Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    9.3 not anymore! Vince's adventurous pulling has finally cost him. Short in the corridor, on the front foot to pull this. Looks like a top edge onto his helmet that lobs up for short fine leg. He holds his shape under it and takes it easily. Dawlat's persistence pays off. Vince's scratchy stay is over 44/1
    29.5 got him! Chipped back to the bowler! Gulbadin brings out the gunshow, and it's a timely breakthrough for his side... No hundred for Bairstow, never mind doubling it; pace off the ball and he just punched it off bottom part of the bat, well taken by the bowler diving to his left 164/2
    46.4 finds long-on. Slower ball, full outside off. In the slot for the big launch over long-on. Not quite the thing Root does best. It's flat and to the fielder out there. A top ODI knock. Another top ODI knock. 353/3
    46.6 finds long-off. Whew. What have we just witnessed? Morgan's all smiles as he walks off. I'm sure not even he knows what has just transpired. Slower ball, short and outside off. Flat-bats it and is taken well inside the line 359/4
    47.4 taken at mid-off. Well they've figured out that slowers balls at the way to go. Three in a row with it. Short of a length outside off. Sets up for the pull but is cramped and slices it weakly for Nabi 362/5
    49.1 smashes leg stump. Stokes steps into the off side and wants to flick this yorker, but he's missed and he's shown too much of the stumps as well 378/6
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    9 (lb 1, nb 1, w 7)
    TOTAL
    397/6 (50 Overs, RR: 7.94)
    Fall of wickets: 1-44 (James Vince, 9.3 ov), 2-164 (Jonny Bairstow, 29.5 ov), 3-353 (Joe Root, 46.4 ov), 4-359 (Eoin Morgan, 46.6 ov), 5-362 (Jos Buttler, 47.4 ov), 6-378 (Ben Stokes, 49.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Mujeeb Ur Rahman1004404.40362120
    Dawlat Zadran1008538.50258340
    Mohammad Nabi907007.77194400
    Gulbadin Naib1006836.80293501
    Rahmat Shah201909.5031100
    Rashid Khan90110012.221831100
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    1.2 dragged on! First one down! Archer pitches this up outside off, 145kph/90mph and Noor Ali thrashes a leaden-footed drive, only succeeds in getting an inside edge into middle stump. No sign of the bails staying put this time 4/1
    11.5 dug in, Gulbadin top-edges a pull... and Buttler takes an excellent running catch! Short and cramped for room, 147kph/92mph and looping up as the captain continued to attack, the ball ended up somewhere near short fine leg but Buttler snared it safely diving full length to give Wood a wicket in his opening over! 52/2
    24.5 finds deep midwicket with possibly the easiest ball he's faced today. Dirty tossed up full toss just outside off. He's looked to club this over the leg side boundaries and managed to get it off the inside part of that bat to find that fielder 104/3
    45.5 bowled 'im! No World Cup hundred for Hashmat! Done by the slower ball, moving across and attempting something cute, by the time he realised the ball was arriving late he was in no position to hit it... Superb knock from Afghanistan's No. 4, though. Kept his team above water 234/6
    40.5 turn, off the face, gobbled up at slip! Another for Rashid and Asghar falls short of a fighting fifty... Root did well to make that catch look so routine, as Buttler made a move towards it with his gloves as the ball zipped through 198/4
    42.4 smashed belligerently into the sky, taken safely in the deep this time! Nabi got under another Hail Mary, went a long way up but Stokes was ready and waiting when it plummeted back to earth, walking in from long-on to pouch it safely 210/5
    46.2 timber, another slowie does it! Cutter on leg stump and Najibullah misses with a heave across the line, Wood disturbs the woodwork 234/7
    49.4 short ball, slapped high towards the cover boundary... Bairstow holds this one! He turns to the crowd and grins, Archer has another wicket, Rashid Khan heads off and you can stick a fork in this one - it's as good as done 247/8
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    Extras
    9 (lb 1, w 8)
    TOTAL
    247/8 (50 Overs, RR: 4.94)
    Did not bat: Mujeeb Ur Rahman
    Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Noor Ali Zadran, 1.2 ov), 2-52 (Gulbadin Naib, 11.5 ov), 3-104 (Rahmat Shah, 24.5 ov), 4-198 (Asghar Afghan, 40.5 ov), 5-210 (Mohammad Nabi, 42.4 ov), 6-234 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 45.5 ov), 7-234 (Najibullah Zadran, 46.2 ov), 8-247 (Rashid Khan, 49.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    CR Woakes904104.55303120
    JC Archer1015235.20385120
    MM Ali703505.00192100
    MA Wood1014024.00373110
    BA Stokes401203.00130000
    AU Rashid1006636.60303410

Match Notes

Afghanistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st4Noor Ali ZadranGulbadin Naib
2nd48Gulbadin NaibRahmat Shah
3rd52Hashmatullah ShahidiRahmat Shah
4th94Asghar AfghanHashmatullah Shahidi
5th12Mohammad NabiHashmatullah Shahidi
6th24Hashmatullah ShahidiNajibullah Zadran
7th0Najibullah ZadranRashid Khan
8th13Rashid KhanIkram Alikhil
9th0Dawlat ZadranIkram Alikhil