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4m ago 04.37 EST 8th over: Afghanistan 41-1 (Ibrahim 10, Sediq 16) Afghanistan are starting to play more freely. Zadran square-drives Dwarshuis for his first boundary, then Sediq slices a drive past backward point for a couple. Extras (15) is no longer the top scorer. Share

9m ago 04.33 EST 7th over: Afghanistan 33-1 (Ibrahim 5, Sediq 13) Another quick single for Ibrahim, who played a loose stroke to his first ball but has looked calm and secure since then. When Johnson throws up a tempter outside off, Sediq nails a beautiful extra-cover drive for four. He plays a similar stroke for three more later in the over. Share

13m ago 04.28 EST 6th over: Afghanistan 24-1 (Ibrahim 4, Sediq 6) Ibrahim is starting to rotate strike in his usual unobtrusive way. The problem is that Sediq is struggling to do the same, so Ibrahim has faced only six of the first 36 deliveries. Sediq is a talented young player but he’s really struggling here. He has a lusty hack at Dwarshuis and is beaten, edges a fraction short of Short at first slip and then misses another swipe outside off stump. Share Updated at 04.30 EST

18m ago 04.24 EST 5th over: Afghanistan 23-1 (Ibrahim 3, Sediq 6) Johnson, who is moving the ball both in the air and on the pitch, beats Sediq with three successive deliveries. As Ian Smith says on commentary, Afghanistan just need to get through this spell – it’s fine if they are 40 for 1 after 10 overs. Share

20m ago 04.21 EST 4th over: Afghanistan 20-1 (Ibrahim 1, Sediq 5) So far Dwarshuis has been able to control the swing pretty well; two from his second over. Share

25m ago 04.16 EST 3rd over: Afghanistan 18-1 (Ibrahim 1, Sediq 3) Ibrahim Zadran is beaten by his first ball, a beauty from Johnson that moves away from a full length. It was a loose drive from Ibrahim, whose judgement was so good against England. It won’t be a surprise if he fails today. It’s hard, especially for young players, to follow up the innings of their life at any time, never mind when it was less than 48 hours ago. Ibrahim gets off the mark with a single, then Sediq is beaten by a stunning delivery that seams past the inside edge, just misses off stump and swings away for four byes. Johnson is mixing jaffas and filth; his next ball is speared down the leg side for five wides, then he beats both batters outside off stump. Some over that: he beat the edge four times and conceded 12, 10 of them in extras. Share

32m ago 04.10 EST 2nd over: Afghanistan 6-1 (Ibrahim 0, Sediq 2) There’s some swing for Dwarshuis, who beats the left-handed Sediqullah Atal with a couple of jaffas. Steve Smith has a really attacking fiekd: two slips, gully and backward point. A misfield from Labuschagne gives Sediq the first runs off the bat. Share

35m ago 04.06 EST 1st over: Afghanistan 4-1 (Ibrahim 0, Sediq 0) Johnson’s line was slightly off for much of that over – the four runs were all leg-byes or wides – but that ball to Gurbaz was as near perfect as dammit. Share

36m ago 04.06 EST WICKET! Afghanistan 3-1 (Gurbaz b Johnson 0) A perfect start for Australia! Spencer Johnson has cleaned up the dangerous Rahmanullah Gurbaz with a fantastic yorker. Mitch Starc couldn’t have done it better: it curved in, sneaked under the bat and pinged the outside of off stump. Gurbaz lingered for ages, not quite able to take it in. He did nothing wrong; it was an absolute jaffa. View image in fullscreen Rahmanullah Gurbaz is cleaned up by Spencer Johnson. Photograph: KM Chaudary/AP Share Updated at 04.25 EST

45m ago 03.57 EST Time for the action to begin. It’s less than 48 hours since Ibrahim Zadran made a phenomenal 177 against England. His ability to go again, or otherwise, will be a key part of this game. Share

1h ago 03.36 EST Team news Both teams are unchanged from their wins over England. Afghanistan Ibrahim, Gurbaz (wk), Sediq, Rahmat, Hashmat (c), Azmat, Nabi, Gulbadin, Rashid, Noor, Farooqi. Australia Head, Short, Smith (c), Labuschagne, Inglis (wk), Carey, Maxwell, Dwarshuis, Ellis, Zampa, Johnson. Share

1h ago 03.33 EST Afghanistan win the toss and bat That’s no surprise given their ability to squeeze the game in the second innings. It’s a used pitch which should bring their spinners into the game; the seamers took seven of the 10 England wickets to fall on Wednesday. Steve Smith says Australia would have bowled so he’s happy enough. There’s a chance of a DLS chase, given the weather forecast, so there’s plenty of merit in batting second as well. Share Updated at 03.38 EST

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