- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.3 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 44/129.5 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 164/246.4 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. 353/346.6 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 359/447.4 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 362/549.1 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 378/6Extras9 (lb 1, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL397/6 (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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mujeeb Ur Rahman 10 0 44 0 4.40 36 2 1 2 0 Dawlat Zadran 10 0 85 3 8.50 25 8 3 4 0 Mohammad Nabi 9 0 70 0 7.77 19 4 4 0 0 Gulbadin Naib 10 0 68 3 6.80 29 3 5 0 1 Rahmat Shah 2 0 19 0 9.50 3 1 1 0 0 Rashid Khan 9 0 110 0 12.22 18 3 11 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 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 4/111.5 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! 52/224.5 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 104/345.5 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 234/640.5 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 198/442.4 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 210/546.2 timber, another slowie does it! Cutter on leg stump and Najibullah misses with a heave across the line, Wood disturbs the woodwork 234/749.4 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 247/8Extras9 (lb 1, w 8)TOTAL247/8 (50 Overs, RR: 4.94)Did not bat: Mujeeb Ur RahmanFall 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)
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.30 start, First Session 10.30-14.00 Interval 14.00-14.30, Second Session 14.30-18.00
Match days
18 June 2019 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
England 2, Afghanistan 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 1 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 209 runs, 1 wicket)
- England: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: England - 92/1 in 18.0 overs (JM Bairstow 43, JE Root 21)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (JM Bairstow 26, JE Root 23, Ex 1)
- England: 100 runs in 19.3 overs (117 balls), Extras 2
- JM Bairstow: 50 off 61 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 97 balls (JM Bairstow 61, JE Root 38, Ex 1)
- England: 150 runs in 26.4 overs (160 balls), Extras 3
- JE Root: 50 off 54 balls (2 x 4)
- England: 200 runs in 35.1 overs (212 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: England - 217/2 in 36.0 overs (JE Root 53, EJG Morgan 44)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (JE Root 8, EJG Morgan 44, Ex 1)
- EJG Morgan: 50 off 36 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- England: 250 runs in 39.3 overs (238 balls), Extras 4
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 142 runs, 4 wickets)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 65 balls (JE Root 21, EJG Morgan 79, Ex 3)
- EJG Morgan: 100 off 57 balls (3 x 4, 11 x 6)
- England: 300 runs in 43.5 overs (264 balls), Extras 6
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 90 balls (JE Root 38, EJG Morgan 110, Ex 3)
- England: 350 runs in 46.2 overs (279 balls), Extras 7
- Innings Break: England - 397/6 in 50.0 overs (MM Ali 31, CR Woakes 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 1 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 148 runs, 2 wickets)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 10.5 overs (65 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 75/2 in 17.0 overs (Rahmat Shah 26, Hashmatullah Shahidi 9)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 22.5 overs (137 balls), Extras 3
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (Rahmat Shah 32, Hashmatullah Shahidi 17, Ex 1)
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 32.6 overs (198 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 153/3 in 33.0 overs (Hashmatullah Shahidi 45, Asghar Afghan 22)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (Hashmatullah Shahidi 27, Asghar Afghan 24, Ex 0)
- Hashmatullah Shahidi: 50 off 68 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 5 wickets)
- Afghanistan: 200 runs in 40.6 overs (246 balls), Extras 7
- Over 42.6: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batsman - Najibullah Zadran (Struck down)
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