TAUNTON: David Warner used to be not in his standard destructive self however effective however, his first global century since completing the ball-tampering ban setting up Australia's 41-run win over Pakistan within the World Cup on Wednesday.
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Australia looked set for a complete in way over 350 whilst Warner and captain Aaron Finch (82) had been on the crease, however Mohammad Amir (5/30) staged a grand comeback with his easiest ODI bowling figures to bowl their opponents out for 307.
Pakistan's innings ended at 266 in 45.four overs however not sooner than the duo of Sarfaraz Ahmed and Wahab Riaz gave the Australians a scare with a rearguard action that revived their hopes for some time.
Pakistan had been at one stage tottering at 160 for 6 within the 30th over.
Riaz smashed 45 off 39 balls with two fours and three sixes, whilst Sarfaraz made 40 off 48. The side's top-scorer even though used to be opener Imam-ul-Haq (53), Mohammad Hafeez contributed 46 whilst Hasan Ali blazed away to 32 off handiest 15 balls sooner than Mitchell Starc closed out the sport on the death.
Earlier, despatched into bat after the coin landed in Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed's favour, Australia had been off to a steady start with Warner and Finch serving to them to 50 in 10 overs.
Amir started with a maiden and going with handiest four mainline bowlers, Australia knew they needed to ranking big to put Pakistan underneath force.
The Aussies broke loose in opposition to Shaheen Afridi, with Finch hitting him over the deep sq. leg fence for a six and Warner using the pull shot to get a four. As Australia looked for quick runs, Amir showed his class through bowling another maiden over.
Apart from the singles and twos, each managed to find the ropes sometimes, sooner than Finch carted Mohammad Hafeez for 16 runs with the help of a six and two barriers.
After a stand that yielded 146 runs in 22.1 overs, Amir equipped Pakistan the much-needed breakthrough when he had Finch hitting one top up within the air against extra quilt.
Warner hit Hasan Ali for 2 consecutive fours, after which, there used to be a stylish quilt force through Steve Smith. A couple of quiet overs used to be followed through a productive one from Australia's perspective, with Warner smashing Shoaib Malik for a six over long-on and a four to pick 15 runs.
Sitting beautiful at 189 for 2 within the 29th over, Smith attempted to up the ante however in doing so, ended up giving a catch to Asif Ali, who had dropped a sitter within the slips earlier at The Cooper Associates County Ground.
Glenn Maxwell struck 20 in 10 balls at the same time as Warner reached the three-figure mark when an edge flew between the keeper and the large slip for a four. He were given out in a while after celebrating his century with gusto.
The show, then, belonged to Amir.
However, Amir's effort used to be not enough as Pakistan suffered their second defeat of the showpiece.
Opener Imam-ul-Haq made 53 off 75 balls and steadied the innings with a 54-run second-wicket stand with Babar Azam (28) after the early dismissal of Fakhar Zaman.
For Australia, Pat Cummins used to be probably the most a success bowler with figures of three/33 whilst there have been two wickets apiece for Mitchell Starc and Kane Richardson.
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Australia looked set for a complete in way over 350 whilst Warner and captain Aaron Finch (82) had been on the crease, however Mohammad Amir (5/30) staged a grand comeback with his easiest ODI bowling figures to bowl their opponents out for 307.
Pakistan's innings ended at 266 in 45.four overs however not sooner than the duo of Sarfaraz Ahmed and Wahab Riaz gave the Australians a scare with a rearguard action that revived their hopes for some time.
Pakistan had been at one stage tottering at 160 for 6 within the 30th over.
Riaz smashed 45 off 39 balls with two fours and three sixes, whilst Sarfaraz made 40 off 48. The side's top-scorer even though used to be opener Imam-ul-Haq (53), Mohammad Hafeez contributed 46 whilst Hasan Ali blazed away to 32 off handiest 15 balls sooner than Mitchell Starc closed out the sport on the death.
Earlier, despatched into bat after the coin landed in Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed's favour, Australia had been off to a steady start with Warner and Finch serving to them to 50 in 10 overs.
Amir started with a maiden and going with handiest four mainline bowlers, Australia knew they needed to ranking big to put Pakistan underneath force.
The Aussies broke loose in opposition to Shaheen Afridi, with Finch hitting him over the deep sq. leg fence for a six and Warner using the pull shot to get a four. As Australia looked for quick runs, Amir showed his class through bowling another maiden over.
Apart from the singles and twos, each managed to find the ropes sometimes, sooner than Finch carted Mohammad Hafeez for 16 runs with the help of a six and two barriers.
After a stand that yielded 146 runs in 22.1 overs, Amir equipped Pakistan the much-needed breakthrough when he had Finch hitting one top up within the air against extra quilt.
Warner hit Hasan Ali for 2 consecutive fours, after which, there used to be a stylish quilt force through Steve Smith. A couple of quiet overs used to be followed through a productive one from Australia's perspective, with Warner smashing Shoaib Malik for a six over long-on and a four to pick 15 runs.
Sitting beautiful at 189 for 2 within the 29th over, Smith attempted to up the ante however in doing so, ended up giving a catch to Asif Ali, who had dropped a sitter within the slips earlier at The Cooper Associates County Ground.
Glenn Maxwell struck 20 in 10 balls at the same time as Warner reached the three-figure mark when an edge flew between the keeper and the large slip for a four. He were given out in a while after celebrating his century with gusto.
The show, then, belonged to Amir.
However, Amir's effort used to be not enough as Pakistan suffered their second defeat of the showpiece.
Opener Imam-ul-Haq made 53 off 75 balls and steadied the innings with a 54-run second-wicket stand with Babar Azam (28) after the early dismissal of Fakhar Zaman.
For Australia, Pat Cummins used to be probably the most a success bowler with figures of three/33 whilst there have been two wickets apiece for Mitchell Starc and Kane Richardson.
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World Cup: Warner century powers Australia to 41-run win over Pakistan
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