AUS VS AFG - 38th Match, Super 12 Group 1, ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2022

So the equation is pretty simple now in this group - New Zealand are through. If England win against Sri Lanka tomorrow, they are through. If England lose, Australia will go through. If it's rained out and it's a no result then Australia will go to the semis. On that note, we leave it here. Do catch up on all the specials coming from Down Under. Till next time, it's a goodbye from everyone here. Ta, ta!

Matthew Wade | Australia captain: We gave Stoinis the last over, to have the allrounder to bowl the last over is pretty nerve-wracking. I played him in IPL and I have seen him do it for 3-4 times. But never felt entirely sure at any point. We will stay here tonight and watch the game tomorrow, we will be hoping for an upset. We put ourselves in this position from the get-go, we have been slow in this tournament and hopefully it doesn't cost us. David was very close to selection tonight and we are very hopeful they [David and Finch] will come through if we get there.

Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan captain: Really good game of cricket, they started really well, at the end Farooqi bowled well. The way we started in the powerplay and in the middle, but we throw away that 4 wickets in the middle under pressure. It's really tough to play a game and then don't play for 10 days. We did not get any momentum at all through this tournament. Day by day we improve and today was a fantastic game for us.

Glenn Maxwell | Player of the Match: Afghanistan played really well, they struck the ball really cleanly. At the start, they put us under pressure in the powerplay. We were able to hold them back but then there was some pretty clean hitting towards the back end and gave us a bit of a scare. It was nice to have an impact in the field. I knew I wasn't going to have much of an impact with the ball with the conditions they were. To have an impact is nice. During the day, it was quite slow and taking spin, it was holding up a little bit. It was quite hard to press the issue. We got to about the 12th over mark where we just had to put a total on the board to make sure we gave ourselves a chance of winning the game. Even though we were trying to go hard, they bowled extremely well in the last four overs. They executed their plans and it was hard to get away. We'll be following it (England vs Sri Lanka), we put ourselves in this situation, but hopefully Sri Lanka can do the job for us.

22:07 Local Time, 11:37 GMT, 17:07 IST: What a chance lost for Afghanistan to create history in their first-ever T20I against Australia. It looked to be their game when Naib and Ibrahim Zadran were in that partnership. But then turned up Maxwell with a direct-hit from deep mid-wicket and then some ordinary batting in that over saw them totally slip up. But Rashid Khan kept the fight alive with a 23-ball 48 but he had too much to do in the end even though he caused a flutter or two to the hosts with his daredevilry. Earlier Gurbaz got his side off to a quick start and was looking dangerous but Kane Richardson struck in his opening over to send him back. With a bit more street nous and experience, Afghanistan would have won this. Australia kept fighting hard and stayed in it, in the end they held their nerve to avoid a loss. Stay tuned for the presentations...

Deepak Tripathy: Oh Rashid! You are a genius! Sad he couldn't win it for Afghanistan.

Stoinis to Rashid Khan, FOUR, Australia scrape home. They are still alive in this tournament. The off-cutter dug in on off, Rashid Khan loses his bottom-hand as he pulls and it's a four to deep backward square leg to end things

Highest score in T20Is for Rashid

A legal ball will do for Australia

Stoinis to Rashid Khan, 2 runs, he can't! Full and in the slot outside off, sliced straight up and it falls in front of long-off and long-on running in

The equation | 11 off 2. Rashid Khan needs two sixes here. Can he do the unthinkable?

Stoinis to Rashid Khan, SIX, Rashid Khan has sent this for six over deep square leg. Too predictable from Stoinis, another back of the hand slower ball and it's short on off, Rashid Khan shuffles across and smashes the pull, what a hit that is

The equation | 17 off 3.

Stoinis to Rashid Khan, no run, that should be enough for Australia. Stoinis is just bowling the back of the hand slower balls now, outside off, swiped to long-on and they don't take a run

The equation | 17 off 4.

Stoinis to Rashid Khan, FOUR, Rashid Khan keeps the fight alive. Just. Another back of the hand slower ball and sliding down leg, easy for Rashid Khan who swings it to the deep backward square leg fence

Stoinis to Rashid Khan, no run, a dot! The back of the hand slower ball on the stumps, Rashid Khan swings and inside-edges it to short fine, he wants the strike and does not even look at Naveen

Naveen-ul-Haq, right handed bat, comes to the crease

For Afghanistan Rashid Khan is on strike and it's 21 off 6 still after that wide

Stoinis to Darwish Rasooli, wide, out Darwish Rasooli Run Out!! Darwish Rasooli had to go and he sacrifices his wicket. Was a wide down leg, he swipes and misses, Wade misses at the striker's end, goes to Stoinis who takes aim and hits, catches Rasooli well short. Darwish Rasooli run out (Wade/Stoinis) 15(13) [4s-1]

Stoinis to Darwish Rasooli, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!