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🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🏏 Pakistan stunned Australia by pulling off their highest ever ODI run-chase as centuries from Imam ul-Haq and Babar Azam, plus a match-winning late cameo from third-gamer Khushdil Shah set up a series decider in Lahore.

Ben McDermott (104 off 108 balls) scored his maiden ton and led a six-hitting rampage with Travis Head (89 off 70) to lay the platform for Australia to post 8-348, their highest ODI score in Pakistan and third-highest against them overall.

But Pakistan, who had previously never reeled in a target greater than 327 in almost 50 years of limited-overs cricket, were fired to an unlikely victory by fearless duo Imam (106 off 97) and Babar (114 off 83) at the Gaddafi Stadium.

With 15 needed from the final 12 balls, third-gamer Khushdil Shah (27no off 17) then iced the match off the penultimate over delivered by Nathan Ellis to seal the four-wicket win with a full over to spare.

🏉 Michael Maguire admits the Tigers' 8-6 loss to the Titans to continue their winless start to the season was about as cruel a way to lose a rugby league game.

The Tigers led 8-6 with 70 seconds to go before AJ Brimson pounced on a mistake from Jock Madden in the in-goal after a Toby Sexton kick hit the upright.

“It can be a cruel game,” Maguire said.

🇦🇺 The Western Bulldogs finally got their first win of 2022 against the Sydney Swans but all AFL fans could talk about was the lopsided free kick count in their favour.

Desperate to put the first two rounds of the season behind them, the Bulldogs got off to a flyer and led for the entire game at Marvel Stadium.

Inaccurate goalkicking kept the Swans in the game but the Dogs eventually claimed a 71 (9.17) to 60 (9.6) victory.

🏏 The Hundred Season II: Australian stars among big names in Hundred draft: David Warner is in the top bracket (£125k).

Other notable Aussies in the draft process: Nathan Coulter-Nile, Aaron Finch, Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Aaron Finch, Moises Henriques, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne.

All teams retain a right-to-match for players who were contracted to the side last year. (BBC)

🤓 Tonight's Fixtures Stat Attack:

🏉 Cronulla Sharks (1.45) v Newcastle Knights (2.80): Sione Katoa (Cronulla) has scored at least one try in five of Cronulla's last six matches. (7.25 1st Try)

🏉 Penrith Panthers (1.40) v Rabbitohs (3.0): Grand Final Rematch: Cody Walker has scored a try in each of South Sydney's last three matches against Penrith at BlueBet Stadium. (3.60)

Viliame Kikau has scored a try in three of his four previous appearances in the starting lineup against South Sydney. (3.20)

🇦🇺 Melbourne (1.19) v Essendon (4.80):

• Essendon has lost 16 of its last 17 matches against reigning premiers.

• Essendon has covered the line in each of its last four matches against Melbourne at the MCG.(+27.5)

• Each of Melbourne's last seven matches have gone OVER the total match points line.

🇦🇺 Adelaide Crows (3.30) v Port Adelaide (1.35):

• Each of the last four matches at the Adelaide Oval have gone OVER the total match points line. (158.5)

• Steven Motlop has kicked 1+ goals in each of his last three appearances against Adelaide. (3.60 for 2+)

🏉 Fiji Drua (3.40) v Waratahs (1.30):

• The Waratahs defeated the Drua in their inaugural meeting (40-10 – Round 1, 2022 Super Rugby Pacific).

• Three of the Fijian Drua’s last four Super Rugby matches have been decided by margins no greater than five points on the day.

🌍 World Sport

🏟 91,553 people - watched Barcelona beat Real Madrid, 5-2, at Camp Nou on Wednesday to advance to the Women's Champions League semifinals.

A world record for attendance at a women's Football match, surpassing the 90,185 fans who attended the 1999 World Cup Final.

⚾️ MLB is launching Home Run Derby X, a traveling Home Run Derby with former players that will head to London, Seoul, and Mexico City in 2022.

🏎 Formula 1 will have a third race in the USA from next year after securing a deal for a Las Vegas Grand Prix.

The 3.8-mile track will include a portion of the Nevada resort city's famous Strip.

⚽️ France forward Anthony Martial, 26, could be used by Manchester United as a makeweight in a deal to sign England captain Harry Kane, 28, from Tottenham. (ESPN)

🏏 England continued their fairytale revival at the World Cup when Danni Wyatt’s century set up a 137-run semi-final thrashing of South Africa to set up a final showdown with Australia.

🔁 Premier League clubs will be able to make five substitutions each game from next season after shareholders agreed to change the rules.

⛳️ Tiger Woods has prompted speculation he will return to competitive action at next week's Masters by completing a practice round at Augusta.

🌭 Double Dog: Carlos Alcaraz & Stefanos Tsitsipas thrill crowd with consecutive hot-dog shots

🏆 FIFA WORLD CUP DRAW (early Sat):

Pot 1 (seeded teams): Qatar, Brazil, Belgium, France, Argentina, England, Spain, Portugal.

Pot 2: Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Uruguay, Switzerland, USA, Croatia.

Pot 3: Senegal, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Serbia, Poland, South Korea, Tunisia.

Pot 4: Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Wales/Scotland/Ukraine, Costa Rica/New Zealand, UAE/Australia/Peru.

The draw will start with the teams in the top pot and work downwards, finishing with the bottom pot.

After a team is drawn out, a second ball will be drawn to decide which group they are in.

Teams from the same continent will be kept apart - except for European countries, where a maximum of two can be in any one group.

🐴 Station One is entere din Race 6 Bendigo on Saturday. Liam says that he's done everything asked of him in the run up to it. Change of Jockey on board. Worth a watch. (Currently $34.0)

🏏 The European Cricket League is the greatest sports league in the World. Yet another wonder play...Worth watching it all unfold on Twitter for the Aussie Commentators losing it. It'll probably be the funniest thing you watch all day. 🤣 (Twitter)

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