ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[libert19]

England made over 350 runs in their game against Australia, and we all know that making these runs against Australian bowlers isn't all that easy.

Well, the bowlers in current Aussies CT setup are not the best they have got, so it was still comparatively easy.

However, when see the Afghanistan's batting in their last match against South Africa, then we will know that they didn't bat well and could only make 208 runs. Afghanistan bowling is good but they need to focus on their batting.

Yeah, AFG batting sucks indeed, it would be good for them if they bring Rashid Khan, and Gulbadin Naib to bat up in the order — these guys can bat better than guys like Shahidi and Atal. Sure, the former two can finish game better but the way AFG situation is currently, they need better overall batting than finishers.

[virasog]

Afghanistan and England will have to win their next two matches to qualify for the next round. Australia and South Africa have 3 points from 2 matches. Whichever Afghanistan/England win today, they will have 2 points from 2 matches. They will be behind Australia and South Africa. I would say England have a chance of qualifying for the next round. England will have to win against Afghanistan and South Africa. I would say England will win both matches if their batsmen can do well.

Afghanistan is already batting at the loss of two wickets, which is quite a good thing for the England team. As England is already out of the top two position and it becomes harder for them to get in but a win today will change everything. If England wins today's game and then beats South Africa on 1st March, it will help England to qualify for the top 2 positions and to make progress to the playoffs game. Almost the first power play is near the end and Afghanistan reached to 34 runs. They are playing a bad game here. Let's see if they can recover it later.

[noormcs5]

Afghanistan and England will have to win their next two matches to qualify for the next round. Australia and South Africa have 3 points from 2 matches. Whichever Afghanistan/England win today, they will have 2 points from 2 matches. They will be behind Australia and South Africa. I would say England have a chance of qualifying for the next round. England will have to win against Afghanistan and South Africa. I would say England will win both matches if their batsmen can do well.

Afghanistan is already batting at the loss of two wickets, which is quite a good thing for the England team. As England is already out of the top two position and it becomes harder for them to get in but a win today will change everything. If England wins today's game and then beats South Africa on 1st March, it will help England to qualify for the top 2 positions and to make progress to the playoffs game. Almost the first power play is near the end and Afghanistan reached to 34 runs. They are playing a bad game here. Let's see if they can recover it later.

Jofra Archer, taking wickets back to back, did not let Afghanistan get out of the pressurized situation. In the first power play, Ibrahim Zadran is the only one who is playing from the start and batting at 20. He has the ability to stabilize the game. Afghanistan wants a partnership here and it's also a very important and big game for the Afghanistan team. After losing the previous game and having no points so far, can they qualify? I don't think so.

Afghanistan is almost out of the Champions Trophy, and if they continue to play this way, they will surely lose this event.

[Webetcoins]

8th match of Champions Trophy2025 in progress at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore between Afghanistan and England now weather is big threat for teams which are looking for spots into last four specially England and South Africa because Australia already done good job and have better chance of qualification.

After winning toss Afghanistan decided to bat first which was not good decision at the end of six overs Afghanistan were on 21 for 2 Jofra Archer took 2 quick wickets in 5th over of the match now Ibrahim Zardan and Rahmat Shah trying to rebuild their inning it looks like this is going to be low scoring game between these two sides.

[JSRAW]

Ideally, that should've been the case, not just for this event or Pakistan but for every major cricketing nation and every ICC event. It's not about favoring anyone but avoiding having multiple dead rubber fixtures in the group matches.

ICC takes a final call but the host nation gives all the input because they do all the legwork for logistics so Rambo should direct all the questions to PCB.

For some reason, he's assuming that beating Bangladesh is a cakewalk for Pakistan.

Usually, the first match of the big tournament is one of the most important match and mostly the host team plays it with some decent team like it happened here Pak vs NZ, i don't know any ICC tournament starting match with any low profile team. That does not make any sense. Also such a statement by any former player and chairman of the losing country just shows the frustration they have of getting eliminated so early from the tournament they are hosting.

By the way, i don't see Pakistan winning it easily, it will be either a Bangladesh win or even if Pakistan wins then it would be a very close game.

It has some merit but at the same time, the last 2 T-20 WCs kicked in with not-so-premium teams (if there is something called premium team).

Rambo is doing his job as an expert and YouTube DIVA, he has every right to blab about anything even if it's dumb and it's quite normal nowadays. 

[Nanga Parbat]

Today, England and Afghanistan will face each other in the eighth match of the Champions Trophy, where England is in a critical position. If England wins today's match, then there will be no option for England except to win against South Africa. However, it is expected that England will have a much easier time winning against a relatively less powerful Afghanistan. If Afghanistan wins today's match, all chances of England qualifying will be over.

If England team has to qualify in the qualifiers then they must win today's match. There is a possibility of winning today's match against Afghanistan, in that case if England team wins today's match against Afghanistan then they will have a chance later. And if they lose then they will definitely be eliminated from the qualifiers so England team must play well against Afghanistan today. Yes it is possible to confirm that today's match is more likely to be won by England than Afghanistan.

Afghanistan batsmen Ibrahim and Hashmatullah are currently batting in which Ibrahim has scored 28 runs and Hashmatullah has scored 14 runs.  Apart from these two batsmen, 3 batsmen of Afghanistan have lost wickets in which one batsman scored 6 runs and the other 2 batsmen scored 44 runs and got out.  Their playing like this could lead to a defeat for Afghanistan and an easy target for England.  England bowlers are playing well and are trying to get easy targets with hard bowling.  Afghanistan batsmen are playing very slow they need to play fast and beat England.  Afghanistan will get this defeat because of their own bad game which they are playing under the control of England.   England is strong enough due to which Afghanistan is playing so hard which is why it is difficult for Afghanistan to win this match.

[libert19]

AFG lost early wickets, thought they are going nowhere today either but after that Zadran-Shahidi have stabilized the innings, Zadran specifically is looking in great touch, and now things aren't looking so bleak for Afghans at least.

[Glen Hoddle]

AFG lost early wickets, thought they are going nowhere today either but after that Zadran-Shahidi have stabilized the innings, Zadran specifically is looking in great touch, and now things aren't looking so bleak for Afghans at least.

As the best batsman today, Ibrahim Jordan is having the best batting performance, he has scored 144 runs for the Afghanistan team alone.  Ibrahim Jordan is the only reliable batsman who has played the biggest role in giving the England team big run targets.  268 runs in 45 overs which is the best batting performance of the Afghanistan team, but if the bowling performance can be done properly then the Afghanistan team can definitely keep the England team under pressure.
 Today's match is very much in control for Afghanistan team to win, but what Afghanistan team players must remember is their performance against England team.  Afghanistan team will have to face only tough conditions to win this match.

[noormcs5]

AFG lost early wickets, thought they are going nowhere today either but after that Zadran-Shahidi have stabilized the innings, Zadran specifically is looking in great touch, and now things aren't looking so bleak for Afghans at least.

Afghanistan had the worst possible start, lost three wickets at the 37 only. But then Ibrahim Zadran stood strong and made 157 runs and is still batting. He has turned the game around for Afghanistan and now they can make a score well over 300 runs, they are already 301 with three overs still left in the game.

England bowlers once again being expensive, they were expensive in the match against Australia and now here also. Afghanistan seems to be in the driving seat. Jos Buttler have job on his hands once they will chase this high score.

[doomloop]

As the best batsman today, Ibrahim Jordan is having the best batting performance, he has scored 144 runs for the Afghanistan team alone.  Ibrahim Jordan is the only reliable batsman who has played the biggest role in giving the England team big run targets.  268 runs in 45 overs which is the best batting performance of the Afghanistan team, but if the bowling performance can be done properly then the Afghanistan team can definitely keep the England team under pressure.
 Today's match is very much in control for Afghanistan team to win, but what Afghanistan team players must remember is their performance against England team.  Afghanistan team will have to face only tough conditions to win this match.

What a fightback by Afghanistan batsmen in this game as England started no one were expecting batting like this but English awful bowling make things easier for Afghanistan now they are on verge of going through for 330+ runs which could be interesting chase for England against quality spinners.

Ibrahim Zardan still on crease with big inning of 166 good support by Hashmatullah Shahidi 40, Azmatullah Omarzai 41 and Mohammad Nabi 38. Now England surely feeling pressure due to their bowling they have to give their best during chase because in case of lost they could be out of event at the end of 48 overs 309 for 5 in 8 overs produce 97 runs amazing stuff.

[cryptoWODL]

Look at Afghanistan today they are definitely going to do something incredible. Ibrahim Zadran has been batting very successfully even after playing for a long time, there may be no fatigue in him. Afghanistan's Ibrahim Zadran came out to bat early but he is still at the crease, so it can be assumed that he is batting very well today, in fact he has already scored 153 runs.

Now there are only a few overs left for the Afghanistan team and this was probably the best opportunity for Mohammad Nabi so he became very aggressive. The England cricket team may not be able to play in the semi-finals of this year's Champions Trophy because they will not be able to win against Afghanistan today.

[libert19]

AFG stops at 325/7, this is significant recovery from early catastrophe. Ibrahim Zadran becomes highest run scorer in CT.

I mean nothing stops England from doing what Aus did to them in last game, so not all hope is lost but this is excellent stuff from AFG. Also, this is another example where when AFG openers or one of 'em for that matter do well AFG do well as well.

[Shishir99]

What the fuck just happened?
I did not watch a single ball of the match between Afghanistan and England. I just checked the scorecard during the innings break and I am kind of shocked. Ibrahim Zadran seems smashed the entire England bowling lineup. The captain of Afghanistan played 67 balls to score 40 runs while their other batters played explosive cricket. Ibrahim Zadran, Omarzai, and Nabi seem played T20i cricket inthe  ODI format. Let's see what happens because England is strong with the bat as well.

[Lidger]

AFG stops at 325/7, this is significant recovery from early catastrophe. Ibrahim Zadran becomes highest run scorer in CT.

I mean nothing stops England from doing what Aus did to them in last game, so not all hope is lost but this is excellent stuff from AFG. Also, this is another example where when AFG openers or one of 'em for that matter do well AFG do well as well.

Afghanistan started playing cricket not long ago but still Bangladesh has a lot to learn from Afghanistan. Explaining why I said this in full, Afghanistan lost three valuable wickets early on against England, from where it was thought Afghanistan would be all out before 200, but Afghanistan managed to score a good run in the fourth wicket pair and build on that run, they gradually moved forward. 

At times when Afghanistan lost wickets they didn't take too much pressure but they wanted to stay on the wicket for a while and batting with such attitude they were able to accumulate 325 runs in the end against England. If Bangladesh were in the same place, maybe Bangladesh could have accumulated 200 or 220 plus runs. Currently there are many differences between Bangladesh and Afghanistan in cricket. 

Ibrahim Zadran played an innings on a day that may go down in history.

[Swordsoffreedom]

What the fuck just happened?
I did not watch a single ball of the match between Afghanistan and England. I just checked the scorecard during the innings break and I am kind of shocked. Ibrahim Zadran seems smashed the entire England bowling lineup. The captain of Afghanistan played 67 balls to score 40 runs while their other batters played explosive cricket. Ibrahim Zadran, Omarzai, and Nabi seem played T20i cricket inthe  ODI format. Let's see what happens because England is strong with the bat as well.

After losing to Australia, England is likely to face defeat against Afghanistan as well. I definitely thought England was the favorite in today's match. But we did not get a good performance from England's bowlers. Afghanistan scored a huge total of 325.

Afghanistan lost three wickets for just 37 runs. Ibrahim Zadran's aggressive batting helped the team to score a huge total. Ibrahim Zadran scored 177 runs off 146 balls. Azmatullah Omarzai and Mohhamad Nabi's innings of 41 and 40 were also very important.

Batting at a big target, England scored 39 runs in 7 overs. Salt and Smith lost two important wickets. If Duckett and Root do not bat well, England will lose by a big margin.

[Haunebu]

Unpredictable Afghanistan as usual. Zadran mirrored Duckett in this match and produced a seriously special innings while he got decent support from some other players. England are off to a horrible start, but they can still win as long as they form big partnerships.

If the English lose this one too, they will crash out of this tournament horribly while Afghanistan will stay have some hope for the next round. Exciting stuff.

[Iranus]

After losing to Australia, England is likely to face defeat against Afghanistan as well. I definitely thought England was the favorite in today's match. But we did not get a good performance from England's bowlers. Afghanistan scored a huge total of 325.

It will not happen that England will be defeated easily. In the match against Australia, we saw that England lost the first two wickets for just 43 runs. But England collected 158 runs from the duckket-root pair. Root and duckett are batting well in today's match too. After 13 overs, England have collected 80 runs. Root is at the crease with 23 runs and duckett 31 runs. If these two batsmen can survive at the crease, England will win this match. England is able to collect 6+ on an average per over. Root and duckett are batting at a decent strike rate.

[Cheema02]

What the fuck just happened?
I did not watch a single ball of the match between Afghanistan and England. I just checked the scorecard during the innings break and I am kind of shocked. Ibrahim Zadran seems smashed the entire England bowling lineup. The captain of Afghanistan played 67 balls to score 40 runs while their other batters played explosive cricket. Ibrahim Zadran, Omarzai, and Nabi seem played T20i cricket inthe  ODI format. Let's see what happens because England is strong with the bat as well.

Afghanistan outstanding batting performance scored a 300 plus total against mighty england. Afghanistan batter Ibrahim Zadran played an unbelievable inning of 187 runs from 146 balls and assisted Afghanistan to scores a 325 runs total. From England bowling line Jofra Archer bowl some decent spell picking three important wickets by just giving 64 runs in his over spell but a few bowlers bowl very costly spell. England is on the way to chasing the total current score 131 runs in a loss of three wickets in just 22 overs. England needs 394 runs from remaining over of win this match good thing is that the require run rate is under control of England team. Afghanistan needs some quick wickets and then pressure will be on England batters. Afghanistan have 70% chances to win this match.

[Popkon6]

As time passes, the England team is facing more and more pressure, the bowlers of the Afghanistan team will have to keep the target. The current partnership of the England team Root and Jos Butler can only ensure the victory of the Afghanistan team if these two batsmen can be dismissed.
Because the England team has already collected 162 runs in 29 overs for the loss of 4 wickets, the top attacking batsmen have fallen. In today's match, the bowlers of the Afghanistan team will have to work hard and play their role to ensure their victory.

[Marvell1]

England have scored 181 runs in 31 overs. They have lost four wickets. England need to score 175 runs in 19 overs. England need to score more than 7.5 runs per over. I would say that Afghanistan is in control of the match at the moment. Afghanistan's bowlers are bowling very well. That is why the team is not able to bat aggressively.

Although experienced batsmen like Joe Root and Jos Buttler are at the crease. Even then, England will not be able to win if they bat slowly like that. Buttler and Root will have to bat at a decent strike rate from now on. Otherwise, England will gradually fall behind.