Photo Gallery: ICC World Cup 2019, Australia vs Afghanistan
Defending champions Australia will look to get off to the perfect start when they take on Afghanistan in their opening game of the 2019 World Cup at the County Ground in Bristol on Saturday. While Afghanistan are no match for Australia on paper, they will take confidence from their win against Pakistan in the warm-up encounter.
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Victory for Australia by seven wickets - David Warner ends on 89 not out while #AaronFinch also passed fifty to get his side off to a solid start at #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/DBrRWmPOy7
Welcome to the gunshow, with #GulbadinNaib pic.twitter.com/plftjsNjaq
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#AfghanAtalan finish on 207 against #CmonAussie at Bristol.
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Najibullah's 51 provided the backbone of the innings, while Rashid and Mujeeb supplied some entertaining late hitting to drag their side past 200. Will it be enough?#AFGvAUS LIVE https://t.co/VvB35TH3lY pic.twitter.com/TqoCvlCsql
Afghanistan have steadied after the early wickets with Rahmat (27*) and Hashmatullah (17*) bringing up the team 50 in the 13th over: https://t.co/CVQp2E9oDF #CWC19 #AFGvAUS pic.twitter.com/l3X9KNzA4E
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Here is our Playing XI for today's match against @CricketAus in the ICC @cricketworldcup in Bristol.#AFGvAUS #AfghanAtalan #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/AcwO7fWGXU
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Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib won the toss and elected to bat first. The following players were selected in the line-up for Afghanistan's opening clash of the ICC World Cup 2019 against Australia: Mohammad Shahzad(w), Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib(c), Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Hamid Hassan.
With an unbeaten 89, David Warner is the Player of the Match in Bristol! #CWC19 #AFGvAUS pic.twitter.com/xtpgBpFuEO
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