ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[CryptoBuds]

Afghanistan is quite strong at the moment. The winning probability that was in favour of Pakistan before the start of Afghanistan innings have now moved in favour of Afghanistan. The winning probability was now 75% in favour of Afghanistan even after the wicket of the best performer Gurbaz who scored 65 from 53 balls. Zadran is playing good and someone needs to support, so that he can continue to score and stand wicket. Lets see if Afghanistan can make this a record winning match.

Currently, Afghanistan run scores about 184 and they loose only one wicket after 32 over. They need more 99 run from 18 overs. The current run rate is over 5.75  and the required run rate is about 5.5 so there is no doubt that they are in a good condition right now. So in today's match I think Afghanistan will win very easily.
Although Pakistan is slightly ahead of Afghanistan in terms of strength, they are going to lose this match today because of Pakistan's bowling performance. Pakistani bowling performance today is not promising. Although I do not have much comment on their batting performance.Because 282 is not a bad score as per ODI format, if they could have done a bit better in bowling performance today then I think they would have more chances to win this match. Anyway, I think Afghanistan will be able to pick up their second win with this match.

Afghanistan is playing very well. Despite getting a target of 282 runs, they are playing with a lot of confidence.  Afghanistan need only 88 runs in 15 overs  I think Afghanistan can fully fill it. And since they are in the last stage of the game and they still have enough wickets, now they should not be scared and try to hit for 4/6 and they are doing that. Afghanistan's run rate is not bad and they are very likely to win. And Afghanistan need to win this match as they are half points behind Pakistan.  So they need to win this match to overtake Pakistan in the points table

I don't see any possibility of Pakistan winning. The performance of their bowlers is very poor. Afghanistan have already accumulated 213 runs with the loss of just two wickets. The team needs only 70 runs from 70 balls. Their batsmen's performances have been erratic but they are talented enough. As the team has lost just 2 wickets, it is not difficult for them to win this match. If Pakistan lose today's match, I don't see any chance of them qualifying for the semi-finals. After winning the first two matches, if they lose today's match, it will be Pakistan's third defeat in a row. The team is playing very badly.

[hafiztalha]

In today's match of Pakistan vs Afghanistan team, Pakistan team came out to bat first and set a target of 272 runs in 50 overs. Pakistan team batsman Babar Azam got out with 74 runs in 92 balls. Shafique got out with 58 runs in 75 balls. The target of runs given by Pakistan team today  Chances of winning this run are very small for Pakistan team. Now Afghanistan team came to bat. They scored 130 runs in 21 overs. So far Afghanistan team has not lost any wicket. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 65 runs from 52 balls. Ibrahim Zadran scored 65 runs from 75 balls.

Right time, Afghanistan team need 72 runs in 72 balls and they loss only two wickets R.Gurbaz and I Zarden. R.Gurbaz scored 65 runs in 52 balls and also hitted nine 4s and one 6s after this he dismissed from the field by S.Afridi. I.Zarden scored 87 runs in 113 balls and hitted ten 4s then dismissed from H.Ali bowler. Both these batsman performance was commendable for their team  Now current batsman in the pitch is R,.Shah and H.Shahidi both these is playing very well. Pakistan team chance has been decreased for getting win in today match. If they will fall down some wickets in next few overs then they have some hope for victory.

[Westinhome]

Today Afghanistan doing impressive job specially after winning against England their moral is high, and they are feeling comfortable with today playing with four spinners was really brave decision which works for them even in last five overs both Shadab and Iftikhar done good job for Pakistan but still this is not enough as now Afghanistan openers are also having very aggressive approach against Pakistan useless attack which is having no depth and quality for taking early wickets in this event which is the biggest failure for them.
Pakistani spinners are also not effective as they need to be right now look like Afghanistan is going to have their first win against Pakistan in ODI and World cup Usama Mir and Haris Rauf both concede 53 runs in 7 overs which is clearly favoring Afghanistan.

Since the Afghanistan had won the team England,which are the legend in the field of the cricket.The Afghanistan going to rock this time World Cup,because they already won the England and now targeting the team Pakistan.Now Afghanistan need only 12 runs from 19 balls,So the win of the Afghanistan was almost confirmed one.So this win of the Afghanistan will make them to move to the top 6 position.Even they can book their slot into the Semi finals,if they continue their winning like this.It’s essential to keep their good game to all the upcoming games after today Pakistan game.Today game surely change the point table inverted to current table.

[synchronym]

Today Afghanistan doing impressive job specially after winning against England their moral is high, and they are feeling comfortable with today playing with four spinners was really brave decision which works for them even in last five overs both Shadab and Iftikhar done good job for Pakistan but still this is not enough as now Afghanistan openers are also having very aggressive approach against Pakistan useless attack which is having no depth and quality for taking early wickets in this event which is the biggest failure for them.
Pakistani spinners are also not effective as they need to be right now look like Afghanistan is going to have their first win against Pakistan in ODI and World cup Usama Mir and Haris Rauf both concede 53 runs in 7 overs which is clearly favoring Afghanistan.

Since the Afghanistan had won the team England,which are the legend in the field of the cricket.The Afghanistan going to rock this time World Cup,because they already won the England and now targeting the team Pakistan.Now Afghanistan need only 12 runs from 19 balls,So the win of the Afghanistan was almost confirmed one.So this win of the Afghanistan will make them to move to the top 6 position.Even they can book their slot into the Semi finals,if they continue their winning like this.It’s essential to keep their good game to all the upcoming games after today Pakistan game.Today game surely change the point table inverted to current table.

Congratulations to the Afghanistan team Afghanistan won by eight wickets against Pakistan. It is as if we are seeing Afghanistan in a new form in this World Cup because they beat England and entered the points table who are the current champions. Today, Afghanistan defeated a strong team like Pakistan by 8 wickets. They started the 2023 World Cup very positively for Afghanistan as if the whole world is getting to know Afghanistan in a new way. Afghanistan team has got two wins against big teams and now it seems that Afghanistan has the ability to beat all teams. Congratulations again to the Afghanistan team.

[virasog]

Today Afghanistan doing impressive job specially after winning against England their moral is high, and they are feeling comfortable with today playing with four spinners was really brave decision which works for them even in last five overs both Shadab and Iftikhar done good job for Pakistan but still this is not enough as now Afghanistan openers are also having very aggressive approach against Pakistan useless attack which is having no depth and quality for taking early wickets in this event which is the biggest failure for them.
Pakistani spinners are also not effective as they need to be right now look like Afghanistan is going to have their first win against Pakistan in ODI and World cup Usama Mir and Haris Rauf both concede 53 runs in 7 overs which is clearly favoring Afghanistan.

Since the Afghanistan had won the team England,which are the legend in the field of the cricket.The Afghanistan going to rock this time World Cup,because they already won the England and now targeting the team Pakistan.Now Afghanistan need only 12 runs from 19 balls,So the win of the Afghanistan was almost confirmed one.So this win of the Afghanistan will make them to move to the top 6 position.Even they can book their slot into the Semi finals,if they continue their winning like this.It’s essential to keep their good game to all the upcoming games after today Pakistan game.Today game surely change the point table inverted to current table.

Congratulations to the Afghanistan team Afghanistan won by eight wickets against Pakistan. It is as if we are seeing Afghanistan in a new form in this World Cup because they beat England and entered the points table who are the current champions. Today, Afghanistan defeated a strong team like Pakistan by 8 wickets. They started the 2023 World Cup very positively for Afghanistan as if the whole world is getting to know Afghanistan in a new way. Afghanistan team has got two wins against big teams and now it seems that Afghanistan has the ability to beat all teams. Congratulations again to the Afghanistan team.

Run rate has come down after Gurbaz got out, this may put pressure on Afghans at tail overs and may lose further wickets, although they have plenty left.

Aside from that, Ibrahim Zadran appears nervous about his hundred  

Edit: Ibrahim gone, literally the moment I posted this comment. Fear is disease, humans can't help it.

Pakistan lost the match against Afghanistan. I think Pakistan lost start when Usama Mir did bowl and Rizwan dropped the catch.

In this match, we again see that Pakistan's fielding is very poor, Pakistan lost the match because of today's fielding, and we saw the same in the Australia's match, where they had a poor display of fielding.

In both matches, Pakistan's fielding is not as good as it should be. That was an important match for Pakistan to qualify in the Semi-Final and Pakistan lost it, now Pakistan has just one chance which is to win all the remaining matches and if Pakistan lost any one match of the remaining matches, then they are dependent on other teams as usual.

[LittleBitFunny]

Today Afghanistan doing impressive job specially after winning against England their moral is high, and they are feeling comfortable with today playing with four spinners was really brave decision which works for them even in last five overs both Shadab and Iftikhar done good job for Pakistan but still this is not enough as now Afghanistan openers are also having very aggressive approach against Pakistan useless attack which is having no depth and quality for taking early wickets in this event which is the biggest failure for them.
Pakistani spinners are also not effective as they need to be right now look like Afghanistan is going to have their first win against Pakistan in ODI and World cup Usama Mir and Haris Rauf both concede 53 runs in 7 overs which is clearly favoring Afghanistan.

Since the Afghanistan had won the team England,which are the legend in the field of the cricket.The Afghanistan going to rock this time World Cup,because they already won the England and now targeting the team Pakistan.Now Afghanistan need only 12 runs from 19 balls,So the win of the Afghanistan was almost confirmed one.So this win of the Afghanistan will make them to move to the top 6 position.Even they can book their slot into the Semi finals,if they continue their winning like this.It’s essential to keep their good game to all the upcoming games after today Pakistan game.Today game surely change the point table inverted to current table.

After the victory against England, the Afghanistan team got a good win against Pakistan. Responsible batting by the batsmen helped Afghanistan win with every player in the top order playing very well. One of the reasons for Pakistan's defeat was their poor bowling and fielding. Pakistan's batsmen played well enough today. But Pakistan's bowling and fielding was very bad. Even if the fielding was good, we would have seen this match very competitive. However, Pakistan has no chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. They have lost 3 out of 5 matches. However, they are still fifth in the points table. Still, qualifying for the semi-finals doesn't seem possible to me with such a poor performance. But mathematically it is still possible.

[Cheema02]

In today's match of Pakistan vs Afghanistan team, Pakistan team came out to bat first and set a target of 272 runs in 50 overs. Pakistan team batsman Babar Azam got out with 74 runs in 92 balls. Shafique got out with 58 runs in 75 balls. The target of runs given by Pakistan team today  Chances of winning this run are very small for Pakistan team. Now Afghanistan team came to bat. They scored 130 runs in 21 overs. So far Afghanistan team has not lost any wicket. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 65 runs from 52 balls. Ibrahim Zadran scored 65 runs from 75 balls.

Afghanistan won by 8 wickets Pakistan faced their third consecutive loss in this world cup after losing to Afghanistan for the first time in ODI. Rahmat Shah is palying an 77 runs unbeaten in 84 balls and Rahmanullah Gurbaz is playing also 65 runs in 53 balls. Ibrahim Zadran was named the player of the match for his match-winning innings of 87 runs in 113 balls against Pakistan in Chennai. Pakistan bowlers giving very disappointed performance Hassan ali picked 1 wickets by giving 44 runs 10 over and Shaheen Shah Afridi is also picked 1 wickets by giving 58 runs in 10 Over. Afghanistan bowlers and batting performance is outstanding they deserved this win against Pakistan.

[Dimitri94]

Today Afghanistan doing impressive job specially after winning against England their moral is high, and they are feeling comfortable with today playing with four spinners was really brave decision which works for them even in last five overs both Shadab and Iftikhar done good job for Pakistan but still this is not enough as now Afghanistan openers are also having very aggressive approach against Pakistan useless attack which is having no depth and quality for taking early wickets in this event which is the biggest failure for them.
Pakistani spinners are also not effective as they need to be right now look like Afghanistan is going to have their first win against Pakistan in ODI and World cup Usama Mir and Haris Rauf both concede 53 runs in 7 overs which is clearly favoring Afghanistan.

Since the Afghanistan had won the team England,which are the legend in the field of the cricket.The Afghanistan going to rock this time World Cup,because they already won the England and now targeting the team Pakistan.Now Afghanistan need only 12 runs from 19 balls,So the win of the Afghanistan was almost confirmed one.So this win of the Afghanistan will make them to move to the top 6 position.Even they can book their slot into the Semi finals,if they continue their winning like this.It’s essential to keep their good game to all the upcoming games after today Pakistan game.Today game surely change the point table inverted to current table.

Congratulations to the Afghanistan team Afghanistan won by eight wickets against Pakistan. It is as if we are seeing Afghanistan in a new form in this World Cup because they beat England and entered the points table who are the current champions. Today, Afghanistan defeated a strong team like Pakistan by 8 wickets. They started the 2023 World Cup very positively for Afghanistan as if the whole world is getting to know Afghanistan in a new way. Afghanistan team has got two wins against big teams and now it seems that Afghanistan has the ability to beat all teams. Congratulations again to the Afghanistan team.

Cricket is an unpredictable game. Such a big victory of Afghanistan in the World Cup against Pakistan deserves praise. Did anyone think that Afghanistan would beat Pakistan by 8 wickets? I have not seen such good batting skills in ODI cricket in Afghanistan before. Here as the Afghanistan team has improved, on the other hand it is not good at all for the Pakistan team. Every win will definitely play an important role if the team is to stay in the World Cup. But if a good team loses to a weak team then the next stage will naturally affect them negatively. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran are batting brilliantly, they came close to a century but couldn't make it. On the other hand Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi were both unbeaten. After a long time I enjoy a good match from them.

[Vaskiy]

After the victory against England, the Afghanistan team got a good win against Pakistan. Responsible batting by the batsmen helped Afghanistan win with every player in the top order playing very well. One of the reasons for Pakistan's defeat was their poor bowling and fielding. Pakistan's batsmen played well enough today. But Pakistan's bowling and fielding was very bad. Even if the fielding was good, we would have seen this match very competitive. However, Pakistan has no chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. They have lost 3 out of 5 matches. However, they are still fifth in the points table. Still, qualifying for the semi-finals doesn't seem possible to me with such a poor performance. But mathematically it is still possible.

Afghanistan have made a big win and once again registered its presence in the world cup. Bad day for Pakistan, though they scored good they weren't able to defend Afghanistan team with the bowling line-up. One among the expected team had disappointed. On mathematical calculation it is possible, but with this performance they cannot move forward. Really disappointing, because Pakistan is said as the team with the best bowling team before the start, but the performance isn't to the level expected.

[TakeItEasy]

Afghanistan have made a big win and once again registered its presence in the world cup. Bad day for Pakistan, though they scored good they weren't able to defend Afghanistan team with the bowling line-up. One among the expected team had disappointed. On mathematical calculation it is possible, but with this performance they cannot move forward. Really disappointing, because Pakistan is said as the team with the best bowling team before the start, but the performance isn't to the level expected.

Do we call it another upset? Or what we call it. As Afghanistan is also a better Team, they played a massive cricket according to their previous stats. Pakistan has always disappointed its fans, they were the best Team concerning their bowling. And in batting, they mostly didn't perform well in their matches.

But the fans of Pakistan didn't expect this from them as they played cricket today and in their all previous matches, they played very bad cricket. Today their bowling side failed to defend the target and thus they lost the match so easily Team Afghanistan who were considered not too good in this World Cup from the start, suddenly gave them a breakthrough. We will see how Afghanistan in the next matches how they will perform and Pakistan will be very disappointed in their today performance.

[LittleBitFunny]

After the victory against England, the Afghanistan team got a good win against Pakistan. Responsible batting by the batsmen helped Afghanistan win with every player in the top order playing very well. One of the reasons for Pakistan's defeat was their poor bowling and fielding. Pakistan's batsmen played well enough today. But Pakistan's bowling and fielding was very bad. Even if the fielding was good, we would have seen this match very competitive. However, Pakistan has no chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. They have lost 3 out of 5 matches. However, they are still fifth in the points table. Still, qualifying for the semi-finals doesn't seem possible to me with such a poor performance. But mathematically it is still possible.

Afghanistan have made a big win and once again registered its presence in the world cup. Bad day for Pakistan, though they scored good they weren't able to defend Afghanistan team with the bowling line-up. One among the expected team had disappointed. On mathematical calculation it is possible, but with this performance they cannot move forward. Really disappointing, because Pakistan is said as the team with the best bowling team before the start, but the performance isn't to the level expected.

Not only was Pakistan's bowling bad, their fielding was atrocious. When the team wants to qualify for the semi-finals, they should have fielded better, worked harder. We have seen Pakistan's poor fielding against Australia as well. If the fielders could have done well, maybe Afghanistan would not have won so easily. Moreover, if Naseem Shah was in the World Cup squad, their bowling attack would have been stronger. He is unable to play in the World Cup due to injury. This is a big loss for Pakistan. Apart from Shaheen Shah Afridi and Hasan Ali, I have not seen controlled bowling from any bowler.

[lixer]

Afghanistan have made a big win and once again registered its presence in the world cup. Bad day for Pakistan, though they scored good they weren't able to defend Afghanistan team with the bowling line-up. One among the expected team had disappointed. On mathematical calculation it is possible, but with this performance they cannot move forward. Really disappointing, because Pakistan is said as the team with the best bowling team before the start, but the performance isn't to the level expected.

Do we call it another upset? Or what we call it. As Afghanistan is also a better Team, they played a massive cricket according to their previous stats. Pakistan has always disappointed its fans, they were the best Team concerning their bowling. And in batting, they mostly didn't perform well in their matches.

But the fans of Pakistan didn't expect this from them as they played cricket today and in their all previous matches, they played very bad cricket. Today their bowling side failed to defend the target and thus they lost the match so easily Team Afghanistan who were considered not too good in this World Cup from the start, suddenly gave them a breakthrough. We will see how Afghanistan in the next matches how they will perform and Pakistan will be very disappointed in their today performance.

Now Pakistani fans have to accept this defeat because now it's part of cricketing history Afghanistan done impressive job and have their first win against their neighbors in this ODI match with this I have to add few things as well Afghanistan is also not consistent side with the nature they are near to Pakistan in inconsistency, but they have good advantage with having top quality spinners which are giving their best against team like Pakistan which is never been good against spinners.

Most chances we will have not good chances against South Africa and Australia with they can win against the Netherlands and Sri Lanka match could be interesting because these both countries recently having good rivalry which is giving good entertainment to cricketing fans and Sri Lankan are also having issues into their bowing as well.

[GbitG]

Afghanistan have made a big win and once again registered its presence in the world cup. Bad day for Pakistan, though they scored good they weren't able to defend Afghanistan team with the bowling line-up. One among the expected team had disappointed. On mathematical calculation it is possible, but with this performance they cannot move forward. Really disappointing, because Pakistan is said as the team with the best bowling team before the start, but the performance isn't to the level expected.

I think we should appreciate Afghanistan team because it's first time ever win for them in world cup against Pakistan which was really unexpected from start of the game because most of us believe that 280 around will be enough to defend on such difficult pitch for Pakistan bowler but not and none of bowler able to put his team on track again which is really disappointing. I think Pakistan has done good at batting, but they were not up to the mark in bowling and especially Feilding as everyone know even a single run out or catch can break opponent momentum and allow you to be in the game

Moreover, if Naseem Shah was in the World Cup squad, their bowling attack would have been stronger. He is unable to play in the World Cup due to injury. This is a big loss for Pakistan.

It's totally true that absence of Naseem has distressing impact on Pakistan bowling trio, but it's part of the game, but I believe if he were in squad for this World then results will be totally different and something special because his availability make Pakistan bowling more complete and confident

[perfect999]

Pakistan lost the match against Afghanistan. I think Pakistan lost start when Usama Mir did bowl and Rizwan dropped the catch.

In this match, we again see that Pakistan's fielding is very poor, Pakistan lost the match because of today's fielding, and we saw the same in the Australia's match, where they had a poor display of fielding.

In both matches, Pakistan's fielding is not as good as it should be. That was an important match for Pakistan to qualify in the Semi-Final and Pakistan lost it, now Pakistan has just one chance which is to win all the remaining matches and if Pakistan lost any one match of the remaining matches, then they are dependent on other teams as usual.

I don't think today we have issue with fielding because Pakistan lost match when they have target less than 300 which is surely now important for them if they want to win any game here in India with pitches mostly are not helping bowlers, and they need good target for defending and their spin bowling quality is also less the average which is another cause of defeat in this third match. Pakistan's batting still playing their cricket which was famous in 90s and giving them good results, but now it's all change which is important for the win in big event like this.

Usama Mir is not quality spinner with having no good record and other Pakistani spinners are also having not quality like Afghanistan and India which is creating problems for them in last few years with fielding is also the biggest problem, but it's never been settled which is also a fact with this team in last few years.

[BALIK]

Pakistan lost the match against Afghanistan. I think Pakistan lost start when Usama Mir did bowl and Rizwan dropped the catch.
In this match, we again see that Pakistan's fielding is very poor, Pakistan lost the match because of today's fielding, and we saw the same in the Australia's match, where they had a poor display of fielding.
In both matches, Pakistan's fielding is not as good as it should be. That was an important match for Pakistan to qualify in the Semi-Final and Pakistan lost it, now Pakistan has just one chance which is to win all the remaining matches and if Pakistan lost any one match of the remaining matches, then they are dependent on other teams as usual.

I don't think today we have issue with fielding because Pakistan lost match when they have target less than 300 which is surely now important for them if they want to win any game here in India with pitches mostly are not helping bowlers, and they need good target for defending and their spin bowling quality is also less the average which is another cause of defeat in this third match. Pakistan's batting still playing their cricket which was famous in 90s and giving them good results, but now it's all change which is important for the win in big event like this.

I cannot agree with you. It would be wrong to say that today's pitch was completely batting friendly. Saw this pitch report. It is not easy for the batsmen to score runs on this pitch. The highest score on this pitch is 337 runs. And the average score of the first innings is 227 runs. This shows that Pakistan has been able to provide a good enough target. But a 300+ target would have made it easier for Pakistan's bowlers to dominate the match. But even then, if the Pakistani bowlers could have done well today, Pakistan had a chance to win. The performance of Pakistan's bowlers was very poor.

Usama Mir is not quality spinner with having no good record and other Pakistani spinners are also having not quality like Afghanistan and India which is creating problems for them in last few years with fielding is also the biggest problem, but it's never been settled which is also a fact with this team in last few years.

You are right. Pakistan's current squad does not have good spinners. I was very disappointed with Usama Mir's bowling today. I found Bangladesh and Afghanistan's bowling attack to be more powerful than Pakistan's bowling attack. The performance of the batsmen is also erratic. Also the bowlers are not in form. I don't think the team has any chance of finishing in the top four of the table.

[TakeItEasy]

A Clash between South Africa and Bangladesh is here. South Africa is looking to score another 400 as they are a run machine who are scoring many times 400+ runs, and the other side is Bangladesh which is not too strong as compared to Team South Africa. As Team South Africa has some great batters also they have some good bowlers included. On the side of Bangladesh, they have better but can't say. Will there be another upset? Or we would see another 400+ score from South Africa?

South Africa and Bangladesh both have played 24 matches against each other in which Team South Africa is ahead with 18 wins while Bangladesh has only 6 wins over South Africa. Although South Africa has some strong statistics against Bangladesh but yet we will see in the match who is going to play well. Cheers!

[JunaidAzizi]

As always Pakistan lost the match but this time they lost to Afghanistan. Pakistan is such a magical team no one can predict team performance nor you can trust the team. Sometimes they beat a very strong team and sometimes they lose a match with a very weak team if you remember the last World Cup the team won every match and went to the semifinal where they lost I think from India and in this world they won only two matches and lost 3, they have only one chance if they waste that chance then they will be relying on other teams if one in them loss then Pakistan will be qualified for the semifinal. In yesterday's match, the team's performance was good they made 282 runs which is a high target but there was a fielding issue they missed catches and could not stop the ball from the boundary and they took only two wickets which is also a mistake of the batsman if they didn't encounter it they will win the match through the opener's.

[Bd officer]

Batting first, Pakistan amassed 282, which was enough runs to win against Afghanistan. Pakistan's batting line is good but bowling line is not good. If Afghanistan's opening batting is not good, it becomes difficult for them to bat at the end. But today the opening batting has been very good. Afghanistan's opening batting partnership of 130 runs, they went a long way to win. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed for 65 runs, Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed for 87 runs. Afghanistan's batting has been excellent. Comparatively, Pakistan could not improve their bowling line. If Pakistan could have taken wickets early then Pakistan would have had a chance to win. But in the end Afghanistan won by 8 wickets, congratulations Afghanistan team for winning.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Batting first, Pakistan amassed 282, which was enough runs to win against Afghanistan. Pakistan's batting line is good but bowling line is not good. If Afghanistan's opening batting is not good, it becomes difficult for them to bat at the end. But today the opening batting has been very good. Afghanistan's opening batting partnership of 130 runs, they went a long way to win. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed for 65 runs, Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed for 87 runs. Afghanistan's batting has been excellent. Comparatively, Pakistan could not improve their bowling line. If Pakistan could have taken wickets early then Pakistan would have had a chance to win. But in the end Afghanistan won by 8 wickets, congratulations Afghanistan team for winning.

I agree with you. Batting first, Pakistan set a target of 283 runs. And that was enough to win. But opponent Afghanistan batted well today. Every batsman in the top order played very well. We can blame the Pakistan bowlers, but when the opposition batsmen are batting very responsibly, it becomes much more difficult for the bowlers to pick up wickets.
Pakistan squad does not have good spin bowlers, this is their weakness. Apart from Afridi, other pace bowlers are not doing very well. And crucially Pakistan's fielding was poor. I would say this is one of the reasons for their defeat. We have seen Pakistan's fielding bad against Australia as well. This team really needs to improve their fielding. They have to be more diligent.

[ThemePen]

I agree with you. Batting first, Pakistan set a target of 283 runs. And that was enough to win. But opponent Afghanistan batted well today. Every batsman in the top order played very well. We can blame the Pakistan bowlers, but when the opposition batsmen are batting very responsibly, it becomes much more difficult for the bowlers to pick up wickets.
Pakistan squad does not have good spin bowlers, this is their weakness. Apart from Afridi, other pace bowlers are not doing very well. And crucially Pakistan's fielding was poor. I would say this is one of the reasons for their defeat. We have seen Pakistan's fielding bad against Australia as well. This team really needs to improve their fielding. They have to be more diligent.

Pakistan should have given 300+ runs target if they wanted to win the match. But unfortunately they were not able to cross 300+ runs. I will appreciate the bowling of Noor Ahmed. He got 3 wickets in 10 overs and gave only 49 runs. Afghanistan has a good bowling line. And in batting line they also played wisely. They hold on pitch and lost first wicket at 130 runs and this was a good partnership. After that they lost second wicket at 190 runs. And then they chase the target.