Cricket World Cup, ENG vs AFG Highlights: Historic win for Afghanistan

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, England vs Afghanistan Highlights: Three Afghan spinners- Rashid Khan, Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman and Mohammad Nabi shared eight wickets between them as they beat England by 69 runs

2:16 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | England vs Afghanistan LIVE | AFG 7-0 after 2 Overs

Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 0; Afghanistan 7-0 after 2 Overs ; Rahmanullah Gurbaz (1); Ibrahim Zadran (1)

Reece Topley, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack and starts with a MAIDEN over.

2:16 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | England vs Afghanistan LIVE | AFG 7-0 after 1 Over

Over Summary: Wd5 0 1 0 0 1 0; Afghanistan 7-0 after 1 Over ; Rahmanullah Gurbaz (1); Ibrahim Zadran (1)

Chirs Woakes starts with five WIDES. A single each for both openers.

1:39 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | England vs Afghanistan LIVE | Afghan Playing 11

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

1:35 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | England vs Afghanistan LIVE | One change in Afghan XI

Mujeeb not playing today.

1:35 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | England vs Afghanistan LIVE | ENG unchanged

England Playing 11: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley

1:34 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | England vs Afghanistan LIVE | ENG Playing 11

Jos Buttler informs England are unchanged from previous match.

1:33 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | England vs Afghanistan LIVE | Afghanistan batting first

England captain Jos Buttler wins the toss and elects to bowl first.

1:22 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | England vs Afghanistan LIVE | Toss in few minutes

Toss is just few minutes away. All eyes on Ben Stokes' return to England Playing 11

1:04 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | England vs Afghanistan LIVE | Most runs

	Player	Matches	Inns	Runs	Avg	Sr	4s	6s
1	Mohammad Rizwan	3	3	248	124	93.58	23	3
2	Devon Conway	3	3	229	114.5	104.09	27	4
3	Rohit Sharma	3	3	217	72.33	141.83	22	11
4	Quinton de Kock	2	2	209	104.5	110	20	8
5	Kusal Mendis	2	2	198	99	166.39	18	14
6	Rachin Ravindra	3	3	183	91.5	114.38	16	6
7	Aiden Markram	2	2	162	81	165.31	21	4
8	Joe Root	2	2	159	79.5	103.25	12	2
9	Virat Kohli	3	3	156	78	82.11	15	-
10	Dawid Malan	2	2	154	77	117.56	18	5
11	Daryl Mitchell	3	2	137	137	120.18	11	6
12	Rassie van der Dussen	2	2	134	67	95.71	15	2
13	Abdullah Shafique	2	2	133	66.5	104.72	13	3
14	Sadeera Samarawickrama	2	2	131	65.5	121.3	14	3
15	Mushfiqur Rahim	3	3	119	59.5	83.8	10	2

Mohammad Rizwan. Photo PTI

12:56 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | England vs Afghanistan LIVE | Squads

England: Jos Buttler (captain & wk), Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley, Gus Atkinson.
 

Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen ul Haq.
 

12:39 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | England vs Afghanistan LIVE | Three Lions' performance so far

12:18 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | England vs Afghanistan LIVE | Top wicket-takers

Rank	Player	Matches	Overs	Balls	Wkts	Avg	Runs	4-fers	5-fers
1	Jasprit Bumrah	3	27	162	8	11.62	93	1	-
2	Mitchell Santner	3	30	180	8	15.88	127	-	1
3	Matt Henry	3	28.3	171	8	18.25	146	-	-
4	Hasan Ali	3	23	138	7	19.71	138	1	-
5	Ravindra Jadeja	3	27.5	167	5	20.8	104	-	-
6	Kuldeep Yadav	3	30	180	5	23.4	117	-	-
7	Shakib Al Hasan	3	28	168	5	27.2	136	-	-
8	Kagiso Rabada	2	15.5	95	5	16.6	83	-	-
9	Haris Rauf	3	25	150	5	30	150	-	-
10	Shoriful Islam	3	24.1	145	5	30.4	152	-	-
11	Hardik Pandya	3	16	96	5	21	105	-	-
12	Bas de Leede	2	19	114	5	25.2	126	1	-
13	Reece Topley	1	10	60	4	10.75	43	1	-
14	Keshav Maharaj	2	20	120	4	23	92	-	-
15	Josh Hazlewood	2	18	108	4	24.5	98	-	-

Jasprit Bumrah. Photo: PTI

12:04 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | England vs Afghanistan LIVE | Englishman vs Englishmen

Trott knows a thing or two about the Jos Buttler-led side but feels it's all about execution on the ground.

 

"I have good knowledge of English players, but it's all about how they go out on to the field and plan, how they use their potential and my inputs to the best of their abilities.

 

"But, with so much cricket being played around the world in leagues around the world, a lot of senior Afghan players have played with English players and have knowledge about the side," he said.

England cricket team. Photo: PTI

12:01 PM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | England vs Afghanistan LIVE

Former England batter and Afghan coach Trott said Afghanistan need to address the inconsistency factor, especially in the bowling department.

 

"It's about picking some early wickets and putting pressure on the opposition. So we need to be right with the new ball. It is high level and we need consistency. There is a bit of inconsistency and we need to get better with both bat and ball," Trott said.

Afghanistan's Rashid Khan with teammates celebrates the wicket of India's Rohit Sharma during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 match between India and Afghanistan, at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Photo: PTI

11:52 AM

Cricket World Cup 2023 | England vs Afghanistan LIVE

Afghanistan coach feels his team can beat anybody in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. But Afghans have been winless in this world cup so far.

Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott asserted on Saturday his side has what it takes to beat any team in the ongoing World Cup, taking in his stride the two defeats so far in the tournament.

 

Afghanistan lost by six wickets against Bangladesh before being humbled by eight wickets by India in the showpiece.

 

But Trott expects a comeback in Sunday's match against defending champions England, who bounced back in style after the humiliating loss to New Zealand in the tournament opener.

 

"This side (Afghanistan) has got ability to upset any side. I think each game we play we believe we can win but it's not that we win all those games. Obviously we are disappointed with the Bangladesh game," Trott told reporters on the eve of their third match.

 

"I think in the past we have done better. Obviously it was a disappointing performance in the first game. I think with the ability of the side there was little bit of inconsistency but that's the thing we need to work on.

 

"Especially in 100 overs cricket we need to be 70 to 80 per cent right. But going forward in the competition we need to start better with both bat and ball and set the standard of our cricket."

Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi. Photo: PTI