ENG vs AFG highlights ICC CWC 2019: England win by 150 runs on Morgan's ton
Eoin Morgan broke AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle and Rohit Sharma's record of 16 Sixes in an ODI. England now tops World Cup 2019 Points Table
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Eoin Morgan. Photo: Reuters
In today’s match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 (CWC 19), England cricket team crushed Afghanistan by 150 runs as skipper Eoin Morgan smashed a world record 17 sixes in his blistering 71-ball-148 after Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root missed their centuries at the Old Trafford in Manchester on Tuesday. Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected to bat against Afghanistan cricket team with England bringing in James Vince and Moeen Ali in place of the injured Jason Roy and Liam Plunkett. For Afghanistan, Dawlat Zadran , Najibullah Zadran and Mujeeb Ur Rahman replaced Aftab Alam, Hazratullah Zazai and Hamid Hassan.
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ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: England vs Afghanistan scoreboard
Check 2019 cricket world cup points table here
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: England vs Afghanistan scoreboard
England captain Eoin Morgan smashed a world record 17 sixes in his blistering 71-ball-148 as the hosts crushed Afghanistan by 150 runs in a World Cup encounter here on Tuesday.
England scored their highest World Cup total 397 for 6 riding on brilliant batting performances of Morgan, Joe Root (88 off 82) and Jonny Bairstow (90 off 99).
The Afghans were never in the contest and managed only 247 for 8 with Adil Rashid picking up 3 for 66 and the talented Jofra Archer taking 3 for 52.
With this win, England moved a step closer to the semi-final qualification with four wins from five matches while Afghanistan are out of the competition having lost all five games.
Tuesday's game belonged to England captain, who enroute his career-best knock also hit the fourth fastest hundred in World Cup history, getting his 13th ODI hundred off only 57 balls. Apart from 17 sixes, the left-hander also hit four boundaries.
Morgan broke the record which was jointly held by Rohit Sharma (vs Australia 2013), AB de Villiers (16 vs West Indies, 2015) and Chris Gayle (16 vs Zimbabwe 2015).
Opener Bairstow and Root also played their part but were overshadowed by the skipper, who pulverised the hapless Afghan bowling attack.
Afghanistan's T20 superstar Rashid Khan got a reality check as he also had the ignominy of being hit for a '100'. His bowling figures read a pathetic 9-0-110-0 with 11 sixes being hit off his bowling.
Rashid's figures were the worst by any bowler in a World Cup game beating New Zealand's Martin Snedden's 0/105 off 12 overs (60 overs per side) against England in the 1983 World Cup.
Morgan primarily targeted the arc between long-on and long-off and repeatedly dispatched the length balls in between these areas with a few straight sixes. He was particularly severe on Rashid, who till date has never been hit for more than two sixes in his innings.
The other IPL star Mohammed Nabi (0/70 in 9 overs) also got a pasting and so did Gulbadin Naib as Morgan and Root added 189 runs in 16.5 overs. In all, the English batsmen hit 25 sixes.
Even Moeen Ali had a little feast towards the end of the innings, scoring 31 off 15 balls with four sixes.
Here are the playing 11 of both the teams:
Afghanistan playing 11: Rahmat Shah, Noor Ali Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Ali Khil(w), Gulbadin Naib(c), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Dawlat Zadran.
England playing 11: Jonny Bairstow, James Vince, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood.
11:27 PM
Captain Morgan has some numbers to flaunt!!
11:26 PM
England are the points table toppers!!
11:25 PM
10:43 PM
Over 50 Rashid out! England win by 150 runs
Over Summary: 0 0 1lb W 0 0 AFG: 247/8
Ball 6: Archer to Ikram, no run, hit Ikram on the helmet and that's it!!
Ball 5: Archer to Ikram, no run
Ball 4: Archer to Rashid, OUT!! Rashid tried to hit big but finds Bairstow in the deep
Ball 3: Archer to Ikram, leg byes and single
Ball 2: Archer to Ikram, no run
Ball 1: Archer to Ikram, no run
10:39 PM
Over 49
Over Summary: 0 1 0 4 2 0 AFG: 246/7
Ball 6: Wood to Rashid, no run
Ball 5: Wood to Rashid, TWO RUNS
Ball 4: Wood to Rashid, FOUR
Ball 3: Wood to Rashid, no run
Ball 2: Wood to Ikram, single
Ball 1: Wood to Ikram, no run
10:36 PM
Over 48
Over Summary: 0 1 0 2 Wd 0 0 AFG: 239/7
Ball 6: Archer to Rashid, no run
Ball 5: Archer to Rashid, WIDE, no run
Ball 4: Archer to Rashid, two runs
Ball 3: Archer to Rashid, no run
Ball 2: Archer to Ikram, single
Ball 1: Archer to Ikram, no run
10:25 PM
Over 47 Najibullah out
Over Summary: 0 W 1 0 0 0 AFG:235/7
Ball 6: Wood to Rashid, no run
Ball 5: Wood to Rashid, no run
Ball 4: Wood to Rashid, no run
Ball 3: Wood to Ikram, single
Ball 2: Wood to Najibullah, BOWLED!!
Ball 1: Wood to Najibullah, no run
10:23 PM
Over 46 Shahidi OUT!
Over Summary: 1 1 1 4 W 0 AFG:234/6
Ball 6: Archer to Rshid, NO RUN
Ball 5: Archer to Shahidi, WICKET!! BOWLED!! SHAHIDI DEPARTS ON 78
Ball 4: Archer to Shahidi, FOUR!
Ball 3: Archer to Najibullah, single
Ball 2: Archer to Shahidi, single
Ball 1: Archer to Najibullah, single
10:18 PM
Over 45
Over Summary: 1 1 1 1 1 0 AFG:227/5
Ball 6: Wood to Shahidi, no run
Ball 5: Wood to Najibullah, single
Ball 4: Wood to Shahidi, single
Ball 3: Wood to Najibullah, single
Ball 2: Wood to Shahidi, single
Ball 1: Wood to Najibullah, single
10:13 PM
Over 44
Over Summary: 1 0 6 1 1 1 AFG:222/5
Ball 6: Woakes to Najibullah, siongle
Ball 5: Woakes to Shahidi, single
Ball 4: Woakes to Najibullah, single to third man
Ball 3: Woakes to Najibullah, SIX!!
Ball 2: Woakes to Najibullah, no run
Ball 1: Woakes to Shahidi, single
10:05 PM
Over 43 Nabi out!
Over Summary: 1 1 0 W 2 0 AFG:212/5
Ball 6: Adil Rashid to Najibullah, no run
Ball 5: Adil Rashid to Najibullah, two runs
Ball 4: Adil Rashid to Nabi, OUT!! Hit high in the air but the ball could not cover the distance and Stokes at long-off takes a simple catch
Ball 3: Adil Rashid to Nabi, no run
Ball 2: Adil Rashid to Shahidi, single to long-off
Ball 1: Adil Rashid to Nabi, swing the bat hard but just a single
10:02 PM
Over 42
Over Summary: 1 0 1 0 1 1 AFG:208/4
Ball 6: Woakes to Nabi, single
Ball 5: Woakes to Shahidi, DROPPED!! Mark Wood at mid-off almost reached to the ball but it slipped away!
Ball 4: Woakes to Shahidi, no run
Ball 3: Woakes to Nabi, single
Ball 2: Woakes to Nabi, no run
Ball 1: Woakes to Shahidi, single
9:56 PM
Over 41 Asghar out!
Over Summary: 1 0 0 1 W 6 AFG:204/4
Ball 6: Adil Rashid to Nabi, SIX!! What a start for Nabi!! And 200 up for Afghanistan
Ball 5: Adil Rashid to Asghar, OUT!! Joes Root takes a clean catch at slips
Ball 4: Adil Rashid to Shahidi, in the air but just short of Ben Stokes at long-off
Ball 3: Adil Rashid to Shahidi, no run
Ball 2: Adil Rashid to Shahidi, no run
Ball 1: Adil Rashid to Asghar, sweep to deep-square leg fpr a single
9:53 PM
Over 40
Over Summary: 0 0 0 1 1 0 ENG: 196/3
Ball 6: Woakes to Shahidi, no run
Ball 5: Woakes to Asghar, single to fine leg
Ball 4: Woakes to Shahidi, single
Ball 3: Woakes to Shahidi, no run
Ball 2: Woakes to Shahidi, no run
Ball 1: Woakes to Shahidi, no run
9:50 PM
Over 39
Over Summary: 0 1 0 2 2 1 AFG: 194/3
Ball 6: Adil Rashid to Shahidi, single
Ball 5: Adil Rashid to Shahidi, two runs
Ball 4: Adil Rashid to Shahidi, two runs
Ball 3: Adil Rashid to Shahidi, no run
Ball 2: Adil Rashid to Asghar, single
Ball 1: Adil Rashid to Asghar, no run
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First Published: Jun 18 2019 | 1:23 PM IST
