CWC 2015 Match 26: Australia v Afghanistan

Steve Smith discusses his knock at the WACA and looks ahead to the big #AUSvSL clash: http://t.co/XlK6TSAfP1 #cwc15 pic.twitter.com/LTHB3V16aH
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) March 5, 2015

Australia seal the biggest win in World Cups! By 275 runs. Afghanistan all out for 142.

One more! Starc on fire here.. 131/8 in 31.5 overs..

Bowled 'em! Full and fast from @mstarc56 does the trick. Najibullah Zadran goes for 24. #AFG 131-7. LIVE: http://t.co/LKZxNIWl1V #AUSvAFG
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) March 4, 2015

100 up for Afghanistan at the end of 23 overs with the loss of 5 wickets.

OUT! What a catch from Finch. Stunning. Afghanistan 95-5. #AUSvsAFG live here: http://t.co/9KtAqfrxno
— FirstpostSports (@FirstpostSports) March 4, 2015

RT @cricketnext: AFG vs AUS Play in Progress AFG 87/3(17.4) overs Nawroz Mangal 32 Samiullah Shenwari 12 http://t.co/KJA32qnHtm
— cricketnext (@cricketnext) March 4, 2015

Whoa! A lot of you knew that one! Afghanistan's highest ODI total is 302-5, which came against UAE in 2014. Well done, guys! #AUSvAFG
— STAR Sports (@StarSportsIndia) March 4, 2015

Afghanistan 71/3 (14.0 overs)

#WorldCup2015: Mangal takes on Marsh, hits 2 6s on the trot. #AFG fans aren't leaving just yet http://t.co/Ot8V3WjnMz pic.twitter.com/KgCzzwz6nT
— CricketNDTV (@CricketNDTV) March 4, 2015

Interesting! Michael Clarke, who didn't bat today, is coming on to bowl! #CWC15 #AUSvAFG
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) March 4, 2015

Asghar Stanikzai tries to hit Johnson out of the attack but Johnson gets his man. AFG 46/3 in the 11th over #CWC15 #AUSvAFG
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) March 4, 2015

Afg: 36/2 after 9 overs.

#CWC15: Johnson strikes, removes Ghani for 12. Afghanistan 30/1 in 6.3 overs, need 388 to win. http://t.co/xRSgrxbZaG #AUSvsAFG #Maxwell
— cricketnext (@cricketnext) March 4, 2015

#WorldCup2015: Biggest margin of win in ODIs (in terms of runs) is 290. #AUS score 417/6. Can #AFG save the blushes? http://t.co/mkSFQ98v5t
— CricketNDTV (@CricketNDTV) March 4, 2015

Target - 418!

Maxwell gone! 390-5 in 47.2 overs..

After 45 overs, Aus are 366/3.

Smith gone for 95 before scoring a 100. The nervous nineties gets the better of him.

Smith now on 95. He's five shy of his fourth ODi century. AUS: 325/2 in 42 overs.

Aus: 299/2 (40 overs). Smith- 88 & Maxwell- 17.

End of 38 overs, Australia 278/2. Maxwell has come to replace Warner.

Caught and out! Warner, so near yet so far of the first Australian double-ton. Goes for 178.

OUT! Gone!

239* runs stands b/w Smith-Warner, the highest stand for Australia for any wicket in their World Cup history. #AUSvAFG #CWC15
— Cricket Record (@cricinfo_record) March 4, 2015

David Warner, you listening! #AUSvsAFG #CWC15 @CricketAus pic.twitter.com/t8ej3IRjpK
— CricketCountry (@cricket_country) March 4, 2015

Highest ever partnership for Australia! Warner-Smith stand is now worth 254.

Even Sibcontinent pitches are more friendly to bowlers than these pitches.
— GauravLaalSalaam (@GauravXm) March 4, 2015

Warner & Smith in full flow. Maxwell, Faulkner, Marsh to come. Australia should be very disappointed if they don't get to 450 from here.
— Aditya (@forwardshortleg) March 4, 2015

Aus are already on 260 for the loss of just one wicket and it is just 36 overs up now.

And here comes Steven Smith's first six! He's inching towards his century in a quite contrasting fashion here; contrasting to Warner.

Warner's the 7th 150+ score in 52 ODIs this year - as many as there were in the first 830 ODIs over 22 years.
— Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket) March 4, 2015

Warner's stats thus far:16x4s, 4x6s, one small child.
— Peter Lalor (@plalor) March 4, 2015

Steve Smith playing a gem of a Damien Martyn innings here.
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) March 4, 2015

Said it before, saying it again. It's sad that there is no hullabaloo on the high scores & pitches. The outrage if the WC had been in Asia
— Jegannath Ramanathan (@jegan_2388) March 4, 2015

STAT | David Warner has made the highest-ever ODI score at the @WACA_cricket surpassing Damien Martyn's 144* v Zimbabwe in 2001
— WACA (@waca_cricket) March 4, 2015

Warner 161no passes @HaydosTweets 158 as highest score by Aust batsman in World Cup. Now has Watto's ODI record of 185 in his sights #CWC15
— Andrew Ramsey (@ARamseyCricket) March 4, 2015

Highest score for Warner in ODIs , his previous best was 163 against SL. Can he become the second double-centurion of #CWC15? #AUSvAFG
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) March 4, 2015

David Warner 161* - this is the highest individual score by an Aussie in World Cup matches, beating MHayden' 158 v WI 2007. #AUSvAFG #CWC15
— Cricket Record (@cricinfo_record) March 4, 2015

When the batsman tries to nudge a single but accidentally hits it for four, you know we've got an issue with big bats and boundaries. #cwc15
— Alt Cricket (@AltCricket) March 4, 2015

221/1 in 31.3 overs! Warner is absolutely smoking it here. 147 off 113

50 for Steven Smith! 177/1 in 28.1 overs..

#WorldCup2015: Warner slams his 4th ODI ton off 92 balls. #AUS 147/1 (24.5 overs) vs #AFG http://t.co/mkSFQ98v5t pic.twitter.com/JMdC6Yh8jf
— CricketNDTV (@CricketNDTV) March 4, 2015

Warner rushes into the nineties. He's already looking ominous for a big one today.

Four more to Warner brings up the 100-run partnership with Smith. #AUS 1-117 (19): http://t.co/bMBloWEtLq #cwc15 pic.twitter.com/QmUS8FEKzf
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) March 4, 2015

A direct hit would have had Smith. Gets a life while on 18. Afghanistan need to more meticulous on the field.

Australia 104/1 after 17 overs http://t.co/IpUgMu1Awb #AUSvAFG #CWC15
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 4, 2015

Time for a drink at the WACA with #AUS 1-88 (14). Warner 63* and Smith 15*: http://t.co/bMBloWEtLq #cwc15 #AUSvAFG pic.twitter.com/boycQMYChP
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) March 4, 2015

Warner looking dangerous. Reaches his fifty in 40 balls. Aus: 68/1 in 10 overs.

To short from the Afghan bowlers, getting carried away with the pace and bounce off the WACA deck, Warner's on a roll #CWC15 #AUSvAFG
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) March 4, 2015