07:59 PM, 07-Nov-2023
AUS vs AFG Live: Australia’s sixth wicket fell
Australia has lost six wickets for 87 runs. Rashid Khan trapped Marcus Stoinis in front of the wickets. Stoinis scored six runs in seven balls. Now Mitchell Starc is at the crease with Glenn Maxwell. Australia’s score is 91/6 after 18 overs.
07:46 PM, 07-Nov-2023
AUS vs AFG Live: Australia’s five wickets fell
Australia has lost five wickets for 69 runs. Marnus Labuschagne is out after scoring 14 runs in 28 balls. An accurate throw from Rahmat Shah ran him out. Now Marcus Stoinis is at the crease with Maxwell. Australia’s score after 15 overs is 73/5.
07:06 PM, 07-Nov-2023
AUS vs AFG Live: Ajmat took two wickets
Azmatullah Omarzai has put the Australian team in trouble by taking wickets in two consecutive balls. He bowled David Warner first. Warner scored 18 runs in 29 balls. After this, Josh Inglis was caught by Ibrahim Zadran. However, the third ball of the over hit the edge of Maxwell’s bat and he missed the hat-trick. Australia’s score is 51/4 after nine overs.
06:48 PM, 07-Nov-2023
AUS vs AFG Live: Australia’s second wicket fell
Australia has lost two wickets for 43 runs. Mitchell Marsh is out after scoring 24 runs in 11 balls. Naveen Ul Haq trapped him in front of the wickets. This is his second success in this match. Now Marnus Labuschagne is at the crease with David Warner. Australia’s score is 43/2 after six overs.
06:23 PM, 07-Nov-2023
AUS vs AFG Live: Bad start for Australia
Chasing the target of 292 runs, Australia had a very bad start. Travis Head is out without opening the account. Naveen Ul Haq got him caught by wicketkeeper Ikram Alikhil. Now Mitchell Marsh is at the crease with Warner. Australia’s score is 9/1 after two overs.
05:48 PM, 07-Nov-2023
Afghanistan gave Australia a target of 292 runs
Afghanistan has given Australia a target of 292 runs. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Afghanistan scored 291 runs losing five wickets in 50 overs. This is Afghanistan’s highest score in World Cup history. Ibrahim Zadran scored 129 runs in 143 balls and Rashid Khan played an unbeaten inning of 35 runs in 18 balls. In the end, there was an unbeaten partnership of 58 runs in 28 balls for the sixth wicket between Ibrahim and Rashid. Afghanistan scored 64 runs in the last five overs and lost only one wicket.
Afghanistan’s highest team score in the World Cup
- 291/5 vs Australia, Mumbai, 2023
- 288 vs West Indies, Leeds, 2019
- 286/2 vs Pakistan, Chennai, 2023
- 284 vs England, Delhi, 2023
- 272/8 vs India, Delhi, 2023
Afghanistan’s innings
Batting first, Afghanistan did not have a good start. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was out after scoring 21 runs in 25 balls. After this, Rahmat Shah and Ibrahim Zadran made a partnership of 83 runs for the second wicket. Rahmat was out on Maxwell’s ball after scoring 30 runs. After this, Ibrahim made a partnership of 52 runs with captain Hashmatullah Shahidi for the third wicket. Shahidi was out after scoring 26 runs. Azmatullah Omarzai also returned to the pavilion after scoring 22 runs. Mohammad Nabi could score 12 runs. Meanwhile, Ibrahim scored the fifth century of his ODI career. He became the first player to score a century for Afghanistan in the World Cup.
Ibrahim remained unbeaten after scoring 129 runs in 143 balls with the help of eight fours and three sixes. At the same time, Rashid hit two fours and three sixes in his innings of 35 runs in 18 balls. Josh Hazlewood took two wickets for Australia. Whereas, Mitchell Starc, Glenn Maxwell and Adam Zampa got one wicket each.
05:25 PM, 07-Nov-2023
AUS vs AFG Live: Fifth blow to Afghanistan
Afghanistan suffered its fifth blow in the 46th over. Hazlewood clean bowled Mohammad Nabi. He could score 12 runs. Currently, Rashid Khan is at the crease with 13 runs and Ibrahim Zadran with 110 runs. After 47 overs, Afghanistan’s score is 252 runs for five wickets.
05:08 PM, 07-Nov-2023
AUS vs AFG Live: Ibrahim Zadran’s century
Afghanistan’s Ibrahim Zadran scored a century in 131 balls. This was the fifth century of his ODI career. At the same time, Ibrahim became the first player from Afghanistan to score a century in the ODI World Cup. Earlier, the best innings for Afghanistan in the World Cup was by Samiullah Shinwari, who scored 96 against Scotland in 2015. Earlier, Afghanistan suffered its fourth blow at the score of 210 in the 43rd over. Zampa got Azmatullah Omarzai caught by Maxwell. He was out after scoring 22 runs in 18 balls. After 45 overs, Afghanistan’s score is 227 runs for four wickets.
04:46 PM, 07-Nov-2023
AUS vs AFG Live: Third blow to Afghanistan
Afghanistan suffered its third blow at the score of 173 in the 38th over. Mitchell Starc clean bowled Hashmatullah Shahidi. He could score 26 runs in 43 balls. At present, after 38 overs, Afghanistan’s score is 179 runs for three wickets. Ibrahim Zadran is batting on 86 runs and Azmatullah Ormzai is batting on six runs.
04:27 PM, 07-Nov-2023
AUS vs AFG Live: Shahidi-Ibrahim at the crease
Afghanistan has scored 159 runs after losing two wickets in 34 overs. Currently, Ibrahim Zadran is at the crease with 80 runs and Hashmatullah Shahidi with 21 runs. There has been a partnership of 38 runs between the two.
03:51 PM, 07-Nov-2023
AUS vs AFG Live: Afghanistan’s second wicket fell
Afghanistan’s second wicket has fallen at 121 runs. Rahmat Shah is out after scoring 30 runs in 44 balls. Glenn Maxwell got him caught by Josh Hazlewood. Now Hashmatullah Shahidi is at the crease along with Ibrahim Zadran. After 27 overs, Afghanistan’s score is 128/2.
03:47 PM, 07-Nov-2023
AUS vs AFG Live: Afghanistan’s score crosses 100 runs
Afghanistan’s score has crossed 100 runs with the loss of one wicket. Rahmat and Ibrahim are at the crease. There has been a great partnership between the two.
03:31 PM, 07-Nov-2023
AUS vs AFG Live: Zadran’s half-century
Ibrahim Zadran has completed his half-century in 62 balls. He has once again played a brilliant innings. Afghanistan’s score is 93/1 after 18 overs.
03:30 PM, 07-Nov-2023
AUS vs AFG Live: Afghanistan’s score crosses 50 runs
Afghanistan’s score has crossed 50 runs with the loss of one wicket. Rahmat Shah and Ibrahim Zadran are at the crease. Both are batting well and taking the team towards a good score.
02:40 PM, 07-Nov-2023
AUS vs AFG Live: First blow to Afghanistan
Afghanistan got its first blow on the score of 38 in the eighth over. Hazlewood got Rahmanullah Gurbaz caught by Starc. Gurbaz could score 21 runs in 25 balls with the help of two fours. After nine overs, Afghanistan’s score is 41 runs for one wicket. Currently Ibrahim Zadran is on 19 runs and Rahmat Shah is on the crease.