Riaz has wickets in each of his first two overs (and he's up for 16 for the tournament, two behind Mitchell Starc's 18), can he snaffle a third? A Smith single brings Watson back on strike and you guessed it, Riaz tries another bouncer which the tall right-hander ducks as it whizzes past his elbow.

Another short ball is evaded, this time down the leg side, and Riaz may be testing the umpire's patience here with this short-pitched attack. The last ball whistles past his helmet grille as he gets his gloves out of the way and Watson has survived a very fierce over.

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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Steve Smith looks pretty calm still. Poor old Misbah, he's 40 years old and he chased that pretty well, but he was never going to get there."

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Poor old Watson, playing at his fourth World Cup, has been shunted up and down the batting order for Australia in recent times but will now have to hold off a hostile spell here. He's off the mark with a single, but Smith still looks in excellent touch, carving a four through the covers which beats veteran skipper Misbah-ul-Haq to the boundary.

Kishin Mahtani: Australia the new chokers. Game on Pakistan... India must be relishing to meet Pakistan again so they can thrash them one more time.

Jay: The Aussies are rattled! The look on Watson's face after the bouncer said it all. Absolutely loving this.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"For the first time in these quarter-finals, we have a game on."

More short stuff from the fiery Riaz, who pings in a bouncer at new batsman Shane Watson, before coming down the wicket and clapping (clapping himself, it seems) - no doubt hoping to get the Pakistan fans going. He certainly doesn't think Pakistan are out of this.

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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Wahab Riaz has bowled a lot of short balls and they're getting wickets. It was at the body, and Michael Clarke didn't quite know how to react. We've seen it before from Clarke."

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Three down - Clarke fends off a short ball from Wahab Riaz and pops an easy catch to the man placed for that shot at short mid-wicket. Don't touch that dial - this game is not done yet!

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Rana W U Rehman: Being a Pakistan fan is a journey through Hell and sometime back to Heaven. A Miracle today?

Gurjeet Johal: Just checking in with the score. Not enough runs on the board but you never know, stranger things have happened.

Australia 56-2 from 10 overs (target 214)

Batsmen: Smith 22, Clarke 7

Fall of wickets: 15-1 (Finch 2), 49-2 (Warner 24)

Bowling figures: Sohail Khan 4-0-20-1, Adil 2-0-8-0, Rahat Ali 3-0-20-0, Riaz 1-0-8-1

Pakistan 213 all out: Haris Sohail 41, Hazlewood 4-35, Starc 2-40, Maxwell 2-43

Pakistan won toss

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So, Australia have skipper and anointed future skipper together at the crease. Rahat Ali has a leg gully in place for Clarke, for the last over of the fielding restrictions. The Aussies add a brace of twos to the score, and must still fancy their chances from here.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Clarke and Smith are the sensible players in the Australia line-up. I imagine that Clarke will try and bed in and just play the ball on its merits."

Michael Clarke is the new batsman, he's scored 12, 68 and 47 so far at this World Cup (along with a DNB). He opens his account with a two to push Australia past 50 and a single to keep the strike.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"That was a good catch by Rahat. It went quickly towards him, he ran in towards it and took it around knee height. I reckon as many people have been caught at third man in this tournament as at first slip."

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Warner pushes Wahab Riaz's first ball for three, and after being tested with a bouncer which is called wide, Warner uppercuts another short ball and is pouched at third man - Riaz has his man.

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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"He's always interesting, Wahab Riaz. He'll gallop in and bowl quickly, and he might stir someone up. Things happen when he has the ball in his hand. The battle between him and Warner a good temperamental clash. Both of them are out to smash the other as best they can."

Australia are rattling along at pace here, Pakistan are obliged to have two catchers somewhere in the first 10 overs, and after Smith forces another two, second slip is moved to short mid-wicket, but he picks off another two wide of extra cover - Smith has 21 from 22 balls, and Warner has an almost-identical 21 from 21.

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Sohail to continue from the City End but Smith, with scores of 95 and 72 in his last two knocks, is still in the zone, knocking his third boundary through the covers.

Allan Border
Ex-Australia captain on BBC Test Match Special

"It's a good surface - there's a bit of bounce there, the ball is coming on to the bat nicely, and you get full value for shots."

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Rahat's left-arm seam presents a different angle of attack, but the runs continue to flow as Smith executes an immaculate cover drive for four right out of the MCC coaching manual, which has former skipper Allan Border purring with approval on TMS. The young right-hander plunders another three through mid-wicket, he looks in excellent form.