| 0.3 : 0.3: M Starc to M Shahzad, OUT! Ripper and the first one is gone for Afghanistan! The World Cup 2015's bowler of the tournament begins this World Cup with a bang! Mohammad Shahzad can do nothing about that ball, not many batsmen could. A full ball on middle, lands on a tuft of grass. The ball slightly swings in and when it moves like that on the pace it was bowled at, 143 kph, it is really going to be difficult for a new batsman. Shahzad is late to bring his bat down and by the time it does, the |
| 1.2 : 1.2: Pat Cummins to H Zazai, OUT! Caught behind! The second one departs. Zazai follows his opening partner back home. An away-swinger bowled outside off, goes away from the left-hander. Hazrat looks to drive this away from the body but gets a nick on it. Carey takes a simple catch and that means it will be the second wicket in the second over of the game. The class of their pacers is showing here! |
| 2.1 : 2.1: M Starc to H Shahidi, FOUR! Solid shot. Used the pace on the ball there and got it through the massive gap between mid off and point. A really full ball on middle, punch-driven through the off side using the pace. The ball races away from Warner who tries to give chase there. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Pat Cummins to R Shah, FOUR! Lucky! Afghanistan and Rahmat Shah would not mind though. A length ball outside off, lands on a grass patch maybe and cuts in suddenly. Rahmat looks to push this away through covers but the ball goes off the inside edge and fine down on the leg side for a boundary. Cummins too bowling well here. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: Pat Cummins to R Shah, FOUR! Well played. Rahmat Shah faces fire with fire. A bouncer on middle, Shah takes the ball on. He pulls this ball through the line and gets the ball to go over the square leg fielder. It finds its way to the fence. |
| 6.3 : 6.3: N Coulter-Nile to R Shah, FOUR! Terrific shot from Rahmat Shah. Full on middle, Shah flicks it beautifully through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 9.4 : 9.4: M Stoinis to R Shah, FOUR! Nice shot. Short delivery on middle, Shah pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 10.2 : 10.2: N Coulter-Nile to H Shahidi, FOUR! Bad bounce for Marcus Stoinis and it costs his side a boundary. Outside off, Shahidi punches this through the covers where Marcus gets across and slides but suddenly the ball bounces extra, shoots through and just evades his face. |
| 10.5 : 10.5: N Coulter-Nile to H Shahidi, FOUR! Off the top edge! Second boundary in the over. A short ball, around middle and off, Shahidi looks to pull but gets a top edge due to the extra bounce. It flies over the keeper to the third man fence. |
| 13.5: A Zampa to H Shahidi, OUT! Stumped! The man with the hair-band has struck. Tossed up beautifully outside off, it is another googly outside off, Shahidi comes down the track but is beaten. The ball moves away, goes past the outside edge and Carey does the rest. He has to adjust due to the extra bounce and is a second late but manages to take the bails off. Shahidi though, tries to drag his foot back but struggles. Then he tries to get his bat down in time but is late. The square leg umpire |
| 15.3 : 15.3: A Zampa to R Shah, FOUR! Poor delivery from Adam Zampa. Bowls it short on middle, Shah pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 16.3: M Starc to R Shah, FOUR! Excellent shot. Full and outside off, Shah drives it towards covers where Khawaja dives to his left but it goes through him for a boundary. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: A Zampa to R Shah, OUT! Australia get their third wicket. They were searching for this. Tossed up on off, Shah drives it uppishly towards covers but does not bother to keep it down. It goes towards Steve Smith who dives with both hands and takes a stunner of a catch. |
| 20.2: M Stoinis to M Nabi, OUT! Communication breakdown and another wicket goes down. Afghanistan are in tatters now. Total shambles. Full and outside off, Nabi pushes it through the covers and sets off for a single. Naib responds but then looks at Smith diving to his left to stop the ball and stops. Now, Steve gets up in a flash and returns the ball to the keeper. Carey comes running in, collects the throw and disturbs the bails, with Nabi well short. |
| 21.1 : 21.1: Pat Cummins to G Naib, FOUR! FEROCIOUS! A short ball, outside off, Naib pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary! |
| 21.3 : 21.3: Pat Cummins to G Naib, FOUR! Take that! Just before this ball, Cummins gave Naib the stare and now, the favours are returned. A half tracker, outside off, Gulbadin pulls it in a trice to the mid-wicket fence! |
| 22.3: M Stoinis to G Naib, FOUR! Full on middle, Naib flicks it through mid-wicket and the ball races away. |
| 24.4 : 24.4: A Zampa to N Zadran, FOUR! Nicely done. Full and outside leg, this time Zadran gets his reverse sweep to connect and gets it over point. |
| 25.3 : 25.3: N Coulter-Nile to N Zadran, FOUR! 100 up for Afghanistan. Excellent shot. Short and outside off, Zadran cuts it hard through point for a boundary. |
| 26.3: A Zampa to N Zadran, FOUR! Nice shot. Full and outside off, Zadran drives it through wide mid off for a boundary. |
| 28.3: A Zampa to N Zadran, FOUR! Nice shot. Flighted delivery on leg, Zadran plays a paddle sweep towards fine leg for a boundary. |
| 28.4 : 28.4: A Zampa to N Zadran, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries for Najibullah Zadran. This is even better. Short and outside off, Zadran smashes it over covers for a boundary. |
| 28.5 : 28.5: A Zampa to N Zadran, SIX! This is excellent batting from Najibullah Zadran. Flighted delivery on leg, Zadran lofts it over long on for a maximum. |
| 28.6 : 28.6: A Zampa to N Zadran, SIX! Consecutive sixes for Najibullah Zadran. That brings up the 50-run stand between Najibullah Zadran and Gulbadin Naib. Full toss on middle, Zadran lofts it over mid-wicket for a biggie. 22 runs have come from the over. Big over for Afghanistan and a much-needed one for them. |
| 30.4 : 30.4: M Starc to N Zadran, FOUR! Poor line. Down the leg side, Najibullah helps it to the fine leg fence. There is a man stationed at fine leg but he is a bit square. |
| 30.6 : 30.6: M Starc to G Naib, FOUR! No long on and that is a boundary! Full and around middle, Naib drives it through mid on. He is a bit wide and the ball races through to the fence! |
| 31.6: N Coulter-Nile to G Naib, SIX! Powerful shot from the skipper. 150 up for Afghanistan. Short delivery on middle, Naib pulls it over mid-wicket for a biggie. 10 runs have come from this over and 19 runs have come from the last two. |
| 32.6: M Starc to N Zadran, FOUR! Lucky boundary! But that brings up the FIFTY FOR Najibullah! A good bouncer by Starc, Zadran looks to fend it off uncomfortably but luck is shining on him today. The ball goes off the glove and top edge over the keeper's head for a boundary. This is his 10th fifty in this format. Been a wonderful knock so far but he needs to make this a big one! |
| 33.1 : 33.1: M Stoinis to G Naib, OUT! Stoinis strikes first ball on return! Good catch from Alex Carey. OUT! The dangerous partnership is broken. Stoinis bowls a short delivery, Naib looks to pull but gets a top edge. It goes towards Alex Carey who takes a comfortable catch. This partnership was taking the game away from Australia. It is a much-needed wicket for them. |
| 33.5 : 33.5: M Stoinis to N Zadran, OUT! Another catch for Carey and Stoinis has his second in the over. This is good stuff from Stoinis. He bowls a short of a length delivery, Zadran looks to pull but gets a top edge. It goes towards Carey again who takes the simplest of catches. Najibullah Zadran has thrown it away. This is poor stuff from Afghanistan. This partnership should have stayed till the end. |
| 34.5: Pat Cummins to D Zadran, FOUR! Good shot. Cummins bowls a short delivery, Zadran takes his eyes off the ball and pulls it over square leg for a boundary. |
| 34.6 : 34.6: Pat Cummins to D Zadran, OUT! Afghanistan are falling like a pack of cards here. Cummins bowls a good short ball on leg, Zadran looks to pull but gets an outside edge. It goes towards Alex Carey who takes his fourth catch of the day. Pat Cummins followed Dawlat Zadran there. 4 runs and a wicket from the over. A productive over for Australia. |
| 35.2 : 35.2: M Stoinis to R Khan, SIX! That is a lovely shot! A length ball, around middle, Rashid comes down the track and hits it over long on! Nice connection! |
| 35.4 : 35.4: M Stoinis to R Khan, FOUR! Nicely done. Full and on middle, Rashid flicks it through mid-wicket. Nathan Coulter-Nile in the circle dives to his right but cannot quite get to it. The ball races away. |
| 35.5 : 35.5: M Stoinis to R Khan, FOUR! This is more of a slog but Rashid knows what he is doing. A length ball, outside off, Khan backs away to the leg side and slaps it over mid off and gets a boundary! |
| 35.6 : 35.6: M Stoinis to R Khan, SIX! 21 from the over and Rashid is taking Stoinis to the cleaners! Another short ball, outside off, Rashid pulls this into oblivion over mid-wicket! Stoinis just has a wry smile on his face... |
| 36.2 : 36.2: Pat Cummins to Ur Rahman, FOUR! Another boundary for Afghanistan! 5th in the span of 7 balls. Australia continue to persist with the short stuff and Afghanistan have decided to meet fire with fire. A short ball, Mujeeb backs away to the leg side and pulls it through mid-wicket. Plenty of free acres of real estate on that side. |
| 36.4 : 36.4: Pat Cummins to Ur Rahman, SIX! This is off the top edge now. The runs continue to flow for Afghanistan. A short ball, following the batsman, down the leg side, Mujeeb hooks with his eyes closed but the top edge sails over fine leg! |
| 37.2 : 37.2: A Zampa to R Khan, SIX! That is a terrific shot! Tossed up outside off, Rashid comes down the track and sends this sailing over long off! |
| 37.3 : 37.3: A Zampa to R Khan, OUT! It turns out to be plumb. The slider from Zampa, landing around middle, Rashid got across and looked to sweep but missed. Was hit on the pads and umpire Aleem Dar did not waste any time in raising his finger. Rashid takes the review but it is just delaying the inevitable. Hawk Eye shows it to be hitting the middle stump. |
| 38.2 : 38.2: Pat Cummins to Ur Rahman, OUT! Bowled! Lock, stock and barrel! Full and straight, Mujeeb backs a long way down the leg side and looks to go inside out but misses. The ball hits the timber and AFGHANISTAN ARE ALL OUT FOR 207. |
| 0.3 : 0.3: Ur Rahman to A Finch, FOUR! Finch smashes this one. A flighted ball wide outside off, Aaron smacks this away wide of mid off. The ball runs away to the fence with brilliant timing. The first boundary of the run chase. |
| 0.4 : 0.4: Ur Rahman to A Finch, FOUR! This goes over the head of mid off and to the fence. This is flighted outside off and Finch has room to free his arms and hit this ball. It clears mid off with ease and races to the fence. Australia into double figures. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: Ur Rahman to A Finch, SIX! Finch seems in murderous mood here. A flighted ball on middle, Aaron gets under the ball and lifts it with ease over long on. Huge! This is the first one of the run chase. |
| 2.6 : 2.6: Ur Rahman to A Finch, FOUR! Poor ball and easy pickings for Finch. Bowled on the pads, Aaron easily glances this one past short fine leg. The ball runs away to the boundary. 14 from the over, Mujeeb has gone for 24 in his 2 overs so far. Time to end the experiment? |
| 3.6: H Hassan to A Finch, Edged and FOUR! Lucky runs for Finch but he will not mind. A wide ball outside off, Finch slashes away from the body. He gets a thick outside edge which flies well past slip and runs away fine of third man for a boundary. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: D Zadran to D Warner, FOUR! Warner does open up and how! A short length ball on the Free Hit and David just slaps this with a flat bat across the line. The ball goes over the bowler's head and powers its way to the rope. That must make Warner feel a lot better as it came off the middle of the bat. |
| 5.1: H Hassan to D Warner, EDGE AND FOUR! That was a good ball from Hamid Hassan. He bowls it on a good length and outside off, Warner looks to drive but gets an outside edge. It goes towards first slip where he tries to stop it with a dive but it goes through him towards third man for a boundary. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: D Zadran to A Finch, SIX! Powerful shot from the skipper. 50 up for Australia and that also brings the 50-run stand between David Warner and Aaron Finch. Short delivery, Finch pulls it over mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 8.6 : 8.6: D Zadran to A Finch, FOUR! Four dots in the over and concedes two boundaries. Full on off, Finch drives it through covers for a boundary. 10 runs have come from the over. |
| 11.3 : 11.3: G Naib to A Finch, SIX! Finch is on fire! A short ball outisde off at 122 kph! The Aussie skipper prowls onto that like a hungry tiger. He slaps this ball hard over deep mid-wicket and clears the boundary with ease. |
| 13.1 : 13.1: R Khan to A Finch, FOUR! Easy pickings for the skipper. 50 up for Aaron Finch. It is his 22nd fifty. This has been a great innings from him. Short and outside off, Finch cuts it through point for a boundary and gets to the landmark. |
| 13.2 : 13.2: R Khan to A Finch, SIX! This is even better. Short on middle, Finch pulls it over mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 16.2: G Naib to A Finch, OUT! First breakthrough for Afghanistan. Naib bowls a back of a hand slower one outside off, Finch lofts it over covers but does not get the distance on it. The bat turned in his hands. It goes to Mujeeb Ur Rahman in the deep who takes a comfortable catch. A wicket for Afghanistan at last as the 96-run opening stand is broken. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: R Khan to D Warner, FOUR! Fractionally short outside off, Warner goes back and runs it down behind short third man. The ball races away. |
| 18.5 : 18.5: G Naib to D Warner, FOUR! Nice shot. Short delivery on leg, Warner pulls it through square leg where Zazai tries to stop it but it goes through him for a boundary. That brings the required number of runs to under 100. |
| 20.4 : 20.4: G Naib to D Warner, FOUR! The quick hands of Warner come to play. A short ball outside off, Warner pounces on that one and cuts it away through point. The ball beats third man easily and goes to the fence. |
| 21.4: M Nabi to U Khawaja, FOUR! Lovely shot. Smart as well. Flatter on the pads, Usman pulls this one away. Khawaja finds the boundary rope as well. |
| 22.2 : 22.2: R Khan to D Warner, FOUR! Cut and cut hard. Warner picks up the boundary and also reaches his FIFTY! His 18th in ODIs. He has not been his fluent best but this innings will give him a lot of confidence. He cuts this short ball outside off, past point for a boundary to reach the landmark. |
| 24.3 : 24.3: R Khan to D Warner, FOUR! Short and down the leg side, Warner pulls it past short fine leg! |
| 24.6 : 24.6: R Khan to U Khawaja, OUT! Rashid Khan gets his first wicket. Bowls a slider on middle, Khawaja looks to defend but gets hit on the pads. The bowler appeals and the umpire raises his finger. Usman Khawaja did not go for the review. Hawk Eye shows that impact is in line and it is hitting the middle stump. 6 runs and a wicket from the over. |
| 29.4 : 29.4: D Zadran to D Warner, FOUR! Nice shot. Full on off, Warner lofts it over mid off for a boundary. |
| 30.4: Ur Rahman to S Smith, FOUR! Tossed up outside off, Smith looks to drive but gets an outside edge. It goes towards third man for a boundary. |
| 34.4: Ur Rahman to S Smith, OUT! A wicket when the match is about to end. Tossed up outside off, Smith reaches out to drive but gets a thick outside edge which flies straight in the lap of Hazrat Zazai at short third man. Smith is not happy with himself while Afghanistan manage a smile. |
| 34.5 : 34.5: Ur Rahman to G Maxwell, FOUR! Up and over! So easy, isn't it? Maxwell arrives and he finishes the game! A flatter one outside off, Glenn does not need a sighter and just smashes the first ball he faces over mid off and to the boundary. AUSTRALIA WIN BY 7 WICKETS AND COMPLETE THIS CHASE WITH MORE THAN 15 OVERS LEFT! The world champions are off to the perfect start in the World Cup. |
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