England will take on Afghanistan in Match 13 of the ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on October 15.  Follow the ENG vs AFG World Cup 2023 live blog, including live score as well as updates, playing XIs and toss news, here.

England v Afghanistan, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 – Match 13
October 15, 2023
2 pm local time
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

ENG vs AFG, World Cup 2023 Match 13: Live score

Follow the live score of the match here.

England vs Afghanistan, World Cup 2023: Toss and live updates

England won the toss and opted to field first, with Jos Buttler naming an unchanged XI for the fixture.

📋 TEAM NEWS!

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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) October 15, 2023

Afghanistan made one change to their team, with Najibullah Zadran missing out in favour of Ikram Alikhi, who will also keep wicket instead of Rahmanullah Gurbaz.

ENG vs AFG, World Cup 2023 Match 13: Team news

England’s XI: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (C+WK), Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley.

Afghanistan’s XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

England are without Ben Stokes for their third game in a row of the 2023 World Cup. Stokes has been recovering from a hip niggle but there were positive signs he could make a return today. However, England have opted to give Stokes another few days to prepare ahead of their next fixture against South Africa.

Afghanistan have opted to include Ikram Alikhi to take the burden off Gurbaz with the gloves. Najibulllah, who misses out for Alikhi has struggled in the tournament so far, registering scores of five and two against Pakistan and India respectively.

[caption id=”attachment_587081″ align=”alignnone” width=”911″] England line-up for the national anthem ahead of the start of the match[/caption]

Match prediction: England vs Afghanistan

It’s hard to see the result going any other way than in England’s favour. Afghanistan were torn apart by India and struggled against Bangladesh in their opening match. They would do well to restrict England to a respectable margin of victory.