Even though Usama Mir found some purchase on the wicket, it wasn’t enough to pose problems as the carnage continued at Chinnaswamy. By the halfway mark, Australia had 172 on the board as Pakistan’s search for the opening breakthrough continued. Eventually, Warner and Marsh became just the third opening pair to register centuries in the same World Cup game as they reached their landmarks off successive deliveries in the same over. It was also Warner’s fourth successive century against Pakistan.

On expected lines, both batters were pretty much going after everything at this point in time before Shaheen finally gave Pakistan some respite. Easily their best bowler on the day, Shaheen struck off consecutive deliveries to dismiss Marsh and Glenn Maxwell despite conceding two sixes earlier in the over. Steve Smith then failed to make use of the reprieve he received from Babar Azam at slip by chipping one straight back at Usama but there was just no stopping Warner.

The veteran’s 8th six of the innings took him past 150 in ODI cricket for the seventh time in his career as Australia set themselves up for an all out assault in the final ten overs. At 297/3 after 40 overs, it did appear like the five-time world champions would go past the 400-run mark. However, Warner’s dismissal for 163 turned the tide as Pakistan clawed back. Rauf, who had conceded 70 runs in his first five overs, struck again with the crucial wicket of Josh Inglis before Shaheen took charge at the death.

Marcus Stoinis missed an attempted scoop off Shaheen to get trapped leg-before-wicket before Marnus Labuschagne hit Rauf straight to the fielder stationed at deep midwicket. In the final over, Shaheen added two more to his tally as Australia managed to add just 27 runs in the last five overs. Despite that poor finish, they would still believe they have enough on the board.

Brief scores:
Australia 367/9 in 50 overs (David Warner 163, Mitchell Marsh 121; Shaheen Afridi 5/54) vs Pakistan