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Steve Barrett

Experimental Australia down Pakistan in last WC warm-up

Australia have concluded their World Cup preparations by firing with the bat, experimenting with the ball and seeing off Pakistan by 14 runs in their final warm-up match at Hyderabad.

After posting 7-351, Australia mixed new-ball skill with popgun pies at the bowling crease before bowling Pakistan out for 337 at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST).

Babar Azam, the world's No 1-ranked one-day batter, stroked a classy 90 after Pakistan's top three - Fakhar Zaman (22), Imam-ul-Haq (16) and Abdullah Shafique (12) - failed to fire.

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