Moeen Ali leads England hold on to defeat brave Afghanistan

 

ICC World Twenty20 2016

24th Match, Group 1, England Vs Afghanistan

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, 23rd March 2016

Toss - England won the toss decided to bat first

 Umpires: S Ravi, Rod Tucker
Third Umpire: Chris Gaffaney
Match Referee: David Boon

England Playing XI: Jason Roy, James Vince, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett

Afghanistan Playing XI: Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Noor Ali Zadran, Asghar Stanikzai (c), Shafiqullah Shafiq, Mohammad Nabi, Samiullah Shenwari, Gulbadin Naib, Najibullah Zadran, Amir Hamza, Rashid Khan, Shapoor Zadran

Match Summary

England 1st Innings 142 for 7 in 20 overs

Moeen Ali 41*

James Vince 22

David Willey 20*

Chris Jordan 15

Mohammad Nabi 17/2

Rashid Khan 17/2

Samiullah Shenwari 23/1

Afghanistan 2nd Innings 127 for 9 in 20 overs

Shafiqullah Shafiq 35*

Samiullah Shenwari 22

Noor Ali Zadran 17

Adil Rashid 18/2

David Willey 23/2

Moeen Ali 17/1

England won by 15 runs

Man of the Match - Moeen Ali

Moeen Ali Century leads England First Win

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Match 14, Pool A, England Vs Scotland

Hagley Oval, Christchurch, 23rd February 2015

Toss  - Scotland, decided to field first

Match Officials

Umpires - S Ravi, R Tucker

TV Umpire - M Erasmus

Referee - D Boon

Scorecard

England innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
MM Ali	c Coleman b Haq	128	142	107	12	5	119.62
IR Bell	c Coetzer b Berrington	54	123	85	2	0	63.52
GS Ballance	b Evans	10	23	18	0	0	55.55
JE Root	c †Cross b Davey	1	8	3	0	0	33.33
EJG Morgan	c Mommsen b Davey	46	68	42	4	2	109.52
JWA Taylor	st †Cross b Davey	17	38	26	0	0	65.38
JC Buttler†	c Davey b Wardlaw	24	19	14	4	0	171.42
CR Woakes	c Mommsen b Davey	1	4	2	0	0	50.00
SCJ Broad	not out	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
ST Finn	not out	1	3	1	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, w 15, nb 1)	21
Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs; 224 mins)	303	(6.06 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
I Wardlaw	10	1	60	1	6.00	33	5	2
JH Davey	10	0	68	4	6.80	32	7	1
AC Evans	10	1	46	1	4.60	35	5	0
RM Haq	10	0	51	1	5.10	29	0	2
RD Berrington	5	0	43	1	8.60	11	5	1
MW Machan	2	0	11	0	5.50	2	0	0
KJ Coetzer	3	0	19	0	6.33	5	0	1

Scotland innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
KJ Coetzer	c Woakes b Ali	71	110	84	11	0	84.52
CS MacLeod	c †Buttler b Anderson	4	11	6	1	0	66.66
FRJ Coleman	c Morgan b Woakes	7	30	16	0	0	43.75
MW Machan	c †Buttler b Finn	5	7	7	1	0	71.42
PL Mommsen*	c Broad b Root	26	52	42	3	0	61.90
RD Berrington	c Morgan b Ali	8	12	13	0	0	61.53
MH Cross†	c Root b Finn	23	40	32	1	0	71.87
JH Davey	c †Buttler b Finn	9	17	15	0	0	60.00
RM Haq	c Ballance b Woakes	15	42	24	3	0	62.50
AC Evans	c †Buttler b Anderson	9	15	15	2	0	60.00
I Wardlaw	not out	0	2	0	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 5, w 2)	7
Total	(all out; 42.2 overs; 177 mins)	184	(4.34 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
JM Anderson	6	0	30	2	5.00	24	5	0
SCJ Broad	7	0	24	0	3.42	29	3	0
CR Woakes	5.2	0	25	2	4.68	25	6	0
ST Finn	9	3	26	3	2.88	38	3	0
MM Ali	10	0	47	2	4.70	28	4	0
JE Root	5	0	27	1	5.40	9	1	0