AUS vs AFG Live Score Updates: Australia to face AfghanistanAustralia vs Afghanistan Live Cricket Score, T20 WC 2022, 38th Match, Super 12 Group 1: Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field against Australia in a T20 World Cup game on Friday. Australia made three changes. Aaron Finch has been ruled out of the game with a hamstring injury and wicketkeeper Matthew Wade will lead Australia in his absence.
Playing XI
Australia: Cameron Green, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk/c), Pat Cummins, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Usman Ghani, Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Darwish Rasooli, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazal Farooqi
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Naveen-Ul-Haq and Fazal Farooqi are having a brilliant day out here. Australia trying to get a big total is losing the plot here. Trying to overachieve seems like they are going to adjust with a par total.
Fazal Farooqi bowls a Jaffer to the lefthander. Brilliant yorker by the Afghan. Brilliant piece of death bowling skill shown here by Afghanistan.
What seemed to be an ominous partnership between Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis got broken by Rashid Khan. Stoinis after hitting six of the first ball tries to hit into the stands again and falls for 25.
The mantra that the Aussies have opted for today. They have come out with all guns blazing right from the word go. Every batter who has come just tried to hit the spinners out of the park by disturbing their lines and lengths. It hasn't been completely fruitfully but guess what they are scoring at nine runes per over so who cares how many wickets are down?
Inform batter Mitchell Marsh goes after scoring 45 runs. Trying to hoik one over the midwicket region of Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman the batter mistimes it and the ball goes high in the air which the wicketkeeper Gurbaz catches cleanly. Australi 88/4
The Gulbadin Naib over has yielded 16 runs to the Aussies. Clever cricket by the Aussies they realised it is going to be difficult to get after Rashid Khan the batters are going after the bowlers from the other end.
Naveen-ul-Haq traps Smith in front of the stumps. The batter came in to replace Tim David on the side. Australia is three down. Things may get tricky once Rashid Khan comes into the attack.
Naveen-ul-Haq Murid breaks the partnership. Warner makes no contact while attempting a switch hit, the ball gets through, and Warner is bowled.
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Marsh slogs this over the deep mid-wicket region for a six. Australia are targeting Mujeeb.
Now Marsh gets into the act. Full, wide outside the off and Marsh throws the bat, only to get an outside edge that flows towards the boundary rope.
Slower one from Farooqi, Warner waits for and dragged it with a horizontal bat and the ball beats the diving Rashid Khan at the deep midwicket.
Fazalhaq Farooqi strikes. First wicket falls as Green edges to first slip for 3. Sharp catch from Gulbadin.
Hat-trick of boundaries for David Warner. He is taking on Mujeeb Ur Rahman!
Pitched up wide outside off and Warner smashes it to the fence. Length outside off stump as the batter stays back and punches it towards deep point.
Australia: Cameron Green, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk/c), Pat Cummins, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Usman Ghani, Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Darwish Rasooli, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazal Farooqi
Afghanistan win the toss and choose to bowl. Three changes for Australia and two for Afghanistan.
Afghanistan arrive in Adelaide with nothing to play for but pride. The Group 1 strugglers currently sit bottom of the table after two defeats and two rain-affected fixtures.
Hello and welcome to yet another interesting game in the T20 World Cup where the hosts taking on Afghanistan. Australia occupy third place in Group 1, behind New Zealand and England, by way of a far inferior net run rate. Heading into Friday's clash, the focus for Aaron Finch's men will be on not just winning but winning big to overturn this deficit.