Australia are slowly discovering their groove in the continuing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup having gained two video games in a row now after beginning the match with as many losses. After beating Sri Lanka comprehensively earlier in the week, the Men in Yellow beat Pakistan by 62 runs in Bengaluru to leap up 5 locations on the factors desk to sit in fourth place whereas the Babar Azam-led facet has now misplaced two video games in a row. David Warner and Mitchell Marsh’s 259-run stand performed a starring function in Australia’s win because the duo feasted on some poor fielding and peculiar bowling.
Warner and Marsh smashed just a few information however Mitchell Starc quietly continued his record-breaking spree in the ODI World Cup. Starc, who took only one wicket in the sport of Hasan Ali, has now taken no less than one wicket in all of twenty-two video games he has performed in the CWC historical past. Starc now has complete 55 wickets to his title and is now the joint-fourth-highest wicket-taker in World Cup historical past.Â
Legendary Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram has additionally taken 55 wickets in the match. One extra wicket and Starc will surpass Akram. However, two extra wickets will take him forward of Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga, who has 56 scalps in the World Cup.
Most wickets in ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup
71 – Glenn McGrath (Australia) in 39 matches
68 – Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) in 40 matches
56 – Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) in 29 matches
55 – Mitchell Starc (Australia) in 22 matches
55 – Wasim Akram (Pakistan) in 38 matches
Australia amassed 367 runs in their 50 overs and Pakistan at 265/4 in 38 overs seemed on course of the goal however finally fell aside as Adam Zampa bowled a match-winning spell taking 4/53 as Pakistan misplaced their final six wickets for simply 36 runs to get shot out for 305.
