England began their marketing campaign within the T20 World Cup 2022 on a excessive be aware as they trounced Afghanistan at Perth Stadium on Saturday.
Sam Curran was the star of the night time, who led England’s bowling unit, selecting up a superb five-wicket haul to bundle out Afghanistan for simply 112 in 19.4 overs. The English bowlers had been proper on the cash from the start, not permitting their opponents to settle one bit.
Curran dismissed Ibrahim Zadran (32), Usman Ghani (30), Azmatullah Omarzai (8), Rashid Khan (0) and Fazalhaq Farooqi (0) to finish his 5 wickets for 10 runs in 3.4 overs. Aside from Curran, Ben Stokes (2/19) and Mark Wooden (2/23) picked up two wickets every.
In response, England did lose wickets at common intervals, however the paltry goal didn’t hassle them because the English facet ultimately completed the proceedings in 18.1 overs. Explosive batter Liam Livingstone was the top-scorer for the three lions. He smashed an unbeaten 29 from 21 deliveries to take England dwelling.
For Afghanistan, Rashid Khan but once more bowled brilliantly, however the low complete wasn’t sufficient for the Mohammed Nabi-led facet to place strain on England. Rashid picked up a wicket whereas conceding solely 17 runs in his quota of 4 overs.
Right here is how Twitter reacted:
Victory to start out our #T20WorldCup marketing campaign! 💪
Subsequent cease, Melbourne 🏟
Scorecard: https://t.co/g9Y8iaOHeT pic.twitter.com/6nTck6F8C6
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) October 22, 2022
A profitable begin for England within the Tremendous 12 💪🏻#T20WorldCup | #ENGvAFG pic.twitter.com/sqy9tllXQv
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 22, 2022
Sam Curran gained the participant of the match award in his first World Cup recreation in his profession.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 22, 2022
Afghanistan will likely be fairly dissatisfied with their batting strategy at the moment, might’ve been within the recreation in the event that they posted something above 140 contemplating how properly they bowled.
— Kieran (@kieran_cricket) October 22, 2022
That was a extremely scratchy chase by England however they get dwelling ultimately – remarkably solely the third time in 11 chases in 2022.
In 10 accomplished T20Is they batted first, they gained a whopping eight with an avg 1st inngs rating of 193.#ENGvAFG— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) October 22, 2022
If solely Afghanistan had gotten one other 30 runs, how various things may be
“What ifs” will kill you in cricket #T20WorldCup #ENGvAFG
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA) October 22, 2022
5 for Sam Curran. England simply too good. Favorites maybe. #ICCT20WorldCup2022
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) October 22, 2022
What a spell by Sam Curran – 5/10 in 3.4 overs within the T20 World Cup. The primary Englishmen to select up a fifer on this mega occasion.
Distinctive bowling by Curran! pic.twitter.com/WhU6KZTj3R
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 22, 2022
The Curran brothers adore it at Optus Stadium. Sam Curran tonight grew to become the primary English participant to take a 5-wicket haul in a T20I. His older brother Tom was man of the match in first ODI on the venue again in 2018 v Australia. Fielding masterclass from the Poms. #T20worldcup22
— Jordan McArdle (@jordan_mc12) October 22, 2022
Sam Curran might be appointed monetary advisor of Britain since he bowled with 2.72. Maybe, finest Englishman with finest economic system proper now.#T20worldcup22 #ENGvAFG
— Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) October 22, 2022
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