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[Nalain420]

Sri Lanka A vs Afghanistan A 4th Unofficial ODI Match

As we know that these two teams already played three matches of ODI series. In first two matches there were rain and Sri Lanka won these two matches with DLS method. In third match Srilanka alA continue their performance and also won the third ODI match too. And today they will play the forth matches of this series. And we know that Srilanka A team is much stronger as compare to the Afghanistan A team. So again Srilanka can win today match. But here we can't underestimate the Afghanistan A team because they can also make a good comeback to take revenge from Srilanka A team match will begin in 2 hours so let's see who will perform well.

Afghanistan A team is not performing well against Sri Lanka A team. But if Afghanistan A team can perform well batting bowling fielding all can perform well then surely there will be a chance to win against Sri Lanka A team. Let's see how well Afghanistan A team can perform in today's match. In the previous matches, we have seen that Afghanistan A team performance is a bit slow compared to Sri Lanka A team. So Afghanistan A team if they want to win against Sri Lanka A team they need to perform well especially responsible batting their batting is haphazard which is why they lost the match against Sri Lanka A.

Afghanistan batsmen have performed very well in today's match.  Their batsmen scored runs in the match with great effort and struggle and won the match.  Sri Lankan batsmen did not give any special target.  But their bowlers could have won the match if they bowled with efficiency.  But fate also did not support them.  If their bats had given a target of 290, they could have won the match.  In today's match, the Afghanistan team has played very well both in terms of batting and bowling.Sri Lanka should focus on their bowling so that they can perform well in the next matches.  And congratulations to Afghanistan on the win.In today's match Afghanistan team has played the match with interest due to which they won the match.  If they had performed as before, they would have lost this match too.

[Farhan99]

Sri Lanka A vs Afghanistan A 4th Unofficial ODI Match

As we know that these two teams already played three matches of ODI series. In first two matches there were rain and Sri Lanka won these two matches with DLS method. In third match Srilanka alA continue their performance and also won the third ODI match too. And today they will play the forth matches of this series. And we know that Srilanka A team is much stronger as compare to the Afghanistan A team. So again Srilanka can win today match. But here we can't underestimate the Afghanistan A team because they can also make a good comeback to take revenge from Srilanka A team match will begin in 2 hours so let's see who will perform well.

Sri lanks A team gave the target of 276 runs Nishan Madushka played brilliant innings of 115 runs and Sonal Dinusha scored 78 runs. from other end Excellent bowling by Naveed Zadran takes 4 wickets Afghanistan A team on 245/4 and 46 overs have done Riaz Hassan played brilliant innings with 99 runs on the crease zubaid Akbari also made 68 runs they need 31 runs on 24 balls great bowling by Mohamed Shiraz takes 4 wickets sri Lanka team fought but i think Afghanistan A team chase the target because madushaka on the pitch and their 6 wickets remaining and no much score required they needed 7 runs per over.

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The fourth match between Sri Lanka A and Afghanistan A has started at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota. Afghanistan won the toss and asked Sri Lanka to bat first. At this moment, Kamil Mishara and Nishan Madushka are at the crease, facing the pace duo of Naveed Zadran and Bilal Sami. Minod Bhanuka got out in the third over to Sami. Sri Lanka has already won the series and they are leading by 3-0. So even if Afghanistan wins the remaining two matches, they would still be unable to win the series.

Afghanistan A won the toss and decided to bowl first, Sri Lanka A batting well current score is 244 runs in a loss of 6 wickets in 44 overs of the first inning. From Sri Lanka A Sonal Dinusha is playing at 73 runs from just 72 balls, and is very close to his well-deserved century. Afghanistan A bowling performance is outstanding especially the bowling of Qais Ahmad who picked 3 important wickets by just giving 62 runs. Sri Lanka A team has more chance of winning this Match.

Finally, Sri Lanka A team was defeated by Afghanistan A team by four wickets in the fourth unofficial ODI match between them. In the fourth unofficial ODI match between Afghanistan A and Sri Lanka A team, Sri Lanka A team batted first.Sri Lanka scored 276 runs batting first, For Sri Lanka, Nishan Madska scored 115 runs off 127 balls and Sonal Dinusa scored 78 runs off 78 balls.The contribution of these two Sri Lankan batsmen was mainly behind the Sri Lankan team's 276 runs, but despite their contributions, their team was defeated by Afghanistan.
Kayes Ahmed and Bilal Sami bowled 10 overs and took three wickets each for Afghanistan A team against Sri Lanka A team.

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Sri lanks A team gave the target of 276 runs Nishan Madushka played brilliant innings of 115 runs and Sonal Dinusha scored 78 runs. from other end Excellent bowling by Naveed Zadran takes 4 wickets Afghanistan A team on 245/4 and 46 overs have done Riaz Hassan played brilliant innings with 99 runs on the crease zubaid Akbari also made 68 runs they need 31 runs on 24 balls great bowling by Mohamed Shiraz takes 4 wickets sri Lanka team fought but i think Afghanistan A team chase the target because madushaka on the pitch and their 6 wickets remaining and no much score required they needed 7 runs per over.

Great brother, today unofficial competition which has begun among Sri Lanka A sqaud against Afghanistan A sqaud and today this competition, fourth match was also successfully completed. This was the first victory of Afghanistan A sqaud in this competition and before this victory Afghanistan A squad already faced three defeat by Sri Lanka A sqaud and I was feeling like Afghanistan A squad would not get a victory in this competition and all 5 matches would be won by Sri Lanka A squad but Afghanistan A squad broke this streak by getting victory in today fight. Afghanistan A squad today achieved very big defeating target which was managed by Sri Lanka A sqaud total 275 scores off 50 overs. Afghanistan A sqaud faced many problems to achieve this target like big target, low quality performance in batting Inning and already lost 3 matches but at last, Afghanistan A squad emerged victorious with 2 balls and 4 batter wickets. I want to thank Riaz Hassan for his century which played a very crucial role in Afghanistan A squad victory today.

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Finally, Sri Lanka A team was defeated by Afghanistan A team by four wickets in the fourth unofficial ODI match between them. In the fourth unofficial ODI match between Afghanistan A and Sri Lanka A team, Sri Lanka A team batted first.Sri Lanka scored 276 runs batting first, For Sri Lanka, Nishan Madska scored 115 runs off 127 balls and Sonal Dinusa scored 78 runs off 78 balls.The contribution of these two Sri Lankan batsmen was mainly behind the Sri Lankan team's 276 runs, but despite their contributions, their team was defeated by Afghanistan.
Kayes Ahmed and Bilal Sami bowled 10 overs and took three wickets each for Afghanistan A team against Sri Lanka A team.

I was not expecting that kind of performance from Afghanistan A team that was really great. I told in my previous post in this thread that we should not underestimate the Afghanistan A team they can make a good comeback so.they have done that. Srilanka played well and made 276 runs but Afghanistan A team was in good form and they tried well to chase the target until they chased the target and won the match. From Sri Lanka A team Nishan Madushka wqs good and he made a century and from Afghanistan A Riaz Hassan wqs good who also made a century. Excellent performance Afghanistan A congratulations on your win.

[Sithara007]

I was not expecting that kind of performance from Afghanistan A team that was really great. I told in my previous post in this thread that we should not underestimate the Afghanistan A team they can make a good comeback so.they have done that. Srilanka played well and made 276 runs but Afghanistan A team was in good form and they tried well to chase the target until they chased the target and won the match. From Sri Lanka A team Nishan Madushka wqs good and he made a century and from Afghanistan A Riaz Hassan wqs good who also made a century. Excellent performance Afghanistan A congratulations on your win.

One thing that I like about the Afghan team is that they have a well-organized domestic setup, where province-based teams compete. On the other hand, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh still depends a lot on club-based domestic cricket and it is restricted to the cities of Colombo and Dhaka respectively. And this ensures a regular supply of talent for the Afghan team, while Sri Lanka can't replace their experienced cricketers that easily. Anyway, they won the match yesterday thanks to Riaz Hassan. 276 was a tough target, but the opening partnership between Hassan and Zubaid Akbari gave them a good launching pad, that was used later by the middle order batsmen.

[Publictalk792]

Anyway, they won the match yesterday thanks to Riaz Hassan. 276 was a tough target, but the opening partnership between Hassan and Zubaid Akbari gave them a good launching pad, that was used later by the middle order batsmen.

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Basically when a first partnership go well and make some good runs. It always help the rest of team and this encourage the rest of the team. And that's why Afghanistan A done a great job. If we look at the whole series so this was looking little bit difficult that Afghanistan will win this match but they make a good comeback. You mentioned Riaz Hassan and Zubaid Akbari they both played well. Afghanistan lost first wicket at 133 runs it means they both have made almost half runs of the target. And 277 runs target was really good but Afghanistan played well too and won the match. By the way match was really exciting.

[Farhan99]

One thing that I like about the Afghan team is that they have a well-organized domestic setup, where province-based teams compete. On the other hand, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh still depends a lot on club-based domestic cricket and it is restricted to the cities of Colombo and Dhaka respectively. And this ensures a regular supply of talent for the Afghan team, while Sri Lanka can't replace their experienced cricketers that easily. Anyway, they won the match yesterday thanks to Riaz Hassan. 276 was a tough target, but the opening partnership between Hassan and Zubaid Akbari gave them a good launching pad, that was used later by the middle order batsmen.

Yeah, Afghanistan domestic cricket setup is excellent. Sri Lanka A gave the big target of 275/7 to Afghanistan A team in 4th unofficial game. Nishan Madushka played a brilliant innings of 115 runs. Afghanistan A successful chased the total 276/6, Riaz Hassan make century and Zubaid Akbari played excellent inning of 68 runs help Afg A team to finish game. A brilliant spell by Bilal Sami takes 3 wickets overall excellent performance by team Afghanistan A in this game but Sri Lanka A team lead the series by 3-1.

[Tony116]

One thing that I like about the Afghan team is that they have a well-organized domestic setup, where province-based teams compete. On the other hand, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh still depends a lot on club-based domestic cricket and it is restricted to the cities of Colombo and Dhaka respectively. And this ensures a regular supply of talent for the Afghan team, while Sri Lanka can't replace their experienced cricketers that easily. Anyway, they won the match yesterday thanks to Riaz Hassan. 276 was a tough target, but the opening partnership between Hassan and Zubaid Akbari gave them a good launching pad, that was used later by the middle order batsmen.

Yeah, Afghanistan domestic cricket setup is excellent. Sri Lanka A gave the big target of 275/7 to Afghanistan A team in 4th unofficial game. Nishan Madushka played a brilliant innings of 115 runs. Afghanistan A successful chased the total 276/6, Riaz Hassan make century and Zubaid Akbari played excellent inning of 68 runs help Afg A team to finish game. A brilliant spell by Bilal Sami takes 3 wickets overall excellent performance by team Afghanistan A in this game but Sri Lanka A team lead the series by 3-1.

I think we have to give credit to Afghanistan for actually being able to have a good setup in the domestic side of cricket even though they have so many problems in the country. We can say that Afghanistan is literally a war-torn country. And still, they have been able to do well in cricket and they are also improving in other aspects as well. I have seen that they are trying to make many innovations as well. But anyway let’s stick to cricket. This was a good result for Afghanistan. I understand that the Sri Lanka A team is leading in the series. But still watching Afghanistan A team get a win against such a team is definitely really incredible to see and also this is an indicator of how good the future of Afghanistan cricket might be.

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Sri Lanka A vs Afghanistan A 5th ODI Match

We know that the series is at 3-1. And Srilanka A already won the first three matches mean they have won the series. They were dominant but in the previous match means in 4th ODI Match Afghanistan A made a great comeback and took revenge of previous 3 matches. So in 2 hours the 5th ODI match will be played and I think Afghanistan A team will perform well like they performed in the previous match. And we can't predict about today match because due to winning of Afghanistan in the last match. Both teams are looking at same position so its really hard to predict so let's see who will win today match.

[Nalain420]

Sri Lanka A vs Afghanistan A 5th ODI Match

We know that the series is at 3-1. And Srilanka A already won the first three matches mean they have won the series. They were dominant but in the previous match means in 4th ODI Match Afghanistan A made a great comeback and took revenge of previous 3 matches. So in 2 hours the 5th ODI match will be played and I think Afghanistan A team will perform well like they performed in the previous match. And we can't predict about today match because due to winning of Afghanistan in the last match. Both teams are looking at same position so its really hard to predict so let's see who will win today match.

The Sri Lanka team showed great interest in this series and they won this series with a lot of hard work and struggle.  They have achieve great success.  If Afghanistan play the match entertainingly then they will definitely win the match.  If they have perform well in three matches then they will lose these matches.  They should do well if they make a comeback it will be good for them and for us too.  Sri Lanka did not perform well in this match.  Their batsmen only set a target of 197 in 50 overs which was very easy and Afghanistan batsmen won the match.A target of 250 could have been made if the Sri Lanka batsmen had a bit more courage and it could have been very difficult for Afghanistan. But luck did not support them and they lost the match.

[hafiztalha]

Sri Lanka A vs Afghanistan A 5th ODI Match

We know that the series is at 3-1. And Srilanka A already won the first three matches mean they have won the series. They were dominant but in the previous match means in 4th ODI Match Afghanistan A made a great comeback and took revenge of previous 3 matches. So in 2 hours the 5th ODI match will be played and I think Afghanistan A team will perform well like they performed in the previous match. And we can't predict about today match because due to winning of Afghanistan in the last match. Both teams are looking at same position so its really hard to predict so let's see who will win today match.

Yes ThemePen brother I agree with your statement, but won one game does not mean that Afghanistan A won team have chance to win this series but I really liked their effort in 4 th ODi game which was played with Sri Lanka A team and their great comeback. Now 5 th and last game also ended today and also this series was also concluded and winning teams is Sri Lanka A team with one lead. Once again Afghanistan A team took a revenge of three lost in past games and in this game, Sri Lanka A team waa failed to play all overs and their entire team batsman waa dismissed for 197 runs in 43 overs. Today I see brilliant effort of Afghanistan A team in bowling line and N.Zaedan tool down 4 wickets in 8 overs with 45 runs and N. Kharote bowler also bowled out 3 wickets and showed excellent struggle and put high pressure on Sri Lanka A batsman. In bat line, opener Batsman R.Hassan performed very well he scored 74 runs in 115 balls and not dismissed with hitting five 4s. Now we see both these teams in Test series and let's see what happen in test series who will be the winner.

[Sithara007]

Mixed results for Afghanistan. They lost the first three matches and therefore the series. But then made a comeback by winning the last two matches. Most of their players didn't had any experience in playing outside Afghanistan. One player who stood out is Riaz Hassan from Nangarhar. He scored a total of 289 runs in this series. Also, their bowlers were impressive as well - especially Naveed Zadran, Bilal Sami and Nangeyalia Kharote. Overall, the outcome should be a concern for Sri Lanka and not for Afghanistan.

[Publictalk792]

Sri Lanka A vs Afghanistan A 5th ODI Match

What a great bowling by Naveed Zadran and Nangeyalia Kharote. They both bowled really well as we can see Naveed Zadran collected 4 wickets and Nangeyalia Kharote collected 3 wickets. Afghanistan lost the series but they make a great comeback in last two matches. Not even in bowling they also played really well in batting too. Sri Lanka A set a target of 198 runs. But Afghanistan has Riaz Hassan who played really and remained not out till end and he made 74 runs. In total Afghanistan Lost 5 wickets and chased the target. Excellent performance Afghanistan A team. And congratulations on your win.

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Sri Lanka A vs Afghanistan A 5th ODI Match

What a great bowling by Naveed Zadran and Nangeyalia Kharote. They both bowled really well as we can see Naveed Zadran collected 4 wickets and Nangeyalia Kharote collected 3 wickets. Afghanistan lost the series but they make a great comeback in last two matches. Not even in bowling they also played really well in batting too. Sri Lanka A set a target of 198 runs. But Afghanistan has Riaz Hassan who played really and remained not out till end and he made 74 runs. In total Afghanistan Lost 5 wickets and chased the target. Excellent performance Afghanistan A team. And congratulations on your win.

As I said in my previous post. I was thinking that Afghanistan A will continue there performance so they did it. First of all Sri Lanka A performance was not good. They tried really well but they didn't go above 200+ runs. If they go above 200 so they could win. But unfortunately they didn't make that score. As you mentioned Riaz Hassan. He is really good in batting. He made 75 runs. By the Congratulations to Afghanistan on their winning.

[Sithara007]

As I said in my previous post. I was thinking that Afghanistan A will continue there performance so they did it. First of all Sri Lanka A performance was not good. They tried really well but they didn't go above 200+ runs. If they go above 200 so they could win. But unfortunately they didn't make that score. As you mentioned Riaz Hassan. He is really good in batting. He made 75 runs. By the Congratulations to Afghanistan on their winning.

Afghanistan do have tons of talent. A large number of Afghan players are participating in the Indian Premier League, and the numbers seem to go up with every year. After Australia, South Africa and West Indies, perhaps Afghanistan is the country that contributes to the largest number of foreign players to the IPL. On the other hand, players from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are decreasing in number. They maybe a war torn country, but the Afghan Cricket Board seems to be very efficient.

[Tony116]

Mixed results for Afghanistan. They lost the first three matches and therefore the series. But then made a comeback by winning the last two matches. Most of their players didn't had any experience in playing outside Afghanistan. One player who stood out is Riaz Hassan from Nangarhar. He scored a total of 289 runs in this series. Also, their bowlers were impressive as well - especially Naveed Zadran, Bilal Sami and Nangeyalia Kharote. Overall, the outcome should be a concern for Sri Lanka and not for Afghanistan.

The fifth match is going to be the decider. And if Afghanistan is actually able to win this one, it is going to be a really good achievement for the Afghanistan A team. The country is literally war torn. Those situations are not optimal for playing cricket at all. And the country is still developing so well. It is really great to see. And even if they are unable to win this match, I think they have still achieved good enough. But if they are able to win the series, people are going to remember this for a long time. Also indication of improvement, the rapid improvement that they are showing. Actually want to see Afghanistan A team win the decider

[Publictalk792]

The fifth match is going to be the decider. And if Afghanistan is actually able to win this one, it is going to be a really good achievement for the Afghanistan A team. The country is literally war torn. Those situations are not optimal for playing cricket at all. And the country is still developing so well. It is really great to see. And even if they are unable to win this match, I think they have still achieved good enough. But if they are able to win the series, people are going to remember this for a long time. Also indication of improvement, the rapid improvement that they are showing. Actually want to see Afghanistan A team win the decider

Do you really think there is any match remaining. The series is finished now dear. Sri Lanka A and Afghanistan A already played 5 matches series. And this series is finished at 3-2. Sri Lanka A won the series. First three matches won by Sri Lanka A team. But after that Afghanistan team made an excellent comeback and they didn't give a loose point to Sri Lanka A team and they won the remaining 2 matches. And I really appreciate the performance of Afghanistan A team. Because they made a comeback at that time, when everyone was thinking that SriLanka A will win all the matches. But Afghanistan come up with strong performance.

[wiss19]

As I said in my previous post. I was thinking that Afghanistan A will continue there performance so they did it. First of all Sri Lanka A performance was not good. They tried really well but they didn't go above 200+ runs. If they go above 200 so they could win. But unfortunately they didn't make that score. As you mentioned Riaz Hassan. He is really good in batting. He made 75 runs. By the Congratulations to Afghanistan on their winning.

Afghanistan do have tons of talent. A large number of Afghan players are participating in the Indian Premier League, and the numbers seem to go up with every year. After Australia, South Africa and West Indies, perhaps Afghanistan is the country that contributes to the largest number of foreign players to the IPL. On the other hand, players from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are decreasing in number. They maybe a war torn country, but the Afghan Cricket Board seems to be very efficient.

We have decades of war in this country, but good thing youngsters are doing good job in sports and education which is positive side of this country their soccer and cricket teams are giving good performance in international matches and if their government and officials are able to keep things on better way then surely we will have good future of this country in sports as well.

IPL is best platform for them to have good experience and money which will increase their quality and after having experience they could be able to gain better things in future Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are surely on decline which is big concern for their officials with Afghanistan is surely having good presence even they are having many troubles which are preventing them to have good domestic setup.

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Sri Lanka A vs Afghanistan A 5th ODI Match

What a great bowling by Naveed Zadran and Nangeyalia Kharote. They both bowled really well as we can see Naveed Zadran collected 4 wickets and Nangeyalia Kharote collected 3 wickets. Afghanistan lost the series but they make a great comeback in last two matches. Not even in bowling they also played really well in batting too. Sri Lanka A set a target of 198 runs. But Afghanistan has Riaz Hassan who played really and remained not out till end and he made 74 runs. In total Afghanistan Lost 5 wickets and chased the target. Excellent performance Afghanistan A team. And congratulations on your win.

As I said in my previous post. I was thinking that Afghanistan A will continue there performance so they did it. First of all Sri Lanka A performance was not good. They tried really well but they didn't go above 200+ runs. If they go above 200 so they could win. But unfortunately they didn't make that score. As you mentioned Riaz Hassan. He is really good in batting. He made 75 runs. By the Congratulations to Afghanistan on their winning.

I actually did not think that Afghanistan will actually be able to win any matches in this series. Afghanistan A team winning against the Sri Lanka A is an indication that they are improving rapidly. And one thing to notice is that the bowlers that are being generated from Afghanistan are really good. There was a time when we all knew that Afghanistan was really good at generating spin bowlers but now we all can see that Afghanistan is actually being able to generate fast and Spin bowlers. The future is really bright for Afghanistan. I hope Afghanistan will be able to continue this improvement.