Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
20 | 7 Runs 2 Wkts | AFG: 148/6 | RR: 7.40

  • Mohammad Nabi10 (4b)
  • Nangeyalia Kharote1 (1b)
  • Pat Cummins4-0-28-3
  • Josh Hazlewood4-0-39-0

A note, if Australia win, then the semi-finalists from Group 1 will be decided. When we return, Madushka Balasuriya will be calling the first half of the chase.

10pm Which side will be happier? Australia ensured Afghanistan couldn't cross 150 after that century stand between the two half-centurions Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran. And Afghanistan made sure they have put up a promising total on a spin-friendly pitch. Afghanistan dominated from overs 11 to 15, scoring at nine per over, but they failed to finish strong. Ashton Agar, despite the fielding errors and no wickets, is the pick of the bowlers for his 4-1-17-0.

Cummins: (Did you know this was a hat-trick?) Yeah, remembered this one. Crazy to get two in a row after playing 100+ games for Australia. (Afghanistan innings) They batted well. Decent bowling effort. Not our best day in the field. (Dropped catches) As you said it is uncharacteristic. Maybe the lights. (Conditions changed?) Not too much. Bit of spin through the 20 overs and a bit up and down. (How to approach the target) They ran pretty well. We need to keep busy with intent."

DaWolf: "Both teams equally happy. Afghanistan have put up a score on a track where their spinners can prosper, Australia will be happy to have kept the big partnership slow and taken wickets at the end. Australia ahead IMO but wickets change everything."

Sowmya : "Given the start / foundation they had Afghanistan are surely 25 short. Backing Australia to win this , but it's not going to be walk in the park"

Dr Saeed Samim: "Huge disappointment again from the middle order and very strange batting order from staff this total should have gone to 180, sad with it "

Soumya: "17 years since that double hattrick and it just Slipped away." -- Oh yes, Malinga magic versus South Africa, but since then a few more people have got there

19.6
4
Cummins to Mohammad Nabi, FOUR, Afghanistan finish on 148/6 as Nabi finishes with a strike-rate of 250. This was a drag-down outside off and Nabi swatted it across the line to find the gap between cow corner and deep square leg
19.5
2
Cummins to Mohammad Nabi, 2 runs, edged but falls just short of Wade. The ball hits him on the knee and rolls away to fine leg. This was a slower ball, full outside off and Nabi's attempt at an off-side slap took the bat's edge

Bargey Boy: "Cummins on a hat trick of hat tricks."

Kevin: "Honestly, would have had Nabi at 3 after the opening stand. A situation built for him, plus his experience!"

19.4
0
Cummins to Mohammad Nabi, no run, back of a length ball on middle. Nabi backs away to slap it towards point but misses
19.3
1
Cummins to Nangeyalia Kharote, 1 run, four wickets in four? Oh no, Warner makes a mess! Back of a length ball outside off. Batter tries to cut it over the off side. Warner runs in from deep point but the ball dips late, and he can only get fingertips to it. Dropped!
19.2
W
Cummins to Gulbadin Naib, OUT, another hat-trick for Cummins! That's two hat-tricks in two back-to-back games and on both occasions its across two different overs! Cummins knows its a hat-trick, he's well aware, but the others weren't quite. This was a change-up length ball outside off and Naib can only drag his aggressive shot to the sweeper fielder on the leg side

Gulbadin Naib c Maxwell b Cummins 0 (12m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

19.1
W
Cummins to Karim Janat, OUT, grabbed by David running in from long on! Cummins disguises an off-pace ball, landing it full just outside off. Janat ends up dragging a shot to wide long on where David ran in to take a reverse-cup grab

Karim Janat c David b Cummins 13 (13m 9b 0x4 1x6) SR: 144.44

END OF OVER:
19 | 15 Runs | AFG: 141/4 | RR: 7.42

  • Mohammad Nabi4 (1b)
  • Karim Janat13 (8b)
  • Josh Hazlewood4-0-39-0
  • Pat Cummins3-0-21-1

Jeffb: "Glad Agar bowled well... his fielding tonight has been atrocious "

18.6
4
Hazlewood to Mohammad Nabi, FOUR, full ball just outside off. Nabi keeps a stable base and hammers a drive through wide extra cover. Green at long off tries to put his body behind the ball to stop the four, but on this occasion, he can't stop it, not with the pace Nabi hit that ball

Fuad: "Rashid was swinging his bat blindly without understanding the condition of the surface. Bit unexpected from the skipper." -- yeah, felt the same.

18.5
1
Hazlewood to Karim Janat, 1 run, back of a length slower ball outside off stump. Pulled towards deep square leg but only a single
18.4
6
Hazlewood to Karim Janat, SIX, much needed for the Afghans! Although it is a very lucky six. Full ball on middle, and Janat tries to clip aggressively over the leg side. But it takes a leading edge and flies over conventional third man! The photographer on the boundary line had to take evasive action

Tony: "You might say I'm being a little harsh, but Australia's fielding and catching has been well below par this innings. Well below the standard they would expect. The additional runs those mistakes have cost them could well come back to haunt them at the end."

18.3
2
Hazlewood to Karim Janat, 2 runs, full ball wider outside off. Lifts this slower ball over extra cover and it is destined for four, but Green on the boundary line swoops down and knocks the ball back into play inches away from the boundary line
18.2
2
Hazlewood to Karim Janat, 2 runs, full ball, wide outside off. Janat tries to cream it over cover but he slices the shot. Ball goes high up into the night sky and Agar at cover turns around to try and take a catch but the ball swirls in the air and comes down with him in a very bad position. Another dropped chance tonight

Arafat: "I think sending Rashid ahead of Nabi or Naib is a little bit sloppy considering the pitch. Sensible hit is more required than blind swing."

18.1
0
Hazlewood to Karim Janat, no run, full ball around off stump. Gently knocked back to Hazlewood

END OF OVER:
18 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | AFG: 126/4 | RR: 7.00

  • Karim Janat2 (3b)
  • Pat Cummins3-0-21-1
  • Adam Zampa4-0-28-2

Rishab: "Travis Head with the drop. If only that happened on 19th November :(" -- Hahaha, that too right at that cover point region

Sanjay: "Captain of blue jerseyed team. Australia is the opposition. Miss times it to cover. Travis Head's the fielder. AND HE DROPS IT THIS TIME!!!! Always makes you think "what if" doesn't it?"

17.6
W
Cummins to Rashid Khan, OUT, six? No, few metres short! Fullish ball outside off. Rashid comes down the track and tries to helicopter a shot over long on. But the pace is off, and the timing is off too. Tim David at long on does the rest

Rashid Khan c David b Cummins 2 (4m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40.00

17.5
0
Cummins to Rashid Khan, no run, short ball on middle and leg. Rashid backs away, trying to make room for a cut over backward point. But he misses and looks at the square-leg umpire asking for a potential wide
17.4
2
Cummins to Rashid Khan, 2 runs, full ball just outside off. Rashid slices an off-side loft, and Head runs in from the deep but his dive is futile as the ball bursts through his hands. Dropped and they collect two
17.4
1w
Cummins to Rashid Khan, 1 wide, there's that slower ball bouncer, but it lobs way, way, wayyy over Rashid's head

Cummins has really developed this slow offcutter and the variation bouncer in T20s

17.3
0
Cummins to Rashid Khan, no run, short ball, wide outside off. But pace off. Rashid tries too hard to cut behind square and he misses

Caleb: "All the nah sayers complaining about the Afghanistan openers batting too slow, you see why now. This is an incredibly tricky track, lose one and you could lose 5 -we have seen 3 here already. The openers put on more themselves than the last 4 completed innings on this track, they did a phenomenal job! 150 is above par, hoping they can still push through to that!"

17.2
0
Cummins to Rashid Khan, no run, play and miss. Length ball on off stump, and Rashid tried to play across the line, attempting to club it through midwicket, but he misses. He's lucky that didn't take off stump
17.1
1
Cummins to Karim Janat, 1 run, length ball, quite wide. Cut to the deep for a single

Three overs to go. Cummins to bowl. Rashid at the non-striker's end

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs 2 Wkts | AFG: 122/3 | RR: 7.17

  • Karim Janat1 (2b)
  • Adam Zampa4-0-28-2
  • Marcus Stoinis2-0-19-1

Jack: "I do love how a difficult track like this one at Kingstown plays on teams mindsets. Do they go in all guns blazing and blast a massive score or do what Afghanistan are doing here and keep wickets safe to have resources and talent to fire to a score that can be enough? I don't really envy them..."

16.6
W
Zampa to Ibrahim Zadran, OUT, bouncer from the spinner! And Zadran gets a top-edge. Intentional or not, Zampa bowls a 98kph bouncer on an off-stump line. Gets big on the surprised batter and his attempt at a pull only gets the bat's shoulder. Short third gets under it

Ibrahim Zadran c Marsh b Zampa 51 (73m 48b 6x4 0x6) SR: 106.25

Prasanth : "This is a great point of entry for Rashid Khan, no?" -- Him, Naib, Nabi....

16.5
1
Zampa to Karim Janat, 1 run, tossed up on middle. Janat toe-ends a shot back towards Zampa, who misfields on the followthrough
16.4
0
Zampa to Karim Janat, no run, full ball on off. Janat fends this skiddy ball

Aftab: "that send off looked a bit too rude. It it allowed these days? " -- that's something for stand-in match referee Jeff Crowe (working remotely today) to decide.

Tautoru: "Agar may not have taken a wicket but a good economy rate has helped prevent what could have been a much higher score. "

16.3
W
Zampa to Azmatullah Omarzai, OUT, one brings two! Length ball on middle, and it skids through. Omarzai backs away to play a leg-side swipe, but he's been beaten by Zampa's guile. Leg-stump rattled

Azmatullah Omarzai b Zampa 2 (2m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

16.2
1
Zampa to Ibrahim Zadran, 1 run, full ball just outside off. Makes some room and hammers a shot through to wide long off

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0DA WarnerTM Head
2nd16DA WarnerMR Marsh
3rd16DA WarnerGJ Maxwell
4th39MP StoinisGJ Maxwell
5th14GJ MaxwellTH David
6th21MS WadeGJ Maxwell
7th2MS WadePJ Cummins
8th3PJ CumminsAC Agar
9th2A ZampaAC Agar
10th14JR HazlewoodA Zampa

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