Afghanistan suffer huge defeat against England
Chasing a mammoth 398, Afghanistan never looked threatening, let alone chasing it down as they ended up scoring 247/8 in their quota of fifty overs.
The game was pretty much finished after England posted that humongous total of 397 as Eoin Morgan broke the world record for most sixes in an ODI innings. In reply, the Afghans never looked they like they were going after the English bowlers as they crawled their way to finish on 247, as Hashmatullah Shahidi scored 76.
Afghanistan Innings
After 50 Overs
Afghanistan 247/8
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Alikhil 3* (10), Dawlat 0* (0)
Archer 10-1-52-3
Wood 10-1-40-2
After 35 Overs
Afghanistan 172/3
Hashmatullah 52* (68), Asghar 31* (33)
Adil Rashid 6-0-43-0
Archer 6-0-33-0
After 20 Overs
Skipper Gulbadin Naib started well for the Afghans, but only a miracle can hand this match to them.
Afghanistan 86/2
Rahmat Shah 34* (56), Hasmatullah 12* (29)
Stokes 2-0-6-0
Moeen 5-0-25-0
England Innings
After 50 Overs
Eoin Morgan smashed the most number of sixes in an innings - 17 - in the World Cup while Rashid Khan ended with the most expensive bowling figures in the tournament's history with 9-9-0-110-0.
England 397/6
Moeen 31* (9), Woakes 1* (1)
Dawlat Zadran 10-0-85-3
Rashid Khan 9-0-110-0
After 35 Overs
Jonny Bairstow is back in the hut, but Root and Morgan continue to milk runs.
England 199/2
Root 53* (57), Morgan 26* (24)
Dawlat Zadran 6-0-33-1
Rashid Khan 5-0-36-0
After 20 Overs
Even though James Vince went for 26, Bairstow and Root are building a solid foundation for a late blast.
Bairstow has picked up his half-century.
England 106/1
Bairstow 52* (61), Root 26* (28)
Gulbadin 4-0-18-0
Rashid 1-0-6-0
England and Afghanistan face each other in a group stage match at Manchester. England have won the toss and elected to bat first.
England have won three of their four matches, losing only to Pakistan. On the other hand, Afghanistan have lost all of their matches and they have looked completey disoriented.
England have brought in JAmes Vince in order to replace the injured James Roy, and Liam Plunkett makes way for Moeen Ali.
Afghanistan have made three changes to their team. Hazratullah Zazai, Hamid Hassan and Aftab Alam makes way for Najibullah Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Dawlat Zadran.
England Lineup - 1. Jonny Bairstow, 2. James Vince, 3. Joe Root, 4. Eoin Morgan (capt), 5. Ben Stokes, 6. Jos Buttler (wk), 7. Moeen Ali, 8. Chris Woakes, 9. Adil Rashid, 10. Jofra Archer, 11. Mark Wood.
Afghanistan Lineup - 1. Noor Ali Zadran, 2. Gulbadin Naib (capt), 3. Rahmat Shah, 4. Hashmatullah Shahidi, 5. Asghar Afghan, 6. Najibullah Zadran, 7. Mohammad Nabi, 8. Ikram Alikhil (wk), 9. Rashid Khan, 10. Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 11. Dawlat Zadran
