T20 World Cup 2022: Sam Curran's historic 5-wicket haul ensures England's impressive win over Afghanistan
England defeated Afghanistan in the 15th match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 at Perth Stadium on Saturday
Sam Curran became the first England bowler to capture five wickets in T20IsPacer Sam Curran became the first England bowler to capture five wickets in T20Is as Jos Buttler and company defeated Afghanistan by five wickets.
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"We saw the way the Afghanistan team made it quite tricky, we knew they have world-class spinners in the middle there. Nice to get the first win. Every team can beat anyone. Hopefully we take today's confidence into Wednesday's game and then the big one against Australia on Friday. Hopefully, we can play with confidence," Curran said after the match.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The first England bowler to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is 🌟<br><br>Sam Curran 👏🏻<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/T20WorldCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#T20WorldCup</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENGvAFG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ENGvAFG</a> <a href="https://t.co/rR7B4vQauv">pic.twitter.com/rR7B4vQauv</a></p>— ICC (@ICC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICC/status/1583802028563767296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>