England vs Afghanistan Highlights, World Cup 2023: In historic upset, Afghanistan shock England by 69 runs

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: England introduce spin as Adil Rashid joins the attack and Gurbaz hits him for a four to complete his half-century. Takes 33 balls to reach the milestone. AFG: 86/0 (11 overs)

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: A sigh of relief for England as no boundaries come in the final over of the powerplay. AFG: 79/0 (10 overs)

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: A big over for Afghanistan as Rahmanullah Gurbaz hammers Sam Curran for 20 (1 N1 1 4 4 6 2) runs. Gurbaz is batting on 46(29).

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: Jos Buttler is forced to make an early bowling change, such is the nature of the pitch. Brings in Sam Curran in place of Woakes and he is welcomed with an elegant drive through covers by Ibrahim Zadran.

Topley continues from the other end, and is hit for a boundary by Gurbaz. AFG: 55/0 (8 overs)

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: After two good overs, now Topley is being hit for boundaries, both of which came on the off side. Ibrahim Zadran gently pushed a full delivery towards point, while Rahmanullah Gurbaz makes good use of the width provided to him. He slaps the ball hard as it beats the point fielder and races away for a four. AFG: 45/0 (6 overs)

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran combine to gather three singles in Reece Topley's second over, which also feature an extra run due to wide.

Meanwhile, struggles for Chris Woakes continue from the other end as Gurbaz hammers him for consecutive boundaries. 10 runs come in his over as AFG reach 35/0 in 5 overs.

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: Reece Topley shares the new ball with Woakes and he starts with a maiden.

Gurbaz then plays some attacking shot against Woakes, fails to time the first one, which results in a double. The next one, which is bounced at length, is smoked for a six slightly wide of the mid-wicket region.

Ibrahim Zadran too gets going and hits Woakes for a boundary, square of the wicket. AFG: 21/0 (3 overs)

Woakes starts with a wide, which was down the leg. Although the ball could be comfortably collected by Buttler, he fails to do so and it brushes his gloves and rolls away for a four.

Seven runs come from the first over. AFG: 7/0 (1 over)

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: The pre-match rituals are done, and players arrive in the middle to start the proceedings.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran open the innings for Afghanistan. Chris Woakes is leading England's attack.

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

England: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: England skipper Jos Buttler wins toss, opts to bowl.

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: “It's hot, but there is some breeze coming along. 66m and 58m square boundaries, while the straight hit is at 72m. This is a pitch full of runs, not a lot of turn and there could be a bit of dew in the evening. Win the toss and bowl first, any total is chaseable.”

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: Afghanistan have lost 16 of their 17 World Cup matches but their head coach Jonathan Trott has faith in the unit and believes they have the ability to upset defending champions England.

"I think this side's got the ability to upset any side. We've been so close in previous matches, it's just about getting over the line and making sure that we do," said Trott during the pre-match press conference.

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: Jos Buttler, England's white-ball skipper, is a brut force when it comes to the limited over format. However, he has not had a good time playing ODIs in India, accumulating just 146 runs in nine innings at an average of 16.22.

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: Ben Stokes has not been part of England's plans as he continues to recover from a hip problem, which he sustained on the eve of the tournament.

However, the good news for English fans is that Stokes trained well on Friday and Joe Root during the pre-match press conference said: "Ben seems to be getting better day by day, he's trained really well, he's had a bat and seems to be improving.

"They're all good signs ahead. As we all know, any team with Ben in it is a lot stronger, but he's got to be fit to play. We'll see whether that's the case [against Afghanistan]."

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: Looking at the current conditions, both teams will take the field in warm conditions, with temperature expected to hover around 34 degrees Celsius.

The match will be played on the pitch adjacent to the one where India and Afghanistan locked horns the last time. As per reports the pitch has a good spread of grass but going by what we have witnessed so far, the batters will certainly enjoy their time here.

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: While a win will definitely help England break into the top 4, their focus will also be on the net run-rate (NRR). England have a positive NRR at the moment, but it is slightly less as compared to others present in the top 3 – India, New Zealand, and South Africa.

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: The Delhi venue has the worst bowling average (51.32) at the World Cup.

The Arun Jaitley Stadium has proved to be a belter. South Africa piled 428/5 while playing against Sri Lanka, who scored 326/10 in response.

Afghanistan then locked horns with India at the venue and piled 272/8 in 50 overs, a target which India chased down with 15 overs to spare.

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: The last time the two sides met at World Cup, England piled a massive 397/6 batting first. Afghanistan in response were able to score 247/8 in 50 overs.

Then England skipper Eoin Morgan slammed a total of 17 sixes, and scored 148 off 71 balls.

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: Both England and Afghanistan have met twice in the 50-over format and England have emerged victorious on both occasions.

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: Afghanistan have so far endured a tough campaign in the showpiece event. They started with a six-wicket defeat against Bangladesh, during which the team collapsed after a good start while batting first.

Their second match was against India and this time Afghanistan put a much decent show with the bat. However, the Afghan bowlers failed to keep India skipper Rohit Sharma quiet as the Men In Blue crushed them by eight wickets.

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: The tournament is still in the initial stages but we've already witnessed some great competition for the top 4 spots.

England, who are also the defending champions, started the campaign with a nine-wicket drubbing against New Zealand. They, however, made progress in their second match, which was played at the majestic Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala.

They are currently placed fifth on the table and have a great chance to break into Top 4.

England vs Afghanistan Live Score: Hello and welcome to the Live coverage of the England vs Afghanistan World Cup encounter in New Delhi. The match starts at 2:00 pm and the toss will take place half an hour before the scheduled start. Stay tuned for all the updates from the match.