Jonny Bairstow smashed 90 and Joe Root made 88, but it was Morgan's breathtaking six-hitting display that turned the match into a statistician's delight. The team's combined 25 sixes broke England's own record of 24 in an ODI match. Adding insult to injury for the Blue Tigers, the match was watched from the stands by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. Morgan himself had an early stroke of luck when he was dropped on 28 by Dawlat Zadran in the deep. Dawlat (3-68) was the pick of the Afghan bowlers, but it was little consolation after dropping Morgan which allowed England to post the sixth-highest team total in World Cup history, and their own highest ever at the biggest event in the one-day game.

Source: bd News24 June 18, 2019 13:30 UTC