A massive opening partnership sets Australia up for a win over Pakistan, but they were made to work all the way.
It says much about the scale of the M Chinnaswamy stadium and the way 50-over cricket is now played that Australian openers David Warner and Mitch Marsh made dazzling centuries and shared a near-record opening stand and Australia made 9/367 and yet for 40 overs Pakistan looked on track to reel it in.
It was Marsh’s second one-day century, but he might never make one crisper. They reached their milestones from successive balls and rejoiced as much for one another as for themselves. Early in Australia’s innings, this correspondent took meticulous note of three things: the chance dropped by Usama that was so easy he could have caught it in his mouth, and the first two sixes, Marsh’s straight drive and Warner’s flick to leg. They all seemed significant then.
Warner’s aptitude and appetite for runs at 37 is freakish, but no-one in the team can clatter the ball quite like Marsh at his best. When not clearing the boundary, Warner and Marsh were just as prolific in reaching it, Warner by hitting gaps, Marsh by making them as surely as if with a punch. This was far from a punching bag of an attack, but at times it was made to look like one.
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