And belief has always been important in their cricket. It allows them to clear hurdles. But few expected the sheer force gurbaz unleashed in the opening overs, he hammered englands bowlers unsparing, unsettling. Time to change direction. And thats adil rashids area, their lead spinner, their match turner with skill and the Helping Hands of his captain, jos buttler, he halted the afghan charge. Others followed along his curving path, notablyjoe root. England back on top. But the sun had not yet set on afghanistan, finishing as they started. They smashed themselves up to 284, a total far more than it might have been. So in the Delhi Darkness they had something to conjure with. Get root early and you know youre in business. Getjos buttler too. Well, they tell you the significance. England four down, nearly 200 short, more wickets fell. Harry brook was left trying to steer through the crisis, but without support and against an increasingly irresistible force. Yeah the magic mujeeb knew. Ev
And belief has always been important in their cricket. It allows them to clear hurdles. But few expected the sheer force gurbaz unleashed in the opening overs, he hammered englands bowlers unsparing, unsettling. Time to change direction. And thats adil rashids area, their lead spinner, their match turner with skill and the Helping Hands of his captain, jos buttler, he halted the afghan charge. Others followed along his curving path, notablyjoe root. England back on top. But the sun had not yet set on afghanistan, finishing as they started. They smashed themselves up to 284, a total far more than it might have been. So in the Delhi Darkness they had something to conjure with. Get root early and you know youre in business. Getjos buttler too. Well, they tell you the significance. England four down, nearly 200 short, more wickets fell. Harry brook was left trying to steer through the crisis, but without support and against an increasingly irresistible force. Yeah the magic mujeeb knew. Ev
Hello from the bbc sport centre. Defending champions england have suffered a shock defeat at the cricket world cup, losing in delhi to afghanistan. Who in turn have registered the most significant one day win in their history. Afghanistan batted first and after more on all those stories coming up. But lets pause and take a look at todays sport. An Opening Stand of 108, eventually made 284, a total that proved too much for the holders. England lost wickets regularly throughout the chase and were bowled out for 215, 69 runs short, leaving them with two defeats out of their three games so far. At of their three games so far. No time when we were we at no time when we were batting did we think we were running away with the game. We had a decent total, but you he had to bowl well and feel welcome and the guys did that. It was very pleasing, and hopefully a lot of confidence will come from this when competing against the bigger nations. It will have a Knock On Effect not only for this world
To the programme. Lets begin at the Rugby Union World cup in france, where in the last hour england have booked their place in the semi finals, after a narrow 30 21; win over fiji. Andy swiss is in marseilles and joins us now. Andy, england have done it but they were pushed all the way. They certainly were. The england fans have Onlyjust Stop celebrating inside the stadium behind me. They are through to The World Cup semifinals but only after the most extraordinary drama. They got off to an excellent start, they scored two first half tries, the first from man u to langa who bulldozed his way over. How was his First International try for two years. Followed by a try from joe marchand. England were in total control of the star of the second half. They seemed on course for a straightforward victory but back came fiji and harrow, two tries in quick succession. And higher. Not much more than ten minutes left when the score was 2a all and the fiji fans sensed a remarkable comeback. But in th
It allows them to clear hurdles. But few expected the sheer force gurbaz unleashed in the opening overs, he hammered englands bowlers unsparing, unsettling time to change direction. And thats adil rashids area, their lead spinner, their match turner with skill and the Helping Hands of his captain, jos buttler, he halted the afghan charge. Others followed along his curving path, notablyjoe root. England back on top. But the sun had not yet set on afghanistan, finishing as they started. They smashed themselves up to 284, a total far more than it might have been. So in the Delhi Darkness they had something to conjure with. Get root early and you know youre in business. Getjos buttler too. Well, they tell you the significance. England four down nearly 200 short, more wickets fell. Harry brook was left trying to steer through the crisis, but without support and against an increasingly irresistible force. Yeah the magic mujeeb knew. Everyone knew this was happening. England have time to reco