Cricket World Cup 2015 Results: Australia vs. Pakistan Score, Updated Schedule

Co-hosts Australia set up a mouth-watering 2015 World Cup semi-final against India as they beat Pakistan by six wickets at the Adelaide Oval on Friday in the third last-eight clash.

Most of Pakistan's batsmen made starts but none of them could go on to make a significant score as they finished all out for 213 in the last of their 50 overs.

The Aussies wasted no time in chasing down the relatively meagre total, and despite a couple of hairy moments, they eventually won convincingly.

Read on for a look at the remaining schedule with only four matches left at the World Cup, as well as a full recap of Friday's quarter-final.

Upcoming Schedule

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Fixtures

Quarter-Finals

Mar. 21 Quarter-final 4, New Zealand vs. West Indies, Wellington (1 a.m. GMT)

Semi-Finals

Mar. 24 Semi-final 1, South Africa vs. Winner QF4, Auckland (1 a.m. GMT)

Mar. 26 Semi-final 2, India vs. Australia, Sydney (3:30 a.m. GMT)

Final

Mar. 29 Final, Melbourne (4:30 a.m. BST) 

Schedule courtesy of BBC Sport.

Australia Through to Last Four with Hard-Fought Pakistan Victory

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Australia (216-4) bt. Pakistan (213 all out) by six wickets.

Australia eased themselves into the World Cup semi-finals with a six-wicket victory over Pakistan at the Adelaide Oval on Friday, with Glenn Maxwell and Shane Watson seeing their team home after early struggles.

Pakistan could only post 213 batting first as they were bowled out inside the 50 overs; the score looked nowhere big enough for them to defend.

And so it proved as the Aussies chased down the target inside 34 overs, although it was not an innings without incident, Pakistan's poor fielding letting them down. Australia will now face India in Sydney in the semi-finals.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first on a good-looking Adelaide pitch.

Openers Ahmed Shehzad and Sarfraz Ahmed fell inside six overs for five and 10 respectively to leave Pakistan 24-2.

Haris Sohail and Misbah-ul-Haq stabilised the innings with a partnership of 74 before the skipper fell to Glenn Maxwell for 34 from 59 balls.

Haris then went for 41—Pakistan's eventual top score—as he edged to Brad Haddin behind the stumps off Mitchell Johnson, leaving his side 112-4 in the 27th over.

Wickets continued to fall for the Pakistanis—Josh Hazlewood taking 4-35—as they failed to get a real foothold in the match.

Shahid Afridi provided an entertaining 15-ball 23 before his inevitable demise in the mid-20s, per comedian and cricket writer Andy Zaltzman, but a greater contribution was needed if Pakistan were to post a defendable score:

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Afridi with the bat this World Cup: 22,28,0,21*,22,23. Second man to score five 20s in a WC, after SL's Chamara Silva in 2007 (in 10 inns).

— Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket) March 20, 2015"

Nine down in the 44th over, Pakistan's final two did well to stay in but were unable to kick on with boundaries scarce. Ehsan Adil finally fell to the penultimate ball of the innings, leaving Australia needing 214 for victory.

Each of Pakistan's batsmen were out caught, not the first time the subcontinent outfit have been dismissed in such a fashion at a World Cup, per cricket statistician Mazher Arshad:

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All 10 batsmen getting out CAUGHT in WCs: NZ v WI, 1999 Pak v Ire, 2007 Pak v Ind, 2015 Pak v WI, 2015 Scot v Eng, 2015 Pak v Aus today

— Mazher Arshad (@cricket_U) March 20, 2015"

On a decent track, Pakistan would have expected more than their 213, but Australia's bowlers were very effective in restricting the flow of runs, taking wickets at regular intervals.

In response, Aaron Finch fell early for two, but David Warner and Steve Smith looked set to make a telling contribution together.

However, Warner was brilliantly caught for 24 by Rahat Ali at third man after a poorly controlled cut. He was quickly followed by skipper Michael Clarke, caught at short leg from a Wahab Riaz bouncer, leaving Pakistan jubilant, and Australia 59-3 in the 11th over.

Wahab had new man Watson on the ropes from the off with his pace and length, and he looked to have got his man in the 17th over, but Rahat put down an absolute sitter in the deep from a hook.

It was a wonderful spell of bowling from Wahab, but Watson rode it out, and he and Smith were able to steady the ship, the latter playing beautifully before being trapped lbw by Ehsan Adil for 65 in the 27th over.

In came the big-hitting Maxwell with Australia at 148-4 and Wahab returned to attempt to wrestle the momentum back for Pakistan.

He was robbed of a key wicket once again as Maxwell played an extraordinary shot high in the air to third man, but Sohail put down the catch, per cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle:

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Terrible shot from Maxwell. Terrible effort from Sohail. Pakistan fielders need to line up and apologise to Wahab Riaz.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 20, 2015"

Watson reached his half-century in the 32nd over having struggled early on, and he and Maxwell eventually saw Australia to the victory in explosive fashion with a few late maximums.

They will be confident heading to the Sydney Cricket Ground to face India in the last four, but the defending champions will have noted their vulnerabilities with the bat.