{"id":94802,"date":"2023-10-20T08:26:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T08:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=94802"},"modified":"2023-10-20T08:26:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T08:26:11","slug":"cricket-world-cup-live-australia-v-pakistan-in-bengaluru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/sports-news\/cricket-world-cup-live-australia-v-pakistan-in-bengaluru\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket World Cup LIVE: Australia v Pakistan in Bengaluru"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Save articles for later<\/h3>\n<p>Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.<\/p>\n<h3>Key posts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><time class=\"_2_zR-\" data-testid=\"datetime\" dateTime=\"2023-10-20T19:20:38+11:00\">7.20pm<\/time><\/span>Pakistan win toss and bat, Australia name unchanged side<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span>1<\/span> of <span>1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Pakistan win toss and bat, Australia name unchanged side<\/h2>\n<p>Pakistan have won the toss and have chosen to field. With a good start on this pitch, the sky\u2019s the limit for Australia. But Pakistan\u2019s new-ball attack is strong. This will on early.<br \/>Australia have named an unchanged team. In the warm-ups, there appeared to be some concern about leg-spinner Adam Zampa, who has been troubled by an assortment of injuries and most recently by back spasm. The team\u2019s masseuse has put plenty of work into him. But he\u2019s in the XI.Australia: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (capt), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.Pakistan (not confirmed): Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Nawaz\/Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Usama Mir, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.294%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_5%2C$y_111\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/a1015bfe981a5d8f0876ef07049997bc00e2a8aa\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Pat Cummins will captain an unchanged side<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>AP<\/cite><\/p>\n<h2>On the ground in Bengaluru, it\u2019s perfect cricket weather<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s a brilliant day in Bengaluru, a mild 30 degrees, dry and made for cricket.<\/p>\n<p>There are long queues outside the ground, which is encouraging because crowds at non-India games in this tournament have been sparse. To judge from conversations with hotel staff and in shops, the Australians are popular here. The names of Shane Watson and Glenn Maxwell recur, also Adam Gilchrist.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.756%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_252\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/2b74fc8127002375bb1a580f38db256ba8f0ff02\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Queen\u2019s Road outside M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru ahead of tonight\u2019s match.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>Greg Baum<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan will have no travelling support, but they won\u2019t lack sympathisers entirely. Asked about the lack of fans, bowler Hasan Ali began flashed a big smile and began to count the newly admitted journalists one-by-one. Evidently, he is something of a humorist. Asked how Pakistan would restrict Australia\u2019s (notionally) powerful batting, he replied: \u201cif it\u2019s a batting friendly track, we won\u2019t play.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Well, it will be batting friendly. Moreover, there are short square boundaries and even shorter straight boundaries. Two 300-plus scores would not surprise.<\/p>\n<h2>History says tonight is a time for the batsmen to shine<\/h2>\n<p>While Australia have struggled with the bat in sometimes tricky conditions during this World Cup, Bengaluru offers hope of a much more free-scoring game against Pakistan, with an average one-day score of more than 300 there.<\/p>\n<p>It is Glenn Maxwell\u2019s home ground with Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL and Steve Smith made 131 the last time Australia played a one-day match in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell\u2019s most productive one-day cricket has been against Pakistan. He has always made double figures and averages almost 53 against them. This compares to an overall average of 33.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.238%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_20%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/e17aabd67d08c700ef53e7ec7e5990b62d77762e\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Glenn Maxwell averages 53 in one-day matches against Pakistan.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>Getty<\/cite><\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s Australia\u2019s must win game against Pakistan<\/h2>\n<p>It is an early call in a tournament where each team plays nine lead-up matches before the finals, but tonight\u2019s clash has a huge bearing on Australia\u2019s chances of winning a sixth 50 over World Cup title.<\/p>\n<p>After overcoming two losses to easily beat Sri Lanka, victory tonight and Australia will be right back in the hunt for a semi-final spot, drawing equal with third-placed South Africa and fourth-placed Pakistan at two wins each.<\/p>\n<p>They then have the only non-Test team, the Netherlands, in their next match, although the men in Orange caused a major upset against South Africa. Lose against Pakistan and Australia must win their last five remaining preliminary matches to have any realistic chance of making the play-offs.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s batsmen will be looking forward to more batter friendly conditions in Bengaluru, where the average score in one-day matches is more than 300.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.183%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_5%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/03c1123d6b12b798f384398ac919c89fb622372a\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis celebrate Australia\u2019s first victory in this World Cup, against Sri Lanka last Monday.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>Getty<\/cite><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span>1<\/span> of <span>1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Most Viewed in Sport<\/h2>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/cricket-world-cup-live-australia-v-pakistan-in-bangalore-20231020-p5edtm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. 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