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    "title": "England survive Afghan scare to win by 15 runs in World T20",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>New Delhi, March 23 (Cricketnmore):<\/strong> England nearly slipped on a potential banana skin but pulled their act together in time to notch up their second win of the World T20 beating Afghanistan by 15 runs in a group phase clash here on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">England survived a batting collapse to post a respectable 142\/7, chiefly due to Moeen Ali&rsquo;s (41 not out) heroics down the batting order, pulling them from an abyss at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">David Willey (20 not out) helped in rebuilding the innings, but only after a massive slump that saw them lose three wickets in an over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Afghanistan came close to the target, but England always had the upper hand, ultimately restricting them to 127\/9.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">England jumped to the second spot in Group 1 with the win, behind the West Indies. Afghanistan exited the tournament after their third successive defeat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Afghanistan needed their lynchpin Mohammad Shahzad to fire in the run chase after an impressive bowling effort in their Super 10 contest.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He began by edging the first ball he faced, an in-swinger from left-arm quick David Willey, to the third man boundary. A ball later, he went back to the pavilion, playing across a swinging delivery to be plumb in front of the stumps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His early dismissal dispirited the Afghans who lost two more wickets inside the third over, skipper Asghar Stanikzai (1) and Gulbadin Naib (0).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">England&rsquo;s new-ball partners David Willey (2\/23) and Chris Jordan (1\/27) swung the ball intelligently to reduce the Afghans to 13\/3.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They limped to 50 in the 11th over, losing half their side in the process and were in desperate need of an innings like Moeen Ali&rsquo;s. But, sadly, no one rose to the task, though Shafiqullah (35) did bring them close.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, England exhibited aggression after winning the toss and taking first strike. But skipper Eoin Morgan&rsquo;s decision proved to be hollow as opener Jason Roy (5) danced down the track to be castled by left-arm spinner Amir Hamza.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That brought the in-form man Joe Root in and he began to build a decent partnership with James Vince.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But a collapse in the last three balls of the sixth over pushed them on the backfoot. Vince (22) succumbed to the charms of off-spinner Mohammad Nabi, offering a simple caught and bowled opportunity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Morgan (0) followed Vince back in the very next ball, shouldering arms to a bowl that came in. The slump turned into a crisis (12) when Root departed after an ugly mix-up with Ben Stokes to reduce the Englishmen from 41\/1 to 42\/4.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They reached 50 in the eight over but never quite recovered from the shock and lost two more wickets soon. The relatively grassy pitch didn&rsquo;t have any voodoo but England were simply not able to apply themselves.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jos Butler&rsquo;s (6) strong drive was superbly caught by a pumped-up Nabi, diving at extra cover. Stokes (7) inside-edged a quicker flat-trajectoried delivery onto his stumps and in the process landed on his bum, summing up England&#39;s poor effort with the bat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At 85\/7 in 14.3 overs, the picture looked bleak, Ali (41 not out) gave England a fighting total, pulling them past the 100-run mark in the 18th over, launching into some big shots in the penultimate over, scoring 25 off it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He and fellow left-hander Willey (20 not out) stitched a 57-run stand in 5.3 overs , plundering 55 of the last 30 deliveries to give England a fighting chance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brief scores: England: 142\/7 (Moeen Ali 41, James Vince 22; Mohammad Nabi 2\/17, Rashid Khan 2\/17). Afghanistan: 127\/9 (Shafiqullah 35, Samiullah Shinwari 22; David Willey 2\/23, Adil Rashid 2\/18).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Agency.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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