CWC 2023 AUS vs PAK highlights: Pat Cummins-led Australia is scheduled to play in the 18th match of the ICC World Cup 2023 against Babar Azam-led Pakistan.
| Match No | ICC World Cup 2023, 18th match |
| Match | Australia vs Pakistan |
| Date | October 20, 2023 |
| Toss | Pakistan won the toss and opt to bowl |
| Venue | MCA Stadium, Bengaluru |
| Result | Australia won by 62 runs |
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Australia squad
David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Pakistan Squad
Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf
AUS vs PAK scoreboard
| Team | Scoreboard |
| Australia | 367/9 (50 ov) |
| Pakistan | 305/10 (45.3 ov) |
AUS vs PAK highlights
Australia innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| David Warner | c sub (Shadab Khan) b Haris Rauf | 163 | 124 | 180 | 14 | 9 | 131.45 |
| Mitchell Marsh | c Usama Mir b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 121 | 108 | 139 | 10 | 9 | 112.03 |
| Glenn Maxwell | c Babar Azam b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Smith | c & b Usama Mir | 7 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 77.77 |
| Marcus Stoinis | lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 21 | 24 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 87.5 |
| Josh Inglis † | c †Mohammad Rizwan b Haris Rauf | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 144.44 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | c sub (Shadab Khan) b Haris Rauf | 8 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Pat Cummins (c) | not out | 6 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Mitchell Starc | c Saud Shakeel b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Josh Hazlewood | c †Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Zampa | not out | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | 10 | 1 | 54 | 5 | 5.4 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Hasan Ali | 8 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 7.12 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 8 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4.62 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Haris Rauf | 8 | 0 | 83 | 3 | 10.37 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Usama Mir | 9 | 0 | 82 | 1 | 9.11 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Mohammad Nawaz | 7 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 6.14 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pakistan innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Abdullah Shafique | c Maxwell b Stoinis | 64 | 61 | 93 | 7 | 2 | 104.91 |
| Imam-ul-Haq | c Starc b Stoinis | 70 | 71 | 107 | 10 | 0 | 98.59 |
| Babar Azam (c) | c Cummins b Zampa | 18 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 128.57 |
| Mohammad Rizwan † | lbw b Zampa | 46 | 40 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 115 |
| Saud Shakeel | c Stoinis b Cummins | 30 | 31 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 96.77 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | lbw b Zampa | 26 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 130 |
| Mohammad Nawaz | st †Inglis b Zampa | 14 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 87.5 |
| Usama Mir | c Starc b Hazlewood | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | c Labuschagne b Cummins | 10 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 125 |
| Hasan Ali | c †Inglis b Starc | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 100 |
| Haris Rauf | not out | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Mitchell Starc | 8 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 8.12 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Josh Hazlewood | 10 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 3.7 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pat Cummins | 7.3 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 8.26 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Zampa | 10 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 5.3 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 5 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Stoinis | 5 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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Player of the Match
David Warner | Australia
It (groin) is a little bit sore, all cramps at the moment, that’s all it is. It (partnership with Marsh) was awesome, once we got the pace of the wicket, we were going to try and target their bowlers.
For us to go out there and put a performance like that is very pleasing. Committing and backing my skills, I had a good hit yesterday, it was ticking along, I was just one bit of luck away and it helps when you’re hitting the ball out of the middle.
Playing on a ground like this as well, you got to take those chances. Just to get out there and build a partnership with Mitch today. We spoke about trying to bat till 35 overs at least and then probably score heavily in the back end. From our perspective, there’s a little bit of tinkering there we got to work on, we lost 5 or 6 wickets in the last 10.
Every run is valuable, part of my DNA is to run hard between wickets, I have always done that and I’ll always continue to keep doing that as long as I keep playing.
