- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.6 What have you done, Gurbaz? He has picked out the man at deep backward square. Shortish and into the hips, Gurbaz aims for the pick-up shot but hits it straight to the outfielder. Hazlewood provides Australia with the opening breakthrough 38/124.4 Holes out to long-off. Maxwell has a big smile on his face and why not? Rahmat uses his feet, speared in at leg stump from round the wicket. Rahmat does not get enough elevation to clear Hazlewood at long-off 121/237.2 Cleaned him up with a brute of a delivery! A pitch-perfect yorker! Shimmies down the leg side and exposes his stumps in a bid to carve it up and over cover but it's too full, fast, and smashed into the base of the stumps, zingers are off and the captain has to take the long walk back into the pavilion. Absolutely demolished him with a heat-seeking yorker and you could just sense a wicket was around the corner because Afghanistan's innings have kind of come to a halt and they are itching to tee off. 173/342.3 Couldn't clear Maxwell at long-off as he swallows it down his throat! Gives himself room and launches it downtown but got the toe-end of the bat and didn't have the requisite power and elevation required to clear the ropes; he admonished himself while on his way back to the hut. Crucial breakthrough for Australia. 210/445.3 Sounds the death rattle! Nice seam up delivery on a slightly shorter length, it jags back just enough to go through his defences and disturb the furniture. Nabi wanted to batter it over midwicket but was deceived by the late inward movement and was a touch early into the hoik. Hazlewood successfully manages to flummox him with an incredible delivery right on target; he seldom misses it. The idea was right from Nabi though, it's time to go for some heavy lifting and he had to take risks and go hard 233/5Extras16 (lb 5, nb 1, w 10)TOTAL291/5 (50 Overs, RR: 5.82)Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 7.6 ov), 2-121 (Rahmat Shah, 24.4 ov), 3-173 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 37.2 ov), 4-210 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 42.3 ov), 5-233 (Mohammad Nabi, 45.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MA Starc 9 0 70 1 7.77 26 4 4 5 0 JR Hazlewood 9 0 39 2 4.33 30 2 1 1 0 GJ Maxwell 10 0 55 1 5.50 24 2 1 0 1 PJ Cummins 8 0 47 0 5.87 25 5 1 1 0 A Zampa 10 0 58 1 5.80 22 2 2 2 0 TM Head 3 0 15 0 5.00 7 1 0 0 0 MP Stoinis 1 0 2 0 2.00 4 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.1 After bowling a maiden over to Warner, Azmat castles him. The off stump is knocked out. What a talent! He brings another one back into Warner from round the wicket, but this doesn't go over the stumps. This crashes into the stumps as Azmat goes much fuller with his length. Afghanistan are on top in Mumbai 49/31.2 edged and taken by the keeper. Naveen wheels away in celebration. There are high-fives on the field and off it in the dressing room. Nice and full from Naveen, angling in and then jagging away off the seam outside off. Naveen catches Head on the crease and opens him up. The outside edge is held by Alikhil. Big strike from the returning Naveen 4/15.4 nip-backer from Naveen and the finger goes up! This looks adjacent. Marsh seems to agree with me and walks off. Wide on the crease, full and skids back in to beat the inside edge and crash into the back pad. It would've cannoned into middle and leg. Are Afghanistan onto something at the Wankhede? 43/214.1 Over the wicket, quicker legbreak, flicked tentatively to short midwicket, looks like there's a horrible mix-up in the middle and even though the throw was not quick enough, Labuschagne was struggling halfway down the pitch and cannot get back in the crease before the ball crashed onto the stumps. This is going from bad to worse for Australia! A needless run-out. Not sure if the single was on, Maxwell wanted to pinch a run but why would you take that kind of risk with your team is tottering and four down already 69/58.2 Oh wow, Azmat is on a hat-trick! The inswinger got rid of Warner. This is the outswinger and it kicks up at Inglis. On a length and swerves away outside off, catches the outside edge near the shoulder of the bat. Ibrahim does the rest at first slip. What a game-changing over from Azmat 49/416.4 Tossed up a searing googly that pitched on a perfect length and just spun enough to fox him, he goes for the reverse sweep but can't lay bat on the ball - a bit early into the shot. Vociferous appeal in unison for an lbw and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. Stoinis has reviewed this. Looks like there is no bat and gloves involved but ulta-edge is yet to confirm it. Well, it brushes the front pad and has clearly missed the gloves according to the evidence on the ultraedge. Alright, so it's pitching outside off, impact in line and smashing the middle - Australia lose their sixth wicket. Clearly, Stoinis was struggling against Rashid and didn't back himself to get the better of him. Australia staring into the abyss as wickets continue to tumble. That review had a smaller chance of success than a lottery ticket 87/618.3 Oh my goodness, no way! How can you catch that? Every ball is an event here. This is mind-boggling reflex action from Ikram who swoops to his left, couldn't hold onto it in the first attempt and the ball popped out of his glove but he didn't give up and went airborne, gobbled it up on the second attempt and Starc cannot believe it! Too good from Afghanistan. Perfect delivery on a length outside off and he nicked it 91/7Extras15 (b 4, lb 1, w 10)TOTAL293/7 (46.5 Overs, RR: 6.25)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Travis Head, 1.2 ov), 2-43 (Mitchell Marsh, 5.4 ov), 3-49 (David Warner, 8.1 ov), 4-49 (Josh Inglis, 8.2 ov), 5-69 (Marnus Labuschagne, 14.1 ov), 6-87 (Marcus Stoinis, 16.4 ov), 7-91 (Mitchell Starc, 18.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mujeeb Ur Rahman 8.5 1 72 0 8.15 28 8 4 0 0 Naveen-ul-Haq 9 0 47 2 5.22 34 5 2 1 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 7 1 52 2 7.42 25 7 2 1 0 Rashid Khan 10 0 44 2 4.40 36 3 1 3 0 Noor Ahmad 10 1 53 0 5.30 36 4 2 1 0 Mohammad Nabi 2 0 20 0 10.00 6 3 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Afghanistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-18.00, Second Session 18.00-21.30
Match days
7 November 2023 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Australia 2, Afghanistan 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 7.4: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AG Wharf, Batter - Ibrahim Zadran (Struck down)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 149 runs, 2 wickets)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 10.3 overs (63 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 76/1 in 16.0 overs (Ibrahim Zadran 45, Rahmat Shah 9)
- Ibrahim Zadran: 50 off 62 balls (6 x 4)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (Ibrahim Zadran 36, Rahmat Shah 13, Ex 2)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 20.2 overs (122 balls), Extras 5
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 30.5 overs (185 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 157/2 in 33.0 overs (Ibrahim Zadran 79, Hashmatullah Shahidi 20)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (Ibrahim Zadran 20, Hashmatullah Shahidi 25, Ex 5)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 96 runs, 2 wickets)
- Afghanistan: 200 runs in 40.5 overs (245 balls), Extras 14
- Ibrahim Zadran: 100 off 131 balls (7 x 4)
- Afghanistan: 250 runs in 46.5 overs (282 balls), Extras 15
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (Ibrahim Zadran 21, Rashid Khan 29, Ex 2)
- Innings Break: Afghanistan - 291/5 in 50.0 overs (Ibrahim Zadran 129, Rashid Khan 35)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 52 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 8.3: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AG Wharf, Batter - GJ Maxwell (Struck down)
- Australia: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (53 balls), Extras 2
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 180 runs, 3 wickets)
- Drinks: Australia - 61/4 in 12.0 overs (M Labuschagne 13, GJ Maxwell 4)
- Over 14.4: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AG Wharf, Batter - MP Stoinis (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Over 16.4: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AG Wharf, Batter - MP Stoinis (Struck down)
- Australia: 100 runs in 20.1 overs (121 balls), Extras 4
- Over 21.2: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - GJ Maxwell (Upheld)
- GJ Maxwell: 50 off 51 balls (7 x 4)
- Drinks: Australia - 140/7 in 27.0 overs (GJ Maxwell 55, PJ Cummins 7)
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (GJ Maxwell 37, PJ Cummins 7, Ex 9)
- Australia: 150 runs in 28.1 overs (169 balls), Extras 13
- GJ Maxwell: 100 off 76 balls (10 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 8th Wicket: 100 runs in 89 balls (GJ Maxwell 86, PJ Cummins 8, Ex 9)
- Australia: 200 runs in 34.6 overs (210 balls), Extras 13
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 0 wicket)
- GJ Maxwell: 150 off 104 balls (17 x 4, 5 x 6)
- 8th Wicket: 150 runs in 138 balls (GJ Maxwell 129, PJ Cummins 11, Ex 10)
- Australia: 250 runs in 43.3 overs (261 balls), Extras 14
- GJ Maxwell: 200 off 128 balls (21 x 4, 10 x 6)
- 8th Wicket: 200 runs in 170 balls (GJ Maxwell 179, PJ Cummins 12, Ex 11)
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