England and Afghanistan will face each other in the second game of today's doubleheader in the T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 stage. This will also be Group 1's second game in the Super 12 stage.
Jost Butler will captain the England team in this tournament. Alex Hales, Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone will form the batting core for the team while Chris Jordan, Mark Wood and Chris Woakes will form the bowling core for the team.
On the other hand, Mohammad Nabi will captain the Afghanistan team. Hazratullah Zazai, Najibullah Zadran, and Rahmanullah Gurbaz are among the crucial batters from the side while Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman will form the bowling core for the team.
England lead the head-to-head record in T20I cricket against Afghanistan 2-0. Afghanistan will be keen to end their losing streak against England tomorrow.
Both the T20I matches between England and Afghanistan took place in the T20 World Cup only. England have a 2-0 lead in T20 World Cup matches against Afghanistan.
England played 21 T20Is this year before this mega event and won only 10 of them, while losing as many games. On the other hand, Afghanistan would like to make a statement this time. He secured an automatic Super 12 position this time around after finishing seventh in the previous edition.
England vs Afghanistan ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Group 1 match will be played on Saturday, October 22.
Venue: Perth
Time: 4:30 PM IST
England squad: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Tymal Mills, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Alex Hales.
Afghanistan squad: Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq, Qais Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Salim Safi, Usman Ghani.
Meanwhile, in the first match of today, Australia won the toss and elected to bowl. In the first half of the match, New Zealand set a target of 201 runs in front of Australia. New Zealand's Devon Conway remained unbeaten on 92, Finn Allen scored 42, captain Williamson scored 23 and Nisham played an unbeaten inning of 26 runs. At the same time, Australia's bowling attack was not very good. Only Hazlewood had to be content with 2 wickets and Zampa with one wicket.
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