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Live Reporting

by Jonty Colman & Sam Drury

  1. Aus 76-4

    Target 149

    Glenn Maxwell is looking like Australia's best chance of getting over the line here.

    He ends that Gulbadin over by pulling in front of square for four.

  2. Paul Horton
    Ex-Lancashire batter on BBC Sounds

    That's a good catch and Gurbaz chose to run back and let Stoinis know what he thinks of him.

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Stoinis c Gurbaz b Gulbadin 11 (Aus 71-4) Target 149

    A breakthrough for Afghanistan!

    Marcus Stoinis only half-committed to that shot and it showed.

    Top-edging it straight up in the air, it is a catch that Rahmanullah Gurbaz gobbles up after running back to take charge and this partnership is broken.

    Gulbadin gives Stoinis as send off, just as Stoinis did to Gurbaz in the first innings.

  4. Aus 70-3

    Target 149

    Gulbadin Naib starts the second half of this innings with the ball in hand.

    Already, he is Afghanistan's eighth different bowler.

  5. But Winviz reckons it knows where this is going...

    Winviz

  6. Wow, talk about close!

    Worm

  7. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Australia were in a precarious position but have built a nice partnership.

  8. Drinks break

    Aus 70-3 (Target 149)

    When David Warner was dismissed at the start of the sixth over, Australia were 32-3 and bang in trouble against Afghanistan.

    Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis have wrestled back some control and at halfway, need 79 runs off 60 balls to book their place in the T20 World Cup semi-finals.

  9. Aus 70-3

    Target 149

    Classy from Glenn Maxwell, driving through the covers for four off Rashid Khan.

    Brilliant shot.

  10. Aus 61-3

    Target 149

    A scrappy set of six from Noor Ahmad, with a couple of boundaries and a wasted review all part of an 11-run over.

  11. Paul Horton
    Ex-Lancashire batter on BBC Sounds

    They're getting a bit frantic - they need to calm it down.

  12. Charlie Taylor
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    It's all gone a bit scrappy for Afghanistan.

  13. Aus 59-3

    Target 149

    Marcus Stoinis looks to pile the pressure on Noor Ahmad and it pays off.

    He slog-sweeps, it keeps low and the ball races away for four.

  14. Charlie Taylor
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    They were back in position before ball-tracking!

  15. Not out

    Aus 55-3 (Target 149)

    The review does not pay off, with Noor Ahmad's delivery pitching outside leg stump.

    As you were.

  16. Charlie Taylor
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    My instinct is that this is not out but maybe they've seen something I haven't.

  17. Afghanistan review

    Aus 55-3 (Target 149)

    Noor Ahmad's next delivery strikes Marcus Stoinis on the pads.

    The umpire does not answer to Afghanistan's appeals, so Rashid Khan takes it upstairs.

  18. Aus 55-3

    Target 149

    Noor Ahmad comes in for a bowl and his first delivery goes for four and is wide, a gift for Australia that they will happily accept.

  19. Charlie Taylor
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    When he's off strike, Maxwell is the most relaxed cricketer.

  20. Paul Horton
    Ex-Lancashire batter on BBC Sounds

    There's some incredible mannerisms from Maxwell - he is just stood there smiling and laughing.