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Australia v Afghanistan - #BendTheRules moments

#BendTheRules Moments from the Group A match between Australia and Afghanistan

David Warner smashed 19 fours and five sixes in his match-winning 178  •  Getty Images

David Warner smashed 19 fours and five sixes in his match-winning 178  •  Getty Images

2.6 Dawlat Zadran to Finch, OUT, beautiful over. Perfect seam and swing bowling. A few outswingers, then inswinger from wide on the crease, and ends up with a sucker punch of an outswinger. Full, just outside off, Finch thinks he can drive at it, but it is not quite as full as he expects. Which means there is time for the ball to move and take the edge through to first slip where Nawroz Mangal takes a smart low catch
AJ Finch c Nawroz Mangal b Dawlat Zadran 4 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 44.44
28.6 Mohammad Nabi to Warner, no run, has he dropped him? There is extra bounce here. Warner looks to cut. There is extra bounce. Gone past him. Dharma the umpire looks interested. Afsasr has not hung on to this. This is nearly impossible for a keeper. Quite a thick top edge. It has hit his chest and has fallen down
37.3 Shapoor Zadran to Warner, OUT, there won't be a triple hundred today. At least one undesirable record avoided by Afghanistan. This is bowled cross-seam, which is possibly why it has come slower on to him. Warner gets under, goes on a knee, and wants to hit a massive six. Just gets too much under it, and sends it miles into the air. It has hit a meteor or something and has come back for Nabi to take a really difficult catch at mid-on. He goes reverse cup and just about holds on to it with the ball not landing sweetly in the palms
DA Warner c Mohammad Nabi b Shapoor Zadran 178 (133b 19x4 5x6) SR: 133.83
42.5 Shapoor Zadran to Smith, OUT, Smith won't have a hundred. Shapoor has bowled well, has gone for a lot still, but this is good reward. Again the cross seam means it doesn't quite come on, and he is early into the drive. Straight to mid-off. Taken
SPD Smith c Najibullah Zadran b Shapoor Zadran 95 (98b 8x4 1x6) SR: 96.93
47.2 Dawlat Zadran to Maxwell, OUT, there won't be a fastest WC hundred here. Maxwell yet to score an ODI hundred. Slower ball, half-volley, draws a sort of a mis-hit, and he ends up offering a catch to extra cover. Another excellent innings by Maxwell at the WACA, but still not a hundred for him
GJ Maxwell c Mohammad Nabi b Dawlat Zadran 88 (39b 6x4 7x6) SR: 225.64
6.3 Johnson to Usman Ghani, OUT, full and straight, swinging back in a touch, Ghani gets the bat down in time, hits it well, but there is a short straight midwicket in place. Sharp catch but straight at him
Usman Ghani c Faulkner b Johnson 12 (19b 0x4 0x6) SR: 63.15
7.4 Hazlewood to Javed Ahmadi, OUT, and this was long due. Ahmadi has not been fancying getting behind the line of the ball. Hazlewood bowls short of a length, Ahmadi is away from the line and just opens the face. Easy enough catch head high for Clarke at second slip
Javed Ahmadi c Clarke b Hazlewood 13 (24b 1x4 0x6) SR: 54.16
10.2 Johnson to Asghar Stanikzai, OUT, lovely catch by Smith. Great hands he has. Stanikzai swings hard again, gets a thick edge that flies towards third man. M Marsh is the man running in, and this should be his catch, which is what Smith believes too, but Marsh doesn't look too keen. Smith goes back into the catch. There can be a collision. Smith catches it over his shoulder, arches back. A collision is avoided. Catch is taken
Asghar Stanikzai c Smith b Johnson 4 (10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40.00
#BendTheRules Moments from the Group A match between Australia and Afghanistan