Australia
Match Complete
Afghanistan
| 7/164 Australia win by 4 runs |
| 2/33 (4.0) | *Hazlewood | O: 20.0 | Murid* | 0 (0) |
| 0/26 (2.0) | Stoinis | RR:7.03 | Khan | 48 (23) |
| run out (Stoinis) |  | 19.0 7/148 |  | Rasooli 15(13) |
| c. Warner b. Hazlewood | | 14.3 6/103 | | Nabi 1(2) |
| c. Maxwell b. Zampa | | 13.4 5/99 | | Zadran 0(2) |
| c. Marsh b. Zampa | | 13.2 4/99 | | Zadran 26(33) |
| run out (Maxwell) | | 13.1 3/99 | | Naib 39(23) |
| c. Warner b. Richardson | | 5.3 2/40 | | Gurbaz 30(17) |
| c. Cummins b. Hazlewood | | 2.3 1/15 | | Ghani 2(7) |
| First Innings: Australia | 8/168 | RR: 7.20 | O: 20.0 |
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| First Innings: Australia | 8/168 | RR: 7.20 | O: 20.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D.A. Warner b. Murid | 25 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 138.89 |
C.D. Green c. Naib b. Farooqi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150.00 |
M.R. Marsh c. Gurbaz b. Ur Rahman | 45 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 150.00 |
S.P.D. Smith lbw. Murid | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
M.P. Stoinis c. Ghani b. Khan | 25 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 119.05 |
G.J. Maxwell not out | 54 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 168.75 |
M.S. Wade*+ b. Farooqi | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 |
P.J. Cummins c. Khan b. Murid | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
K.W. Richardson run out (Murid) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
A. Zampa not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
J.R. Hazlewood | |||||
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 2, nb 0) | 4 | ||||
| Total | 168 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. Farooqi | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 7.25 |
| M. Ur Rahman | 4.0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 10.50 |
| N.u. Murid | 4.0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5.25 |
| G. Naib | 3.0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 10.33 |
| R.A. Khan | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 |
| M. Nabi | 1.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 |
| First Innings: Afghanistan | 7/164 | RR: 7.03 | O: 20.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Gurbaz+ c. Warner b. Richardson | 30 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 176.47 |
U. Ghani c. Cummins b. Hazlewood | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
I. Zadran c. Marsh b. Zampa | 26 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 78.79 |
G. Naib run out (Maxwell) | 39 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 169.57 |
M. Nabi* c. Warner b. Hazlewood | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
N. Zadran c. Maxwell b. Zampa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
D. Rasooli run out (Stoinis) | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 115.38 |
R.A. Khan not out | 48 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 208.70 |
N.u. Murid not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
M. Ur Rahman | |||||
F. Farooqi | |||||
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 3, nb 0) | 3 | ||||
| Total | 164 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.R. Hazlewood | 4.0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 8.25 |
| P.J. Cummins | 4.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5.50 |
| M.P. Stoinis | 2.0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 13.00 |
| K.W. Richardson | 4.0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 12.00 |
| A. Zampa | 4.0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 5.50 |
| C.D. Green | 2.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 |
It’s do or die for Australia as they battle Afghanistan in their final T20 World Cup group stage game. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 7pm (AEDT).
Heading into their final match of the Super 12 stage, the Australian cricket teams needs to win and to win well against Afghanistan if they are to advance to the final four of the tournament.
In front of passionate home fans, that would have been a fair expectation heading in, yet problems with both bat and ball during the tournament have see them struggle at times, and a 40-over performance is required today if they are have to have any chance of advancing.
Bowling first would be an ideal outcome from the toss, with an innings of containment and then a dash for quick runs giving the Australians the best chance of clawing their way past England and/or New Zealand and into the top two qualifying positions in Group 1.
Should the Aussies be forced to bat first, 200 would be a fair target for which to aim, before attempting to keep Afghanistan to around 110; potentially providing enough improvement in net run rate for the statistical miracle required for them to continue in the tournament.
Injuries have been a considerable talking point through the week, with Tim David and captain Aaron Finch still unlikely to play. Ashton Agar, Cameron Green and Steve Smith are in line for call-ups to what is one of Australia’s most important T20 internationals of recent times.
Whichever XI does take to the field will need to be aggressive of mind throughout, as no tomorrow looms without anything other than a crushing defeat of an Afghan team that will be out to destroy Australian chances.
Prediction
Whilst the match seems certain to be won by the Aussies, the margin of victory will be the only thing that matters. Potentially, that exposes them to the guile in the Afghanistan bowling attack, and in the quest for big runs and quick wickets, could in fact make them susceptible to a potentially shocking loss.
Game management will be key and the Australians will win, yet not by the lopsided score they require.
Game information
Venue: Adelaide Oval
First ball: 7pm (AEDT)
TV: Fox Cricket, Channel Nine
Live stream: Kayo Sports, 9Now
Odds: Australia $1.11, Afghanistan $6.50 – odds via PlayUp
Squads
Australia
Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
Afghanistan
Mohammad Nabi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Naveen-ul-Haq, Qais Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Salim Safi, Usman Ghani.
CmoreButtz
Guest
Concentrate on parking your dodge Ram.
Doctor Rotcod
Roar Rookie
Exactly. His best bowling of the tournament, I think?
XI
Roar Guru
Huh? He was one of the better bowlers. You're terrible at this
The Bush
Roar Guru
Khan’s a great player. Like Ireland, Afghanistan shows how good you can be at a format when that’s all you play.
Geoff from Bruce Stadium
Roar Rookie
Think Stoinis has had plenty of experience at bowling at the death - not so sure about Green. Stoinis got hit a bit in the final over but least he saw us home by a narrow margin. If Sri Lanka beat the Poms tomorrow we won't care.
Sgt Pepperoni
Roar Rookie
We're out but that was an enjoyable match
Geoff from Bruce Stadium
Roar Rookie
Amazing to see how much teams like Afghanistan and Ireland have come along in this form of the game. People bag out T20 cricket but some of the matches in this World Cup have been incredibly competitive and great to watch. Rashid Khan is such a competitor and the two quicks Naveen and Azalhaq were brilliant in the final overs. The much maligned Maxwell was the match winner for the Aussies along with that spell by Zampa.
Linphoma
Guest
:crying: I miss my Datsun. My first car, and I loved it. Such memories.
King in the north
Roar Rookie
Try Harder. Flog.
Choppy Zezers
Roar Rookie
I missed the end cause I was watching the boxing
Lukestar
Roar Rookie
Cheers Stuart and roarers.
Choppy Zezers
Roar Rookie
Great effort by Afghanistan. Jeez they bowled at the death. Got away at the start and but for that collapse they would have got there. In another few years all the Asian countries will be world class across the formats and cricket will be better for it. Rashid Khan: sensational knock.
Stuart Thomas
Expert
Now the Australians will sit and wait. Can Sri Lanka beat England in a shock result and see them through. Time will tell. Thanks for being on board for the game and be sure to stick wit the Roar across the weekend for all the sporting action. Final Score Australia wins by 4 runs. Australia……………………..8/168 Afghanistan…………………7/164
Cricket fan in SG
Guest
Definitely
Simoc
Roar Rookie
Well we needed to win and did. Exciting game. Lucky he didn't middle the second to last ball.
Davo
Guest
Bloody close game. Afghanistan played well but lost their composure half way through their innings. Rashid’s a star and almost pulled it off. Aussies not much of a chance to go any further either is this tournament. Good game
Stuart Thomas
Expert
What a brilliant game of cricket that was. Australia wins it by four runs and Afghanistan went within a whisker of the win, with Rashid Khan almost pulling off the miracle. Australia wins by 4 runs. Australia..........................8/168 Afghanistan.....................7/164
Try Hard
Roar Rookie
How’d captain woke go tonight???Second ball duck and was hit out of the park with no wickets. Really, who would want to sponsor the team in any format?
Scotty
Guest
And what does Agar have to do to get a game. Australia’s arrogance, player control and obsession with pace is what is sinking this World Cup for them.
Cam
Roar Rookie
Rashid is some cricketer