ICC World T20 | Twitter reacts as England outplay Afghanistan by five wickets

10/22/2022

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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 couldn’t 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.

It was an easy target for the Europeans to chase as 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.

Buttler making it look too easy

if 'baaye haath ka khel' had a face. #josbuttler • #ENGvAFG • #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/iGfuzVlfwP
— xyz (@xyz14624172) October 22, 2022

Superb effort

Glenn Phillips in the afternoon.

Mohammad Nabi in the evening.

BEST TWO CATCHES OF WORLD CUP ALREADY?#ENGvsAFG pic.twitter.com/ZuWoekSXvj
— Cricerz (@cricerz) October 22, 2022

Great

Today's man of the match is Sam Curran

Great ball today🔥#ENGvsAFG #ICCT20WorldCup2022 pic.twitter.com/KDvvmH7p5J
— Md Asifur Rahman (@MdAsifurahman) October 22, 2022

LOL

Haram khor Afg#Afghans #ENGvsAFG pic.twitter.com/1PHvqKhwVx
— Cricket Lover (@zahidkhan390) October 22, 2022

Fantastic

What a catch by England captain Jos Buttler. #EngVsAfg #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/8QZm4LW17A
— ✨𝙰𝚋𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚁𝚎𝚑𝚖𝚊𝚗✨ (@AR_official2k19) October 22, 2022

Only 2nd best

Second best catch of the day from Liam Livingstone 🔥 #ENGvsAFG #T20worldcup22 pic.twitter.com/yfcU7Ajh6K
— RizBar 🇵🇰|| (@PCTFan_1) October 22, 2022

He is back

Ladies and gentleman he is back #ENGvsAFG #ICCT20WorldCup2022 pic.twitter.com/K7SXVwkjTY
— cricmine (@CRICKmine) 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.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 22, 2022

Congos

Congratulations to jos buttler for first win as England captain in t20.💖#ENGVAFG #T20WorldCup #ENGvsAFG #T20WC2022
— 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦✾|| 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙫𝙥 (@Cricluvmemoir) October 22, 2022

Beauty