Read the highlights of England vs Afghanistan - The 38th match of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup One-Day International tournament between England and Afghanistan played at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on March 13, 2015.
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| Ian Bell raises his bat after getting to a fifty © ICC |
Bowlers and Ian Bell fifty led England cruising to via DLS method win against Afghanistan by a comfortable 9-wickets in a rain-truncated 38th match of a ICC Cricket World Cup.
Afghanistan scored 111-7 in 36.2 overs due to their innings stopped - with top scorer by Shafiqullah struck 30 off 64-balls including a boundary, Nasir Jamal 17, Mohammad Nabi 16 and Najibullah Zadran 12 not out.
England best bowler by Chris Jordan, Ravi Bopara each picked up two-wickets, James Anderson, Stuart Broad and James Tredwell each took one-wicket.
England chased 101-1 in 18.1 overs due to rain DLS revised target of 101 off 25-overs with top scorer by Ian scored unbeaten 52 off 56-balls included six boundaries, Alex Hales struck 37 off 33-balls including 3-fours and 2-sixes.
Afghanistan best bowler by Hamid Hassan took one-wicket for 17-runs from 5 overs.
Chris Jordan named Player of the match for his excellent economical bowling performance to took 2-wickets for 13-runs in 6.2 overs including two maidens.
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