Summary

  • Warner hits unbeaten 89 for Australia - booed after reaching 50

  • Finch hammers 66 off 48 balls after Australia's pace bowlers dominate in Bristol

  • Afghanistan lost both openers for ducks after choosing to bat first

  • Najibullah top-scores with 51, sharing 83-run partnership with Gulbadin (31) for sixth wicket

  • Three wickets each for Cummins and leg-spinner Zampa

Live Reporting

Thomas Mallows and Callum Matthews

  1. Aus 10-0

    That's a jaffa first up!

    Hassan induces a prod from David Warner and there's plenty of oohh's and aaaahh's around the bat.

  2. Hamid Hassan will get us started with the second new ball.

  3. Adam Williams
    BBC Sport at Bristol

    Stark contrast in the crowd atmosphere as Aaron Finch crunched the first of those back-to-back fours to the fence.

    None of the loud noise that greeted virtually every run in the Afghanistan innings, more a stunned silence at the start of this Australia chase.

  4. Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    There was an attempt to get a boo going for David Warner, but thankfully nobody really joined in.

  5. Aus 10-0

    Based on that first over Australia want this done quickly.

  6. Aus 10-0

    And again!

    Aerial this time but it flies over mid-off and races to the boundary.

  7. Aus 6-0

    David Warner also gets off the mark first ball with a nudge to the on side.

    Oh that is glorious from Aaron Finch!

    A beautiful cover drive races to the boundary.

  8. Aus 1-0

    Mujeeb Ur Rahman is going to get us started.

    Aaron Finch flicks the first ball to deep square leg to get off the mark.

  9. Thanks Tom.

    Are Australia going to make hard work of this? Or are they going to cruise to the 208 they need to get off to a winning start?

    David Warner and Aaron FinchReuters

  10. The odds are against them, but Afghanistan possess some talented spinners and if they can grab some early wickets you never know.

    As Aaron Finch and David Warner stride out into the middle it is time for me to take a break.

    I will leave you in the safe hands of Callum Matthews.

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    Adrian Murray: Despite a poor start - and I've been watching them for a while - people should keep an eye on Afghanistan. They might cause an upset this tournament.

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    Here's a little video to whet the appetite...

    Jos Buttler interviews Adil Rashid in an exclusive for TMS at the Cricket World Cup.

  14. Name that tune

    Adam Williams
    BBC Sport at Bristol

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    Plenty of entertainment going on around the ground here during the game today, including this Antipodian-themed trio.

    If I told you they were doing a rendition of a song about that part of the world made famous in the 1980s that mentions a man who was 10 foot tall, full of muscles - would that be enough of a clue?

    Personally I’m a big fan of the guy on the left with his percussion stick, complete with colourful kangaroo (or is that a wallaby?).

  15. NZ v SL highlights

    Here, ladies and gentlemen, are the highlights of New Zealand's crushing 10-wicket victory over Sri Lanka.

    Can the Black Caps go one better this year?

  16. Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on Test Match Special

    The short bowling seems to be a standard thing in this World Cup now.

    There have been so many skiers so far, you can see why sides keep practising catching them.

  17. Pick your semi-finalists

    Have you picked your World Cup semi-finalists yet? You can do so here, then make sure you share it with friends.

    So far, you think England, India, Australia... and West Indies will make it to the final four.

  18. Adam Williams
    BBC Sport at Bristol

    A case of what could have been there for Afghanistan in that innings.

    Full of plenty of crash-bang-whallop at times that brought the crowd to its feet but also lots of naive shot selection when partnerships were threatening to dominate.

    Ultimately, they have been bowled out with 12 overs still in the bank.

    Another 40-50 runs for their trio of spinners to defend may well have made it a very tricky chase for Australia in the evening.

    But, we’ve seen glimpses of the potential Afghanistan possess as well as maybe some of the limitation Australia’s bowling attack has.

  19. It was one big shot too many though for Najibullah Zadran, who top-edged a Marcus Stoinis delivery into the air and Alex Carey took the catch.

  20. But Afghanistan were not going down quietly.

    Najibullah Zadran hit a spirited 51 from just 49 balls featuring some huge shots, dispatching Australia all over the ground. Rashid Khan also hit 27 from just 11 deliveries.