experienced and talented batsmen in the Pakistan squad. And because of the great performance of these two batsmen against Sri Lanka, Pakistan won. If Babar and Rizwan can stay at the crease in today's match then I think Pakistan has a chance to win.
Pakistan managed to collect 169 runs in 25 overs. Pakistan need 199 runs in 25 overs to win. It is not easy, but not too difficult a task either. Because the pitch is quite batting friendly. The outfield is also quite fast. This is why it can be said that Pakistan still has a chance to win if they play well.
My bet is on Pakistan to win against Australia though it won't be easy since both teams are under a lot of pressure after recent losses. Both teams are pretty weak in the batting and bowling departments.
Whoever bats first could have the advantage since this is a high scoring pitch and chasing increases the pressure basically.
Australia finishes their innings with 367/9, adding just 37 runs in the last seven overs and losing five wickets in the process. Pakistan requires 368 runs to clinch their third victory of the world cup. David Warner and Mitchel Marsh the top performers for their teams in the first innings. The Marsh-show started before the tournament since he was asked to open, and he takes it into world cup. First hundreds for in the World Cup for Mitchell MarshWhoever bats first could have the advantage since this is a high scoring pitch and chasing increases the pressure basically.
Standing tall, hitting it clean and long one of the most dangerous openers around right now. I think 368 big target is very difficult to chase down and Australia have 90% Chances to win this match
The runs that Australia scored today are really high. First of all, I took Pakistan's support today. I thought maybe Pakistan team will play well today and improve their bowling line-up and put Australia under pressure, but it got interrupted. Australia team has collected 367 runs, they have made a huge score, to meet this target, Pakistan will need to collect enough runs. Although Pakistan team is batting well at the moment, if they can bat like this and build a good partnership then it will be possible to reach the target. Although Pakistan has lost a wicket at the moment but Babar Azam is at the crease at the moment, if they can build a partnership then Pakistan team can be in a good position. Since Pakistan's run rate is much lower than Australia's at the moment, they need to increase their run rate if they are to meet the target. Pakistan team needs to score 216 runs from 161 balls to win the match against Australia today, this target is very difficult to achieve, but if the batting performance is great then it may be possible, but today the match may be mostly in favor of Australia.
Australia finishes their innings with 367/9, adding just 37 runs in the last seven overs and losing five wickets in the process. Pakistan requires 368 runs to clinch their third victory of the world cup. David Warner and Mitchel Marsh the top performers for their teams in the first innings. The Marsh-show started before the tournament since he was asked to open, and he takes it into world cup. First hundreds for in the World Cup for Mitchell Marsh
Standing tall, hitting it clean and long one of the most dangerous openers around right now. I think 368 big target is very difficult to chase down and Australia have 90% Chances to win this match
They played well but now Pakistan is also surprising. Pakistan has made 100 runs and they didn't lost a single wicket yet. And I think if this Partnership will play till end so easily Pakistan can win this match. Abdullah Shafique is a good batsman. He played well against SriLankan team. But this is the game so no one can say anything. Let's watch Australia has performed well and now the Pakistan's turn.Standing tall, hitting it clean and long one of the most dangerous openers around right now. I think 368 big target is very difficult to chase down and Australia have 90% Chances to win this match
What is more surprising is that the Australian team put down the two easy catches and due to this Pakistan haven't lost a wicket yet. Only Australia is to be blamed for this poor fielding and catching. Had they taken the two catches, the situation would have been entirely different.
With the current situation of the match, this partnership between Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq is hurting Australia a big time and the more they carry on without losing the wicket, the Australians will loosen their grip on this match.
Also, as we have seen wickets usually start to tremble as one long partnership breaks. So if Australia manages to take one wicket, who knows the door for them is opened but still they have Baber Azam and Muhammad Rizwan who can still be threatening for the Aussies.
Australia finishes their innings with 367/9, adding just 37 runs in the last seven overs and losing five wickets in the process. Pakistan requires 368 runs to clinch their third victory of the world cup. David Warner and Mitchel Marsh the top performers for their teams in the first innings. The Marsh-show started before the tournament since he was asked to open, and he takes it into world cup. First hundreds for in the World Cup for Mitchell Marsh
Standing tall, hitting it clean and long one of the most dangerous openers around right now. I think 368 big target is very difficult to chase down and Australia have 90% Chances to win this match
They played well but now Pakistan is also surprising. Pakistan has made 100 runs and they didn't lost a single wicket yet. And I think if this Partnership will play till end so easily Pakistan can win this match. Abdullah Shafique is a good batsman. He played well against SriLankan team. But this is the game so no one can say anything. Let's watch Australia has performed well and now the Pakistan's turn. Standing tall, hitting it clean and long one of the most dangerous openers around right now. I think 368 big target is very difficult to chase down and Australia have 90% Chances to win this match
My bet is on Pakistan to win against Australia though it won't be easy since both teams are under a lot of pressure after recent losses. Both teams are pretty weak in the batting and bowling departments.
Whoever bats first could have the advantage since this is a high scoring pitch and chasing increases the pressure basically.
Australia finishes their innings with 367/9, adding just 37 runs in the last seven overs and losing five wickets in the process. Pakistan requires 368 runs to clinch their third victory of the world cup. David Warner and Mitchel Marsh the top performers for their teams in the first innings. The Marsh-show started before the tournament since he was asked to open, and he takes it into world cup. First hundreds for in the World Cup for Mitchell MarshWhoever bats first could have the advantage since this is a high scoring pitch and chasing increases the pressure basically.
Standing tall, hitting it clean and long one of the most dangerous openers around right now. I think 368 big target is very difficult to chase down and Australia have 90% Chances to win this match
I had posted this multiple times. Australia always perform well during ICC tournaments. If they can get a big win today, then it will really boost their NRR. And trust me, the last 1-2 slots for semi-finals this time are going to get decided solely on the basis of run-rate. The next match should be relatively easy for Australia, as they are scheduled to play against Netherlands. But after that they need to win against New Zealand, as the latter is in exceptional form. BTW, Australia has lost their 5th wicket now. 400 may not be possible.
Australia made the good knock today,because they had scored of 367 runs in the end of 50 overs.This was the good comeback of the team Australia in the World Cup,we don’t know why the team Australia performance was poor till yesterday.But the coach made some influence on today match.The bowling of team Australia,Pakistan and Afghanistan was good in this World Cup.But this game was good one.This World Cup was unpredictable till now,because the Afghanistan and Netherland had won the big team like England and Australia.So the run rate will decide the semi finalist except the top two team.
Australia has given a fairly good target to Pakistan. Australia set a huge target of 367 runs to Pakistan. Australia team's David Warner and Mitchell Marsh have shown very good performances. Both of them scored centuries, David Warner scoring 163 with 9 "sixes" and 14 "fours", and Mitchell Marsh scoring 121 with 9 "sixes" and 10 "fours". They managed very good score well. But Pakistan is no less, they have won the match against Sri Lanka with a target of 345 runs. Pakistan can perform much better. Let's see what happens in the end.
Australia set Pakistan a target of 368 runs, it's not an easy target at all, you can't call this target fair. No team has scored 368 runs to win a World Cup tournament so if Pakistan can cross 368 runs to win against Australia today then it will be one of the biggest wins in cricket history. To score 368 runs in 50 overs, the batsmen need to score about 7.5 runs per over. 7 runs per over is very difficult for any team to get up to fifty overs. We are used to seeing most of the 20 over games where batsmen score 10 to 12 runs per over but this is a 50 over game where you have to keep the wickets alive as well as score seven runs per over which is extra work for the batsmen. Pakistan's batsmen can improve even though Pakistan got off to a good start against Australia.
Australia finishes their innings with 367/9, adding just 37 runs in the last seven overs and losing five wickets in the process. Pakistan requires 368 runs to clinch their third victory of the world cup. David Warner and Mitchel Marsh the top performers for their teams in the first innings. The Marsh-show started before the tournament since he was asked to open, and he takes it into world cup. First hundreds for in the World Cup for Mitchell Marsh
Standing tall, hitting it clean and long one of the most dangerous openers around right now. I think 368 big target is very difficult to chase down and Australia have 90% Chances to win this match
The most important thing of the match is the starting partnership of 259 runs by Australia can prove to be a very important turning point. At one point, the match seemed to be completely out of Pakistan hands and it seemed that Australia would easily cross the 400-run mark. Of course, Pakistani bowlers came back in the match after taking wickets of Australian batsmen continuously, but then it was too late.
A target of 368 runs is a big target, but not impossible. If the Pakistani team provides a good opening partnership, it will reduce the pressure on the batsmen coming later. Pakistan team batting line-up is quite strong, if they stay on the crease, they can achieve this target. However, this requires some batsmen to play long innings, and maintaining the run rate will be most important.
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