England vs Afghanistan T20 World Cup, highlights: Sam Curran five-for powers England to 5 wickets win over Afghanistan

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• 22 Oct 2022, 07:35 PM

  Azmatullah to Moeen Ali, wide, short delivery, Moeen Ali sways away from it and that's been wided for height. England win by 5 wickets!

  England 113/5 (18.2)

   

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 07:30 PM

  Fazalhaq Farooqi to Moeen Ali, no run, a pacy bumper to end the over that bounces over Moeen Ali's right shoulder

  England 104/5 (17)

   

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 07:25 PM

  Rashid Khan to Moeen Ali, 1 run, width served and Moeen Ali cuts to deep point. Rashid Khan finishes with 1/17 off his four overs!

  England 100/4 (16)

   

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 07:20 PM

  Most balls faced by an England batter without a boundary

  30 D Malan v Afg Perth 2022

  21 J Bairstow v Pak Dubai 2012

  20 R Bopara v Net Chattogram 2014

  England 95/4 (15)

   

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 07:08 PM

  Mujeeb to Livingstone, no run, big shout for lbw, turned down by umpire Aleem Dar. Afghanistan send it upstairs. 94kph, Livingstone looks to play across the line and gets pinned on the front pad adjacent to the sticks. Beaten on the inside edge and the same has been confirmed by UltraEdge.

  England 80/3 (13.2)

   

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 06:57 PM

  Nabi comes into the attack. GONE! After conceding three singles off the first three balls, Nabi clean bowls Stokes! Stokes gave him the charge and got castled for two. Liam Livingstone comes to the crease. 4 singles and a wicket.

  England 67/3 (11)

   

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 06:52 PM

  Fareed Ahmad to Hales, out Caught by Fazalhaq Farooqi!! No luck for Hales on this occasion! A short delivery from round the wicket at 140kph, Hales goes hard on the pull but the timing goes awry. The ball goes much finer than he hoped and the boundary size is pretty long here. Fazalhaq Farooqi runs in from deep backward square leg to gobble it up. He has his arms aloft.

  England 59/2 (9)

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 06:44 PM

  Mujeeb to Hales, 1 run, dropped! Nabi's the culprit. Shortish away-turner, Hales stands tall and slaps it hard and flat. Nabi runs to his right from long-off and gets there, but fails to hold onto the catch. Hales survives again...

  England 50/1 (8)

   

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 06:29 PM

  DROPPED! Hales gets a life as Qais drops a simple chance at backward point! Hales rubs salt into the wounds by smacking Fazal’s next delivery over lon-on for six. GONE! Buttler perishes off the last ball, good catch by Mujeeb in the deep. Dawid Malan is in next.

  England 35/1 (5)

   

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 06:22 PM

  Azmatullah Omarzai, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack. Alex Hales is on strike. He starts with a wide ball. Hales gets a single off the first legitimate ball of the over. Buttler carves one to the deep extra cover fence for four more. Nine from the over including a couple of wides.

  England 14/0 (2)

   

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 06:14 PM

  Alex Hales and Jos Buttler begin the run chase. Fazalhaq Farooqi, with his left-arm pace, to begin proceedings. Buttler flicks the second ball to the deep square leg fence for four. 5 from the over.

  England 5/0 (1)

   

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 06:10 PM

  STAT: All ten players dismissed caught in an innings in T20I

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  5/10 Sam Curran vs Afg Perth 2022
  4/2 Adil Rashid vs WI Dubai 2021
  4/6 Chris Jordan vs WI Bassetere 2019
  4/7 David Willey vs WI Bassetere 2019

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 06:06 PM

  Sam Curran takes five as England bowl Afghanistan out for 112 #T20WorldCup | #ENGvAFG |  https://t.co/9aZs8aFGQ6 pic.twitter.com/VAV5uIcMTm

  — ICC (@ICC) October 22, 2022

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 05:55 PM

  Sam Curran to Fazalhaq Farooqi, out Caught by Malan!! Sam Curran becomes the first England bowler to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.

  Afghanistan 112/10 (19.4)

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 05:49 PM

  Sam Curran to Azmatullah, out Caught by Stokes at deep mid-wicket!! Proving to be a lovely spell by Sam Curran this. Just look at his economy, and he has taken a couple of wickets as well. This was a short ball and Azmatullah pulled it straight into the safe mitts of Ben Stokes at deep mid-wicket.

  Afghanistan 109/7 (18)

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 05:41 PM

  WICKET! England have been on fire in the field. Buttler dives full stretch, goalkeeper style, to his left and grabs a one-handed stunner. Wood has his second wicket and Nabi has to go. Azmatullah Omarzai, right handed bat, comes to the crease and gets off the mark with a four. Wood bowls out. High pace and accuracy were the highlights of his spell tonight. He consistently clicked 150-plus and rarely bowled a loose ball. Wood - 2 for 23 in 4 overs.

  Afghanistan 100/5 (16.3)

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 05:24 PM

  WICKET! Stokes has another wicket. Adil Rashid’s turn to put on a catching exhibition. The ball went high up in the air, Rashid kept his eyes on the ball and dived full stretch to finish the catch. Najib falls. Mohammad Nabi, right handed bat, comes to the crease.

  Afghanistan 89/4 (15)

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 05:15 PM

  Rashid continues after the break. Five singles and a couple from the over. Afghanistan needs a move on. England have a stranglehold on the game.

  Afghanistan 62/3 (11.1)

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 05:05 PM

  Stokes to Ibrahim Zadran, FOUR, slower ball dished full and wide of off, Ibrahim Zadran gets onto the front foot and thumps the drive in the gap betwen mid-off and extra cover

  Afghanistan 55/2 (10)

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 05:00 PM

  WICKET! Hazratullah Zazai is caught trying to up the ante. Credit to Livingstone, who dives full length to complete a fine take. Second brilliant take of the day, after Glenn Phillips’s grab against Australia earlier today. Usman Ghani, right handed bat, comes to the crease.

  Afghanistan 37/2 (7)

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 04:58 PM

  Woakes to Ibrahim Zadran, FOUR, edged and four! 139ks seam-up length delivery outside off, Zadran pokes and gets a thick outside edge that flies past the diving keeper to his right

  Afghanistan 35/1 (6)

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 04:51 PM

  Over 1-5

  Stokes bowls a wily first over

  Wood strikes early, Gurbaz departs

  Zadran gets off the mark with a boundary

  Woakes keeps the pressure on

  Wood troubles Zadran with pace

  
  

  Afghanistan 27/1 (5)

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 04:46 PM

  Woakes to bowl a second inside the PowerPlay. He starts with a slower ball, Zazai plays and misses. After four dot balls, Woakes loses his line and length - short and wide and Zazai cuts it away for four. Zazai ends the over with a single.

  
  

  Afganistan 20/1 (4)

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 04:40 PM

  WICKET! Mark Wood is brought into the attack and strikes first ball! Gurbaz is caught behind, healthy edge through to the keeper.

  
  

  Afganistan 15/1 (3)

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 04:36 PM

  Woakes to Gurbaz, SIX, Rahmanullah Gurbaz has just flicked Woakes over short fine for a maximum. Got well outside off-stump, picked the 130-plus-ks full delivery and helps it away for a 72-metre six

  
  

  Afganistan 11/0 (2)

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 04:35 PM

  Stokes to Hazratullah Zazai, 1 run, this one shapes in from a good length at 129ks, Zazai clips it off the inside half to the left of fine leg

  
  

  Afganistan 2/0 (1)

  
• 22 Oct 2022, 04:34 PM

  PLAYING 11

  England: Jos Buttler, Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

  Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Usman Ghani, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Farid Malik