ICC World Cup 2019: Twitter Reacts as Australia Cruises to Convincing Win Against Afghanistan
Updated - 25 Sep 2019, 03:27 PM
Australia began their World Cup campaign against Afghanistan in style as they convincingly won by seven wickets at County Ground, Bristol on Saturday. Afghanistan skipper Gulabadin Naib won the toss and decided to bat first. However, the Afghan team could not get off to a decent start as they lost their openers cheaply.
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Mohammad Shahzad was cleaned up by Mitchell Starc in the first over whereas Hazratullah Zazai was dismissed by Pat Cummins. Rahmat Shah scored 43 runs with the help of six fours but the right-hander was put paid by Adam Zampa when Steven Smith took a simple catch.
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Hazmutallah Shahidi and Mohammed Nabi were also dismissed in quick succession and thus Afghanistan found themselves reeling at 77-5. However, Gulabadin Naib and Najibullah Zadran were able to set Afghanistan out of the woods as they added 83 runs partnership.
Zadran scored 51 whereas the Afghan rookie skipper scored 31 to their side in the contest. Zadran scored seven fours and two sixes in his knock and helped his side to a respectable total. Furthermore, Rashid Khan scored quick runs as the right-hander played a blistering knock of 27 runs from 11 balls. Thus, Afghanistan was able to get to 300. Pat Cummins and Adam Zampa scalped three wickets each for Australia. Marcus Stoinis took two wickets for the Australian team.
On the other hand, Australia got off to a fine start in their run-chase. Australia’s openers Aaron Finch and David Warner added 96 runs for the opening partnership. The Australian skipper started his innings in the topmost gear and scored a fine knock of 66 runs from 49 balls with the help of six fours and four fours.
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Moreover, David Warner continued his good form as the southpaw batsman scored another fifty. The southpaw batsman took his time as there was no pressure of scoring quick runs.
Here is how Twitter reacted to Australia’s win:
GLENN MAXWELL IS SO POWERFUL HE ENDS CRICKET MATCHES WITH JUST ONE SHOT!
— Peter Della Penna (@PeterDellaPenna) June 1, 2019
Good job @davidwarner31. Very responsible of you to stay till the end and see out the win. I have been frustrated a lot of times with your performances in Aussie colors and in SRH colors. May this be the Warner 2.0 which I wish for.#CmonAussie #AFGvAUS
— Pritam Guha (@pritam_guha31) June 1, 2019
David Warner today scored his 50 off 74 balls, the slowest of his ODI career. #AFGvAus
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) June 1, 2019
Afghanistan has just made the highest score by an Asian side so far in this #CWC19 ?#CWC2019 #AUSvAFG #AFGvAUS https://t.co/PwbBaKVoj0
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 1, 2019
STAT ALERT: Hamid Hassan is the first bowler to bowl two maidens to David Warner in a one-day international.
— Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket) June 1, 2019
Welcome back, Hamid Hassan #hero
— Shamya Dasgupta (@shamyad) June 1, 2019
Bored with one-sided games #AFGvAUS
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) June 1, 2019
Mujeeb looks wretched today. Options are to bring in a medium pacer (Aftab Alam) who bowls modest fast-medium pace, or go with an extra bat to lengthen the batting order. Asghar Afghan at No. 4 doesn't look so bad after all. Imagine if they had a bridge to stretch out the innings
— Peter Della Penna (@PeterDellaPenna) June 1, 2019
Afghanistan is up against the best bowling unit on display in #CWC19 thus far….and have scored more than the other two Asian teams. Pakistan 105. Sri Lanka 136. #AFGvAUS
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) June 1, 2019
DYK? England is the only side, so far in this #CWC19 to have a bat during the third Powerplay (overs 41-50).
All the others – South Africa, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and now Afghanistan are yet to do so! ?#CWC2019 #AUSvAFG #AFGvAUS— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 1, 2019
Afghanistan were only 3 runs short of scoring double the amount of runs that Pakistan did in their opening match at the World Cup #CWC19 #PAKvWI #AFGvAUS
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) June 1, 2019
Deleted ??? #AFGvAUS #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/rhbZ90VZRT
— Come On India ???? (@madam_jadeja) June 1, 2019
Congrats ?? #AFGvAUS #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/XhaAu2Oxdo
— Lee (@Lpastey) June 1, 2019
Watching @davidwarner31 and @stevesmith49 bat together is a unique satisfaction! #bliss #legends #AFGvAUS
— Ebad Ur Rahman (@EbadR101) June 1, 2019
If people are still booing #DavidWarner on the field, I feel sorry for the spectators. He has paid the price for the crime he did. He has been absolute joy to watch from #IPL onwards. #WorldCup2019 #AFGvAUS
— Runner?? (@atulsachan1234) June 1, 2019
Afghanistan have kept the opposition on the park longer than any asian team at the world cup so far #CWC19 #AFGvAUS
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) June 1, 2019
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