Afghanistan vs Australia Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8: AFG 96/0 (13); Gurbaz, Ibrahim push on vs AUS

Full from Zampa and Gurbaz goes boom. Six straight over the umpire’s head. Zampa goes for the googly next. Seems to have beaten Gurbaz’s inside edge. Aussies appeal but the umpire refuses. Review taken and there is an inside edge. Gurbaz survives. He tries to go big again by dancing down the track. Misses the ball. Wade fails to gather the ball. Gurbaz survives again. 

Stoinis gets his first over of the day and Gurbaz attacks him straight away. Short ball and pulled away for a four. 

DROPPED!! Zadran lobs one back at Stoinis, who can only stick a hand at it. Pings off. Gurbaz and Zadran scamper back for a double. 

Ashton Agar returns. Zadran on strike. Width on offer and Zadran lobs it to deep extra cover for a couple of runs. Zadran hits the same area again. But this time the timing is better. FOUR!!! Zadran goes for another big hit. Tim David with a rocket throw as the Afghan pair look to sneak in a double. Gurbaz with a dive to save his wicket. 

Maxwell continues. Gurbaz tries to sweep but misses. Quicker one outside off, beats Gurbaz’s outside edge. Full on the pads, flicked through the legside for a couple. Four!! Gurbaz brings out the slog sweep, and places it in the gap at midwicket for a boundary. 

Zampa continues. Tossed up, driven to long off for a single. Appeals for lbw after Gurbaz misses his sweep, was outside off stump though. Swept through backward square by Gurbaz, Cummins does well at the deep to keep it to two. Four from the over. 

Maxwell into the attack. On the pads, turned legside for a single. Dropped short outside off, punched to deep cover for one. Brings up the 50-run stand between the two. Prodigious turn for Maxwell, pitches on off and spins behind the batters legs. 

Zampa into the attack. Four!! Gurbaz makes room and lofts a full one down the ground for a boundary. Fuller outside off, driven to deep cover for one. Eight runs from Zampa’s first. 

Cummins to continue. Short of a length, guided to short third for a quick single. Ibrahim looks to make room, Cummins follows him and hits him in the abdomen. Some medical assistance required. Four!! Back of a length again, Ibrahim swivel pulls over the leg side, falls short of deep square and Agar lets it go through his fingers. Four!! Short and wide, cut hard, Zampa tries a one-hander at third man but can’t hold on. 

Hazlewood with a change of ends. Back of a length on the stumps, turned to deep backward square for one. Six!! Second six for Gurbaz. Steps down and lofts one over long on. Four!! Full on the pads, clipped through fine leg for a boundary. 

Cummins into the attack. Ball clearly getting stuck in the surface, batting is going to be hard. Three dots to start the over for Gurbaz. Another one outside off is left alone by the opener. Six!! Something had to give after five dots. Gurbaz hangs back and lofts one down the ground, has enough to go over the boundary. 

Agar continues. Full outside off, driven to point. Pulls the length back, defended off the back foot. Ibrahim punches one through extra cover, will get a couple. Two from the over. 

Hazlewood from the other end. Four!! Short of a length on off stump, extra bounce and the inside edge runs past fine leg for a boundary. Five dots to complete the over. 

The national anthems are done and dusted. Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz out to open the innings. Will be Agar with the new ball.

Back of a length arm ball, slight movement into the batter. Slightly wider, Gurbaz cuts it to point. Four!! Attempted slog from Gurbaz, some turn on offer and the outside edge races to the boundary. Five runs from the over. 

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

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

We’re going to bowl first, try and have a read on conditions and have a good night. We know Afghanistan are a good side. We just need to trust our process and enjoy it. Ashton Agar comes in for Mitchell Starc, purely conditions based.

Australia wins the toss and elects to bowl first against Afghanistan. 

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Australia: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh(c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

Afghanistan: Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadrabn, Mohammad Nabi, Hazrat Zazai, Rashid Khan (c), Noor Ahmed, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen Ul Haq.

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