Published: Mar 13, 2015, 03:14 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 13, 2015, 03:19 PM (IST)
England have been set a target of 101 from 25 overs by Afghnanistan after rain interrupted the game thrice in at Sydney in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. Afghanistan got off to a very slow start through their openers Javed Ahmadi (7) and Nawroz Mangal (4). Mangal was the first to go in the seventh over after Joe Root took an excellent catch over his head off the bowling of James Anderson. Ahmadi, followed exactly an over later caught again at first slip by Root off the bowling of Stuart Broad this time. LIVE BLOG: England vs Afghanistan
Wickets kept tumbling one after the other, with Ravi Bopara, who was drafted into this match due to injury to Moeen Ali chipped in with a couple of wickets in the middle. Afsar Zazai (6), Samiullah Shenwari (7) and Nasir Jamal (17) were dismissed soon after that and Afghanistan found themselves in deep trouble having lost half their side 65 in in the 26th over. LIVE SCORECARD: England vs Afghanistan
Mohammad Nabi then walked in and broke the shackles with a huge six and got off to a good start in the process. But he threw his wicket away trying to go for a boundary and was caught at mid on by James Tredwell off the bowling of Bopara. Rain then stopped play shortly after that in the 37th for the third time with Afghanistan struggling at 111 for seven in the 37th over with Najibullah Zadran and Hamid Hassan at the crease. LIVE STREAMING: England vs Afghanistan
After inspection, the umpires decided to bring the Afghanistan innings to an end and set England a revised target. The target seems like an easy, but considering England’s recent run of form, Afghanistan will fancy their chances.
Brief scores:
Afghanistan 111 for 7 in 36.2 overs (Shafiqullah Shafiq 30, Nasir Jamal 17; Chris Jordan 2 for 13) vs England
(Pramod Ananth is a reporter at CricketCountry. He has represented Karnataka table tennis under-15, and is a hardcore supporter of Liverpool FC. His Twitter handle is @pramz)
