Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    18.5 oh dear, this is catastrophe for Afghanistan! Full delivery just outside off. Shahidi has a prod at it and chunks it off the inside half into the on side. Not sure who called for the single but that always looked a very dicey run. The fielder swoops in from mid wicket, fires it at the batter's end and Gurbaz, despite the dive, is a couple of yards short. Afghanistan have shot themselves in the foot, and England are now right back in this contest! 122/3
    16.4 Rashid breaks through! The pressure tells for Zadran! Floated up on middle and leg, and Zadran thinks he can clear short mid wicket and get a boundary. Clears his front leg but does not quite get the elevation he is after. Chips it straight to Root at short mid wicket, and his patchy stay at the crease comes to an end! 114/1
    18.4 Buttler thinks he has gotten his man! Looped up nicely on a length outside off and perhaps for the first time today, the ball grips in the surface. Spins away sharply and goes past Rahmat's outside edge as he lunges forward and pokes at it. Buttler whips off the bails in a flash and reckons he has caught the batter short of his ground. We go upstairs. As usual, the first check is for a caught-behind. Clear daylight between bat and ball. Rahmat's back foot scraped out of his crease, and was on the line as Buttler took off the bails. Rashid has two in quick succession! 122/2
    32.1 cleans him up! Length delivery slanted into off stump. It is neither short enough to cut nor full enough to drive. Shahidi is caught on two minds and in the end, his feet go nowhere. Has a waft at it and gets beaten by the inward angle. Hears the death rattle soon after, and half the Afghanistan side has been sent back to the shed! 174/5
    25.6 straight up and taken by Woakes at long off! Given a hint of air on off stump, and Omarzai's eyes light up. He tries to smash it into next week but is nowhere close to the pitch of the ball. Has to reach out well in front of his body and can only slice it to long off. Afghanistan have now lost four wickets for 38 runs! 152/4
    47.6 swung out to the deep, and Curran swallows the chance! Back of the hand from Topley, Ikram swings for the hills once more, but can't get the bat speed. A simple take inside the rope, and a fine innings comes to an end 277/8
    36.1 raw pace from Wood! Angled in to the right-hander, 147kph, Nabi is rocked back on his heels by the rising ball, which thumps off his splice and loops casually to Root at a deep-set gully. Another dangerman gets picked off as England's fightback gathers pace 190/6
    44.1 stunning take in the deep! Rashid gallops to the pitch, hacks hard across the line, it's in the air, flat and wide of Root at long-on, who rushes round the rope, times his leap to perfection, and clings on in both hands as he slides across the turf. Priceless breakthrough at the start of Rashid's final over... Rashid 1 Rashid 0 233/7
    48.1 makes room to leg, Wood hits the pitch hard from over the wicket, it's straight up in the air! Root at backward point calls early, steadies himself well, and another one falls 277/9
    49.5 short, swings into a pull, can't connect, they try to steal the single but Buttler underarms into the stumps! That is the end of that. A valiant hand from Afghanistan 284/10
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    15 (lb 1, nb 3, w 11)
    TOTAL
    284 all out (49.5 Overs, RR: 5.69)
    Fall of wickets: 1-114 (Ibrahim Zadran, 16.4 ov), 2-122 (Rahmat Shah, 18.4 ov), 3-122 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 18.5 ov), 4-152 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 25.6 ov), 5-174 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 32.1 ov), 6-190 (Mohammad Nabi, 36.1 ov), 7-233 (Rashid Khan, 44.1 ov), 8-277 (Ikram Alikhil, 47.6 ov), 9-277 (Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 48.1 ov), 10-284 (Naveen-ul-Haq, 49.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    CR Woakes4041010.25134220
    RJW Topley8.515215.88305131
    SM Curran4046011.5095202
    AU Rashid1014234.20291110
    MA Wood905025.55275100
    LS Livingstone1003313.30311000
    JE Root401914.75162100
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    1.1 yes, he can, and the umpire raises his finger! Full on leg stump. The ball curves in late, and seems to have the beating of Bairstow. He falls over a touch and then misses his flick altogether, getting rapped on the pads. The only question is whether this has done too much. Bairstow reckons so, and goes upstairs. No bat involved but Umpire's Call on both impact and the wickets parameter. Clipping the outside of leg stump. By the barest of margins, to be precise, and Bairstow has to go! 3/1
    12.4 Nabi sends Malan packing! A soft dismissal! Tossed up nicely outside off and it deceives Malan completely. He goes searching for it well in front of his pad and just pushes at it tamely. Offers a simple catch to short extra cover and Nabi is elated. England, just as they were building a partnership, have been dented! 68/3
    6.5 Root falls! England are wobbling! Slightly fuller than the previous delivery and this pitches on off stump. Root might have played the trajectory and went back. The ball, to his defence, also kept a little low. He tried to stab it out, perhaps as a last resort but could nothing as the ball breezed past his bat and into the stumps! 33/2
    34.2 edged and gone! Is that the game?! Seems to be a carrom ball that pitches on a length outside off and decks away. Brook tries to work to leg but because the ball has moved away, he can only nick it through to Ikram, who pouches it sharply. Mujeeb is off on his celebratory run, and Afghanistan take a massive, massive step towards a historic World Cup win! 169/8
    17.2 bowled him! Buttler plays all around the angled delivery, flicked in with that wicked wrist, from wide on the crease and hurtling back in through the gate! That's a gate wide enough to rival India Gate itself, and suddenly that mini-revival is looking deeply ropey again 91/4
    20.4 plants the front foot and plays all around it! Quicker and flatter from Rashid ... Livingstone's gone upstairs but this looks futile! He'd played everything else off the pitch, but this time he stabbed his weight forward and it's a sucker punch. The pendulum swings again! 117/5
    27.1 slip is in play! Genius from Nabi, classical dip and rip, drawing the left-hander forward, beating him in flight and luring the hard-handed poke as he grasps to make up for his lack of positioning. A low edge into Rahmat's hands, and now the upset is well and truly on! 138/6
    32.6 cleans him up with a ripper! A terrific end to a terrific over! Slowed up beautifully on a full length, and this drops just outside off. Woakes has no clue this is going to come back in and plays down the wrong line. Breezes past the inside edge and then smashes into off stump. England lose their seventh, and they are now on the mat! 160/7
    38.4 Rashid gets Rashid, and England are on the brink now! Full and dangles the carrot outside off. Rashid thinks he can come forward and defend but the ball is drops late, and he has to reach out a little. Does so with hard hands and gets a healthy outside edge that is gobbled up at first slip! 198/9
    40.3 that will be that! Afghanistan's date with history is now upon them, and it is their greatest World Cup night. In Delhi. Against the defending champions! Slider on a length on middle and off. Wood has a wild slog across the line and has an air-shot. The ball crashes into the stumps and Rashid looks up to the heavens in delight. An amazing Afghanistan display, and they have taken down the reigning champions. Soak it all up Afghanistan fans, and relish this night - this will be rememberd for a very, very long time! 215/10
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    Extras
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    TOTAL
    215 all out (40.3 Overs, RR: 5.3)
    Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Jonny Bairstow, 1.1 ov), 2-33 (Joe Root, 6.5 ov), 3-68 (Dawid Malan, 12.4 ov), 4-91 (Jos Buttler, 17.2 ov), 5-117 (Liam Livingstone, 20.4 ov), 6-138 (Sam Curran, 27.1 ov), 7-160 (Chris Woakes, 32.6 ov), 8-169 (Harry Brook, 34.2 ov), 9-198 (Adil Rashid, 38.4 ov), 10-215 (Mark Wood, 40.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Mujeeb Ur Rahman1015135.10312110
    Fazalhaq Farooqi705017.14239020
    Naveen-ul-Haq614417.33178001
    Mohammad Nabi601622.66230010
    Rashid Khan9.313733.89303000
    Azmatullah Omarzai201306.5052000

Match Notes

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st3DJ MalanJM Bairstow
2nd30DJ MalanJE Root
3rd35DJ MalanHC Brook
4th23JC ButtlerHC Brook
5th26LS LivingstoneHC Brook
6th21SM CurranHC Brook
7th22CR WoakesHC Brook
8th9AU RashidHC Brook
9th29AU RashidMA Wood
10th17MA WoodRJW Topley