| 0.0 : TOSS - The coin flip lands in favor of Afghanistan. They will BOWL first. |
| Australia (Playing XI) - David Warner, Cameron Green (In for Aaron Finch), Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith (In for Tim David), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (C)(WK), Pat Cummins, Kane Richardson (In for Mitchell Starc), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood. |
| Matthew Wade, the stand-in skipper of Australia says that he is not disappointed with the result of the toss and adds that they would have bowled first as well. Feels that they have something to aim at while batting first. Shares that they have been in such situations before and will try to secure a win in this game. Adds that they will look at improving the run rate if an opportunity arises. Informs that there are three changes in the playing XI - Aaron Finch, Tim David, and Mitchell Starc sit |
| Mohammad Nabi the skipper of Afghanistan says they will try their best to upset the hosts. Mentions that the pitch is a bit slow and they will bowl first. Claims that this is a sort of homecoming for Rashid Khan and he hopes he can perform. Informs that it has been a good tournament for them but they played one game before two games got washed out. Adds that they had a tough game last time around but they are up against a good side today and they hope to do well. |
| Afghanistan (Playing XI) - Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Usman Ghani, Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Darwish Rasooli (In for Azmatullah Omarzai), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (C), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq (In for Fareed Ahmad), Fazalhaq Farooqi. |
| Both teams stride out to the middle for their respective national anthems. It will be Afghanistan's national anthem first followed by the national anthem of Australia. |
| We are done with the pre-match formalities and the umpires make their way out to the pitch. David Warner and Cameron Green stride onto the field and they will open the innings for Australia in this game. The players of Afghanistan form a huddle at the boundary line and then take their respective positions on the field. Fazalhaq Farooqi has been handed the new ball and he will begin proceedings. Let's play... |
| 0.1 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to David Warner, Fazalhaq Farooqi starts with a dot. He bowls it on a length shaping it away, David Warner fends it to point. |
| 0.2 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to David Warner, On a length and on off, David Warner defends it back towards the bowler. |
| 0.3 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to David Warner, FOUR! Off the mark in style. This one lands on a length and outside off, David Warner slaps it in the gap between point and covers for a boundary! |
| 0.4 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to David Warner, Full and angling into the batter, David Warner drives it to mid off and sets off for a quick single. The keeper fails to collect the throw and concedes the second. |
| 0.5 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to David Warner, Short and outside off, David Warner flat bats this one straight to mid on. |
| 0.6 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to David Warner, Full and going away, David Warner gets beaten on the drive and the ball goes past the outside edge. Good comeback by Fazalhaq Farooqi after being hit for a boundary early in the over. |
| 1.1 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Cameron Green, Flighted on off, Cameron Green gets an outside edge as he went back to defend. The ball runs wide of short third man and the batters run three. Great running by David Warner. |
| 1.2 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to David Warner, FOUR! Flighted at the pads, David Warner brings out the switch hit and hits this one over backward point for his second boundary. |
| 0.6 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman will share the attack and bowl from the other end. |
| 1.3 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to David Warner, FOUR! Full down the leg side, David Warner helps this one off his pads behind square for another boundary. Consecutive boundaries for David Warner. |
| 1.4 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to David Warner, WIDE! Mujeeb Ur Rahman loses his radar and sprays this one down the leg side as David Warner tried to sweep. |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman to David Warner, FOUR! Flatter on off, David Warner shuffles across and sweeps this one past short fine leg. This is turning out to be an expensive over by Mujeeb Ur Rahman. |
| 1.5 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to David Warner, Flighted on middle, David Warner gets forward and drives it mid off. |
| 1.6 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to David Warner, Slower and at the stumps, David Warner defends this one back to the bowler. |
| 2.1 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to Cameron Green, OUT! CAUGHT! Short of a length shaping away from the batter, Cameron Green fails to ride with the bounce and gets an outside edge as he tried to cut. The ball flies off the outside edge to Gulbadin Naib at first slip who takes a sharp catch. |
| 2.2 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to Mitchell Marsh, Full and angling away, Mitchell Marsh drives this one to cover. |
| 0.0 : Mitchell Marsh makes his way out to the middle at number 3. |
| 2.3 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to Mitchell Marsh, Short of a length on off, Mitchell Marsh goes for the hoick over mid-wicket. Gets an inside edge back onto the pads. |
| 2.4 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to Mitchell Marsh, Full on middle, Mitchell Marsh clips this one towards deep square leg and gets off the mark with a single. |
| 2.5 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to David Warner, FOUR! Cutter outside off, David Warner waits for it and fetches this one from outside off. Pulls this one wide of Rashid Khan at deep square leg who runs to his right but cannot prevent the boundary. |
| 2.6 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to David Warner, Good-length delivery on off, David Warner defends this one back to the bowler. |
| 3.1 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Mitchell Marsh, Naveen-ul-Haq starts off with a full delivery angling into the batter. Mitchell Marsh plays this one to short fine leg and rushes for a quick single. |
| 3.2 : Naveen-ul-Haq to David Warner, Full on off, David Warner punches this one crisply towards deep cover for a single. |
| Who will walk out now? |
| 3.4 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Mitchell Marsh, 2 runs. |
| 8.1 : Gulbadin Naib to Mitchell Marsh, Fuller one on off, Mitchell Marsh heaves it but doesn't connect well. It goes in the air and lands short of the fielder at deep mid-wicket. They collect one. |
| 8.2 : Gulbadin Naib to Marcus Stoinis, Outside off this time, Marcus Stoinis eases it to covers for one. |
| 8.3 : Gulbadin Naib to Mitchell Marsh, SIX! Up and over. Fuller and on off, Mitchell Marsh stands firm and lofts it over long off for a maximum! |
| 8.4 : Gulbadin Naib to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! Mitchell Marsh has made up his mind here. This one lands outside off, Mitchell Marsh drives it past covers for a boundary! |
| 8.6 : Gulbadin Naib to Mitchell Marsh, Fuller and on off, Mitchell Marsh drives it but finds the fielder at extra covers. |
| 8.5 : Gulbadin Naib to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! Another one from Mitchell Marsh. Bowls it on leg this time, Mitchell Marsh puls it hard and through square leg for another bundary! |
| 9.1 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, Fuller and on off, Marcus Stoinis eases it to the fielder at point. |
| 9.2 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, Flatter one on leg, Marcus Stoinis flicks it to square leg for one. |
| 9.3 : Rashid Khan to Mitchell Marsh, Bowls it outside off, Mitchell Marsh knocks it to mid off for one. |
| 9.4 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, Flighted on off, Marcus Stoinis drives this one to deep cover for a single. |
| 9.5 : Rashid Khan to Mitchell Marsh, Googly at the stumps, Mitchell Marsh goes back and punches it straight to cover. |
| 9.6 : Rashid Khan to Mitchell Marsh, Rashid Khan misses his length and bowls a long hop on off. Mitchell Marsh thumps it to the left of deep mid-wicket. Naveen-ul-Haq runs around and keeps it to two. |
| DRINKS! Australia did not get off to the best of starts with Cameron Green not having a productive outing on his return to the team but David Warner was a man on a mission scoring at a rapid rate. A double strike from Naveen-ul-Haq has got the Afghans back on track but will be ruing the dropped opportunity which would have seen Mitchell Marsh back in the shed. Australia have managed to keep the runs flowing and will be looking to play in the same manner after the break. Afghanistan will |
| 10.1 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Marcus Stoinis, Mujeeb Ur Rahman floats this full and wide outside off, Marcus Stoinis sweeps this to deep square leg for a single. |
| 10.2 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Mitchell Marsh, Bowls this one short and wide outside off, Mitchell Marsh cuts this to deep cover for a run. |
| 10.3 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Marcus Stoinis, This is slightly full and outside the off stump, Marcus Stoinis punches this to deep cover for another run. |
| 10.4 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Mitchell Marsh, OUT! CAUGHT! A wicket right after the break and the dropped catch of Mitchell Marsh has not cost the afghans too many runs! A flighted ball swerved full and outside the off pole, Mitchell Marsh looks to sweep this square on the leg side but only manages to top edge this high into the sky. Rahmanullah Gurbaz has to run to his left behind the wicket and takes a good catch with the ball swaying around in the air. It almost slipped through his gloves but |
| 10.5 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Glenn Maxwell, This is a straighter one served full and outside off, Glenn Maxwell taps this to the leg side. |
| 10.6 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Glenn Maxwell, Goes full this time and outside off, Glenn Maxwell strokes this to deep cover for a couple of runs. |
| 10.4 : Glenn Maxwell is the new batter. |
| 11.1 : Mohammad Nabi to Marcus Stoinis, Mohammad Nabi floats this one full and outside off, Marcus Stoinis knocks this straight to cover. |
| 11.2 : Mohammad Nabi to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Marcus Stoinis showing some serious power here! Mohammad Nabi loops another delivery full and outside the off stump, Marcus Stoinis heaves this over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 11.3 : Mohammad Nabi to Marcus Stoinis, This is on a shorter length and angling down leg, Marcus Stoinis rocks back and works this to wide long on for a couple of runs. |
| 11.4 : Mohammad Nabi to Marcus Stoinis, This is flighted full and wide outside off, Marcus Stoinis slices this towards deep cover for a single. |
| 11.5 : Mohammad Nabi to Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Nabi fires this one full and wide outside off, Glenn Maxwell gets his front foot out of the way and thumps the ball to deep cover for a cracking boundary. |
| 11.6 : Mohammad Nabi to Glenn Maxwell, This is flighted and bowled slower in the air on the leg stump, Glenn Maxwell clips this to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 12.1 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Glenn Maxwell, FOUR! Flighted down the leg side, Glenn Maxwell slogs this one behind square. The deep square leg fielder runs to his right but cannot prevent the boundary. |
| 12.2 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Glenn Maxwell, Flighted outside off, Glenn Maxwell frees his arms and lofts this wide of deep cover. Rashid Khan covers a lot of ground but still falls short and the batters come back for two. |
| 12.3 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Glenn Maxwell, Flighted full and outside off, Glenn Maxwell plays this towards cover. |
| 12.4 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Glenn Maxwell, Loopy delivery bowled full and outside the off pole, Glenn Maxwell hits this uppishly down to long off and collects one. |
| 12.5 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Marcus Stoinis, This is full and in line with the stumps, Marcus Stoinis works this down to long on and takes one. |
| 12.6 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Glenn Maxwell, Bowls this one a fraction short and outside off, Glenn Maxwell punches this down to deep cover and they run well to take two runs. |
| 13.1 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, Rashid Khan bowls a googly angled into the pads from just outside off, Maxwell attempts a reverse sweep but does not connect and the ball hits his pads and goes towards short third man as they take a leg bye. There is a huge appeal from Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi opts for the review. UltraEdge shows no bat involved but Ball Tracking indicates that the impact in outside off. Afghanistan lose their review as it is not out. |
| 13.2 : Rashid Khan to Glenn Maxwell, WIDE! Another googly fired down leg, Glenn Maxwell misses his clip and the umpire calls this wide. |
| Rashid Khan to Glenn Maxwell, FOUR! Glenn Maxwell finally gets a hold of his trademark reverse sweep! Rashid Khan flights this full and in line with the stumps, Glenn Maxwell deposits this towards deep cover for four runs. |
| 13.3 : Rashid Khan to Glenn Maxwell, This is bowled full and on the pads, Glenn Maxwell knocks this down to long on and takes a single. |
| 13.5 : Rashid Khan to Glenn Maxwell, Slightly shorter and on leg, Glenn Maxwell looks to pull it but the ball hits his thigh. A stifled appeal but the umpire shows no interest. |
| 13.6 : Rashid Khan to Glenn Maxwell, This is full and in line with the stumps, Glenn Maxwell clips this to deep mid-wicket and takes a single to keep strike. |
| 3.3 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR! Full and wide outside off, Mitchell Marsh frees his arms and carves this one over backward point for his first boundary. He wanted to hit this one over mid off but four nonetheless. |
| 14.1 : Gulbadin Naib to Glenn Maxwell, SIX! Up and over. Slightly shorter and on off, Glenn Maxwell hangs back and pulls it over deep square leg for a maximum! |
| 3.5 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Mitchell Marsh, Mitchell Marsh taps this one gently towards mid-wicket and comes back for two. The throw at the keeper's end is wayward and the batters decide to run the third. |
| 14.2 : Gulbadin Naib to Glenn Maxwell, Bowls it on a length and outside off, Glenn Maxwell cuts it towards point for one. |
| 14.3 : Gulbadin Naib to Marcus Stoinis, A yorker and on off, Marcus Stoinis digs it back towards the bowler. Dot. |
| 13.4 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, Another googly fired down leg, Marcus Stoinis looks to sweep but misses and the ball goes off the pads to short fine leg. The fielder throws at the stumps and the ricochet results in a leg bye being taken. |
| 3.6 : Naveen-ul-Haq to David Warner, Short of a length on off, David Warner punches it to cover for no run. |
| 14.4 : Gulbadin Naib to Marcus Stoinis, An attempted yorker but ends up bowling a low full toss. Marcus Stoinis drills it to long off for one. |
| 14.5 : Gulbadin Naib to Glenn Maxwell, FOUR! Good length shaping it away, Glenn Maxwell gets on his knee and smashes it over covers for a boundary! |
| 4.1 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Mitchell Marsh, SIX Up and over. Full and on the middle, Mitchell Marsh slogs this over the deep mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 4.2 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Mitchell Marsh, Good length and on off, this is played towards long off for one. |
| 4.3 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to David Warner, Fuller one this time, David Warner sweeps it to square leg for one. |
| 14.6 : Gulbadin Naib to Glenn Maxwell, Good length and on off, slower too. Glenn Maxwell looks to play at it but gets a bottom edge towards the keeper. |
| 4.4 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Mitchell Marsh, A yorker and on off, Mitchell Marsh works it to mid-wicket for one more. |
| 4.5 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to David Warner, Slightly shorter and on off, David Warner knocks it to long on for one. |
| 4.6 : Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Mitchell Marsh, Good length and on off, Mitchell Marsh drills it to long on for one again. |
| 15.1 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Excellent timing on this. Slightly shorter and on off, Marcus Stoinis pulls it hard and over deep mid-wicket for a maximum! |
| 15.2 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, Slightly shorter again, outside off with some turn. Marcus Stoinis looks to slog it but misses. |
| 5.1 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Mitchell Marsh, Naveen-ul-Haq begins the last over before the Powerplay ends with a full delivery on the pads. Mitchell Marsh clips this to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 15.3 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, OUT! TAKEN! Australia have lost half their side and Afghanistan have the wicket of an in-form Marcus Stoinis! Flatter one from Rashid Khan, outside off with some turn. Marcus Stoinis looks to knock it through the offside but gets a thick outside edge. The ball carries towards point and Usman Ghani takes a dolly. Australia would have hoped for Marcus Stoinis to take them to a substantial score. |
| 5.2 : Naveen-ul-Haq to David Warner, OUT! BOWLED! David Warner's adventures have come to an end! He switches his batting stance and becomes a right-handed batter even before the ball is bowled. Naveen-ul-Haq serves this on a good length and outside the leg stump in reply to the movement of the batter. David Warner pushes at the ball and gets an inside edge onto the stumps. Australia have lost their second wicket and Naveen-ul-Haq has a massive smile on his face. |
| 5.3 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Steven Smith, On a length and on off, Steven Smith defends it solidly. |
| 5.4 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Steven Smith, Slightly shorter and on off, Steven Smith punches it but finds the fielder at covers. Dot again. |
| 5.5 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Steven Smith, FOUR! Fine shot. Slightly shorter and outside off, Steven Smith uses the pace of the ball and guides it through backward point for a boundary! |
| 15.4 : Rashid Khan to Matthew Wade, Fuller and on off, Matthew Wade eases it to mid-wicket. |
| 15.5 : Rashid Khan to Matthew Wade, FOUR! Bowls a low full toss on middle, Matthew Wade uses the pace of it and reverse sweeps it through backward point for a boundary! |
| 5.6 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Steven Smith, OUT! LBW! Back of a length on off, Steven Smith shuffles across to work it on the leg side. Fails to make any contact and gets caught plumb in front of the stumps. The umpire thinks about it and raises the dreaded finger. Steven Smith decides to send it upstairs. The UltraEdge shows no bat and it's three reds on BallTracking. Steven Smith has to walk back and Australia lose a review. Marcus Stoinis makes his way out to the middle. |
| 15.3 : Matthew Wade the captain of Australia makes his way out to the crease. |
| 15.6 : Rashid Khan to Matthew Wade, Flatter one on off, Matthew Wade looks to make room for it but pushes it to mid off. Dot. |
| 6.1 : Gulbadin Naib to Mitchell Marsh, Dropped! Length ball outside off, Mitchell Marsh goes for a drive and gets the outside half of his bat. The man at backward point spills an opportunity and Marsh has a lucky escape. |
| 6.2 : Gulbadin Naib to Marcus Stoinis, Slightly shorter and on off, Marcus Stoinis punches it to covers for one. |
| 6.3 : Gulbadin Naib to Mitchell Marsh, Good length and outside off, Mitchell Marsh looks to play at it but misses |
| 6.4 : Gulbadin Naib to Mitchell Marsh, On a length and on off, Mitchell Marsh guides it toowards the fielder at short third man. |
| 6.5 : Gulbadin Naib to Mitchell Marsh, On a length and on middle with some extra bounce, Mitchell Marsh fends it back towards the bowler. |
| 6.6 : Gulbadin Naib to Mitchell Marsh, Slightly shorter and on off, Mitchell Marsh tucks it to mid-wicket for one. |
| 7.1 : Rashid Khan to Mitchell Marsh, Fuller one this time, Mitchell Marsh sweeps it towards deep square leg for a brace. |
| 16.2 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Glenn Maxwell, Fuller one this time, on off. Glenn Maxwell looks to loft it bu doesn't connect well. It rolls towards mid on. They collect one. |
| Rashid Khan to Mitchell Marsh, Fuller again, on off. Mitchell Marsh reverse sweeps it towards backward point for one. |
| 7.3 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, Flatter one on off, Marcus Stoinis flicks it to mid-wicket for one again. |
| 16.1 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Glenn Maxwell, A yorker outside off, Glenn Maxwell looks to slap it but misses. |
| 7.4 : Rashid Khan to Mitchell Marsh, Darts it on middle, Mitchell Marsh sweeps it towards square leg for one more. |
| 7.5 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, Back of a length and on off, Marcus Stoinis drills it to long on for one. |
| 7.6 : Rashid Khan to Mitchell Marsh, Slightly shorter and outside off, Mitchell Marsh knocks it to long on for one again. |
| 16.3 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Matthew Wade, Slightly shorter and outside off, slower too. Matthew Wade looks to pull it but misses. |
| 16.4 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Matthew Wade, Back of a length again, slower too. Matthew Wade looks to pull it but gets a slight bottom edge and rolls towards the keeper. Another dot. |
| 16.5 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Matthew Wade, Goes full this time, Matthew Wade knocks it to mid on for one. |
| 16.6 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Glenn Maxwell, Excellent over from Naveen-ul-Haq. Just 3 runs off it. Bowls it on leg, Glenn Maxwell reverse sweeps it to point for one. |
| 17.1 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to Glenn Maxwell, SIX! Glenn Maxwell is looking absolutely dangerous here! Fazalhaq Farooqi bowls this on a good length and outside off, Glenn Maxwell gets under this and lofts the ball over deep square leg. He gets just about enough on this to clear Rashid Khan in the deep and collects six runs.  |
| 17.2 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to Glenn Maxwell, On a good length once again and outside off, Glenn Maxwell looks to pull once again but mistimes this towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 17.3 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to Matthew Wade, Goes full this time and into the pads, Matthew Wade flicks this to deep mid-wicket and takes a run. |
| 17.4 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to Glenn Maxwell, Goes full once again and just outside the off pole, Glenn Maxwell looks to work this through the off side but gets an inside edge to deep square leg for one. |
| 17.5 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to Matthew Wade, OUT! TIMBER! Fazalhaq Farooqi has bowled an absolute screamer here! Nails a yorker in line with the stumps and Matthew Wade is late in bringing his bat down to dig the ball out. Watches his stumps shatter and the Australian captain has to make the long walk back to the pavilion. Australia have lost wickets at regular intervals and they will feel that they could have pushed for more had they preserved their wickets. Afghanistan have their sixth wicket a |
| 17.6 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to Pat Cummins, This is on a good length and outside the off pole, Pat Cummins feels for this but is beaten all ends up. |
| 17.5 : Pat Cummins walks in. |
| 18.1 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Glenn Maxwell, Naveen-ul-Haq bowls this quick on a fuller length and outside the off stump. Glenn Maxwell looks to get his front foot out of the way and heaves it to the leg side but mistimes it towards deep square leg for a single. |
| 18.3 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Kane Richardson, This is on a good length and outside the off stump, Kane Richardson guides this down to third man and takes a single to bring Glenn Maxwell back on strike. |
| 18.2 : Kane Richardson is the new batter. |
| 18.4 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Glenn Maxwell, Goes a fraction fuller but still outside the off pole, Glenn Maxwell swings his bat hard but does not connect. |
| 18.2 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Pat Cummins, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust and Naveen-ul-Haq has claimed his third wicket! He serves a slower delivery on a shorter length and outside the off stump. Pat Cummins looks to get under this and loft this over deep cover-point. He does not get a good connection as Rashid Khan comes running in from the deep. He slides to take the catch and almost goes past the ball but manages to hold onto it near his face. Afghanistan have their seventh now and Aus |
| 18.5 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Glenn Maxwell, Another full delivery bowled outside off, Glenn Maxwell gets this to deep cover and they take two runs with some good running between the wickets. |
| 18.6 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Glenn Maxwell, OUT! RUN OUT! That is some brilliant piece of fielding from Naveen-ul-Haq and he prevents the single on the last ball and dismisses Kane Richardson as well! Bowls this on a good length and in line with the stumps, Glenn Maxwell knocks this back to the bowler and Kane Richardson is looking for a single to get Glenn Maxwell on strike the following over. Naveen-ul-Haq collects the ball and throws it at the non-striker's end with Kane Richardson well shor |
| 19.1 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to Adam Zampa, Fazalhaq Farooqi bowls this full and outside off, Adam Zampa looks to work this off side but gets and inside edge to fine leg for a single. |
| 19.2 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to Glenn Maxwell, This is full as well and outside off, Glenn Maxwell knocks this hard to long off but refuses the single. |
| 19.3 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to Glenn Maxwell, FOUR! That is fifty for Glenn Maxwell and he gets there with a powerful shot! Fazalhaq Farooqi strays on the pads on a fuller length, Glenn Maxwell clips this to deep square leg and beats the fielder for four runs. |
| 19.4 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to Glenn Maxwell, This is bowled on a yorker length and outside off, Glenn Maxwell digs this out towards cover and refuses the single once again. |
| 19.5 : Fazalhaq Farooqi to Glenn Maxwell, This is on a good length and angling away from the off stump, Glenn Maxwell looks to reverse sweep this but misses and gets hit on the pads as the ball rolls to the keeper. |
| 19.6 : At the end of 20 overs, Australia finish with 168 on the board. The stand-in skipper Matthew Wade will be disappointed with this total considering their batting depth. Sent into bat first, David Warner made his intentions clear and got Australia off to a flyer. Australia then lost 3 wickets inside the Powerplay putting them in a spot of bother. The hosts recovered well thanks to knocks by Mitchell Marsh and Glenn Maxwell. However, they could not accelerate toward the end. Glenn Maxwell stood |
| Afghanistan did a great job of dismissing the dangerous David Warner early and reducing Australia to 54-3. They bowled exceptionally well in the death to keep Australia under 170. Naveen-ul-Haq was the pick of the bowlers for Afghanistan going at 5.25 RPO. Naveen-ul-Haq scalped three wickets, whilst Fazalhaq Farooqi picked a couple of wickets. A wicket each for Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan. |
| Mitchell Marsh is in for a quick chat. He says that it is a competitive total and the Afghans bowled well. Adds that they may be a few runs short but most importantly they need to win the game. Admits that the wicket slowed down a bit but they have a fighting total even though they could have got going earlier. Mentions that they can defend this total and they needed something special tonight so hopefully it is with the ball. |
| Afghanistan will look to bat with intent and get off to a solid start while Australia will be hopeful of bundling out Afghanistan for a low total and improving their net run rate. Chase coming up shortly... |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi to Glenn Maxwell, FOUR! Glenn Maxwell does manage to get a boundary to end the inning! Fazalhaq Farooqi is unable to get the yorker right and serves this outside off, Glenn Maxwell thumps this to deep cover and beats the fielder to collect four more runs to his and Australia's kitty. |
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