The 17th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will be played between Australia and Pakistan at the County Ground Taunton in Taunton on Wednesday, 12 June.
While the defending champions have looked stronger than they ever have in the last year and a half, Australia were, nevertheless, outplayed by the Indian batsmen and never looked on course to chasing down the target of 353.
Australia’s batting unit is purring with Steve Smith scoring consecutive half centuries in their last two matches. The rest of the top order consisting of David Warner, Aaron Finch and Usman Khawaja have all looked in good touch while Alex Carey has upped his game lower down the order.
Pakistan, however, will need to show the same intensity they did against England to pull off a win on Wednesday. Against England, Pakistan looked an entirely different team from the one that turned up against the West Indies. There were healthy partnerships all the way down the top six and they were backed up by the bowlers who never let the mighty England batting line-up off the hook.
With all 10 teams at the World Cup part of the round-robin group stage, each team will play a total of nine matches before the knockout stages, starting July 9. The top four teams will qualify for the knockout stages.
Match 17, Australia vs Pakistan, ICC World Cup 2019 will start at 03:00 PM IST on Wednesday, 12 June.
Match 17, Australia vs Pakistan, ICC World Cup 2019 will take place at the County Ground Taunton in Taunton.
Match 17, Australia vs Pakistan, ICC World Cup 2019 will broadcast in India on Star Sports 3.
The live online streaming of Australia vs Pakistan, ICC World Cup 2019 will be available on Hotstar app.
Squad: Aaron Finch (captain), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Shaun Marsh, Alex Carey, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Pat Cummins, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Zampa and Nathan Lyon.
Squad: Sarfraz Ahmed (C), Fakhar Zaman, Asif Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Hafeez, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Hasnain.
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