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[noormcs5]

South Africa have already qualified for the semi-finals. So the match is not important for them.

Well, it is not a good idea for a team who has qualified for the semi final of the world cup, to play irresponsibly and lose the last match before the big semi final match. This is never a good idea and South African teams know this and they have bowled well and now are 57 without wicket loss.
Quinton de Kock who has been in superb form for the South Africa is again looking good at 33 while being helped by this co-opener and captain Temba Bavuma at 18.

Earlier Azmatullah Omarzai remained not out at 97. I seriously wished he should have made his century, He was too good today and fought well against the South African bowlers. The World Cup journey will end for Afghanistan today.

[Swordsoffreedom]

South Africa have already qualified for the semi-finals. So the match is not important for them.

Well, it is not a good idea for a team who has qualified for the semi final of the world cup, to play irresponsibly and lose the last match before the big semi final match. This is never a good idea and South African teams know this and they have bowled well and now are 57 without wicket loss.
Quinton de Kock who has been in superb form for the South Africa is again looking good at 33 while being helped by this co-opener and captain Temba Bavuma at 18.
Earlier Azmatullah Omarzai remained not out at 97. I seriously wished he should have made his century, He was too good today and fought well against the South African bowlers. The World Cup journey will end for Afghanistan today.

The South African team lost the wicket of Temba Bavuma in the 11th over. As usual in the previous matches we saw a poor performance from Bavuma in today's match. Bavuma returned to the dressing room after collecting 23 runs from 28 balls.

Quinton de Kock is batting with responsibility. De Kock is unbeaten after collecting 41 runs from 46 balls. At the end of 13 overs, South Africa managed to collect 66 runs. As now South Africa are second in the points table, and they have no chance to go to the top of the table, so South Africa net run rate is not worried today. This is why South African batsmen are not batting aggressively today.

[onecall123]

South Africa have already qualified for the semi-finals. So the match is not important for them.

Well, it is not a good idea for a team who has qualified for the semi final of the world cup, to play irresponsibly and lose the last match before the big semi final match. This is never a good idea and South African teams know this and they have bowled well and now are 57 without wicket loss.
Quinton de Kock who has been in superb form for the South Africa is again looking good at 33 while being helped by this co-opener and captain Temba Bavuma at 18.
Earlier Azmatullah Omarzai remained not out at 97. I seriously wished he should have made his century, He was too good today and fought well against the South African bowlers. The World Cup journey will end for Afghanistan today.

The South African team lost the wicket of Temba Bavuma in the 11th over. As usual in the previous matches we saw a poor performance from Bavuma in today's match. Bavuma returned to the dressing room after collecting 23 runs from 28 balls.

Quinton de Kock is batting with responsibility. De Kock is unbeaten after collecting 41 runs from 46 balls. At the end of 13 overs, South Africa managed to collect 66 runs. As now South Africa are second in the points table, and they have no chance to go to the top of the table, so South Africa net run rate is not worried today. This is why South African batsmen are not batting aggressively today.

Once again, Temba Bavuma, the captain of South Africa, didn't perform well. It's a letdown because he's leading the team, but his playing doesn't justify a spot in the playing 11.

Then, on the next ball, QDK lost his wicket. Quinton de Kock trapped by Mohammad Nabi after scoring 41 runs from 47 balls. It was an unnecessary shot from him, especially when he was doing well at the beginning. Even though it was a crucial wicket for Afghanistan, it doesn't seem to change much as the South African batters are collecting over 5 runs per over. It looks like an easy win for them.

[MusaPk]

The South African team lost the wicket of Temba Bavuma in the 11th over. As usual in the previous matches we saw a poor performance from Bavuma in today's match. Bavuma returned to the dressing room after collecting 23 runs from 28 balls.

Quinton de Kock is batting with responsibility. De Kock is unbeaten after collecting 41 runs from 46 balls. At the end of 13 overs, South Africa managed to collect 66 runs. As now South Africa are second in the points table, and they have no chance to go to the top of the table, so South Africa net run rate is not worried today. This is why South African batsmen are not batting aggressively today.

South Africa need to be a bit careful, Afghanistan had got two quick wickets and they are trying to get more. South Africa need 130 runs from 27.5 overs so there is no need to rush right now. 50 runs partnership completed between Rassie van der Dussen and Markram. South Africa are in comfortable position at the moment and to win this game Afghanistan need few quick wickets.

[JSRAW]

Maybe some folks are expecting Pakistan to win a toss and then score a mammoth total of 450-500 runs, whereas Babar scorning 295 with SR of 300, the Greatest ODI inning of all time.

Lol. That would be crazy and would make Glenn Maxwell's miracle look like child's play.

Such Exaggeration are fun in cricket sometimes.

But on a serious note if Babar even achieves half of this scoreline with 150 SR then it would be something and some Pak fan might write a song about him and everyone would play this song in a loop for decades.

[Sithara007]

The match is getting a bit tight now. South Africa need another 111 runs, with 7 wickets in hand. It should be relatively easy for South Africa from here. But we never know, as the Proteas have a reputation as chokers. Anyway, the outcome of this match is irrelevant. Australia is going to face South Africa in the semi-final and the result of this match is not going to change anything. So it is going to be quite tough for South Africa to qualify for the final. But even then, I think they would prefer Australia as the opponent instead of India.

[ZAINmalik75]

In today's match, Afghanistan scored 244 runs and got all out against South Africa. The match was interesting, with a good bowling performance from the South African team at the start of the game, which resulted in Afghanistan scoring few runs. After losing a few wickets in the beginning, Afghanistan's batsmen played for a long time. Azmatullah Omarzai had a great batting performance today he scored 97 runs off 107 balls, unfortunately couldn't score a century.

Afghanistan start were quite impressive and I taught  just like previous matches thier opening duo played brilliantly and will but they unable to hold his wickets against magician Maharaj and some other quality Pacers. But I am really impressed by lower order all rounder azmatullah umarzai who played significant innings consistently in critical situation and now today when team were in danger to lose all his wickets before 200 at that time this guy come took charge hold wickets and delivered decent Total target. Anyway now southafrica lose his three wickets at 138 which is clear indication that they will be dominator at this critical match.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

The South African team lost the wicket of Temba Bavuma in the 11th over. As usual in the previous matches we saw a poor performance from Bavuma in today's match. Bavuma returned to the dressing room after collecting 23 runs from 28 balls.

Quinton de Kock is batting with responsibility. De Kock is unbeaten after collecting 41 runs from 46 balls. At the end of 13 overs, South Africa managed to collect 66 runs. As now South Africa are second in the points table, and they have no chance to go to the top of the table, so South Africa net run rate is not worried today. This is why South African batsmen are not batting aggressively today.

South Africa need to be a bit careful, Afghanistan had got two quick wickets and they are trying to get more. South Africa need 130 runs from 27.5 overs so there is no need to rush right now. 50 runs partnership completed between Rassie van der Dussen and Markram. South Africa are in comfortable position at the moment and to win this game Afghanistan need few quick wickets.

Of course, South Africa will have to bat very carefully at the moment or South Africa will have to lose to Afghanistan. South Africa lost two wickets very quickly against Afghanistan, so I don't see South Africa in a very good position today. At this moment, South Africa have collected 133 runs with the loss of 3 wickets. I am betting against South Africa today at odds of 1.24 given Afghanistan's poor start. With the current situation in South Africa, I feel like I will lose the bet today. Right now South Africa need 112 runs to win. Do you think South Africa will be able to complete the target of 112 runs and win the match today?

[leonair]

In South Africa against Afghanistan squad match, Afghanistan squad start this match by batting inning, won toss from South Africa squad. Performance of Batting inning of Afghanistan squad is not going to be perfect if we see their score dashboard. In 145 scores, their six batters wiped out from the crease. The batters have been wiped out from the crease are Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zardan, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Ikram Alikhil and Mohammad Nabi. Among the batters that I mentioned below Rahmat Shah performance is better than the other batters. Currently, Afghanistan batters made 149 scores in 34 overs and 16 overs are left for batting and I hope Afghanistan squad will not give a high target but they give alteast 200 scores.

Afghanistan's quality of play is not looking good as they scored only 153 runs in 36 overs and lost 6 wickets.  And because of the loss of this wicket, they are playing with a lot of fear. And thus given a target of small runs, South Africa will overcome it very easily and win the match. South Africa is far ahead in the Cricket World Cup this time. The position of South Africa is after India.  So I don't think it will be possible for Afghanistan to win this match. And even if Afghanistan play the full 50 overs, it is doubtful whether they can cross the 200-run mark.  So I think this match will be very easy for South Africa

Afghanistan at 160/7 in middle of inning and then Azmatullah Omarzai takes Afghanistan inning to 244/10. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran Openers of Afghanistan team didn't played well Gurbaz scored only 25 out and Ibrahim is out for 15 runs. Azmatullah Omarzai scored 97* Just 3 run short of the century and one of the best young talented Afghanistan player that performed well in cricket world cup and reached Afghanistan to A decent 244 total against South Africa.

Afghanistan played very well in the last moment I thought they would not cross 200 runs but they set the target for 244 runs to South Africa. But still South Africa is very likely to win the match but it will be a bit of pressure for them to cross the target of 244 runs.  South Africa have already lost 3 wickets but expect them to win. India and South Africa are the most likely teams in this year's Cricket World Cup

[Bitcoin_people]

The match is getting a bit tight now. South Africa need another 111 runs, with 7 wickets in hand. It should be relatively easy for South Africa from here. But we never know, as the Proteas have a reputation as chokers. Anyway, the outcome of this match is irrelevant. Australia is going to face South Africa in the semi-final and the result of this match is not going to change anything. So it is going to be quite tough for South Africa to qualify for the final. But even then, I think they would prefer Australia as the opponent instead of India.

At this moment the match has become more exciting as the South African team has already lost 4 wickets. South Africa still need 106 runs to win against Afghanistan, although they still have 6 wickets in hand. If South Africa wins today's match, they will definitely face Australia in the semi-finals. If these two teams meet in the semi-finals, it will be a tough match for both teams, but it could be good for South Africa as they will not have to face India. However, South Africa will be happy to get a match against Australia, as they had earlier lost against India by a huge margin.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

In South Africa against Afghanistan squad match, Afghanistan squad start this match by batting inning, won toss from South Africa squad. Performance of Batting inning of Afghanistan squad is not going to be perfect if we see their score dashboard. In 145 scores, their six batters wiped out from the crease. The batters have been wiped out from the crease are Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zardan, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Ikram Alikhil and Mohammad Nabi. Among the batters that I mentioned below Rahmat Shah performance is better than the other batters. Currently, Afghanistan batters made 149 scores in 34 overs and 16 overs are left for batting and I hope Afghanistan squad will not give a high target but they give alteast 200 scores.

Afghanistan's quality of play is not looking good as they scored only 153 runs in 36 overs and lost 6 wickets.  And because of the loss of this wicket, they are playing with a lot of fear. And thus given a target of small runs, South Africa will overcome it very easily and win the match. South Africa is far ahead in the Cricket World Cup this time. The position of South Africa is after India.  So I don't think it will be possible for Afghanistan to win this match. And even if Afghanistan play the full 50 overs, it is doubtful whether they can cross the 200-run mark.  So I think this match will be very easy for South Africa

Afghanistan at 160/7 in middle of inning and then Azmatullah Omarzai takes Afghanistan inning to 244/10. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran Openers of Afghanistan team didn't played well Gurbaz scored only 25 out and Ibrahim is out for 15 runs. Azmatullah Omarzai scored 97* Just 3 run short of the century and one of the best young talented Afghanistan player that performed well in cricket world cup and reached Afghanistan to A decent 244 total against South Africa.

Afghanistan played very well in the last moment I thought they would not cross 200 runs but they set the target for 244 runs to South Africa. But still South Africa is very likely to win the match but it will be a bit of pressure for them to cross the target of 244 runs.  South Africa have already lost 3 wickets but expect them to win. India and South Africa are the most likely teams in this year's Cricket World Cup

Afghanistan had a rough start. Looking at Afghanistan's poor start, I thought they could score 180 to 200 runs at most. But Azmatullah's brilliant performance saw Afghanistan score 244 runs today. Initially, seeing the bad situation in Afghanistan, I participated in betting for South Africa. But looking at South Africa's poor performance at present, it looks like the bet will be lost today. South Africa are currently 150 runs with the loss of 4 wickets, South Africa still need 95 runs to win. Not much runs needed to win but still I think South Africa will lose to Afghanistan today.

[rojan]

The South African team lost the wicket of Temba Bavuma in the 11th over. As usual in the previous matches we saw a poor performance from Bavuma in today's match. Bavuma returned to the dressing room after collecting 23 runs from 28 balls.

Quinton de Kock is batting with responsibility. De Kock is unbeaten after collecting 41 runs from 46 balls. At the end of 13 overs, South Africa managed to collect 66 runs. As now South Africa are second in the points table, and they have no chance to go to the top of the table, so South Africa net run rate is not worried today. This is why South African batsmen are not batting aggressively today.

South Africa need to be a bit careful, Afghanistan had got two quick wickets and they are trying to get more. South Africa need 130 runs from 27.5 overs so there is no need to rush right now. 50 runs partnership completed between Rassie van der Dussen and Markram. South Africa are in comfortable position at the moment and to win this game Afghanistan need few quick wickets.

Yes that's right, if the bowlers of the Afghanistan team can still make the wickets of the South African team fall quickly. Then this match will be possible for Afghanistan team to win. The bowlers of the Afghanistan team have so far managed to pick up 4 important wickets of the South African team by bowling 28.5 overs. Strengthening the bowling lineup of the Afghanistan team is very important to win this match against South Africa. Now it is impossible to say how successful the bowlers of the Afghanistan team will be in bowling. On the other hand, the batsmen of the Afghanistan team have also fought hard to reach the target of victory. In the second innings game, Afghanistan team has so far collected 143 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 28.5 overs. South Africa still need 102 runs to complete the target set by Afghanistan in today's match. Now let's see till the end of the game, which team can snatch victory in today's match

[noormcs5]

The match is getting a bit tight now. South Africa need another 111 runs, with 7 wickets in hand. It should be relatively easy for South Africa from here. But we never know, as the Proteas have a reputation as chokers. Anyway, the outcome of this match is irrelevant. Australia is going to face South Africa in the semi-final and the result of this match is not going to change anything. So it is going to be quite tough for South Africa to qualify for the final. But even then, I think they would prefer Australia as the opponent instead of India.

It's now 100 runs more required with 20 more overs to go with 6 wickets in hand. Still pretty easy for them but they would not want to make it more dramatic from here on in.
Remember that they would be playing with Australia in the semi finals, and they should not lose the match grip at any time as the strong teams will just not let these moments go and may exploit them to come back in the match.

Rashid Khan again is the most successful bowler among Afghanistan and took 2 wickets. However, he has bowled out his 8 overs and only two more overs left for him in this world cup.

[JSRAW]

Just in : ICC has suspended Sri Lankan cricket board membership, which directly means that they won't be able to play any ICC tournament for now.

The main reason is SL sports ministry recently sacked the complete SLC board and the ICC never entertains direct government interference.

[HONDACD125]

Yes that's right, if the bowlers of the Afghanistan team can still make the wickets of the South African team fall quickly. Then this match will be possible for Afghanistan team to win. The bowlers of the Afghanistan team have so far managed to pick up 4 important wickets of the South African team by bowling 28.5 overs. Strengthening the bowling lineup of the Afghanistan team is very important to win this match against South Africa. Now it is impossible to say how successful the bowlers of the Afghanistan team will be in bowling. On the other hand, the batsmen of the Afghanistan team have also fought hard to reach the target of victory. In the second innings game, Afghanistan team has so far collected 143 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 28.5 overs. South Africa still need 102 runs to complete the target set by Afghanistan in today's match. Now let's see till the end of the game, which team can snatch victory in today's match

There is no doubt that a target of 244 runs is not a big target in this World Cup, and for another reason it is a very low target score for a strong batting line-up like South Africa. Still, Afghanistan's bowlers are trying their best and so far five South African players have been dismissed in 40 overs while South Africa have scored 193 runs. South Africa still need 51 more runs to win, if Afghanistan's bowlers perform well here, and manage to take two or three more wickets, chances of winning the match can arise. Rassie van der Dussen is currently at the crease and is batting on 62 runs and I think Rassie van der Dussen is the biggest obstacle for Afghanistan to win at the moment.

[MusaPk]

Another tight contest by Afghanistan as they sign off with a loss. Afghanistan got 5 wickets 38 over but Rassie van der Dussen and Andile Phehlukwayo fight hard to take SA to victory stand. Apart from Azmatullah Omarzai no Afghan batsmen was able to score runs and thats why they gave a small target of 245 runs. The game will be much more tighter if Afghanistan had given a target of 270 - 280.

[Sithara007]

Just in : ICC has suspended Sri Lankan cricket board membership, which directly means that they won't be able to play any ICC tournament for now.

The main reason is SL sports ministry recently sacked the complete SLC board and the ICC never entertains direct government interference.

LOL.. Hopefully this gets sorted out quite soon. Else Sri Lanka may not be able to play in the 2024 T20 World Cup, and the third placed team from the Asian T20 qualifiers (United Arab Emirates or Bahrain) will take their place. For the Champions trophy of 2025, there is no such issue because Sri Lanka hasn't qualified for that tournament. Also, I am curious to know what will happen to fund allocation. SLCB is supposed to receive a massive $27.12 million for the year 2024 from the ICC. What will happen to these funds?

[JSRAW]

Just in : ICC has suspended Sri Lankan cricket board membership, which directly means that they won't be able to play any ICC tournament for now.

The main reason is SL sports ministry recently sacked the complete SLC board and the ICC never entertains direct government interference.

LOL.. Hopefully this gets sorted out quite soon. Else Sri Lanka may not be able to play in the 2024 T20 World Cup, and the third placed team from the Asian T20 qualifiers (United Arab Emirates or Bahrain) will take their place. For the Champions trophy of 2025, there is no such issue because Sri Lanka hasn't qualified for that tournament. Also, I am curious to know what will happen to fund allocation. SLCB is supposed to receive a massive $27.12 million for the year 2024 from the ICC. What will happen to these funds?

Knee jerk reaction from the sports ministry so it surely does look ugly but this problem should be resolved soon and we have a good 6-7 months window for T-20 WC.

The main issue would be WTC matches. SL only played 2 test matches so far and if they are scheduled to play some matches in the next 1-2 months then those fixtures might face cancellation.

[Sithara007]

Knee jerk reaction from the sports ministry so it surely does look ugly but this problem should be resolved soon and we have a good 6-7 months window for T-20 WC.

The main issue would be WTC matches. SL only played 2 test matches so far and if they are scheduled to play some matches in the next 1-2 months then those fixtures might face cancellation.

I don't really care about Sri Lanka. They are a team in decline. IMO, providing 30x more funds to teams like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and West Indies when compared to stronger associate nations such as Netherlands and Scotland doesn't make sense. Hopefully the ICC will re-distribute funds to smaller nations and it will create a level playing field. Back in 2016, the ICC suspended CAN (Cricket Association of Nepal) and for a period from 2016 to 2019 Nepal didn't received any sort of ICC funding. The same criteria should be applied to Sri Lanka as well.   

[GbitG]

South Africa still need 102 runs to complete the target set by Afghanistan in today's match. Now let's see till the end of the game, which team can snatch victory in today's match

South African team took a good start but just like we have seen in previous matches that they were in huge trouble while chasing required target, so again they chocked and after dismissal of top order their middle order completely collapse and things were going to look like in favour of Afghanistan but later some classical innings from Vander dussen divert entire things and put back South Africa in game and with some contribution lower order they were able to won this important match. No doubt from Afghanistan side the two hero Rashid and omarzai played magnificently but unfortunately unable to own and thus Afghanistan got out of world Cup officially