PAK vs AUS, U19 World Cup 2024 Semi-Final Highlights: India vs Australia final as Pakistan lose by one wicket

Australia BEAT Pakistan!

Heartbreak for Pakistan! Inside edge and four runs. Ubaid Shah gave a wild chase, but the effort futile. Australia are pumped. A rematch of World Cup 2023 final between India and Australia. The junior team has qualified for the U19 World Cup final for first time after 2012. This match will be remembered for long. Zeeshan did nothing wrong there. MacMillan's grit paid off and the edge went past the left of Baig for a four. But Pakistan has won heart once again.

Tough luck Pakistan

I think this has to be the picture of the World Cup

So close, yet so far... #AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/8kkdt6UxiF

— Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994) February 8, 2024

PAK vs AUS Score: Two runs from MacMillan

Two runs on the second delivery. MacMillan then takes a single. Three needed now. Vidler on strike against Ubaid.

PAK vs AUS Live Score? Australia need six from 12

Ubaid Shah going to bowl his final over With Australia needed six from 12.

FOUR! Australia need 7 with 1 wicket in hand

Top-edge and gone for four! Australia need seven runs now. Thriller at Benoni.

PAK vs AUS Live: Australia 168/9 in 47

Australia need 12 from 18. MacMillan batting on 7 off 23. Zeeshan will bowl the 48th over.

OUT! Australia nine down

Beardman goes for a duck. Raza cleans his stumps on the last ball of his spell. 4/34 runs for him in the 10 overs. He has put Pakistan U19 on cusp of a famous victory. Australia need 16 from 24 balls with one wicket in hand.

WICKET! Raza strikes

Australia eight down for 164. Tom Straker gone! Ali Raza is the man! He has been the man for Pakistan in their last two matches. Good bounce again and too hot to handle for Starker as he edges the ball into the hands of Baig. Pakistan are pumped. Australia need 16 from 27 with 2 wickets in hand.

PAK vs AUS Live: Three from Ubaid's 8th over

Three from the 45th over from Ubaid. Two more to go for him. He tested the two tail-enders continuously but Pakistan need nothing less than a wicket. Ali Raza will bowl his final over, slip in place. Australia need 16 from 30.

PAK vs AUS Live: Straker survives run out on free hit

Straker goes for a single on a free hit - the final ball of the 44th over. But Haroon misses the direct hit. Australia need 19 off 36 balls. Ubaid Shah has three overs left.

OUT! Peake gone

Peake departs for 49. Survived a strong appeal on the third ball of the 42nd over, but umpire raises his finger on the fifth delivery. Peake was trying to glance the delivery towards third man, umpire thinks there was an edge. There was a loud and convincing appeal from wicketkeeper Saad Baig and Raza. Peake is devastated. AUS: 155/7 in 42 overs vs PAK: 179 all-out

OUT! Pakistan strike

A timely strike from Minhas. Campbell gone for 25, and that brings end to the 44-run partnership off 73 balls. The arm ball, quicker through the air. Stumps uprooted, and Campbell is devastated. Second wicket for Minhas. Is there another twist here? AUS: 146/6 in 39 overs vs PAK: 179 all-out

PAK vs AUS Live: The Australian fighting spirit on display

Australian batters showing why their senior team has won the trophy five times. The characters are built in early days. The chips were down here in Benoni, but two partnerships and the Kangaroos are heading towards the final vs India. The partnership between Campbell and Peake is accounting for 43 off 69 balls now. Four from campbell on the final delivery of the 38th over. Hammered through covers. Australia need 35 from 72.

AUS vs PAK Live: Four from Peak

Four from Peake on the third ball of the 34th over. Short and wide from Ubaid Shah as Peake slaps it through point for a four. A solid knock from the southpaw. AUS: 122/5 in 34 overs.

PAK vs AUS Live Score: Injury scare for Pakistan

Ubaid Shah down on the ground. He fielded the last ball. Looks like a cramp. He is getting treatment on his left leg.

PAK vs AUS Live: Raza brought into attack

Ali Raza brought into the attack in the 32nd over and gives away just four from it. There was a run out opportunity on the fourth delivery but a direct hit was needed. Oliver Peake is into his 30s now. AUS: 114/5 in 32 overs vs PAK: 179 all-out.

PAK vs AUS Live: 72 runs from 120 balls needed

72 more runs needed off 120 balls, but just five wickets in hand. Pakistan spinners are trying to create pressure on the two Australian batters in the middle. Naveed Khan has already completed his 10-over quota for 25 runs and one wicket. AUS: 108/5 in 30 overs.

AUS vs PAK Live: Onus on Campbell and Peake

After the end of a 43-run partnership between Dixon and Peake, the onus is now on Campbell and Peake. Campbell has scores of 13, 33* and 47* in his last three outings. Peake is batting on 27 off 37. But one more wicket will put Pakistan completely on top. AUS: 106/5 in 28 overs.

OUT! Big Fish Dixon gone

Dixon gone for 50. Arafat Minhas strikes. The ball truned back in after pitching to hit the top of off stump. The left-arm spinner and the entire Pakistan team is delighted. Big blow for Australia. The momentum will shift in Pakistan's favour. AUS: 102/5 in 26.3 overs.

PAK vs AUS Live Score: 100 runs up for Australia

Australia need 80 more runs to set up a final clash against India. A single through an inside edge on the fifth ball of the 25th over to bring up the team's three-figure mark. The first fifty came off 89 balls, the second off 60. Australia looking to silently stroll towards the 180-run target. AUS: 100/4 in 25 overs.

PAK vs AUS Live Score: Fifty for Dixon

Fighting fifty from Dixon. A single towards long on as Dixon completes his fifty off 70 balls. His third fifty of the ICC U19 World Cup 2024. Undoubtedly, the most crucial one. A silent celebration from him. He knows that the job is not done yet.

PAK vs AUS Live: Australia batters watchful

Dixon and Peake continue to deal in singles. Very smart and watchful out there in the middle. Partnership between them - 25 runs off 33 balls. AUS: 84/2 in 22 overs.

PAK vs AUS Live: A crucial partnership building

Dixon has forged a 19-run partnership off 21 balls with Peake for the fifth wicket. This partnership holds a lot of importance for Australia. Dixon and Peake would look to take Australia past 100 first. Pakistan have used five bowlers so far. Five runs from the first over from pacer Ahmad Hassan. AUS: 78/4 in 20 overs.

WICKET! Ryan Hick departs for golden duck

Another one gone! Australia four down and in trouble. First wicket for Ubaid. Hick chops on a delivery onto the stumps, was playing away from the body. Ubaid first thought that the inside edge missed the stumps, but cannot believe his eyes after watching the bails dislodged. Pakistan have brought themselves back into the match. AUS: 59/4 in 16.3 overs.

AUS vs PAK Live score: Harjas Singh gone

Crazy mix-up between Harjas and Dixon and the later departs. Dixon pushed the ball towards mid-off and set off for a single, but Harjas kept on looking towards the ball at the non-striker's end and only responded after Dixon arrived at his end. Too late by then! Easy work for wicketkeeper Baig. The family of Harjas cannot believe it! Australia three down. AUS: 54/3 in 16 overs.

PAK vs AUS Live Score: Dixon continues to find boundary

Another boundary through mid-off and cover as Dixon finds another boundary. Australia goes past 50. Dixon is the biggest threat for Pakistan at the moment.

WICKET! Hugh Weibgen gone

Australia captain Hugh Weibgen gone! Lucky breaththrough for Pakistan. Naveed Khan also cannot believe it. Low full toss and Weibgen hits it straight to the fielder at cover. He departs for 4 off 12. AUS: 43/2 in 13.5 overs.

PAK vs AUS Live: Australia 42/1 in 13 overs

Two runs including a bye from the thrd over of Hasan Raja. The lanky pacer has done his job silently amid all the hype over Ubaid and Zeeshan. He picked three wickets against Bangladesh as Pakistan defended 156 and qualified for the semis. He will have to play a big role for Pakistan once again. AUS: 42/1 in 13 overs. Dixon: 20*

OUT! Konstas gone

Ali Raza strikes on the first ball of the 11th over. A beautiful in-swining delivery goes through the bat and pad of Konstas. What a sight for the first bowler. He was massively impressive against Bangladesh in Pakistan's last Super Six match. AUS: 33/1 in 10.1 overs.

PAK vs AUS Live Score: Pakistan misses easy run out opportunity

Pakistan misses an easy run out opportunity on the last ball of the ninth over. Konstas miscues a pull to square leg where Naveed makes a diving stop. The two batters attemt a single and almost end up losing a wicket. Dixon was nowhere in the frame when the direct throw crossed the wickets, Dixon survives. PAK: 30/0 in 9 overs.

AUS vs PAK Live: Spin introduced by Pakistan

Off-spinner Naveed Khan gave away just one run from his first over. The spinners would be key for Pakistan. Australia will be wary of the threat from them. They are not used to facing such quality spinners. AUS: 22/0 in six overs.