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Preview: The mighty England side will face Afghanistan in the second match of Saturday’s doubleheader after Australia vs New Zealand. England and Afghanistan will play at the new Optus Stadium in Perth. England are one of the most established sides in this edition of the World Cup and their batting looks like they are here to torment bowlers from each and every team. Such a mindset was visible in a few games in the England vs Pakistan seven-match series and then when Australia was crushed 2-0 in a three-match series. If the practice games are of any importance, those shall add to the statement. England skipper Jos Buttler is back and has looked at his devastating best since his return. The newcomers in Phil Salt and Harry Brooks have also looked fierce in the opportunities they have got. The only thing England might be concerned about is their bowling, which though is not poor in any sense, does not seem threatening either. Afghanistan, on the other hand, have been confident and have worn their heart on their sleeves. They have bullied the likes of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the West Indies in recent times, and almost decimated Pakistan at the Asia Cup. While England will start as the favourites, Afghanistan shall by no means be considered minnows going on the field. A lot will depend on Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rehman for their prospects of winning games, and their batters will have to stand up high to compete with the opposition in any manner. England have an upper hand head-to-head as they won both the T20I fixtures against Afghanistan - in 2012 and 2016. However, Saturday will witness a new match, and past results bare little value. Squads: Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Usman Ghani, Qais Ahmad, Mohammad Saleem Safi England: Jos Buttler(c/wk), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Tymal Mills, Philip Salt, Harry Brook Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram .
England vs Afghanistan T20 World Cup HIGHLIGHTS: ENG win by 5 wickets vs AFG
FirstCricket Staff
• October 22, 2022, 19:46:25 IST
England vs Afghanistan T20 World Cup HIGHLIGHTS: England won by 5 wickets. They lost a few wickets in the middle overs but kept themselves in the hunt and eventually went over the line
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October 22, 2022, 19:46:25 (IST)
Sam Curran was adjudged Player of the match for his fifer. That’s it from our side for this game. You stay with us for all the LIVE UPDATES from tournament
October 22, 2022, 19:43:22 (IST)
October 22, 2022, 19:41:21 (IST)
AFG vs ENG LIVE SCORE
A wide to wrap up the game. England have won by 5 wickets. They suffered some hiccups in the middle overs but kept themselves in the hunt and eventually went over the line. A good fightback from Afghanistan bowlers as well. They picked up wickets ar regular succession but just fell short of some runs in the end
A wide to wrap up the game. England have won by 5 wickets. They suffered some hiccups in the middle overs but kept themselves in the hunt and eventually went over the line. A good fightback from Afghanistan bowlers as well. They picked up wickets ar regular succession but just fell short of some runs in the end
October 22, 2022, 19:22:44 (IST)
October 22, 2022, 19:19:53 (IST)
AFG vs ENG LIVE SCORE
WICKET! We are witnessing some high-class fielding efforts today. That’s another one. Dawid Malan just drives that through the off side, the ball was in the air and Nabi, stationed at extra cover puts in the dive to his left and grabs a stunner. Malan goes for 18 off 30
WICKET! We are witnessing some high-class fielding efforts today. That’s another one. Dawid Malan just drives that through the off side, the ball was in the air and Nabi, stationed at extra cover puts in the dive to his left and grabs a stunner. Malan goes for 18 off 30
October 22, 2022, 19:05:19 (IST)
AFG vs ENG LIVE SCORE
WICKET! A brilliant piece of bowling from Nabi. He comes round the wicket to Stokes, bowls it straight and just pulls the length a bit at the last second as Stokes stepped. The left-handed batter completely misses the ball as it rattles the wood work behind. Afghanistan have picked three now
WICKET! A brilliant piece of bowling from Nabi. He comes round the wicket to Stokes, bowls it straight and just pulls the length a bit at the last second as Stokes stepped. The left-handed batter completely misses the ball as it rattles the wood work behind. Afghanistan have picked three now
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October 22, 2022, 18:58:54 (IST)
October 22, 2022, 18:53:56 (IST)
AFG vs ENG LIVE SCORE
WICKET! Fareed has a wicket. He come round the wicket, bangs it short as it hurries on Hales who tries to go for the pull but miscues his stork and is caught in the deep for 19
WICKET! Fareed has a wicket. He come round the wicket, bangs it short as it hurries on Hales who tries to go for the pull but miscues his stork and is caught in the deep for 19
October 22, 2022, 18:40:01 (IST)
AFG vs ENG LIVE
A pretty eventful over. First a drop catch, then a six and now a wicket. Farooqi bowls a brilliant yorker to Buttler who clears his front leg and tries to go over the boundary on side as he gets his bottom hand into play but miscues the stroke and Mujeeb takes a good running catch in the deep. Buttler goes for 18 off 18
A pretty eventful over. First a drop catch, then a six and now a wicket. Farooqi bowls a brilliant yorker to Buttler who clears his front leg and tries to go over the boundary on side as he gets his bottom hand into play but miscues the stroke and Mujeeb takes a good running catch in the deep. Buttler goes for 18 off 18
October 22, 2022, 18:34:16 (IST)
After 4 overs,England 27/0 ( Jos Buttler (C) (W) 18 , Alex Hales 4)
AFG vs ENG LIVE
England are off to a decent start as they have already put 27/0 in the first four overs
October 22, 2022, 18:24:59 (IST)
RECORD ALERT!
October 22, 2022, 18:11:05 (IST)
“At the start of the game, I didn’t expect to walk off like that. Really good performance from the guys. After winning the toss, we knew that we had the plans. Big square boundaries, we used the dimensions really well. We’re really happy with the score. We worked really hard on our fielding over the last couple of weeks. We know that it’s going to be a huge factor in the tournament. Livi (Liam Livingstone) started off with that running catch in front of the Barmy Army out there which was really cool. That just set the standards for the rest of the innings,” Curran said after his brilliant spell
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October 22, 2022, 18:04:00 (IST)
England vs Afghanistan LIVE
WICKET! Another brilliant take from England and that’s a fifer for Sam Curran. He bowls that full, offers width to Farooqi who throws his bat on it but doesn’t really get the timing right and is caught by Malan at backward point for 0 off 2. Curran returns with figures of 5/10 in 3.4 overs
WICKET! Another brilliant take from England and that’s a fifer for Sam Curran. He bowls that full, offers width to Farooqi who throws his bat on it but doesn’t really get the timing right and is caught by Malan at backward point for 0 off 2. Curran returns with figures of 5/10 in 3.4 overs
October 22, 2022, 17:58:30 (IST)
England vs Afghanistan LIVE
WICKET! Make that eight now. Touch fuller from Woakes as Najeeb gives himself some room to go over covers but the ball takes the toe end of the bat and goes straight back to the bowling end. Woakes takes a good one-handed catch in his follow through as he departs for 0 off 1 and Afghanistan lose 8 now
WICKET! Make that eight now. Touch fuller from Woakes as Najeeb gives himself some room to go over covers but the ball takes the toe end of the bat and goes straight back to the bowling end. Woakes takes a good one-handed catch in his follow through as he departs for 0 off 1 and Afghanistan lose 8 now
October 22, 2022, 17:55:49 (IST)
England vs Afghanistan
WICKET! Oh that’s two in two now. Another short one from Curran and this time it’s Rashid who walks back for a first-ball zero as he pulls it straight to Alex Hales at deep fine leg
WICKET! Oh that’s two in two now. Another short one from Curran and this time it’s Rashid who walks back for a first-ball zero as he pulls it straight to Alex Hales at deep fine leg
October 22, 2022, 17:54:55 (IST)
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WICKET! One more wicket. Sam Curran bowling that one to the plan. He bangs in short and Omarazi pulls it straight to Ben Stokes who is stationed at deep backward square leg. England have a lot of fielders on the on side
WICKET! One more wicket. Sam Curran bowling that one to the plan. He bangs in short and Omarazi pulls it straight to Ben Stokes who is stationed at deep backward square leg. England have a lot of fielders on the on side
October 22, 2022, 17:52:54 (IST)
October 22, 2022, 17:44:52 (IST)
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WICKET! Another screamer. This time it’s Jos Buttler who takes a brilliant one-handed catch diving to his left, behind the stumps. Mark Wood bowls that back of the length, going down the leg, Nabi tries to nudge that to the fine leg but only manages to give a catch to the wicket-keeper. The fielding standards have been so good today. We saw it in the first match between Australia and New Zealand and we are seeing it now as well. Nabi goes for 3 off 5
WICKET! Another screamer. This time it’s Jos Buttler who takes a brilliant one-handed catch diving to his left, behind the stumps. Mark Wood bowls that back of the length, going down the leg, Nabi tries to nudge that to the fine leg but only manages to give a catch to the wicket-keeper. The fielding standards have been so good today. We saw it in the first match between Australia and New Zealand and we are seeing it now as well. Nabi goes for 3 off 5
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October 22, 2022, 17:38:58 (IST)
England vs Afghanistan
WICKET! England have been stunning in the field. Ben Stokes bowls that a bit slow as Najib chip it in the air while trying to go over mid on. Adil Rashid runs back and takes a good catch
WICKET! England have been stunning in the field. Ben Stokes bowls that a bit slow as Najib chip it in the air while trying to go over mid on. Adil Rashid runs back and takes a good catch
October 22, 2022, 17:29:04 (IST)
England vs Afghanistan
SIX! Najib takes the aerial route and he will get a maximum. Rashid tosses that one up a bit, bowls it away from the left-hander as the batter goes straight down the ground
SIX! Najib takes the aerial route and he will get a maximum. Rashid tosses that one up a bit, bowls it away from the left-hander as the batter goes straight down the ground
October 22, 2022, 17:28:17 (IST)
October 22, 2022, 17:16:00 (IST)
After 10 overs,Afghanistan 55/2 ( Ibrahim Zadran 29 , Usman Ghani 6)
England vs Afghanistan
Afghanistan are looking to rebuild the innings now. They have lost two wickets at crucial junctions and now need to score runs aggressively
October 22, 2022, 17:01:55 (IST)
England vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE
WICKET! We have brilliant display of fielding once again. Short one from Stokes to Zazai who takes the aeria route as he hits that to the off side but Liam Livingstone charges in, puts in the dive to his right and takes a stunner to send the batter packing for 7 off 17. Afghanistan lose second
WICKET! We have brilliant display of fielding once again. Short one from Stokes to Zazai who takes the aeria route as he hits that to the off side but Liam Livingstone charges in, puts in the dive to his right and takes a stunner to send the batter packing for 7 off 17. Afghanistan lose second
October 22, 2022, 16:57:26 (IST)
England vs Afghanistan LIVE
FOUR! Edged but that’s safe. England should have had a slip there. Woakes bowls that full, outside off to Ibrahim as he gets his bat in front, edges that and the ball runs away to the boundary behind
FOUR! Edged but that’s safe. England should have had a slip there. Woakes bowls that full, outside off to Ibrahim as he gets his bat in front, edges that and the ball runs away to the boundary behind
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October 22, 2022, 16:45:53 (IST)
October 22, 2022, 16:41:55 (IST)
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WICKET! What a stunning delivery that was. Touch fuller from Mark Wood as he bowls it quick and straight. Gurbaz just feathers that one to the wicket-keeper behind and England draw first blood. He is gone for 10 off 9
WICKET! What a stunning delivery that was. Touch fuller from Mark Wood as he bowls it quick and straight. Gurbaz just feathers that one to the wicket-keeper behind and England draw first blood. He is gone for 10 off 9
October 22, 2022, 16:39:42 (IST)
England vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE
SIX! That’s the first one of the innings. Gurbaz just walks across the stumps and scoops the fuller one over short fine leg for a maximum
SIX! That’s the first one of the innings. Gurbaz just walks across the stumps and scoops the fuller one over short fine leg for a maximum
October 22, 2022, 16:12:29 (IST)
England vs Afghanistan
Playing XI
Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Usman Ghani, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Playing XI
Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Usman Ghani, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi
October 22, 2022, 16:12:12 (IST)
England vs Afghanistan
Playing XI
England: Jos Buttler(w/c), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Playing XI
England: Jos Buttler(w/c), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
October 22, 2022, 16:04:16 (IST)
England vs Afghanistan Live Updates, Toss:
England have won the toss and chose to field first. Afghanistan will bat first.
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October 22, 2022, 15:45:09 (IST)
Hello and Welcome to the Live coverage of the second Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup between England and Afghanistan. Afghanistan will face a tough test from the mighty English side. Toss and playing XI in a while.
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