Cricket World Cup Warm-up: Australia Edge Pakistan As India Go 3,400km For World Cup Waste of time

Australia pushed out Pakistan by 14 runs in a high-scoring World Cup warm-up on Tuesday as India voyaged 3,400km starting with one corner of the country then onto the next just to be crushed by heavy downpour. In Hyderabad, Australia made 351-7 from their 50 overs with Glenn Maxwell especially savage on Pakistan’s bowlers. Maxwell broke 77 off 71 balls with four limits and six sixes. Cameron Green was undefeated on 50, David Warner clubbed three sixes in his 48 while Josh Inglis additionally made 48. Marnus Labuschagne, a late hit up by the five-time World Cup victors, contributed 40.

Pakistan leg-spinner Usama Mir dazzled with 2-31 as he excused Warner and Mitchell Bog after the openers had placed on 83 for the primary wicket.

Mir’s leg-turning accomplice Shadab Khan was costly with his one wicket costing 69 runs.

In answer, Pakistan, who lost by five wickets to New Zealand in their opening warm-up, were excused for 337 in the 48th over.

Skipper Babar Azam hit a familiar, unbeaten 90 off 59 balls with 11 limits and two sixes and imparted a 144-run organization to Iftikhar Ahmed who made 83 off 85 conveyances.

Mohammad Nawaz contributed 50 however Pakistan missed the mark.

At Guwahati, Kusal Mendis scored a stunning 158 as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 294 by Afghanistan prior to slipping to a six-wicket rout in a downpour hit match.

Mendis, chief for the day with Dasun Shanaka passing on the last warm-up, made his runs off just 87 balls.

He hit 19 fours and nine sixes as Afghanistan attempted to apply the brakes with just previous captain Mohammad Nabi appreciating supported accomplishment with 4-44.

Rahmanullah century

Afghanistan were sitting easily on 118-1 in the 21st over in answer when downpour halted play.

They were then set a changed objective of 257 off 42 overs and traveled home with 23 balls in excess.

Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz crushed 119 from 92 balls with eight fours and nine sixes, sharing a 212-run second wicket organization with Rahmat Shah.

Rahmat’s 93 was made off 82 balls and highlighted 10 fours and three sixes.

In the interim, India’s genius cricketers got through a 3,400km (2,170 miles) crosscountry excursion to play a warm-up just for the match to be deserted without a ball being bowled.

India were to confront the Netherlands in Thiruvananthapuram, on the southern tip of India, yet they were left kicking their heels in the downpour.

On Saturday, their planned game against reigning champs Britain up in the north-eastern city of Guwahati was additionally cleaned out.

Altogether, the wet weather conditions constrained three warm-up matches to be deserted while four others were downpour impacted, leaving groups and players disappointed in front of Thursday’s Reality Cup start.

Be that as it may, the weather conditions gauge until the end of the week in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Dharamsala – – scenes for initial three days of the competition – – is hopeful with daylight rather than showers.

Britain will play New Zealand in the competition opener at the world’s greatest cricket arena in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Pakistan conflict with the Netherlands in Hyderabad on Friday, while Afghanistan and Bangladesh play in Dharamsala on Saturday.