Afghanistan vs Australia, 48th Match, Super 8 Group 1 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024 Venue: Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent Date & Time: Jun 22, 08:30 PM LOCAL
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 60(49)
15.5
Stoinis to Gurbaz, out Caught by Warner!! Finally a wicket!! After 95 balls. Gurbaz dances down the track to this length ball and tries to heave it across the line. Gets it high on the bat and holes out to deep square leg. Stoinis gives Gurbaz a send-off, gestures towards the dressing room with two flapping hands. Gurbaz c Warner b Stoinis 60(49) [4s-4 6s-4]
15.4
Stoinis to Gurbaz, 2 runs, on the pads, tucked towards fine leg for a couple of runs
15.3
Stoinis to Gurbaz, SIX, slapped!! Gurbaz returns a stare towards the bowler now after that shot. An off cutter, keeps a tad low after pitching on a length. Gurbaz reads it off the hand, waits and then slaps it across the line over deep mid-wicket. A real tennis ball shot here from the Afghan opener
15.2
Stoinis to Gurbaz, no run, length ball angling back in, chasing the batter who backed away. Punched back to Stoinis who stares down Gurbaz
14.6
Agar to Gurbaz, 2 runs, full on the pads, clipped towards deep mid-wicket. Once again, the Afghan openers are running like Oympic sprinters, completed a double with ease
14.3
Agar to Gurbaz, 1 run, length ball onto middle and leg, clipped towards deep mid-wicket. That's another fifty for Rahmanullah Gurbaz, a tepid raise of the bat towards the crowds. He's having a great tournament here
14.2
Agar to Gurbaz, no run, turn and bounce!! A total ripper from Agar, pitches on off, straightens and bounces extra to beat the bat in defence
13.5
Hazlewood to Gurbaz, 1 run, on a length angling onto the thigh pad, tucked towards deep backward square leg
12.4
Zampa to Gurbaz, 1 run, length delivery on middle, pushed back to the right of Zampa
12.3
Zampa to Gurbaz, no run, oh dear that's a chance gone begging! Missed stumping now from Wade and the pressure is really telling, tossed up full on middle-leg, looked like a wrong-un again and it went through Gurbaz as he ran down the track, Wade just did not gather it, Gurbaz was miles down the wicket
12.2
Zampa to Gurbaz, no run, review lost! This was a googly that was pushed through quicker on middle, Gurbaz didn't quite read it as he pressed forward looking to work it into the leg-side, it seemingly went past the inside edge and hit the inner part of the front-pad, Australia went up straightaway and UltraEdge returned with a little spike!
12.1
Zampa to Gurbaz, SIX, Gurbaz is in full flow now! Tossed up full on middle, Gurbaz makes a bit of room and smokes it straight back down the ground, clean strike!
12.1
Zampa to Gurbaz, wide, floated up full and down leg, Gurbaz looks to sweep and misses, will be wide
11.2
Stoinis to Gurbaz, 1 run, length delivery on middle, bunted towards mid-on for a single, they wanted two but it wasn't on
11.1
Stoinis to Gurbaz, FOUR, superb shot! Banged in short on middle, Gurbaz waited for it and pulled it away to the long leg ropes, one-bounce four
9.6
Maxwell to Gurbaz, FOUR, picked the gap nicely there! Full on off-stump, Gurbaz leant in and slog-swept it towards cow corner, didn't hit it cleanly but he put it right in between the two men in the deep, one-bounce four
9.4
Maxwell to Gurbaz, 1 run, length delivery on middle, worked away to deep mid-wicket
9.3
Maxwell to Gurbaz, 2 runs, full on middle, turned away gently towards square leg, Gurbaz called for two straightaway and they'll get them
9.2
Maxwell to Gurbaz, no run, flatter delivery outside off, Gurbaz presses back looking to cut and is beaten by the bounce once more
9.1
Maxwell to Gurbaz, no run, length delivery on middle-leg, Gurbaz leans in looking to sweep and his struck on the pad, would've gone down leg
8.5
Zampa to Gurbaz, 1 run, full outside off, pushed down the ground to long off
8.4
Zampa to Gurbaz, 2 runs, excellent work in the deep from Cummins, length delivery on off-stump, Gurbaz leant across and fetched it with a sweep, struck it crisply and it went very quickly to Cummins at deep backward square leg, he leapt to his right and stopped it
8.3
Zampa to Gurbaz, no run, flatter delivery full on middle, Gurbaz makes room and knocks it towards cover
8.2
Zampa to Gurbaz, no run, length delivery outside off, Gurbaz leant right across looking to sweep and missed, struck on the front-pad and there was an appeal for leg before but he was struck outside off
7.3
Maxwell to Gurbaz, 1 run, flatter delivery outside off, slapped out to deep extra cover, bit of confusion in the running but no real trouble, they were looking for two, 50-run stand comes up
6.5
Zampa to Gurbaz, 1 run, tossed up full on leg-stump, worked away towards square leg
6.3
Zampa to Gurbaz, 1 run, full outside off, Gurbaz slices it away towards sweeper cover
6.2
Zampa to Gurbaz, FOUR, that's an excellent shot! Tossed up full on middle-leg, Gurbaz made a bit of room before lofting it straight back down the ground
6.1
Zampa to Gurbaz, no run, full outside off, Gurbaz presses forward and knocks it into the off-side
5.6
Cummins to Gurbaz, 1 run, back of a length on middle, Gurbaz arches back and eases it towards short third man for a quick single
5.1
Cummins to Gurbaz, 1 run, length delivery on off-stump, Gurbaz stays leg-side and chops it to short third man for a quick single
4.4
Hazlewood to Gurbaz, 1 run, good running, just short of length on middle, Gurbaz comes down the track again and bunts it into the off-side for a quick single
4.3
Hazlewood to Gurbaz, SIX, he's latched on to another one! Length delivery on off-stump, Gurbaz gives it the charge again to get some momentum going into the ball, sees it halfway down and pumps it over the deep mid-wicket ropes with a pull
4.2
Hazlewood to Gurbaz, no run, length delivery outside off, play and a miss as Gurbaz pushes at it, just enough seam movement to beat the outside edge
3.6
Cummins to Gurbaz, SIX, that breaks the shackles! Was such a good over from Cummins till that point! This one was served up full on middle, Gurbaz made a lot of room and gave away all his stumps before launching it straight down the ground, didn't get all of it but had enough to clear the ropes
3.5
Cummins to Gurbaz, no run, just short of length on off-stump, saw Gurbaz charging and dropped the length back, Gurbaz bunts it into the off-side but there's no single there as he looks for one
3.4
Cummins to Gurbaz, no run, beaten again, length delivery outside off, Gurbaz goes fishing for it and it nips away to beat the bat
3.3
Cummins to Gurbaz, no run, definite play and a miss this time, length delivery outside off, Gurbaz pushes at it and gets beaten on the outside edge
3.2
Cummins to Gurbaz, no run, length delivery outside off, holds into the surface and stops on him, Gurbaz ends up withdrawing his shot again, spongy bounce
3.1
Cummins to Gurbaz, no run, length delivery outside off, Gurbaz thinks about playing it before withdrawing his bat
1.6
Hazlewood to Gurbaz, no run, play and a miss! Length delivery outside off, nips away this time and beats the outside edge as Gurbaz pushes at it, excellent over from Hazlewood
1.5
Hazlewood to Gurbaz, no run, length delivery on middle, Gurbaz comes down the wicket and mistimes a hack towards mid-on
1.4
Hazlewood to Gurbaz, no run, length delivery outside off, Gurbaz is happy to shoulder arms
1.3
Hazlewood to Gurbaz, no run, full just outside off, eased straight to backward point
1.2
Hazlewood to Gurbaz, no run, length delivery outside off, left alone
1.1
Hazlewood to Gurbaz, FOUR, streaky but it works! A good length delivery on off-stump, hint of extra bounce and it nipped back in, cramped Gurbaz for room as he looked to run it down to third man and it went down to the fine-leg ropes off a thick inside edge
0.4
Agar to Gurbaz, leg byes, 1 run, flatter delivery into the pads again, Gurbaz looks to work it into the leg-side and it hits his thigh pad
0.3
Agar to Gurbaz, byes, FOUR, turn and bounce as soon as he tosses it up! Floated up full outside off, this was the orthodox delivery, Gurbaz looked to go over the off-side and misssed it completely, so did Wade
0.2
Agar to Gurbaz, no run, flatter delivery on off-stump, definitely seam up again, Gurbaz makes some room and slices it straight to backward point, crowd catch and Wade got excited
0.1
Agar to Gurbaz, no run, flatter delivery darted into the pads, looked like a seam-up delivery, hit his thigh pad
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