Key occasions
twenty third over: Pakistan 151-1 (Imam 69, Babar 10) Target 368. The stability of Starc’s overs will likely be used rigorously, possibly throughout two additional spells after this. His fifth over begins right here with Imam inserting a single behind level. Later within the set, one sneaks previous Babar’s inside edge with a tiny contact of motion. But not simply content material with singles, Imam ends the over with a ferocious pull over midwicket to deliver up Pakistan’s 150! He made room, giving Starc his stumps to purpose at, however when it was banged in he was capable of free the arms and provides it every little thing. Australia have been 169-0 at this level however they didn’t end that effectively. Great stuff.
“Hi Adam, enjoying the OBO as per usual.” Thank you, Tom Barrington. “Is this the first game that we’ve seen where both sides have maintained a strong attacking intent after the powerplay during the middle overs? Is it the conditions or because both teams need the win desperately? Aided by bad fielding? Great to see Pakistan keeping their foot down after a period of consolidation.”
And due to it, we’re some likelihood of seeing our first shut end of the comp!
twenty second over: Pakistan 143-1 (Imam 63, Babar 8) Target 368. Pakistan’s middle-overs grasp, Babar Azam, walks to the center boasting a mean of 75 towards Australia in ODIs. And whaddayaknow, he begins right here with a managed and well-placed pull – a boundary second ball. And one other, flicking out in the identical course off the entrance foot – wonderful timing. Eventful over, the wicket additionally coming.
WICKET! Shafique c Maxwell b Stoinis 64 off 61 (Pakistan 134-1)
And they do get one thing! Via the large proper arm of Stoinis, who strikes together with his first ball of the night time. Banged in, high edge, goes nowhere – Maxwell takes the simple likelihood. The Cricket Ground DJ performs Working Class Man. They’re away… finally.
twenty first over: Pakistan 134-0 (Shafique 64, Imam 63) Target 368. Starc is again however… the ball isn’t hooping, in any respect. He could be costly at his tempo. But not right here – three singles, which Australia will take at this level. They actually want one thing quickly.
Really loved this from Ewan Glenton on Zaheer Abbas, who Geoff Lemon and I frequently discuss on The Final Word Podcast on our weekend historical past present!
When Rassie van der Dussen reached 2000 ODI runs final week, I noticed the record of the quickest batters to succeed in that milestone, headed by Amla (40 innings), then after him, all in 45 knocks, VDR, Kevin Pietersen, Babar Azam and Zaheer Abbas. Checking out Zaheer’s stats in comparison with his contemporaries (so early 70s to mid-80s) it stands out that he had an ODI strike price of 85, which is similar to the likes of Root & Smith these days (each 87), and although they’re not tremendous categorical scorers they’re usually thought-about fast sufficient and aptly suited to the fashionable recreation, I feel. Well, going that far again, until I’m overlooking somebody you’ll discover no person amongst elite batsmen who exceeded that besides the inevitable Viv Richards (SR 90), and I can solely discover one (Clive Lloyd, 81) who even will get shut. Most of the macho bat-swinging all-rounders of the time (Hadlee, Botham, Imran) have been method, method behind, with solely Kapil Dev (a stonking 95) standing as much as comparability. Standout ODI performers of the time (Alan Lamb, Gordon Greenidge, Martin Crowe, Robin Smith…) are additionally far behind, with SRs within the 60s & 70s. Then quick ahead a technology or two and also you’ll discover even Ponting, Hayden, Brian Lara, all a lot slower; Tendulkar’s was related at 86, as was Pietersen’s (additionally 86, and I feel even by trendy requirements KP’s hardly regarded upon as a slouch, proper?). So principally I feel Pakistan can declare that Zaheer (who curiously had the next common in ODIs (48) than in assessments (45) which was extraordinarily uncommon too) is the one “elite” batsman, along with Richards, who was taking part in an excellent trendy ODI recreation 30 to 40 years forward of his time. Just needed to rapidly get that tribute in and say kudos to Zaheer, to offer Pakistan followers one thing to smile and wave their arms about earlier than they (nevertheless valiantly it seems to be) lose this match.
twentieth over: Pakistan 131-0 (Shafique 62, Imam 62) Target 368. That’s an enormous over for Pakistan sticking it to Maxwell. He’s actually not completed something mistaken there however 15 runs are taken via enterprising, intelligent batting. Shafique begins by making room and lifting over level – it’s a messy stroke however there’s no person on the market; a calculated threat. Next, a dance down the monitor then a thump previous the bowler in his follow-through – lovely to observe. Imam’s flip comes later the over, additionally utilizing his ft earlier than lifting over further cowl. Both openers are in and making sensible selections. 72 runs have been added within the second ten overs after 59 within the first.
nineteenth over: Pakistan 116-0 (Shafique 53, Imam 56) Target 368. My sense is that Zampa’s remaining overs will likely be very important within the ultimate evaluation of this recreation. He’s been significantly better to start than within the first three video games, conceding 24 runs throughout his first 5 overs however he has the stumps in play all through – not straightforward as a leggie.
Shafique and Imam each raises their 50s
18th over: Pakistan 112-0 (Shafique 51, Imam 54) Target 368. To lengthy on to start, and that’s Shafique to 50 in 50 balls. He had that likelihood, put down by the sub Sean Abbott at backward sq., however a wonderful innings. Oh, now one other DROPPED CATCH and this time it’s the captain. Inside the circle at midwicket, Imam pulls onerous sufficient to burst via his fingers. Maxwell’s frustration grows later within the over when the left-hander tickles him wonderful of the person on the 45 earlier than operating down for 4. That’s his eighth boundary and brings up his half-century too. That’s his fifth consecutive 50-plus rating in ODIs v Australia (thanks once more, TV).
seventeenth over: Pakistan 104-0 (Shafique 49, Imam 48) Target 368. Singles and dots towards Zampa till the ultimate ball when the legspinner drops brief sufficient to immediate Imam to return and reduce behind level – he will get 4 for that. The 100-run stand can be up, the primary for Pakistan in World Cups since 2015, the TV tells me.
sixteenth over: Pakistan 97-0 (Shafique 47, Imam 43) Target 368. Maxwell after the drink and he’s straight on it – hasn’t put a foot mistaken with the ball since his return from damage simply earlier than the match. Three singles off. Interesting – the umpire has simply instructed each groups there is no such thing as a DRS in the intervening time with Simon Doull including that there’s been an influence outage. Pressure on the lads within the center.
Not certain if Mitch Marsh’s shoelace-tying abilities are world-renowned however Abdullah Shafique made certain he bypassed a number of different Aussie gamers & the umpire to ensure he had his laces completed up by Marsh #AusvPak #CWC23
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) October 20, 2023
fifteenth over: Pakistan 94-0 (Shafique 45, Imam 42) Target 368. Cummins ensures that it’s solely singles from Zampa when throwing himself throughout the turf at midwicket to save lots of a pair. The leggie isn’t distant with a forefront to complete however there’s no person at catching cowl – understandably at this stage. Drinks!
Shaheen Shah Afridi has taken 25 wickets from simply 9 video games in World Cups.
– He has a six wicket haul at Lord’s & 5 wicket haul at Chinnaswamy stadium. pic.twitter.com/OhUhiu3aWn
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 20, 2023
14th over: Pakistan 90-0 (Shafique 43, Imam 40) Target 368. BANG! “That’s making a statement to Pat Cummins!” says Shane Watson in relation to Shafique’s highly effective pull over midwicket to complete the over. The plan is to bounce the opener out because the Australian captain practically did in his earlier over with the dropped catch however he had on a regular basis on the planet there, finally given as a SIX by the TV umpire – the primary massive one in every of Pakistan’s chase. The required price from right here till the tip is 7.7 they usually’re at present going at 6.4 – excellent going.
thirteenth over: Pakistan 81-0 (Shafique 36, Imam 38) Target 368. Watto, bless the large rig. They reduce to comm field cam between overs and, having had some unflattering footage of him throughout social media when bursting out of his shirt the previous couple of days, says “better make sure the shirt is okay first!” – one of many nice individuals in cricket, Our Shane. To the cricket: Zampa to Imam doesn’t go fairly so effectively this time with the left-hander dancing and launching over his head for 4. He’s all the time been mild on his ft, by no means anxious about popping out of his floor to the spinners – he’ll have to do lots of that to dictate phrases in these center overs.
twelfth over: Pakistan 73-0 (Shafique 34, Imam 32) Target 368. DROPPED AND SIX! Sean Abbott is the person at backward sq.; the sub. Cummins set it up effectively to Shafique, going full and fuller, conceding a boundary doing so, then banging it in completely, discovering the highest edge… down it goes! At this degree, that’s a straightforward likelihood, even with him standing proper on the boundary when it arrived. His fingers weren’t pointed up or down, extra to the facet – it’s over the rope and Abbott is fuming.
“Adam.” John Starbuck! “As we sit here suffering under the incessant Yorkshire rain, it prompts me to ask: how is the dew and how are they compensating for it?”
Aaron Finch stated firstly of Pakistan’s chase that it wasn’t an excessive amount of of an element however we’ve seen the Australians furiously drying the ball between deliveries. Short of that, it’s all about preparation for bowlers. Watching coaching for one-day sequence, they dunk older balls in water to prepared themselves for these very situations.
eleventh over: Pakistan 61-0 (Shafique 23, Imam 31) Target 368. Zampa was participant of the match towards Sri Lanka for his 4 wickets in a welcome return kind however as soon as once more, as he stated himself, began poorly in his first few overs earlier than it clicked. It makes these opening exchanges with the legspinner all of the extra necessary, and the truth that solely two runs have been taken right here a useful begin.
“Good afternoon Adam.” Krishnamoorthy – pretty to listen to from you. “With Pakistan one never knows. They may be causing at 170-0 in 28 overs and crumble to 230 all out. They are Arsenal of cricket.” Part of their allure, in fact!
tenth over: Pakistan 59-0 (Shafique 22, Imam 31) Target 368. Hazlewood has completed an excellent job taking the sting out of that energy play simply when it risked getting proper uncontrolled – 40 within the first 5, 15 within the second 5. The massive right-armer has 0/18 from his finish with 4 singles right here, nothing they’ll be anxious about. But Pakistan have reached this level at a run a ball and not using a wicket falling and the spinners about to return on – this will likely be fascinating. Here comes Adam Zampa.
ninth over: Pakistan 55-0 (Shafique 20, Imam 29) Target 368. 14 runs from one finish, 41 the opposite. Cummins offers Shafique one thing to drag late in his over and he makes probably the most of it. Not a nasty shout to check the right-hander upstairs however he will get this down away from the fielder at lengthy leg. One over left till the sector spreads.
eighth over: Pakistan 48-0 (Shafique 16, Imam 27) Target 368. Hazlewood follows his costly second over with a maiden and now two off – a few singles, nothing else happening for Pakistan. This tends to be when he’s given a break as effectively with Maxwell trusted to bowl with the sector up nevertheless it’s tough to know what’s happening with the dew at this stage – such an enormous issue after darkish.
seventh over: Pakistan 46-0 (Shafique 15, Imam 26) Target 368. No shock to see Cummins bringing himself on, changing Starc. Straight away he’s banging it into that acquainted shoebox wanting a size at Imam, however when the strike strikes to Shafique the right-hander will get down the monitor simply far sufficient to swing via the road and pop it over the Aussie captain’s head for 4. That’s very good batting.
sixth over: Pakistan 40-0 (Shafique 10, Imam 25) Target 368. Hazlewood has been such an necessary weapon for Australia on this format of the sport during the last couple of years – to suppose he wasn’t picked for this match in 2019. Just as this energy play is slipping uncontrolled, he sends down a really tidy maiden to Shafique, who would’ve been risking his wicket by attacking something right here.
fifth over: Pakistan 40-0 (Shafique 10, Imam 25) Target 368. Pakistan are flying right here – faultless chasing with the sector up. Starc, begins with one other huge, his fifth, then feeds Imam on his pads – he doesn’t miss out, 4 extra. After flicking two extra, the left-hander clips via midwicket once more, backing that there can be no swing and getting it proper. All instructed, 12 off the over and Starc has 0/28 off three.
4th over: Pakistan 28-0 (Shafique 9, Imam 15) Target 368. Two extra boundaries to start out Hazlewood’s new over! So, the third over in a row the place a 4 has been hit from the primary supply – tremendous stuff. It’s not a fairly shot, pulling off the splice, however the outfield is speedy. Imam then carves one other shortish ball via level. It prompts Hazlewood to go across the wicket and it really works, hitting a pad and interesting (unsuccessfully), earlier than beating the sting. Game on? Feels prefer it.
third over: Pakistan 20-0 (Shafique 9, Imam 7) Target 368. Shafique’s flip to unfurl a sublime drive, Starc positioned completely via the packed cowl area for 4 – that’s the best way to construct up strain early in an over. And 4 extra later within the via behind level – on the entrance foot, backing his swing, racing away to the rope. Reminds me of the shot he performed off Starc within the first over of the Test at Pindi final 12 months – he’s such a wonderful participant to observe. He will get on to a different drive to complete nevertheless it’s reduce off at cowl – that was flying to the rope too had it discovered a niche. This is precisely what the Pakistan openers wanted to do off the highest right here.
2nd over: Pakistan 12-0 (Shafique 1, Imam 7) Target 368. Shot! Imam sq. driving to Hazlewood’s first ball, beating Maxwell’s full-blooded dive at backward level, away to the rope. That’s not with out threat on the angle, however completely executed. But certain sufficient, Hazlewood is straight again to the place he must be only a fraction again of a size, no additional runs coming. The ultimate supply is encouraging for the large fast, taking off into the gloves of Inglis.
1st over: Pakistan 8-0 (Shafique 1, Imam 3) Wide first ball, so Starc doesn’t get the prospect to evaluation straight away as he did towards Sri Lanka and Shaheen did to start at the moment’s match. Both shockers. Make that two wides. But third time’s a allure, getting angle and hoop proper, beating Shafique’s inside edge – he’s picked up so many World Cup wickets with choices similar to that. But again down leg once more right away – sloppy. And one other! Four wides; one authorized supply. These are method down leg too. It’s the immediate for Starc to name for an opportunity of shoes, particularly, a brand new proper shoe. Aaron Finch on comms explains that he generally requires longer spikes when sliding a bit – is sensible. Anyway, the subsequent ball is again to the place he must be, full and straight. Still 4 authorized balls on this over – Mitch, you’re killing me right here mate. Now he’s previous the surface edge, on the lookout for a booming drive, however there’s no form again on this one. A single off the surface edge, albeit straight to the bottom, will get him off the mar to 3rd man. Imam’s flip and he drives sq. via a niche and it seems to be a boundary however Labuschagne places in an ideal dive to tug it in inches away from the rope. An eight-minute over.
The gamers are on the sector! It’s going to take the very best profitable chase in World Cup historical past. It’s going to take a blistering begin from Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique, who each have a narrative to inform each on this format of the sport and towards Australia in Test cricket. Starc to start out with a few slips, tonight again within the gold sleeves. An enormous couple of hours for each groups. Play!
Adam Collins
Cheers, Rob. Mitch Marsh, what a beautiful little run he has been on for Australia… and now a World Cup ton, on his thirty second birthday. I do marvel how they’ll reconfigure the batting record when Trav Head returns from damage, however that’s an excellent drawback to have. The Australians didn’t stick the touchdown within the ultimate ten overs, dropping 6/70, however their 367-9 is imposing however. Pakistan are going to have to start out effectively, which isn’t straightforward towards Starc and Hazlewood. But the mighty Chinnaswamy is all the time loads of enjoyable to bat on, so don’t rule out the chasers.
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A rating of 367 needs to be sufficient for Australia, although you by no means know what influence the dew could have. Time for me to tag in Adam Collins, who’s right here for the Pakistan runchase. Ta-ra.
Mitchell Marsh’s verdict
It’s a really good birthday current. I really feel like I’ve performed lots of cricket on my birthday and by no means received over 10, so it’s good to do this at the moment. The partnership with Davey was superior enjoyable. We know this can be a high-scoring floor so it was good to money in. We’d most likely have favored a number of extra on the again finish however Pakistan bowled very well.
I have a tendency to not have fun my a whole bunch too onerous however there was a little bit of emotion at the moment! To rating a World Cup hundred is one thing I’m actually happy with. Hopefully we will take some early wickets and get one other win on the board.
Pakistan want 368 to win
fiftieth over: Australia 367-9 (Cummins 6, Zampa 1) Afridi spears the hat-trick ball down the leg facet for a large. But he restricts Australia to a few runs from the final 4 balls, together with an outrageous slower ball that completely flummoxed Cummins and bounces between the again pad and the leg stump. Afridi finishes with distinctive figures of 10-1-54-5.
So, Pakistan want a file complete to win, although it may have been worse. At one stage Australia have been heading in the right direction for 400, however they scored solely 70 off the final 10 overs. It was a death-bowling masterclass from Afridi and Haris Rauf, significantly after the dismissal of David Warner.
Australia scored simply 42 from 46 balls after Warner was out for a spectacular 163. He added 259 for the primary wicket with Mitchell Marsh, who pumped a career-best 121 on his birthday. Nobody else may get going, although: the opposite 9 batters scored 58 from 72 between them.
WICKET! Australia 363-9 (Hazlewood c Rizwan b Afridi 0)
Afridi has a five-for, and he’s on a hat-trick for the second time within the innings! Hazlewood nicks off for a golden duck and there are 4 balls remaining.
WICKET! Australia 363-8 (Starc c Saud b Afridi 2)
Starc holes out to lengthy off to offer Afridi his fourth wicket. Five balls remaining.
forty ninth over: Australia 363-7 (Cummins 4, Starc 1) This has been an admirable comeback from Haris Rauf. At one stage he had grisly figures of 4.1-0-65-0, however he finishes with 8-0-83-3 – and he finishes one wanting Hasan Ali’s file for the costliest spell by a Pakistan bowler at a World Cup. He’s turned humiliation right into a minor triumph.
WICKET! Australia 360-7 (Labuschagne c sub b Rauf 8)
Australia are ending with a whimper. Labuschagne slams a pull to cow nook, the place the substitute Shadab Khan takes a snug catch.
forty eighth over: Australia 358-6 (Labuschagne 8, Cummins 2) Outstandng bowling from Shaheen Afridi. Labuschagne and Pat Cummins can barely lay a bat on him, gathering simply two runs and two leg-byes from the final 5 balls of the over. Afridi’s figures are excellent: 9-1-50-3. They’d be even higher had Warner been taken on 10.
WICKET! Australia 354-6 (Stoinis LBW b Afridi 21)
Marcus Stoinis has gone. He walked throughout to Afridi, missed a scoop and was hit plumb in entrance. He reviewed, purely as a result of Australia have two left and also you by no means know when expertise may go rogue, however replays confirmed it was hitting the highest of the center.
forty seventh over: Australia 353-5 (Stoinis 21, Labuschagne 8) Labuschagne, anticipating a brief ball from Rauf, makes room to flat-bat the ball over mid-off for 4. That’s an outlier in a wonderful over from Rauf, who beats Labuschagne for tempo and Stoinis (twice) for lack of it.
Rauf goes to make unwelcome historical past with the costliest spell by a Pakistani bowler at a World Cup, however this spell (3-0-20-2) has been a fairly spectacular show of ability and psychological energy.
“Phil Whittal most definitely should not get help for his love-hate relationship with David Warner,” writes David Govantes Edwards. “That’s the perfectly sane attitude towards Warner. Personally, when I feel that I can barely process his talent, he gets out for 2 (which is fine), but then he walks back with that Mourinho-style smirk, and the pendulum goes violently the other way and I want to be Stuart Broad in summer 2019 so much that I would give one kidney for it.”
forty sixth over: Australia 347-5 (Stoinis 20, Labuschagne 3) Afridi returns to the assault and is steered cleverly over brief third man for 4 by Stoinis. That was a beautiful shot. He simply opened the face and allowed the ball to hit the bat, understanding the angle would take it over the fielder.
This is now the very best rating towards Pakistan at a World Cup, passing the 344/9 that Sri Lanka made final week.
forty fifth over: Australia 340-5 (Stoinis 15, Labuschagne 1) Pakistan have pulled this again fairly effectively, although Australia are nonetheless in management. It takes a good bit of braveness to return on the dying when you have already got figures of 4-0-59-0. Rauf has taken two for 4 in his final 11 balls, and he virtually will get a 3rd when Labuschagne squeezes a yorker previous leg stump.
WICKET! Australia 339-5 (Inglis c Rizwan b Rauf 13)
Yep, Inglis is out. He jumped throughout to attempt to ramp Rauf, with the ball bouncing via to Rizwan. UltraEdge confirmed that it brushed the glove, so Inglis goes for a breezy nine-ball 13.
It’s all the time value wanting on the batter when the opposition are contemplating a evaluation. Some can’t assist however look shifty. Joe Root towards Sri Lanka in 2019 is one other instance – you would inform he was out earlier than we’d seen a replay.
Pakistan evaluation for caught behind towards Inglis. From Inglis’s physique language alone, I reckon this may be out.
forty fourth over: Australia 338-4 (Stoinis 14, Inglis 13) Inglis has began impressively, dashing to 13 from 8 balls. He drives an tried yorker from Hasan Ali for 4, then clips via midwicket for an additional.
forty third over: Australia 330-4 (Stoinis 14, Inglis 5) Josh Inglis, who has demoted and promoted on the similar time, cuts his first ball for 4. Stoinis is denied one other boundary when a baseball shot hits the stumps on the non-striker’s finish.
Haris Rauf has figures of 5-0-70-1, and his financial system price of 14 is the very best in ODI historical past when anyone has bowled at the least 5 overs.
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