Summary

  • England win to go top of table

  • Eng 397-6 - their World Cup record

  • Morgan 148 (71) - ODI record 17 sixes

  • Bairstow 90 (99), Root 88 (82)

  • England 25 sixes - ODI record

  • Afg 247-8: Hashmatullah 76 (100)

  • Archer 3-52, Rashid 3-66, Wood 2-40

  1. dropped catch

    Ikram dropped on 0published at 46.3 overs

    Could have been two in two!

    Wood bounces Ikram Ali Khil first up and the left-hander puts a glove in front of his face to protect himself. The ball balloons up and Jos Buttler dives to his left to try and get there but can only tip it around the corner.

  2. Postpublished at 17:56 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Mark Wood has some real good slower ball variations. He bowls them at the right time. He's become a real good cricket thinker. He reads the batsmen nicely.

  3. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 46.2 overs

    Najibullah b Wood 15 (Afg 234-7)

    A very well deserved second wicket for Mark Wood. England's bowlers are just nipping in with a few wickets to boost their tournament figures at the end here.

    Wood bowls a slower ball that deceives Najibullah Zadran and clatters into the stumps.

  4. How's stat?!published at 17:54 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    This is now Afghanistan's highest World Cup score, beating the 232 they made against Sri Lanka in 2015.

  5. Afg 234-6published at 46 overs

    That's a shame for Hashmatullah Shahidi. Afghanistan have shown great fight here and he has been right at the forefront of that. He deserved to make it to the end.

    Rashid Khan is the new batsman. He was smashed for 110 runs from nine overs earlier.

  6. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 45.5 overs

    Hashmatullah b Archer 76 (Afg 234-6)

    Ah. No Hashmatullah will not get to a century.

    The left-hander steps across his stumps to try and heave Archer away again but misses a slower ball. He is bowled around his legs.

    That brings to an end an entertaining innings. Well batted.

  7. Afg 234-5published at 45.4 overs

    Can Hashmatullah get to a hundred? He slogs Archer down the ground for four to keep his hopes of three figures alive.

  8. Postpublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    The TV coverage has just shown that this catch was in the air for over five seconds. Ben Stokes made it look simple...

  9. Afg 227-5published at 45 overs

    Target 398

    Is that a chant of 'It's Coming Home' from the big temporary stand at Old Trafford? I think so. Eoin Morgan's blistering 148, including a record 17 sixes, has got the fans here excited.

    It's a quiet over for Wood with five singles.

  10. Afg 223-5published at 44.1 overs

    Now that's a stat. Afghanistan have played their part in this innings. This is their best score in this World Cup, even if it is in a losing cause.

    Mark Wood is back.

  11. How's stat?!published at 17:44 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    There have been more sixes today than there were in the first World Cup.

  12. Afg 221-5published at 44 overs

    Hashmatullah 69, Najibullah 10

    Adil Rashid has added three wickets to his total today. These were the first two.

  13. 6 runs

    Afg 220-5published at 43.4 overs

    To be fair to our last texter, I think they sent that before Rashid's last wicket but I'd say Adil Rashi's record since the last World Cup should convince anyone that he is 'good'. He has taken more wickets than anyone else.

    Afghanistan have just whacked another six by the way - the 33rd of the day. They're almost non-events now that it's happening so regularly.

  14. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Text 81111

    How anyone can think Rashid is good is totally beyond me. Please convince me.

    Nati, London

  15. Not outpublished at 43 overs

    Nope. The Ultra-edge line stays flat.

    Adil Rashid finishes with 2-66 from his 10 overs. A good day for him.

  16. England reviewpublished at 43 overs

    England are going for a hopeful review. Najibullah Zadran has missed a reverse sweep. Has it flicked the glove on the way through?

  17. Postpublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Rashid now has as many wickets in this game as he managed across his four previous games in the tournament.

  18. Postpublished at 17:36 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    At first Ben Stokes looked like he thought it was flying into the stand, but he ended up taking it with so much ease. Rashid is in the wickets today.

  19. Postpublished at 17:36 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    He got right underneath this - it went miles up.

  20. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 42.4 overs

    Nabi c Stokes b Rashid 9 (Afg 210-5)

    Well that was predictable. Mahammad Nabi goes after Adil Rashid again. This time he gets much more height than distance. It goes way, way, way up but as casual as you like Ben Stokes wanders forward a few paces from the long-off boundary and takes the catch.

    It's turning into a good day for Rashid. That's his third wicket.