England win toss, choose to bat against Afghanistan

England captain Eoin Morgan opted to bat first against Afghanistan in their World Cup fixture at Old Trafford in Manchester on Tuesday. 

The host already have three victories to their name and also beat the Afghans by nine wickets in a warm-up match ahead of the World Cup 2019.

Afghanistan have four defeats from four matches.

Playing XIs:
England: 1 Jonny Bairstow, 2 James Vince, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Jofra Archer, 11 Mark Wood.

Afghanistan:  1 Noor Ali Zadran, 2 Gulbadin Naib (capt), 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi, 5 Asghar Afghan, 6 Najibullah Zadran, 7 Mohammad Nabi, 8 Ikram Alikhil (wk), 9 Rashid Khan, 10 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 11 Dawlat Zadran