World Cup 2023. Spinner Adam Zampa clinched some crucial wickets to provide breakthroughs for his team, while Ben Stokes fought well for England scoring 64 runs.
Australia's strong batting order couldn't do that well against out-of-the-form English bowlers and the team was all out on a score of 286 runs. Chris Woakes clinched 4 wickets while Mark Wood and Adil Rashid got 2 wickets each to stop Australia just shy of the coveted 300 run mark.
The five-time world champions have had a decent campaign so far and are looking set to reach the semi-finals of the marquee event with 5 wins in their 7 matches so far. On the other hand, Afghanistan on Friday dominated the game as they defeated the Netherlands by 7 wickets to clinch their 4th win of the tournament.
Mohammad Nabi was awarded player of the match for picking up three wickets in the Netherlands vs Afghanistan World Cup match. Afghanistan has played really well in the ICC World Cup 2023 so far and defeated three world champions- England, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
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