ICC World T20 | Twitter reacts as England outplay Afghanistan by five wickets
England beat Afghanistan by five wickets in the tournament opener
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England completely dominated the proceedings in their World T20 tournament opener against Afghanistan, beating the Asian contingent by five wickets. Sam Curran ripped through the opposition batting unit taking five wickets while Ben Stokes and Mark Wood chipped in with a couple of wickets each.
The start of the T20 World Cup for England couldnโt have been better as they beat Afghanistan by five wickets, bagging two points from the contest. England chose to bowl first after winning the toss and right from the moment they stepped on the field, sheer dominance was on display. Afghanistan batters had no answer for any of the questions posed by opposition bowlers and they ended up with a total of 112. Sam Curran was the pick of the bowlers as he took a fifer conceding just 10 runs in his spell. Mark Wood and Ben Stokes also contributed with two wickets each and played a big part in an impressive performance from the bowling unit.ย
It was an easy target for the Europeans to chase asย they got to the score with 11 balls and five wickets to spare. Liam Livingstone was the highest run-getter with an unbeaten knock of 29 while the top order registered two-digit scores. England will gain great confidence with the triumph heading into the next fixture against Ireland.ย
Buttler making it look too easy
if 'baaye haath ka khel' had a face.ย #josbuttlerย โขย #ENGvAFGย โขย #T20WorldCupย pic.twitter.com/iGfuzVlfwP
โ xyz (@xyz14624172)ย October 22, 2022
Superb effort
Glenn Phillips in the afternoon.
โ Cricerz (@cricerz)ย October 22, 2022
Mohammad Nabi in the evening.
BEST TWO CATCHES OF WORLD CUP ALREADY?#ENGvsAFGย pic.twitter.com/ZuWoekSXvj
Great
Today's man of the match is Sam Curran
โ Md Asifur Rahman (@MdAsifurahman)ย October 22, 2022
Great ball today๐ฅ#ENGvsAFGย #ICCT20WorldCup2022ย pic.twitter.com/KDvvmH7p5J
LOL
Haram khor Afg#Afghansย #ENGvsAFGย pic.twitter.com/1PHvqKhwVx
โ Cricket Lover (@zahidkhan390)ย October 22, 2022
Fantastic
What a catch by England captain Jos Buttler.ย #EngVsAfgย #T20WorldCupย pic.twitter.com/8QZm4LW17A
โ โจ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โจ (@AR_official2k19)ย October 22, 2022
Only 2nd best
Second best catch of the day from Liam Livingstone ๐ฅย #ENGvsAFGย #T20worldcup22ย pic.twitter.com/yfcU7Ajh6K
โ RizBar ๐ต๐ฐ|| (@PCTFan_1)ย October 22, 2022
He is back
Ladies and gentleman he is backย #ENGvsAFGย #ICCT20WorldCup2022ย pic.twitter.com/K7SXVwkjTY
โ cricmine (@CRICKmine)ย October 22, 2022
Afghanistan were great
Afghanistan have made a stout defence of a small score. I thought England would have sought to dominate a bit more.
โ Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)ย October 22, 2022
Congos
Congratulations to jos buttler for first win as England captain in t20.๐#ENGVAFGย #T20WorldCupย #ENGvsAFGย #T20WC2022
โ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆโพ|| ๐๐๐ง๐๐จ ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ (@Cricluvmemoir)ย October 22, 2022
Beauty
What A Catch By England Captain Jos Buttler and Newzland Player Phillips ๐ฅ
โ A B B A S I ๐ธโจ (@ZaidAbbasi2022)ย October 22, 2022