Australia
vs Afghanistan Live Score Updates: Afghanistan 115/1- 23 overs; Ibrahim Zadran
going strong, scores 50 not out
Australia
vs Afghanistan Live Score Updates: AUS vs AFG, Australia strikes as Hazlewood
gets the wicket of Rahmanullah Gurbaz who is caught by Mitchell Starc. The fast bowling pair of Mitchell Starc and
Josh Hazlewood started the proceedings for Aussies.
The
Aussies have made a great comeback in the tournament after being crushed by
India and South Africa in their opening two ICC World Cup 2023 matches.
David
Warner, at the top of the Australian batting line-up, has proved his critics
wrong and continues to shine as one of the tournament's top run-scorers.
Meanwhile, the pace trio of Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood have continued to lead
the Australian bowling attack, while wrist-spinner Adam Zampa is currently the
tournament's second highest wicket-taker with 19.
Afghanistan,
on the other hand, have had a dream run at this year's Cricket World Cup and
currently sit 6th on the ICC World Cup points table with 8 points from their 7
matches so far.
Australia
are third in the standings with 10 points from seven games. The five-time
champions need one win to confirm its last-four spot from its remaining games
against Afghanistan and Bangladesh on Nov. 11.
Afghanistan
is sixth in the table with four wins from seven games. Its eight points have
come from stunning wins over England, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the Netherlands.
It needs to win both its remaining games against Australia and South Africa on
Nov. 10 to be assured a place in the semifinals.
Australia and Afghanistan Playing XI today:
Australia:
Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w),
Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh
Hazlewood
Afghanistan:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c),
Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil(w), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur
Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq
Australia
vs Afghanistan: Head-to-head records
These
two have played 3 ODIs against each other so far. All the matches went in
favour of the Aussies. The last time these two faced off was in June 2019
(World Cup), when Australia won by 7 wickets.
Australia
have played against Afghanistan in 2 matches in World Cups so far and won both.
In 2015, Australia beat Afghanistan by 275 runs. The Afghans know that they
have a completely-different squad now and are quite capable of giving Australia
a run for their money.
Australia
vs Afghanistan: Highlights
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