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T20 WC Updates: Afghanistan stun Australia by 21 runs

 Sun, 23 June 2024
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09:41

Afghanistan stun Australia by 21 runs

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Aus 127-all out (19.2 ovs) vs Afg 148-6 | Scorecard

Omarzai to bowl the final over. Zampa slogs the first ball but can't get it off the middle for two runs to deep square leg.

He lofts the next down the ground but holes out to long-on to fall for nine.

Australia are bowled out for 127 in 19.2 overs to lose by 21 runs for one of the biggest upsets of this T20 World Cup.

Afghanistan are up in celebrations as they stay alive in the race for the semi-finals.

Naib starred with the ball for Afghanistan, taking 4/20, while Naveen claimed 3/20, with Omarzai, Nabi and Rashid bagging one wicket each!

Australia face a must-win match against India on Monday, while Afghanistan take on Bangladesh in their last Super 8 match.

Afghanistan create history with their first ever victory against Australia in a World Cup!
09:27

Aus 9 down; Afghanistan set for win


Aus 125-9 (19 ovs) vs Afg 148-6 | Scorecard

Gulbadin Naib is all over Australia at the moment!

This time he takes a superb catch in the covers, diving to his left to send back Agar for 2 off the bowling of Naveen, in the 18th over.

Australia need a few boundaries to keep their slim hopes. But Naveen not making things easy as he gives away just three singles from the last four balls.

Australia need 33 from 2 overs for victory.

Farooqi to bowl the 19th over. Hazlewood attempts the slog first ball but gets an inside edge before he takes a single next ball.

Zampa carves the fourth ball over thirdman for a four before he mistimes the pull shot for one.

Farooqi's last ball is ruled a no-ball as Afghanistan had just three players inside the ring but Hazlewood can't make most of the free hit delivery as he swings and misses.

Australia need 24 from the last over.
09:16

Afghanistan set for win vs Australia

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Aus 113-8 (17 ovs) vs Afg 148-6 | Scorecard

Australia need 38 from 4 overs with three wickets in hand.

Medium pacer Naib to bowl his final over. Cummins is beaten first ball as he tries to drive as Afghanistan take the review but there is nothing on the Ultra Edge.

But Naib gets his man a couple of balls later. Cummins is completely deceived by the slower ball as he swings across the line but misses and is bowled for three.

Nearly another wicket as Agar taps it straight to point and sets off for the run but is sent back. Noor has enough time to throw the ball back to the wicketkeeper with Agar halfway down but he decides to throw at the stumps and misses.

Just two runs from the 17th over as Naib finishes with wonderful figures of 4/20 in four overs.
09:10

Maxwell out for 59, Australia stumble


Aus 111-7 (16 ovs) vs Afg 148-6 | Scorecard

Rashid, who has one over in hand, is back into the attack. He strikes with the first ball of the over, as Wade misses the sweep with the ball going off the gloves and is caught by Janat for 5.

Another superb catch as Janat dives forward to take the low catch. Afghanistan's players run around to celebrate the wicket as Australia slip to 108/7 in the 16th over.

Ashton Agar takes a single down to long-on before Rashid bowls a wide down the leg side to Cummins, who takes a risky single off the last ball to short thirdman.

Rashid livid with the fielder as he believes there was a chance for a run out.
09:04

Maxwell out for 59; Australia 6 down


Aus 108-6 (15 ovs) vs Afg 148-6 | Scorecard

A stunning catch b Noor Ahmad at point brings about the big, big wicket of Maxwell.

Maxwell had kept Australia's hopes alive, stroking 59 from 41 balls. But Naib bagged his third wicket as Maxwell failed to get the cut shot in the gap. The ball went uppishly behind square and Noor dived forward to take a stunning catch to his left at backward point!

Australia slip to 106/6 in the 15th over.

Pat Cummins gets off the mark with two runs through the covers and keeps out the last ball.

Naib has done a wonderful job with the ball, taking 3/18 in three overs.
09:00

Maxwell slams fifty; Aus go past 100


Aus 105-5 (14 ovs) vs Afg 148-6 | Scorecard

Naveen, who bowled an excellent first spell of 2/6 in two overs, is back into the attack.

Maxwell is gifted a boundary as he taps the pacer straight to thirdman, where the fielder takes his eyes off the ball and ends up missing the ball to concede an easy boundary.

He gets a thick outside edge next ball but this time the fielder puts in the full length dive to stop the boundary and concede just a single and Wade takes one off the next.

Maxwell clips the pacer in the gap through square leg for two runs and drives the last ball wide of long-off for another couple to get 11 from the over.

Australia need 44 from six overs.
08:53

Maxwell slams fifty to keep Aus alive

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Aus 94-5 (13 ovs) vs Afg 148-6 | Scorecard

Rashid bowls an unplayable delivery, getting the length ball to turn miles as David is beaten by a long way trying to defend.

He takes a single next ball before Maxwell slog sweeps the spinner over midwicket for a six.

Rashid gets some sharp turn on the googly which Maxwell inside edges on to his pads and the same next ball.

He keeps strike with a single from the last ball of the over.

Gulbadin strikes again in his next over. He gets David before wicket with the back of length delivery which comes in quite a bit and strikes him in front.

David reviews the decision but the ball which comes in sharply is clipping the leg stump as the decision stays with umpire's call.

David makes his way back for 2 with Australia slipping to 85/5 in the 13th over.

Matthew Wade gets a single through the covers to get off the mark.

Maxwell continues to keep Australia in the game. He lofts the last ball straight down the ground bisecting the two fielders at long-off and long-on for a six.

Maxwell races to his fifty from 35 balls with Australia on 94/5 in 13 overs, needing another 55 from seven overs for victory.
08:41

Stoinis out for 11; Australia 4 down

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Aus 76-4 (11 ovs) vs Afg 148-6 | Scorecard

Rashid goes back to seam as he introduces medium pacer Gulbadin Naib to bowl the 11th over, the eighth bowler to come into the attack.

He strikes in his first over with the wicket of Stoinis (11), who top edges the pull shot and is caught by wicketkeeper Gurbaz running back.

That ball rose quite steeply as Stoinis could not get hold of the shot. 

Australia slip to 71/4 in the 11th over.

Tim David gets off the mark with a single and Maxwell pulls the last ball for a boundary.
08:34

Maxwell, Stoinis revive Australia


Aus 70-3 (10 ovs) vs Afg 148-6 | Scorecard

Left-arm spinner Noor Ahmad comes into the attack. He starts with a poor delivery down the leg side which goes past the batter and wicketkeeper for five wides.

Stoinis misses the sweep and is struck on the pads as Afghanistan take the review. However, the ball has pitched outside the line of leg stump as the review is lost.

Stoinis gets back at the bowler with a powerful sweep for a boundary through square leg and punches the next to deep point for one and Maxwell takes a single off the last ball to make it 10 runs from the over.

Rashid continues as Maxwell and Stoinis seems to have got a measure of the pitch. They pick four singles from the first four balls off Rashid before Maxwell slams the spinner through the covers for a four followed by one.

Australia have recovered to reach 70/3 in 10 overs at the halfway mark, needing another 79 from the last 10 overs for victory.

Maxwell proving to be the man in crisis for Australia, stroking his way to 31 from 24 balls, while Stoinis has made 11, with the two batters putting on 38 from 29 balls to revive Australia after a few early wickets.
08:24

Australia in trouble after early wkts


Aus 55-3 (8 ovs) vs Afg 148-6 | Scorecard

Left-arm spinner Nangeyalia Kharote comes into the attack, to bowl the seventh over. 

Singles off the first three balls before Maxwell reverse sweeps the fourth ball for a boundary fine on the off-side.

Maxwell slog sweeps the last ball, flighted on the stumps, high over midwicket for a six to get 13 runs from the over.

Rashid Khan comes into the attack, to bowl the eight over. He gets the first ball to turn away sharply and beat Stoinis on the outside edge before he misses the reverse sweep next ball. The leg before shout is turned as Australia collect a leg bye.

Maxwell hits the third ball down to long-on for a single before Rashid bowls a wide after two dots and Stoinis picks one off the last ball.
08:16

Warner out for 3; Australia in trouble

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Aus 33-3 (6 ovs) vs Afg 148-6 | Scorecard

No signs of spin yet as Farooqi continues. Singles from the first three balls before Maxwell is beaten two balls in a row and he nudges the last ball on the leg side for two runs, to get five from the over.

Medium pacer Azmatullah Omarazi comes into the attack. Warner is beaten by a full delivery which stays low as the wicketkeeper can't collect cleanly to concede a bye.

Omarzai drifts on the pads as Maxwell glances it fine for a four. The next ball is again on the leg stump line and this time the right-hander flicks it over midwicket for another boundary.

He can't get a run off the last two balls as Omarzai concedes nine runs from his first over.

Off-spinner Mohammad Nabi comes into the attack. He strikes first ball with the crucial wicket of David Warner, who top edges the sweep and is caught at short fine leg for 3.

Australia in big trouble on 32/3 in the sixth over.

Marcus Stoinis defends the next two balls before he sweeps the spinner for a single to deep square leg.

Afghanistan have taken control in the Powerplay on a tough pitch to reduce Australia to 33/3 in six overs.
08:04

Marsh out for 12; Australia in trouble


Aus 18-2 (3 ovs) vs Afg 148-6 | Scorecard

Left-arm pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi from the other end. He starts with a delivery down the leg side as Marsh misses the glance but it goes fine for four leg byes.

Marsh flicks the next off his pads for two runs before he hammers the third ball past mid-off for a four.

Marsh takes a single before Warner has a big swing across the line but can't connect and keeps out the last ball.

Naveen makes another big strike in his second over. Marsh looks to loft the pacer down the ground but mistimes the slower ball and is caught at mid-off for 12.

Australia in trouble on 16/2 in the third over.

Glenn Maxwell will need to reproduce his magical match-winning knock from the 2023 World Cup against Afghanistan, when he smashed 201 not out. Australia were struggling on 91/7 before Maxwell battled cramps to come up with one of the greatest knocks in 50-overs cricket at the Wankhede Stadium in November last year.
07:59

Marsh out for 12; Australia in trouble


Aus 16-2 (2.3 ovs) vs Afg 148-6 | Scorecard

Left-arm pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi from the other end. He starts with a delivery down the leg side as Marsh misses the glance but it goes fine for four leg byes.

Marsh flicks the next off his pads for two runs before he hammers the third ball past mid-off for a four.

Marsh takes a single before Warner has a big swing across the line but can't connect and keeps out the last ball.

Naveen makes another big strike in his second over. Marsh looks to loft the pacer down the ground but mistimes the slower ball and is caught at mid-off for 12.

Australia in trouble on 16/2 in the third over.
07:54

Blow for Australia; Head out for duck

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Aus 1-1 (1 ov) vs Afg 148-6 | Scorecard

Pacer Naveen-ul-Haq to open the bowling for Afghanistan, while David Warner and Travis Head are the two openers for Australia.

Naveen starts with a beauty getting the ball length to move away and bounce and beats Head all ends up.

He strikes in his very first over with the big wicket of Head, who has a big swing but misses to be bowled for a duck. Again Naveen gets the ball to swing to beat the left-hander, who was looking to hit it across the line.

A big blow for Australia as Head falls for a duck.

Mitchell Marsh is struck high on the pads first ball as Naveen gets some sharp inswing before he taps the next on the leg side for a single.

Warner is beaten off the last ball as he uses his feet but Naveen gets the length ball to swing away.
07:34

Cummins bags hat-trick; Afg post 148

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Afg 148-6 (20 ovs) vs Aus | Scorecard

Cummins to bowl the final over. He strikes first ball as Janat swings across the line but holes out the slower ball straight to David at long-on to fall for 13.

Cummins on a hat-trick!

He completes his second successive hat-trick as Gulbadin Naib slogs it across the line but is caught by Glenn Maxwell.

This time Cummins is aware of the landmark as he celebrates the hat-trick.

Cummins unlucky not to pick another wicket off the third ball. Nangeyalia Kharote hits the slower ball straight to Warner at deep point, who puts down an easy catch.

Nabi gets the outside edge off the fifth ball but it falls short of the wicketkeeper who is unable to stop it cleanly for a couple of runs.

Nabi swings the last ball in the gap through midwicket for a four.

Afghanistan finish on a healthy 148/6 in their 20 overs on a pitch which has been quite tough for the batters.

Cummins claimed another hat-trick to finish with 3/28, while Zampa bagged 2/28.

Afghanistan were sitting pretty on 109/0 in 15 overs but Australia stormed back with six wickets in the last five overs, conceding 39 runs.
07:27

Cummins strikes; Afghanistan 4 down


Afg 141-4 (19 ovs) vs Aus | Scorecard

Hazlewood to bowl the 19th over. Agar sloppy on the field as he puts down a catch this time after two misfields earlier on.

Janat skies the second ball high on the off-side as Agar runs back from the covers but is unable to judge the ball cleanly as he loses his footing.

Janat hits the next over the off-side as substitute Cameron Green comes up with a fantastic stop, putting in the full length dive to save the boundary and keep it down to two.

Janat gets a big fat leading edge trying to hit over the leg side but instead the ball flies over the thirdman fence for a six.

He takes a single next ball before Mohammad Nabi hits the last ball through the covers as Green runs to his left at long-off but is unable to keep the ball inside the ropes.

15 runs from the over as Afghanistan get some momentum back after a few quick wickets.
07:23

Cummins strikes; Afghanistan 4 down


Afg 126-4 (18 ovs) vs Aus | Scorecard

Cummins to bowl the 18th over. Janat takes a single first ball before Rashid Khan swings but is beaten by the slower ball and plays and misses again next ball.

Cummins bowls the slower bouncer which goes high over the batter and is ruled a wide.

He slices the next ball uppishly over the off-side as Travid Head rushes in from deep point and dives forward but can't hold on to a tough chance.

Australia continue to chip away at the wickets. Rashid mistimes the slower ball as he ends up holing out a simple catch to Tim David at long-on.
07:17

Zampa's double strike rocks Afghans

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Afg 122-3 (17 ovs) vs Aus | Scorecard

One wicket leads to another for Australia! Omarzai (2) last just three balls before he is beaten by the slider which skids quicker and straight on, to beat the right-hander and crash into the stumps.

Karim Janat gets off the mark with a single before Zampa strikes again in his final over.

Zadran top-edges the pull shot off the short ball and is caught by Marsh on the off-side.

Zadran is dismissed after scoring 51 from 48 balls as Afghanistan lose three wickets for four runs in the space of eight balls.
07:13

Stoinis strikes; Gurbaz out for 60


Afg 119-1 (16 ovs) vs Aus | Scorecard

Stoinis comes back into the attack. Zadran hits the first ball down to long-on for a single as he brings up his fifty from 46 balls.

Gurbaz swings the third ball over midwicket for a six before he clips the next ball behind square for two runs.

Stoinis ends Australia's frustration with the wicket of Gurbaz, who is caught at deep square leg after a good knock of 60 from 49 balls.

Gurbaz has put Afghanistan in control, putting on 118 runs for the opening wicket with Zadran from 95 balls -- the most Australia had to ever wait for a wicket in T20 Internationals.

Gurbaz mistimed the pull shot off the slower bouncer and the experienced David Warner made no mistake with the catch.

The duo have put on three century stands in this World Cup, while no other team has managed even one hundred run stand.

Azmatullah Omarzai gets off the mark with a risky single off the last ball of the over.

07:07

Gurbaz, Zadran hit 50s; Afg in control

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Afg 109-0 (15 ovs) vs Aus | Scorecard

Hazlewood comes back into the attack. Zadran cuts the second ball over point for a four to raise the 100 for Afghanistan, in the 14th over.

Hazlewood bowls a wide down the leg side before Zadran takes a single past point followed by one to Zadran followed by another run off the last ball, to get eight from the over.

This is the third time that Gurbaz and Zadran have put on a 100-run stand in this World Cup -- the most by any pair in a single edition of the T20 World Cup.

Agar is back from the other end. Gurbaz is beaten by an unplayable delivery from the spinner, which not only turns away but bounces quite a lot and he must consider himself lucky not to have edged it.

He picks a single to midwicket to complete his fifty from from 44 balls.

Zadran takes one off the fifth ball and Gurbaz picks two runs off the last ball.
06:58

Afghans in control; Australia struggle

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Afg 96-0 (13 ovs) vs Aus | Scorecard

Zampa starts his third over with a wide down the leg side before Gurbaz moves away to loft the spinner straight down the ground for a six.

Zampa bowls a quick googly which is fired straight into the pads as Gurbaz is beaten for pace and struck on the pads.

Australia confident but the umpire is not convinced as they take the DRS. But there is a thin inside edge as the review is turned down.

Gurbaz, on 47, gets a lifeline as he comes down the track and is beaten by the googly but wicketkeeper Wade misses an easy stumping with the batter way out of his crease.

Australia have been terrible on the field. Zadran lofts Zampa over the off-side as Agar running to his left at long-off misjudges the bounce and concedes an easy boundary followed by a single off the last ball.
06:52

Gurbaz, Zadran put Afghans in control


Afg 83-0 (12 ovs) vs Aus | Scorecard

Change in the bowling as Agar is back into the attack. Zadran lofts the second ball over the off-side for two runs and two balls later plays the inside out shot with great timing for a four.

He hits the fifth ball wide of long-off for two runs. Gurbaz has to put in the full length dive to complete the second as the TV umpire has a look but the Afghanistan opener has made his crease.

Medium pacer Marcus Stoinis comes into the attack. He starts with a half-tracker which Gurbaz pulls for a boundary and takes a single next ball.

Zadran smashes the next ball straight back as Stoinis gets his right hand out but can't hold on to a tough chance to get two runs down the ground.

The two opener steal two runs off the next courtesy of an overthrow before Zadran swings and misses after getting beaten by the slower ball and is struck on the pads last ball.

06:40

Gurbaz, Zadran take Afghans past 50


Afg 65-0 (10 ovs) vs Aus | Scorecard

Gurbaz misses the sweep against Zampa and is struck on the pads but the leg before shout is turned down.

However, he connects with the sweep two balls later as Cummins makes a diving stop at deep square leg to keep it down to two runs.

Gurbaz then takes a single down to long-off and Zadran defends the last ball in the off-side.

In the next over, Gurbaz misses the sweep off Maxwell and is again hit on the pads. He is then beaten as he looks to cut with the off-spinner getting some extra bounce before he clips the third ball for two runs.

A single each to the two batters before Gurbaz swings the spinner over midwicket for a four.

At the halfway mark, Afghanistan have reached 64 for no loss in 10 overs with Gurbaz on 36 and Zadran on 22.
06:37

Gurbaz, Zadran take Afghans past 50


Afg 52-0 (8 ovs) vs Aus | Scorecard

Leg-spinner Adam Zampa comes into the attack. Gurbaz blocks the first ball before he hammers the next straight back past the bowler for a four. The two batters do well to keep the scoreboard ticking with four singles from the last four balls.

Part-time spinner Glenn Maxwell from the other end. He gives away just four runs from his first over as Afghanistan go past the 50-run mark, in eighth over.

Maxwell got some sharp turn in that over as batting looks tough on this tricky two-paced pitch.

Gurbaz and Zadran have brought up their third 50-run stand in this World Cup -- the sixth opening pair to do it three times in a single T20 World Cup.
06:29

Gurbaz, Zadran give Afghans good start

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Afg 40-0 (6 ovs) vs Aus | Scorecard

That six from Gurbaz seems to have opened the floodgates for Afghanistan.

Hazlewood swaps ends as he takes over from Agar. Zadran inside edges the first ball on the leg side for a single and Gurbaz again uses his feet to swing the pacer over midwicket for his second six.

He is down the track but this time taps Hazlewood for a single before Zadran glances a full delivery on his pads fine on the leg side for a four, to get 12 from the over.

Cummins continues as Gurbaz pushes the first ball behind point for a single and Zadran makes room and swings but is struck on the body by the incoming delivery from the pacer.

Zadran flicks the length ball off his pads uppishly square leg as Agar runs to his left but messes up an easy stop on the bounce to concede a boundary.

Zadran then carves the next ball over the off-side as Zampa rushes to his right and dives full length. He gets a hand to the ball but is unable to hold on to concede another boundary.

Singles off the last two balls makes it 11 runs from the over. Afghanistan recover after a slow start to reach 40 for no loss in six overs, with 23 coming from the last two overs.

Gurbaz has made 19 from 21 balls, while Zadran has scored 16 from 15 balls.
06:16

Afghanistan off to a slow start v Aus


Afg 17-0 (4 ovs) vs Aus | Scorecard

Agar bowling flat and quick into the stumps, not giving the Afghanistan openers anything to work with or loft over the top.

He starts his second over with two dots before Zadran punches the short delivery through the covers for a couple of runs.

He plays away from his body to get a thick outside edge which goes towards short thirdman.

Afghanistan struggling to get even singles off Agar, who concedes just two runs in his second over.

Pat Cummins into the attack from the other end as he replaces Hazlewood.

The ball holding on to the surface making it difficult for the batters to time their shots.

Cummins gets some extra bounce as Gurbaz seems unsure as he makes a late decision to leave as it goes past the outside edge.

He avoids the next ball before Cummins beats him with one that moves away and bounces a bit more.

Another play and miss from Gurbaz before he uses his feet but can't get the ball away.

Gurbaz, on 4 from 15 balls, finally breaks the shackles as he lofts Cummins straight down the ground for a six.
06:07

Aus elect to bowl vs Afghanistan


Afg 9-0 (2 ovs) vs Aus

Surprising decision from Australia to leave out their premier pace bowler Mitchell Starc but his replacement Ashton Agar opens the bowling.

The left-arm spinner starts with two dot balls in a row to Rahmanullah Gurbaz who then looks to loft the third ball down the ground but misses the ball which also beats wicketkeeper Matthew Wade for four byes.

Flat and quick from Agar as Gurbaz is hit on the pads for four leg byes. Ibrahim Zadran defends the fifth ball into the covers before Agar gets extra bounce off the last ball which is blocked by Zadran.

Josh Hazlewood from the other end. He also gets some extra bounce as Gurbaz gets the inside edge for a four fine on the leg side and offers no shot to the next.

Gurbaz pushes the full ball into the off-side followed by a leave and then tries to heave the pacer into the leg side but gets it off the inside half.

Wonderful bowling from Hazlewood as he beats Gurbaz on the outside edge with a full delivery which seams away.
05:53

Australia elect to bowl vs Afghanistan

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Australia captain Mitchell Marsh has won the toss and elected to bowl against Afghanistan in the Super 8 Group 1 match of the T20 World Cup in St Vincent on Saturday.

Australia have left out Mitchell Starc with spinner Ashton Agar coming into the team, while Afghanistan have brought in Karim Janat and Nangeyalia Kharote.

Check out the playing XIs:

Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w/k), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Nangeyalia Kharote, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Australia: Mitchell Marsh (captain), David Warner, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (w/k), Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.

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