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England flirted with humiliation before Moeen Alis unbeaten 41 laid the platform for a 15-run World Twenty20 win over Afghanistan, in Delhi. Eoin Morgans men slumped to 85-7 against the Associate nation after losing three wickets in four balls for no runs before Moeen (41no) and David Willey (20no) shared an unbroken stand of 57 in 5.3 overs - plundering 44 off the final three - to swell the total to 142-7.The collapse brought to mind Englands defeat to the Netherlands in 2014 but there was to be no such embarrassment this time around as Willey (2-23), Moeen (1-17) and Adil Rashid (2-18) combined to limit Afghanistan to 127-9 despite some late, lusty blows from Shafiqullah (35 not out off 20 balls). Nick Knight felt the batting of both David Willey and Moeen Ali was instrumental in Englands victory Englands batting capitulation was swift after James Vince (22) - in for the injured Alex Hales - and Joe Root (12) had rallied following the early dismissal of Jason Roy, bowled by Amir Hamza for five.Vince chipped a return catch to off-spinner Mohammad Nabi (2-17), Eoin Morgan shouldered arms to be bowled first ball and Root was run out amid chaotic scenes as the innings subsided from 42-1 to 42-4. Matt Prior discusses the reasons why England seem to struggle to beat lesser sides at ICC world tournaments Ben Stokes turned the ball away, and Root charged up the wicket going for a single, only to be sent back by his partner, and the fuming Yorkshire batsman was run out by Nabi - the spinner initially knocking the bails off with his body before completing the dismissal by grabbing a stump out of the turf.The rot didnt stop there - Jos Buttler (seven) was brilliantly caught by Nabi, diving forward at short extra cover, off Samiullah Shenwari before Stokes (seven) dragged a googly from 17-year-old leg-spinner Rashid Khan (2-17) onto his stumps, falling onto his backside in the process. Ben Stokes of England looks in disbelief after he is bowled by Rashid Khan From 57-6 Chris Jordan (15) patiently rebuilt with Moeen but then chipped a mistimed shot straight to Khan to leave England 85-7.Moeen and Willey nudged their team past the 100 mark, to ensure England would at least have something to bowl at, before crashing 25 off the 19th over of the innings - Willey launching Hamza for two maximums.Willeys sway continued with the ball as he trapped the dangerous Mohammad Shahzad lbw with his third delivery and skipper Asghar Stanikzai quickly followed, snicking Jordan to Root at slip to make it 12-2. Eoin Morgan felt that England did not get their batting performance right England picked up a third wicket in as many overs as Gulbadin Naib shanked a short ball from Willey to Stokes at extra cover - a brief break in play ensuing as a kite, its string broken, was removed from the outfield.Rashid Khan (15) tried to put wind back in Afghanistans chase, cutting Jordan away for six, but that intent proved his undoing as he drove Moeens fifth ball to Morgan at extra cover. Fellow spinner Adil Rashid also struck in his first over, Noor Ali punching the simplest of return catches back to the leg-spinner to make it 39-5.Shenwari (22) kept the dimmest of hopes alive but when he skied Stokes to Root at extra cover the game - much to Englands obvious relief - was up. Why do England not learn from previous mistakes when playing spin in the sub-continent? 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Anze Kopitar scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and Jonathan Quick made 39 saves to cap the Kings historic comeback from three games down with a 5-1 victory over the Sharks in Game 7 of their first-round series Wednesday night. "When youve gone to the top of the mountain with the same group of guys its a little bit easier when youre at the bottom to come up," said captain Dustin Brown, who scored an empty-net goal to seal the game. "Thats what a lot of this team is about, our guys who have stuck together and played together for years." Drew Doughty, Tyler Toffoli and Tanner Pearson also scored for the Kings, who became the fourth NHL team to win a best-of-seven series after losing the first three games. The Kings joined Toronto (1942), the New York Islanders (1975) and Philadelphia (2010) as the only teams to complete that comeback and now will get another California showdown in the second-round with the first Freeway Playoff against the Anaheim Ducks. "Thats fantastic," Doughty said. "This is something were all going to remember for the rest of our lives. Were not done yet. We have to move on." Matt Irwin scored the lone goal and Antti Niemi made 25 saves for the Sharks, who added perhaps their most bitter playoff disappointment to a history of them. San Jose has the second most regular-season wins in the NHL the past 10 seasons but has never made it past the conference finals. "This is as low as its been for me, and for the players that have been together for the six years that Ive been here," coach Todd McLellan said. The way the Sharks started this series by outscoring the Kings 17-8 to win the first three games, it looked as if this could finally be their year. But Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau and the rest of their stars went mostly missing the final four games, the power play could not convert on its final 15 chances and the defence made too many lapses, leading to their second sstraight Game 7 loss to their California rivals.dddddddddddd "Theres been a lot of low points, but yeah, this is definitely one of them being up 3-0," Marleau said. The Sharks took their first lead since Game 3 in the opening minute of the second when Irwins point shot beat Quick through a screen to provide a jolt to the crowd that only got bigger when San Jose drew a penalty less than a minute later. But a hooking call on Tommy Wingels negated that power play and Logan Couture then got called for an elbowing penalty, giving Los Angeles a two-man advantage for 6 seconds. Before Wingels could get back into the play, Doughty tied it when he beat Niemi from the faceoff circle. The Sharks had three more power plays in the second period to give them a chance to go back ahead, but Los Angeles killed every one of them with Quick robbing Marleau with a glove save on the goal line to thwart San Joses best chance. "Those were obviously critical," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "Jonathan was able to make that one highlight save. I think that gave us a little momentum." That save was emblematic of a remarkable turnaround this series for Quick, who allowed 16 goals the first three games but held the Sharks to just five over the final four wins. The Kings responded after the fourth penalty kill when last years Game 7 hero Justin Williams found Kopitar, who made a nifty move to beat Niemi with a backhand to give him points in all seven games this series. "Drew, Quickie and Kopi were our three best players tonight," Brown said. "You win and lose with your best players." The Sharks lost because their core players came up empty late in the series with Irwin and third-liner James Sheppard getting the only goals in the final three games. "I think their defence just swallowed us up right now, to be honest with you," Thornton said. "They just played real tight defensively and their goaltender got hot like he usually does this time of the year." NOTES: The Kings became the fifth team to beat the same opponent in Game 7 in consecutive seasons. ... Both teams were without a key defenceman as San Joses Marc-Edouard Vlasic missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury and Willie Mitchell was out for Los Angeles after getting hurt in Game 6. ' ' '