Afghanistan will take on Australia in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 on Saturday. The five time World Cup winning champions will play against a resurgent Afghanistan side at Bristol. The match is scheduled to begin at 6 PM IST (Indian Standard Time). The toss is scheduled to take place at 5.30 PM (IST). Afghanistan has won the toss and elected to bat first in the match. Afghanistan vs Australia Live Cricket Score of ICC World Cup 2019 Match.

In the warm-up games of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, both Australia and Afghanistan played two matches each. Australia faced England and Sri Lanka in the practice games. While Australia won the match against England at Southampton by 12 runs, they comprehensively beat Sri Lanka at Southampton by 5 wickets and with 31 balls to spare. AFG vs AUS, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Match: Australia Skipper Aaron Finch Praises Afghanistan Team's Growth, Says it's a 'Great Story.

On the other hand, Afghanistan won one and lost the second warm-up match they played. While the Afghan warriors beat Pakistan by 3 wickets at Bristol, they were beaten hands down by England at London as the hosts handed over a 9 wickets defeat to Afghanistan.

In the previous edition of the World Cup in 2015, when both the teams faced each other, Australia scored 417/6 in 50 overs, making a new record for the highest total by a team in ICC Cricket World Cup.

Australia Playing XI: Aaron Finch (capt), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa

Afghanistan Playing XI: Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib (capt), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Hamid Hassan, Dawlat Zadran.

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