England vs Afghanistan, World Cup 2023 Highlights: AFG beat defending champions; Dedicate win to the people in Herat
Player of the Match Mujeeb Ur Rahman (28 & 3/51) inspired Afghanistan to a historic 69-run victory over defending champions England at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. Mujeeb dedicated his award and the win to the people affected by the earthquakes in Herat province of Afghanistan.
Over 11: Afghanistan 86/0 - FIFTY up for Gurbaz! 50* (33)
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Over 47: Afghanistan 263/7 - FIFTY up for Ikram! 50* (61)
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England need 285 to win!
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Over 26: England 134/5 - FIFTY up for Brook! 50* (45)
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Afghanistan win by 69 runs!
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That's it from us for tonight!
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What next for both these teams?
21:5715 Oct 2023
It's the first but not the last win for Afghanistan in this tournament says captain Shahidi
I’m quite happy, all the teammates are happy. This is the best win for us, the confidence will be there for the next game and I’m very proud. The openers get a lot of credit. They gave us a great start but unfortunately we lost back to back wickets in the middle again, lot of credit to the openers though, especially Gurbaz. Ikram was with us for the last 2 years and didn’t get a lot of chances, today I believed in him and gave him a chance and he repaid my faith. Mujeeb batted brilliantly, he led from the front and scored important runs for us. We have to score runs, our batting lineup needs to score more for our spinners. We have a lot of confidence about our spinners. Fazal started very well, the first wicket gave us a lot of momentum. When I was batting, I realized the wicket wasn’t supportive for batters against spinners. I told the boys that 280-290 will be enough when I got back into the dressing room. I want to say that the belief, trust and talent is there. Last couple of games we didn’t finish well but the belief is there. This is just the first win, we are looking for more in the tournament. This was just the first one, not the last one.
Hashmatullah Shahidi (Afghanistan captain)
21:5615 Oct 2023
Buttler admits his side were poor with both bat and ball
Disappointing to win the toss and concede that many, me missing that first ball down the leg side set the tone. Credit to Afghanistan, they outplayed us today. It came down to execution, we weren’t quite at the level we’d like to be with both bat and ball. They have some fantastic bowlers, the dew didn’t come in as much as we expected, the ball held up a bit too. They bowled dead straight and kept the stumps in play, we just weren’t quite good enough. You got to let these defeats hurt, there’s no point in getting over things too quickly, we need to reflect. There’s a lot of character in this group, we need to show a lot of resilience and come back stronger. We need to have guys being able to perform under pressure and that’s what all of us will be working hard towards.
Jos Buttler (England captain)
21:5315 Oct 2023
It's the first-time Afghanistan have beaten England in ODI cricket!
The biggest moment in Afghanistan's cricket history. And a great example of how you accept adversity and keep looking ahead. Afghanistan remains the most memorable cricket story of our times.