Australia defeated Pakistan in the second warm-up match before the World Cup I lost by 14 runs after an interesting contest. Australia won the toss and decided to bat first against Pakistan in the second warm-up match played in the city of Hyderabad, India. David Warner and Mitchell Marsh on behalf of Australia provided a strong foundation by establishing a partnership of 83 runs for the first wicket. However, leg-spinner Usama Mir ended the dangerous looking partnership. David Warner was caught out by Haris Rauf by Osama Mir, he scored 48 runs off 33 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 4 fours.
Usama Mir also bowled Mitchell Marsh for 31 runs in his second over. Australia’s third out batsman was Labushane, Mohammad Nawaz did his job, he scored 40 runs off 31 balls. In the very next over, Haris Rauf guided Steven Smith to the pavilion for 27 runs. Australia’s batsmen scored 155 runs for the loss of 4 wickets at the end of the first 25 overs. Alex Carey was run out by Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz, but he scored 11 runs off 14 balls. Maxwell scored 77 runs off 71 balls with the help of 4 fours and 6 sixes and took the team’s score to 255 runs in the 41st over and was caught by Babar Azam off the ball of Shadab Khan. Josh Inglis batted aggressively and scored 48 runs in 30 balls with the help of 8 fours and a six, but was dismissed by Mohammad Wasim. Australia scored 351 runs for 7 wickets in the allotted 50 overs thanks to Cameron Green’s half-century and skipper Pat Cummins’ 2 runs not out. From Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled 6 overs and gave 25 runs without any wicket, Hasan Ali also bowled 6 overs and gave 23 runs in his spell. Fast bowler Haris Rauf proved to be the most expensive and took only one wicket for 97 runs in his quota of 9 overs. Shadab Khan bowled the most 10 overs and got one wicket by giving 69 runs, Muhammad Wasim got one wicket by giving 63 runs in 8 overs and Muhammad Nawaz got a wicket by giving 34 runs in 6 overs. Osama Mir took two wickets by giving 31 runs in 5 overs. Pakistan started batting in the traditional manner in the warm-up match as well and both the experienced openers Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhr Zaman showed disappointing performances. The experienced openers provided a start of 35 runs in 5 overs, then Imamul Haq’s innings ended with 16 runs off Pete Cummins. A short partnership between Fakhrzaman and Abdullah Shafiq saw the score reach 47 runs before Maxwell caught Fakhar off David Warner, who scored 22 runs off 24 balls with 4 fours. Abdullah Shafiq also got out early, his innings consisted of 12 runs off 16 balls, he was dismissed by Kyle Abbott. Iftikhar Ahmed batted well from one end, but Shadab Khan, who led the team in the match, could not stay long at the other end and returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs. Babar Azam gave full support to Iftikhar and the two partnered well to take the team’s score to 227 runs in the 32nd over. Iftikhar Ahmed played an innings of 83 runs off 85 balls with the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes. Babar Azam also completed a half-century and played aggressively with 90 runs off 59 balls, which included 11 fours and 2 sixes, but he was retired hurt. The partnership of Mohammad Nawaz and Aghaz Salman could not last long and Agha Salman got out after scoring 10 runs with the help of two fours. Usama Mir supported Mohammad Nawaz by scoring 15 runs and took the team’s score to 301 in the 42nd over. Mohammad Nawaz scored a half-century off 42 balls with 6 fours and a six and was dismissed at a crucial juncture when the score was 326 runs in 46 overs. The last batsman to be dismissed by Pakistan was Hasan Ali who scored 16 runs off 18 balls with two fours and the team scored 337 runs off the fourth ball of the 48th over. Despite a disappointing start, the Pakistan team batted well in the last moments and made the match sensational, but lost by 14 runs. Australia’s Marnus Lebouchane top-scored with 3 wickets, with Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh taking 2 and 2 wickets respectively.
Pakistan captain in today’s match was Shadab Khan, he said that he is fine but Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are resting today, but I am the captain, we lost the last warm-up match but would like to win today. . In place of Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris performed wicket keeping duties.
The following players are included in the national team squad:
Pakistan Squad: Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafiq, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan (captain), Muhammad Nawaz, Saud Shakeel, Muhammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Agha Salman, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Usama Mir, Mohammad Wasim, Mohammad Rizwan. Australian squad: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marence Labushane, Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Josh Ingles, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Sean Abbott, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa, Marcus Stoins, Travis Head were clear that New Zealand had defeated Pakistan in the first warm-up match, Pakistan had scored 345 runs for 5 wickets in the allotted overs, but the Kiwi team had easily achieved the required target by losing 5 wickets. This is the first visit of the Pakistan team to India after 7 years where they previously went to India to play the T20 World Cup in 2016. The Pakistan team will play their first match in the World Cup against the Netherlands on October 6.
