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England v Afghanistan, Super 10 Group 1, Delhi

England Determined to Avoid Fresh Humiliation

New Delhi: England would not take lowly Afghanistan lightly in a must-win World Twenty20 tie on Wednesday after exiting their last two major tournaments with egg on their face.

England's 2014 World T20 campaign ended in an embarrassing 45-run defeat against the Netherlands while a disastrous showing at last year's 50 over World Cup was capped by a chastening loss to Bangladesh.

Morgan's side will hope to record a resounding win against Afghanistan on Wednesday in New Delhi as they seek to up their run rate in a tight group but the captain said there would be no taking victory for granted.

Although Afghanistan have lost their two matches in the group stages, they caused South Africa a fright on Sunday with a brisk start to their run chase, with opener Mohammad Shahzad scoring 44 in just 19 balls.

Morgan said England were considering bringing in Liam Dawson as a third spinner alongside Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid on a pitch that is expected to offer more turn than Mumbai, the venue of England's first two games.

Afghanistan are effectively out of the tournament, skipper Asghar Stanikzai said his side was determined to leave India with victory against a major team under their belt.

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England: Eoin Morgan (captain), Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler (wk), Liam Dawson, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, James Vince, David Willey

Afghanistan: Asghar Stanikzai (captain), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Amir Hamza, Dawlat Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Hamid Hassan, Karim Sadiq, Noor Ali Zadran, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shenwari, Shafiqullah Shafiq, Shapoor Zadran, Usman Ghani

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Wednesday March 23, 2016 (day/night)
Start time 1500 local (0930 GMT)


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