Afghanistan beat Australia by 21 runs in St Vincent with a Pat Cummins hat-trick not enough to prevent the historic defeat
Afghanistan beat Australia for the first time with a 21-run victory in their Super Eights match in Saint Vincent at the T20 World Cup.Afghanistan beat Australia for the first time with a 21-run victory in their Super Eights match in Saint Vincent at the T20 World Cup.
The loss means Australia could have to rely on net run-rate to make the final four even if they are able to beat India in their last Super Eight game start at 00:30 AEST on Tuesday. Afghanistan’s historic victory keeps their own hopes of a fairytale semi-final berth alive ahead of their third Super Eight match against Bangladesh.
After dropping an earlier chance, Marcus Stoinis had a long-overdue breakthrough when Gurbaz picked out David Warner at deep backward square leg. Cummins became the first player to take hat-tricks in consecutive T20 games when Gulbadin pulled him to Maxwell at deep midwicket in the final over.Subscribe to our cricket newsletter for our writers' thoughts on the biggest stories and a review of the week’s actionHe could’ve had another scalp off the next ball had the usually reliable Warner held onto Nangeyalia Kharote at deep point.
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