England vs Afghanistan 24th Match at Manchester, 18 Jun, 2019

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 397/6 (50)
Afghanistan 247/8 (50)
England won by 150 runs
Man of the Match: Eoin Morgan
  • Dawlat Zadran 0 * (0)
  • Ikram AliKhil 3 * (10)

Over 12.1 Gulbadin Naib bowls a good length delivery to JM Bairstow, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 12.2 Gulbadin Naib bowls a good length delivery to JM Bairstow, no run, comes on to the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 12.3 Gulbadin Naib bowls a good length delivery to JM Bairstow,1 run, gets forward and goes for the booming drive well away from his body. The outside edge takes the ball to the third man.

Over 12.4 Gulbadin Naib bowls it short of length to Joe Root, no run, gets back in the crease and tries to run it down to the third man, but was done in by the lack of bounce.

Over 12.5 Gulbadin Naib bowls a pitched up delivery to Joe Root, no run, comes on to the front foot and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 12.6 Gulbadin Naib bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 15.1 Gulbadin Naib bowls a good length delivery to JM Bairstow, no run, gets forward and defends it on the offside watchfully.

Over 15.2 Gulbadin Naib bowls a pitched up delivery to JM Bairstow,1 run, gets forward and drives it through cover and picks up a single.

Over 15.3 Gulbadin Naib bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root,1 run, gets forward and works it down to long leg and picks up a single.

Over 15.4 Gulbadin Naib bowls a pitched up delivery to JM Bairstow, no run, gets forward and jammed out back at the bowler.

Over 15.5 Gulbadin Naib bowls a good length delivery to JM Bairstow, no run,  gets forward and opens his bat-face on his defensive push, finds the backward point.

Over 15.6 Gulbadin Naib bowls a good length delivery to JM Bairstow,1 run, punches from the crease sans any feet movement, gets a thick outside edge and the ball rolls down to the third man.

Over 17.1 Gulbadin Naib bowls a pitched up delivery to JM Bairstow, no run, gets forward and driven firmly but straight to the bowler.

Over 17.2 Gulbadin Naib bowls a pitched up delivery to JM Bairstow, Boundary! Got underneath the ball and hammered it. Naib had to duck under it in his followthrough.

Over 17.3 Gulbadin Naib bowls a pitched up delivery to JM Bairstow, no run, gets forward and neatly driven but straight to the man in the cover region

Over 17.4 Gulbadin Naib bowls a good length delivery to JM Bairstow,1 run, gets  uses the bowler's width to run it down to third man

Over 17.5 Gulbadin Naib bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root,1 run, gets forward and worked away to deep square leg with a closed bat-face

Over 17.6 Gulbadin Naib bowls it short of length to JM Bairstow, no run, gets back in the crease and cuts it straight to the man at backward point.

Over 19.1 Gulbadin Naib bowls a good length delivery to JM Bairstow,1 run, gets late on his flick, gets an inside edge onto his pad that rolls into the leg-side.

Over 19.2 Gulbadin Naib bowls a pitched up delivery to Joe Root, no run, comes on to the front foot and clips it straight to the man at mid-wicket.

Over 19.3 Gulbadin Naib bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root,1 run, gets forward and taps it to backward point and picks up a quick single.

Over 19.4 Gulbadin Naib bowls a pitched up delivery to JM Bairstow,1 run, comes on to the front foot and knocks it down to long-on for a single.

Over 19.5 Gulbadin Naib bowls a pitched up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, gets forward and pushes it down to long-on for a single.

Over 19.6 Gulbadin Naib bowls a half volley to JM Bairstow, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and driven along the ground to sweeper cover fence for four.

Over 21.1 Gulbadin Naib bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets behind the line on the back foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 21.2 Gulbadin Naib bowls a pitched up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, gets forward and drives it straight down the ground and picks up one more.

Over 21.3 Gulbadin Naib bowls a good length delivery to JM Bairstow, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 21.4 Gulbadin Naib bowls a good length delivery to JM Bairstow, no run, shuffle across in tucking it to mid-wicket.

Over 21.5 Gulbadin Naib bowls a pitched up delivery to JM Bairstow, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it straight down the ground and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 21.6 Gulbadin Naib bowls a pitched up delivery to JM Bairstow, no run, gets across the line on the back foot and works it down the leg side.

View More Commentary