Australia Survive Thin Semifinal Scare
Australia Vs Afghanistan

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Australia beat Afghanistan by 4 runs with a thin line of hope for the semifinals. Afghanistan won the toss and asked Australia to bat first at the Adelaide Oval. Cameron Green, Steve Smith, and Kane Richardson were the new entrants for today’s game.

Australia played without Aaron Finch, and Mathew Wade took over the captaincy for today’s game. Australia needed to improve their Net Run Rate to give England a fight for the semifinal spot. A win by 4 runs did not change the Net Run Rate much, and all Australia can hope for is for Sri Lanka to beat England in tomorrow’s game.

Australia put up a target of 169 for the Afghanistan batsmen to chase. New man Cameron Green was the first one to get out. David Warner and Mitchel Marsh held their innings together and put the pressure back on the Afghani bowlers. Mitchel Marsh missed out on a deserved fifty, but he was one of the key men in today’s innings.

Glenn Maxwell Was the Player of the Match

He got the runs for Australia. Maxwell scored an unbeaten 54 off 32 balls. The ball was coming slow on the bat, and the Aussies really tried to nail some out of the park, but they could not get their timing right. They could have definitely scored more runs today, but Fazal and Naveen bowled brilliantly in the death overs. They troubled the Aussies with their line and length.