England captain Eoin Morgan hit 148 from 71 balls, an extraordinary innings which contained 17 sixes, which is a record in ODI cricket, and only four boundaries. So Morgan scored 102 runs in sixes, another 16 in fours, which means that he only “ran” 30 of his runs.
The crowd – it was almost a full house – were in raptures as well as considerable danger as the ball kept flying into the stands from the middle of his bat. His whirlwind innings meant that England piled up 397 for six against a beleaguered Afghanistan side, the highest score of the tournament, and it ensured a simple victory by 150 runs.
England are currently top of the table, though there are two sides, India and New Zealand, who remain unbeaten. And the Kiwis could have overtaken them by Wednesday evening.
Afghanistan played three spinners; none of them took a wicket and only Mujeeb Rahman, who opened the bowling, escaped with respectable figures.
The Afghan batsmen managed to hit eight sixes in their innings, which brought the tally to 33 in the match. This made it the six-iest match in World Cup history.
