Summary

  • Maxwell, dropped on 24 & 33, hits staggering 201* to lead Australia to three-wicket win

  • Australia had slumped to 91-7 in pursuit of 292

  • Highest ODI chase at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and Australia's highest World Cup chase

  • Zadran hits Afghanistan's first World Cup century as they post 291-5

  • Australia have secured spot in semi-finals

  • Afghanistan miss chance to go fourth but could still qualify

Live Reporting

Sam Drury, Jonty Colman and Callum Matthews

  1. Geoff Lemon
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    People would have been running for cover, Maxwell has lamped that to go to 96.

  2. Aus 182-7

    Target 292

    That's a big one!

    Glenn Maxwell sends it high over long-on and into the crowd!

  3. Aus 172-7

    Maxwell 90, Cummins 8

    Glenn Maxwell moves to within 10 of a century with a brutal hit back over Mujeeb Ur Rahman's head for four.

  4. Aaron Finch
    Former Australia captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Rashid Khan likes to run the game, he bats, bowls, fields, umpires. He is one of the great characters of the game.

  5. Aus 172-7

    Target 292

    Better over for Afghanistan as Noor Ahmad restricts Australia to just three singles.

    How long before Hashmatullah Shahidi decides it is time to bring a seamer back on to mix things up?

  6. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    The needed run rate was at 6.5, it's now dropped to 6.15.

  7. Aaron Finch
    Former Australia captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It's really crucial that this partnership continues, because while Maxwell is there, Australia will feel that there is hope.

  8. Aus 169-7

    Target 292

    Even when he isn't finding the boundary, Glenn Maxwell is putting Afghanistan under pressure.

    He finds the gaps and gets back for three twos in a row before stealing a single from the last to keep strike.

  9. Aaron Finch
    Former Australia captain on BBC Test Match Special

    That looked like a genuine edge and now he is batting aggressive on it 77 not out, there is no slip. That would have been swallowed.

  10. Aus 162-7

    Target 292

    Beauty from Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

    It's the leg-spinner and it deceives Glenn Maxwell.

    Genuine edge but the ball goes past the keeper and away for four.

  11. Aaron Finch
    Former Australia captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Net run rate will come into this World Cup so far, we've seen it in previous World Cups and T20 World Cups.

  12. Geoff Lemon
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Australia do get to 150 inside 30 overs, there is a tick on the whiteboard.

  13. Aus 158-7

    Target 292

    Noor Ahmad claws it back a little by conceding just one run from the last four balls of the over but the damage had already been done.

    Afghanistan need to keep their cool. This game is still theirs to be won.

  14. Aaron Finch
    Former Australia captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Glenn Maxwell is so dangerous, Afghanistan will be ruing that dropped chance from Mujeeb, because they know that if they don't get Maxwell, they could be in trouble.

    I love the tempo Maxwell is batting with at the moment. It's been a nice knock so far.

  15. 6 runs

    Aus 157-7

    Target 292

    Back-to-back sixes from Glenn Maxwell. Here we go!

    The first comfortable clears the rope at deep mid-wicket but the next goes a long way up and just about creeps over the long-on boundary.

    While he's there, Australia have a chance...

  16. If Afghanistan don't win this game, this is the moment that they will look back on...

  17. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    When Labuschagne was run out, it was the type of run Maxwell takes towards the end of an innings. Five of the seven wickets have been avoidable. When Australia reflect on this game, that's when you think how many soft dismissals were there.

  18. Aus 145-7

    Target 292

    Four dot balls end the Mujeeb Ur Rahman over with Pat Cummins opting not to call for a single that was probably on last ball.

    He's more than happy to let Glenn Maxwell have the strike.

  19. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    With a big stride, Maxwell just turns that into a four. It's what Australia need, and a bit more.

  20. Aus 144-7

    Target 292

    Crunched between extra cover and mid-off for four.

    Superb shot from Glenn Maxwell to welcome Mujeeb Ur Rahman to the attack.

    That brings up the fifty partnership as well.