Australia vs Afghanistan HIghlights, T20 World Cup 2022: Glenn Maxwell, Zampa help AUS narrowly defeat AFG by 4 runs

Rashid sends in a googly first ball of the 16th and Stoinis pounds it away over deep midwicket. 

Gulbadin returns for the 15th and Maxwell picks him up first ball and deposits it over the deep square leg boundary. Maxwell has raced to 29 off 15 here and Afghanistan know that they can't let him of Stoinis tee off. 

Maxwell whips it past short fine leg for his second boundary of the innings. Australia are into three figures. 

He had been the silent partner in that partnership with Marsh, wonder if he is looking to take the initiative with an out of form Glenn Maxwell at the other end. Nabi puts it nicely in his arc and he powers it over deep midwicket. 

Top edge, the keeper calls for it. It is swirling around and when finally Gurbaz takes the catch, he has a look of shock and relief and then indicates with hs finger that the ball was doing everything in the air. That's the end of Marsh's charge, no half century for him today. 

Marsh c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Mujeeb Ur Rahman 45 (30), Australia 86/4 in 10.4 overs 

6, 4, 4, and Mujeeb-ur-Rahman with egg on his face this time. It has to be said, though, that ball was absolutely darting across the ground after Marsh pulled it. However, Mujeeb did get there and the ball skipped over his foot for four. The next delivery is a dot ball and Australia are 78/3 in 9 overs. Marsh moves to 41 off 25. 

Pitched up again by Gulbadin and this time he goes over cover. Marsh taking it to the opposition.  

Too full from Gulbadin, Marsh just stands there and sends it sailing downtown. That is a long boundary but it is cleared with ease. Australia get to 70 for the loss of 3 wickets in 8.3 overs

Seven runs off the eighth over bowled by Rashid Khan. A quiet couple of overs for Australia but they continue to have a strong run rate because of that swift start provided by David Warner. 

Afghanistan could have put Australia in a real tangle there. First ball of the seventh bowled by Gulbadin. It is wide and outside off, Marsh slashes at it and it darts to Najibullah Zadran at point. It bursts off his hands and goes behind him. 

Struck on the pads! He looks completely done for there and Naveen-ul-Haq might just have dismissed two of Australia's most succesfull batters in the same over. Umpire raises his finger, Smith goes for the review after a long consultation with Marsh. The ball had snuck underneath his bat and taken the pads and the ball tracker shows three reds. 

Smith lbw b Naveen-ul-Haq 4 (4), Australia 54/3 in 6 overs

Short and wide from Naveen-ul-Haq and Smith puts it away. That's a bit of a freebie really, no way Smith was missing out on that one. 

Switch hit gone wrong! Oh, Warner gets himself in a proper tangle there and loses his stumps.  

Warner b Naveen-ul-Haq 25 (18), Australia 50/2 in 5.2 overs

Half volley outside off from Mujeeb for the fourth ball of the fifth, Marsh slog sweeps that over long-on. Sweet timing from the all-rounder. 

What a start this is from Australia and it has been fuelled by Warner. When he is not looking for boundaries, he is looking to run an extra one. 

Australia need every run they can find today and Warner seems to know it. He and Marsh run two, then sees a faint glimmer of a chance and calls for the third. He then seems to be shaping up to start running a fourth as well after that. 

This outfield is laser fast, it looked like Rashid Khan might get to it running to his right from midwicket but the ball beats him. Warner is motoring along, Australia 27/1 in 3 overs. 

No Green rampage today! Fantastic catch by Gulbadin Naib at slips. Green slashes at it hard, gets an edge and it darts to the left of Naib, he reacts swiftly and latches on to the ball.  

Green c Gulbadin Naib b Fazalhaq Farooqi 3 (2), Australia 22/1 in 2.1 overs

This time it is a normal slog sweep over short fine leg. Two dot balls after that and Australia are 22/0 in 2 overs with Warner scoring 18 off 11. That over went for 16 runs.

Back to back boundaries, Warner is in the zone. Slightly short from Mujeeb and Warner works it through backward square leg easily. 

Switch hit, Warner reverse slog sweeps Mujeeb over the in-field off the second ball of the second, one bounce and four. 

An overthrow off the fourth ball gives Australia an extra run and then two dot balls to finish the over. 

Fazalhaq Farooqi bowling the first over, sends an outswinger at length for the third ball and Warner sends it through covers for the first boundary of the day. 

The other surprising omission from the Australian squad is Mitchell Starc. Kane Richardson has been brought in his place. 

If Green hits the kind of form he showcased during Australia's series in India just before the T20 World Cup, then Finch not being available today might turn out to be a blessing in disguise. In his seven-match T20I career, Green has scored 136 runs at a strike rate of 174.35.