Australia vs Afghanistan Highlights, T20 World Cup 2024: AFG outplay AUS, win by 21 runs in thriller

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: Back of a length delivery by Omarzai, outside off. Zampa pulls it to long-on and Nabi catches it! AFG WIN!!!!

Zampa c Nabi b Omarzai 9 (7)

AUS: 127 (19.2), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: Hazlewood can't use the free hit to his advantage and his beaten while trying to pull. AFG get lucky here and will look to wrap it up in the final over.

AUS need 24 in 6 balls.

AUS: 125/9 (19), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: A full delivery by Naveen, outside off and Agar drives it wide of extra cover. Naib dives forward to his left to complete a stunning catch!

Agar c Naib b Naveen 2 (5)

AUS need 36 in 16 balls.

AUS: 113/9 (17.2), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: NAIB IS ON FIRE! He sends a slow full delivery, deceives Cummins, who goes to play it across the line, but misses! HITS THE STUMPS! OUT!!

Cummins b Naib 3 (9)

AUS need 38 in 21 balls.

AUS: 111/8 (16.3), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: Rashid tosses it up, outside leg. Wade tries to sweep, but can only glove it to short fine for a diving catch!

Wade c Janat b Rashid 5(7)

AUS need 41 in 29 balls.

AUS: 108/7 (15.1), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: A length delivery by Naib, outside off. Maxwell slices it and it flies to Noor at backward point, who dives to take a stunning catch!

AUS need 43 in 32 balls.

AUS: 106/6 (14.4), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: Naveen begins the over with a back of a length delivery and Wade takes a single. Then Maxwell cuts a leg cutter to deep point, and the fielder misses, four! Then two more singles, followed by two doubles.

AUS need 44 in 36 balls.

AUS: 105/5 (14), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: A full delivery by Naib and Maxwell launches it wide of long-off for a six and also gets his fifty!

AUS: 94/5 (13), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: A good delivery, outside off, from Naib. David is stuck in the crease and gets trapped in front of middle and leg! LBW! AFG CELEBRATE!

David lbw b Naib 2 (4)

AUS need 64 in 46 balls!

AUS: 85/5 (12.2), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: ANOTHER WICKET! A good delivery by Naib, short. Stoinis wasn't expecting this and he can only pull it, top edges it to the wicketkeeper for a good catch!

Stoinis c Gurbaz b Naib 11 (17)

The over ends with a single, dot and a four.

AUS: 76/4 (11), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: Rashid sends a full delivery, on off and Maxwell drives it to sweeper cover for a single, followed by singles in the next three balls. Then Rashid overpitches his delivery on leg stump. Maxwell smacks it through extra cover for a four! The over ends with a single.

AUS: 70/3 (7), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: Kharote sends a quick delivery, on off. Maxwell gets an outside edge to the left of short third, four! Then it is a dot, followed by a slog sweep over deep midwicket for a six!

AUS: 46/3 (7), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: A regulation delivery by Nabi and Warner goes down on one knee for a slog sweep. There is extra bounce and he top edges it to Noor near short fine for a catch!

Warner c Noor b Nabi 3 (8)

AUS: 32/3 (5), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: A full delivery by Omarzai and it goes past Warner, one run, byes. Then Omarzai sends a poor delivery and Maxwell flicks it to the left of the wicketkeeper for a four! Then it is a dot, followed by another four, over midwicket! Omarzai ends the over with two dots.

AUS: 32/2 (5), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: A slow delivery by Naveen, pitches it up. Marsh is not ready for this and goes early, he sends it to Nabi at mid-off for a catch!

Marsh c Nabi b Naveen 12 (9)

AUS: 16/1 (3), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: A full delivery by Naveen, straight. It seams away and Head goes for a big shot, but can't connect. It hits his middle stump! OUT!!!

Head b Naveen 0 (3)

AUS: 0/1 (0.3), Target: 149

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: The action resums! Head and Warner to open for Australia in this run chase. Naveen to bowl the opening over for AFG.

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs OUT! MAXWELL REMOVES Janat! A full delivery by MAxwell, outside off. Janat miscues his shot and David comes fron long-on to take the catch!

Janat c David b Cummins 13(9)

Then he sends a full delivery, on off. Naib can only direct it to midwicket for a catch! Cummins also bags his hattrick!

Naib c Maxwell b Cummins 0(1)

Maxwell drops Kharote in the next ball, one run. The over ends with a double and four!

AFG: 148/4 (20)

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: A full delivery by Cummins, at the stumps. Rashid can only miscue it to David at long-on for an easy catch! OUT!!!

Rashid c David b Cummins 2 (5)

AFG: 126/4 (18)

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: Zampa pitches it on length, a slider. Omarzai tries to connect, swings, misses, and it crashes his stumps! OUT!

Omarzai b Zampa 2 (3)

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: STOINIS STRIKES! AUS GET THEIR FIRST WICKET AFTER 95 BALLS!

Stoinis sends a length bal, Gurbaz guides it to deep square leg for a catch!

Gurbaz c Warner b Stoinis 60 (49)

AFG: 118/1 (15.5)

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: Afghanistan are 100-up! A length delivery by Hazlewood and Zadran smacks it behind square for a four! 100-up! GOOD START BY AFG!

AFG: 100/0 (13.3)

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: Maxwell tosses it full, on off. Gurbaz slog sweeps it to cow corner for a four, goes between two fielders in the deep, shot!

AFG: 64/0 (10)

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: Maxwell starts with a length ball, on middle-leg. Zadran guides it to short fine leg, no run. Then he guides Maxwell to deep square leg for a single, followed by another. Two more dots, wide and a single by Maxwell in the 8th over!

AFG: 52/0 (4)

Australia vs Afghanistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: AUS vs AFG: A length delivery by Cummins and Zadran clatters it to deep square leg, and past Agar for a four! Then Cummins sends a length delivery, on off, Zadran hammer sit to backward point for a four!