ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[leonair]

The Sri Lankan team scored enough runs to set a big target for Afghanistan. The Sri Lankan team scored 291 runs with all the batsmen performing well and defending the wicket till the end. But the Afghanistan team fell by one wicket almost at the start as Gurbaz entered the field as the opening batsman but did not perform well. Gurbaz also performed so poorly against Bangladesh that Afghanistan's batsmen are much weaker than the Sri Lankan team. If the Afghanistan team should defend the wicket and stay on the field till the end, then it will be possible to enjoy a good game, and the competition will be full.

Sri Lanka team batted first and set a target of 291 runs in 50 overs. Sri Lanka team batsman Kusal Mendis was dismissed for 92 runs off 84 balls. If Kusal Mendis could have played a few more overs, he could have scored 100 runs in today's match, but he got out before that.  Now Afghanistan come to bat. They have scored 154 runs in 22.4 overs. Afghanistan has lost 4 strong wickets so far. But in today's match, if Afghanistan team can keep the wickets at a level, then they can win this match very easily. What Sri Lanka team has to say.  If the bowling line can perform well then we will see a tough fight between the two teams in this match.

Afghanistan was very hyped for Nabi but suddenly Nabi was caught out. now Jannat entered the field instead of Nabi. Afghanistan are still ahead in the run rate but they are under a lot of pressure with Nabi out. Afghanistan now need just 84 runs in 22 overs.  Which is very easy to collect for every good teams. Now let's see if Afghanistan can win the match or not. As they still have 5 wickets to play and enough overs, they still have a chance to win.

[Haunebu]

Indian squad for the World Cup announced!


This might be the last World Cup for a few senior players in the team.

This is a pretty good team though it remains to be seen how Iyer and Bumrah perform since they just returned and they need to get back in form pretty quickly since the World Cup is starting soon.

I feel that Rohit, Kohli, Shami and Jadeja won't play in the next World Cup since they might retire from the ODI format by then.

[Shishir99]

Afghanistan was very hyped for Nabi but suddenly Nabi was caught out. now Jannat entered the field instead of Nabi. Afghanistan are still ahead in the run rate but they are under a lot of pressure with Nabi out. Afghanistan now need just 84 runs in 22 overs.  Which is very easy to collect for every good teams. Now let's see if Afghanistan can win the match or not. As they still have 5 wickets to play and enough overs, they still have a chance to win.

This match is not all about winning for Afghanistan. There are a lot of maths in this match. Afghanistan has to win this match with 77 balls in hand which is 12 Overs and five balls. Afghanistan are already seven down and they still need 54 runs from 31 balls. It could have been easy if they had top-order batter on the crease. Sri Lanka have to bowl tight at this moment.

They might win the match but it won't be easy for them to win it with 77 balls in hand. Rashid Khan is the last recognized batter from Afghanistan who is in the crease right now. He is the last hope Afghanistan have. Interesting!

[posi]

The Sri Lankan team scored enough runs to set a big target for Afghanistan. The Sri Lankan team scored 291 runs with all the batsmen performing well and defending the wicket till the end. But the Afghanistan team fell by one wicket almost at the start as Gurbaz entered the field as the opening batsman but did not perform well. Gurbaz also performed so poorly against Bangladesh that Afghanistan's batsmen are much weaker than the Sri Lankan team. If the Afghanistan team should defend the wicket and stay on the field till the end, then it will be possible to enjoy a good game, and the competition will be full.

It was possible to score between 330-340 runs without any trouble. Anyway, the target of  is still quite quit enough for Afghanistan. But, they have to chase this within a maximum of 37.1 overs to make it to the Super Fours. However, Gurbaz and Zadran losing their wickets just when Afghanistan needed a solid partnership. At this moment, Afghanistan batters charging hard though.

Well, this is a bit of a surprise because Afghanistan is definitely in a position to win this match against Sri Lanka. They need 27 runs in 90 balls. The problem is they have only three wickets in hand. The openers did not do well for Afghanistan. Other than that they have been performing really well. Zadran and Rashid Khan are still there. So it is still very winnable for Afghanistan. But from the point of Sri Lanka, they only need three wickets.

Edit- As I was writing this, Afghanistan, just lost another wicket. Now with only two wickets in hand, it is going to be really hard for them to win. But they only need 16 and Rashid Khan is still there.

[cozytrade]

Afghanistan was very hyped for Nabi but suddenly Nabi was caught out. now Jannat entered the field instead of Nabi. Afghanistan are still ahead in the run rate but they are under a lot of pressure with Nabi out. Afghanistan now need just 84 runs in 22 overs.  Which is very easy to collect for every good teams. Now let's see if Afghanistan can win the match or not. As they still have 5 wickets to play and enough overs, they still have a chance to win.

This match is not all about winning for Afghanistan. There are a lot of maths in this match. Afghanistan has to win this match with 77 balls in hand which is 12 Overs and five balls. Afghanistan are already seven down and they still need 54 runs from 31 balls. It could have been easy if they had top-order batter on the crease. Sri Lanka have to bowl tight at this moment.

They might win the match but it won't be easy for them to win it with 77 balls in hand. Rashid Khan is the last recognized batter from Afghanistan who is in the crease right now. He is the last hope Afghanistan have. Interesting!

Yes Afghanistan team fans are looking up to Rashid Khan. Now if Rashid Khan can show maximum performance then Afghanistan can make it to Super Four. But at the moment, the bowling of the Sri Lankan team's bowlers also seems very strong. The bowlers of the Sri Lankan team are also trying to keep Afghanistan under heavy pressure by applying maximum speed. There is a lot of excitement in the match at the moment. I would say today's match is going to be a house full match.

[JSRAW]

You have to feel for Afghanistan, they played incredibly and with a lot of heart.

They were not just trying to win the match but they attempted to qualify with a better run rate and doing so lost the match. They needed to chase this target in 37.1/2 overs but luck wasn't on their side tonight. If qualification wasn't on the table then they were surely winning the match.

[Vaskiy]

Afghanistan was very hyped for Nabi but suddenly Nabi was caught out. now Jannat entered the field instead of Nabi. Afghanistan are still ahead in the run rate but they are under a lot of pressure with Nabi out. Afghanistan now need just 84 runs in 22 overs.  Which is very easy to collect for every good teams. Now let's see if Afghanistan can win the match or not. As they still have 5 wickets to play and enough overs, they still have a chance to win.

This match is not all about winning for Afghanistan. There are a lot of maths in this match. Afghanistan has to win this match with 77 balls in hand which is 12 Overs and five balls. Afghanistan are already seven down and they still need 54 runs from 31 balls. It could have been easy if they had top-order batter on the crease. Sri Lanka have to bowl tight at this moment.

They might win the match but it won't be easy for them to win it with 77 balls in hand. Rashid Khan is the last recognized batter from Afghanistan who is in the crease right now. He is the last hope Afghanistan have. Interesting!

Afghanistan have lost the match scoring 289 runs losing every wicket even though there was more 74 balls left. This is really close and Afghanistan missed the opportunity as well as lost the match. At the end Rashid Khan played really well and the tail end bowlers weren't able to be successful against the srilankan bowlers.

[UmerIdrees]

You have to feel for Afghanistan, they played incredibly and with a lot of heart.

They were not just trying to win the match but they attempted to qualify with a better run rate and doing so lost the match. They needed to chase this target in 37.1/2 overs but luck wasn't on their side tonight. If qualification wasn't on the table then they were surely winning the match.

Do you know that if Afghanistan could hit a six on the 37.2, 37.3 or 37.4 ball, they could still have qualified but no one in the Afghanistan team nor their dressing room knew this? How sad it is for them when they will come to know about this  
Remember 37.2 ball was a juicy full toss  

I really feel sorry for them, they should have won after the efforts they made in this match.  Man, they deversed it today, didn't they?

I think we will miss the Afghanistan team in the super four.

[Cheema02]

You have to feel for Afghanistan, they played incredibly and with a lot of heart.

They were not just trying to win the match but they attempted to qualify with a better run rate and doing so lost the match. They needed to chase this target in 37.1/2 overs but luck wasn't on their side tonight. If qualification wasn't on the table then they were surely winning the match.

The Afghanistan team played very well but Such a BIG Blunder by Afghanistan. They needed 6 runs of 3 balls to Qualify and their batters Farooqi and Rashid Khan were unaware of it. Forooqi tried to stop those 3 deliveries and out in the Next 37.4 over in 289 runs. Afghanistan are now out of the Asia Cup and also lost the match by 2 runs.

I also think that Afghanistan batters not aware of the exact equation lost the last two wickets for zero runs and Rashid Khan remained off strike. Now Pakistan, India from Group A and Bangladesh and Sri Lanka from Group B quality for Super Four teams of the Asia Cup 2023.

[TheSpiral]

The Afghanistan team played very well but Such a BIG Blunder by Afghanistan. They needed 6 runs of 3 balls to Qualify and their batters Farooqi and Rashid Khan were unaware of it. Forooqi tried to stop those 3 deliveries and out in the Next 37.4 over in 289 runs. Afghanistan are now out of the Asia Cup and also lost the match by 2 runs.

I also think that Afghanistan batters not aware of the exact equation lost the last two wickets for zero runs and Rashid Khan remained off strike. Now Pakistan, India from Group A and Bangladesh and Sri Lanka from Group B quality for Super Four teams of the Asia Cup 2023.

Yes these two batters of Afghanistan were unlucky and they did not play well so they loss match by just two runs. Kusal mendis from the team of Sri Lanka played well against the team of Afghanistan.

For last two batters who did not get a single run it was necessary to play well so they could achieve the target easily but unfortunately they don't take it serious which become cause of their defeat.

 One more thing is also possible that at last players are in more pressure and they cannot play with efforts so this can also be a reason of losing match.

[ZAINmalik75]

The Afghanistan team played very well but Such a BIG Blunder by Afghanistan. They needed 6 runs of 3 balls to Qualify and their batters Farooqi and Rashid Khan were unaware of it. Forooqi tried to stop those 3 deliveries and out in the Next 37.4 over in 289 runs. Afghanistan are now out of the Asia Cup and also lost the match by 2 runs.

Afghanistan side were really really unlucky today as they almost done thier job but unfortunately can't finish the last Darma and KnockOut of the Asia Cup 2023, I think were off colour from start of thier innings because thier main top order batter lose his wicket too quickly on a pitch where bowler didn't get any kind of help but still lose, if top order set a stage with a spectacular partnership then later after thier dismissal rest of thier player will continue the ongoing momentum but they can't as a result pressure were mounting on the lower order but unexpected and power hitting inning from Nabi put them on track again but after that due to thier bad plan execution they lost again from thier track and lose important match of the competition

Now Pakistan, India from Group A and Bangladesh and Sri Lanka from Group B quality for Super Four teams of the Asia Cup 2023.

Now Pakistan will face Bangladesh and which will be easy opponent compared to sirilankan as they have edge on home conditions, while may be india will be little bit in trouble to face sirilankan but any prediction anything now is meaningless so all those will win who control thier nerves understand there situation and execute thier plan.

[Iranus]

The Afghanistan team played very well but Such a BIG Blunder by Afghanistan. They needed 6 runs of 3 balls to Qualify and their batters Farooqi and Rashid Khan were unaware of it. Forooqi tried to stop those 3 deliveries and out in the Next 37.4 over in 289 runs. Afghanistan are now out of the Asia Cup and also lost the match by 2 runs.
I also think that Afghanistan batters not aware of the exact equation lost the last two wickets for zero runs and Rashid Khan remained off strike. Now Pakistan, India from Group A and Bangladesh and Sri Lanka from Group B quality for Super Four teams of the Asia Cup 2023.

Yes these two batters of Afghanistan were unlucky and they did not play well so they loss match by just two runs. Kusal mendis from the team of Sri Lanka played well against the team of Afghanistan.
For last two batters who did not get a single run it was necessary to play well so they could achieve the target easily but unfortunately they don't take it serious which become cause of their defeat.
 One more thing is also possible that at last players are in more pressure and they cannot play with efforts so this can also be a reason of losing match.

Afghanistan needed to win the match in 37.1 overs. Then they would have been able to qualify for the next round. As Afghanistan failed to win in 37.1 overs. So I don't think they suffered much loss even if they didn't win the match. But Afghanistan players played very well. They tried their best to win the match in 37 overs. Due to slow batting at the beginning of the innings, they could not win the match in 37.1 overs.

Afghanistan's collection was only 129 runs in the first 20 overs. They needed 163 runs to win in the next 17.1 overs. The team needed to collect an average of around 10 runs per over. Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Najibullah Zadran and Rashid Khan batted well but the team failed to win in the end. Still we got a chance to enjoy a very exciting match.

[Mahdirakib]

Do you know that if Afghanistan could hit a six on the 37.2, 37.3 or 37.4 ball, they could still have qualified but no one in the Afghanistan team nor their dressing room knew this? How sad it is for them when they will come to know about this  

Maybe they weren't aware of the fact. Afghanistan was going to make the unexpected thing possible there. But they have lost the match in the end, which was more unexpected. I think Rashid Khan should have taken the single on the 35.5 over.

Remember 37.2 ball was a juicy full toss  

Farooqi is focused on the bowling only, his batting statistic isn't good. As the way he played the full toss ball, he isn't capable of hitting a boundary.

[SamReomo]

Your information is not correct Pakistan's bowlers are better than the Indian ones especially Shaheen Afridi because that guy is a truly awesome bowler and anyone plays against his bowls will have to face the hardest match of his life. I believe that the other bowlers of Pakistani team also do their best in matches and especially when it's against India because both have enmity from the beginnings. I think Sri Lankan team is also a little bit good but they aren't as good as Pakistani team.  Although it would be underestimation if I say that Indian bowlers aren't good because they also play very well in the matches but it's a fact that Pakistani bowlers are a little better than the Indian ones.

Wrong. So much nonsense in a single post. ICC ODI rankings specify Siraj as one of the top bowlers while their test rankings specify Ashwin and Jadeja as some of the top bowlers which says a lot.

Pakistan have many great bowlers these days, but they aren't really consistent. Do your research!

Well, that's according to the rankings of ICC but when you see the actual game from those teams then you'll see that whose bowlers perform better. I agree that Mohammad Siraj is a good bowler from Indian team and he's better than most other Indian bowler that you mentioned. But, Shaheen Afridi is also a dam good bowler and if you watch the game your self then you'll know better that how good he performs during matches. You're right some of the bowlers from Pakistan team aren't consistent but still we can't deny that they also have good bowlers in their squad.

[GigaBit]

Your information is not correct Pakistan's bowlers are better than the Indian ones especially Shaheen Afridi because that guy is a truly awesome bowler and anyone plays against his bowls will have to face the hardest match of his life. I believe that the other bowlers of Pakistani team also do their best in matches and especially when it's against India because both have enmity from the beginnings. I think Sri Lankan team is also a little bit good but they aren't as good as Pakistani team.  Although it would be underestimation if I say that Indian bowlers aren't good because they also play very well in the matches but it's a fact that Pakistani bowlers are a little better than the Indian ones.

Wrong. So much nonsense in a single post. ICC ODI rankings specify Siraj as one of the top bowlers while their test rankings specify Ashwin and Jadeja as some of the top bowlers which says a lot.

Pakistan have many great bowlers these days, but they aren't really consistent. Do your research!

Well, that's according to the rankings of ICC but when you see the actual game from those teams then you'll see that whose bowlers perform better. I agree that Mohammad Siraj is a good bowler from Indian team and he's better than most other Indian bowler that you mentioned. But, Shaheen Afridi is also a dam good bowler and if you watch the game your self then you'll know better that how good he performs during matches. You're right some of the bowlers from Pakistan team aren't consistent but still we can't deny that they also have good bowlers in their squad.

Looking at the performance in the 3rd match of the Asia Cup, we can at least understand that Pakistan's bowling line-up was appreciable. Though India had no chance to get a idea about their bowling line-up. But there is no denying that both the teams have good bowlers. It is better to judge the good and the bad, we must look at the field performance. Shaheen Afridi and Siraj are both good bowlers and both were wicket takers in Asia Cup. But I would also say that Pakistan team cannot maintain their consistency in any major tournament. And sometimes they perform so well which  beyond the expectation.

[Cheema02]

The Afghanistan team played very well but Such a BIG Blunder by Afghanistan. They needed 6 runs of 3 balls to Qualify and their batters Farooqi and Rashid Khan were unaware of it. Forooqi tried to stop those 3 deliveries and out in the Next 37.4 over in 289 runs. Afghanistan are now out of the Asia Cup and also lost the match by 2 runs.
I also think that Afghanistan batters not aware of the exact equation lost the last two wickets for zero runs and Rashid Khan remained off strike. Now Pakistan, India from Group A and Bangladesh and Sri Lanka from Group B quality for Super Four teams of the Asia Cup 2023.

Yes these two batters of Afghanistan were unlucky and they did not play well so they loss match by just two runs. Kusal mendis from the team of Sri Lanka played well against the team of Afghanistan.
For last two batters who did not get a single run it was necessary to play well so they could achieve the target easily but unfortunately they don't take it serious which become cause of their defeat.
 One more thing is also possible that at last players are in more pressure and they cannot play with efforts so this can also be a reason of losing match.

Afghanistan needed to win the match in 37.1 overs. Then they would have been able to qualify for the next round. As Afghanistan failed to win in 37.1 overs. So I don't think they suffered much loss even if they didn't win the match. But Afghanistan players played very well. They tried their best to win the match in 37 overs. Due to slow batting at the beginning of the innings, they could not win the match in 37.1 overs.

Afghanistan lost the match but won the Hearts with Batting Effort. What a match Afghanistan was very close to winning this match they needed to hit a six in 37.4 Commentators were repeating they have a chance, they had a chance til 37.4. That is why the Commentator Very sad for Afghan very sad for Afghanistan They aren’t aware of this they have qualified on the last 3 deliveries to hit a six if Farooqi gives a strike to Rashid Khan but they stop and lost the match.

Sirlinka won this match by 2 runs The player of the match is Kusal Mendis for his amazing innings of 92 runs in just 82 balls which helped alot Sirlinka to put a good total of 291 runs. Kasun Rajitha's outstanding bowling performance picked up 4 wickets by 70 runs a little expensive in 10 overs but the Win match for his team now Sirlinka quality for the super four four and will face Bangladesh on 9 September.

[Sithara007]

Farooqi is focused on the bowling only, his batting statistic isn't good. As the way he played the full toss ball, he isn't capable of hitting a boundary.

All he had to do was to take a single, and give the strike back to Rashid Khan. But the message from dressing room was that Afghanistan need to win by 37.1 overs, and if they can't do that then they would fail to qualify. Even the TV commentators knew about the other possibility (295 by 37.4 overs), after the first ball of 38th over was bowled. In the end, Fazalhaq Farooqi got out in his 3rd ball for a duck (37.4 overs), without knowing that there was still a chance to qualify if he had given strike to Rashid Khan. Anyway, this is not the first time that Afghanistan is losing close encounters. During the last edition of Asia Cup also something similar happened.

[ThemePen]

Now Pakistan will face Bangladesh and which will be easy opponent compared to sirilankan as they have edge on home conditions, while may be india will be little bit in trouble to face sirilankan but any prediction anything now is meaningless so all those will win who control thier nerves understand there situation and execute thier plan.

Yes dear today is the 7th match of Asia Cup and this is between Pakistan and Bangladesh. If we take a look on points table so we will see that in group A Pakistan is on top and higher Net Run Rate.
And according to the previous performance I am sure that Pakistan will win the match and will remain on top in points table. And hope Pakistan will win Asia Cup too.

[Jateng]

This match is not all about winning for Afghanistan. There are a lot of maths in this match. Afghanistan has to win this match with 77 balls in hand which is 12 Overs and five balls. Afghanistan are already seven down and they still need 54 runs from 31 balls. It could have been easy if they had top-order batter on the crease. Sri Lanka have to bowl tight at this moment.

They might win the match but it won't be easy for them to win it with 77 balls in hand. Rashid Khan is the last recognized batter from Afghanistan who is in the crease right now. He is the last hope Afghanistan have. Interesting!

Afghanistan have lost the match scoring 289 runs losing every wicket even though there was more 74 balls left. This is really close and Afghanistan missed the opportunity as well as lost the match. At the end Rashid Khan played really well and the tail end bowlers weren't able to be successful against the srilankan bowlers.

Sri Lanka just avoided defeat by two runs, ensuring their place in the AsiaCup Super 4. Afghanistan performance will be remembered despite the setback since it was a thriller in Lahore. It was indeed a heartbreaking turn of events for Afghanistan in that crucial match against Sri Lanka. The effort and heart they put into the game were truly commendable. I think the Match awareness is crucial in high pressure situations like these. It's unfortunate that they weren't aware of the opportunity to qualify if they had taken that single and hit that boundary in the 38th over. 

[LDL]

This match is not all about winning for Afghanistan. There are a lot of maths in this match. Afghanistan has to win this match with 77 balls in hand which is 12 Overs and five balls. Afghanistan are already seven down and they still need 54 runs from 31 balls. It could have been easy if they had top-order batter on the crease. Sri Lanka have to bowl tight at this moment.

They might win the match but it won't be easy for them to win it with 77 balls in hand. Rashid Khan is the last recognized batter from Afghanistan who is in the crease right now. He is the last hope Afghanistan have. Interesting!

Afghanistan have lost the match scoring 289 runs losing every wicket even though there was more 74 balls left. This is really close and Afghanistan missed the opportunity as well as lost the match. At the end Rashid Khan played really well and the tail end bowlers weren't able to be successful against the srilankan bowlers.

Sri Lanka just avoided defeat by two runs, ensuring their place in the AsiaCup Super 4. Afghanistan performance will be remembered despite the setback since it was a thriller in Lahore. It was indeed a heartbreaking turn of events for Afghanistan in that crucial match against Sri Lanka. The effort and heart they put into the game were truly commendable. I think the Match awareness is crucial in high pressure situations like these. It's unfortunate that they weren't aware of the opportunity to qualify if they had taken that single and hit that boundary in the 38th over. 

Rashid khan Not out at 27 runs out off 16 balls with 4 fours and 1Six.
But Mujeeb Golden Ducks
Fazalhaq Farooqi Golden Ducks.

Afghanistan's wicket was okay but they had enough chances to pull off the win but their lower order batsmen could not support Rashid Khan.
In this case, if Rashid Khan could have kept the strike edge with a single, Afghanistan would not have lost to Sri Lanka in tomorrow's match. Even though I am a supporter of Afghanistan, my mind can never accept this defeat due to the loss of yesterday's match. However, I can offer nothing but condolences to Afghanistan for this dramatic defeat of Afghanistan in tomorrow's match.