Former Champions Australia beat Luckless, Gutsy Afghanistan by 03 wickets to qualify for the Semi Final / Knockout stage
ICC 13th 50 Overs Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 – India Preliminary Round Robin Stage
34th Day : Match 39 : Mumbai, Maharashtra, Western India
Afghanistan electing to bat, 291 / 5 – ( 50 Overs ) Ibrahim Zadran 129no ( 3×6, 8×4, 143 balls ) – 01st Afghanistan to score a century in a Men’s Cricket World Cup, 01st batter to carry his bat through a 50 overs One Day International for Afghanistan – Rashid Khan 35no, Rahmat Shah 30, Skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi 26, Azmatullah Omarzai 22, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 21, Extras 16, Josh Hazlewood 2 / 39.
Australia in reply, 293 / 7 – ( 46.5 Overs ) Glenn Maxwell 201no ( 10×6, 21×4, 128 balls ) – career best – first to score a double century in a 50 Overs Men’s Cricket World Cup One Day International – Mitchell Marsh 24, David Warner 18, Marnus Labuschagne 14, Skipper Patrick Cummins 12no, Extras 15 – recovered from 91 / 7, Glenn Maxwell / Patrick Cummins 202 runs unbroken for the 08th wicket – the highest partnership for the 08th wicket in a 50 Overs Men’s Cricket World Cup & history of Men’s One Day Internationals – Rashid Khan 2 / 44, Naveen ul Haq 2 / 47, Azmatullah Omarzai 2 / 52, Ikram Alikhil 02 victims.
Player of the Match : Glenn Maxwell – Australia