ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[Nothingtodo]

South Africa vs Afghanistan underway. Nabi got one pretty quickly in the initial overs itself. If the proteas post a total over 250, I feel that the Afghans are in trouble though they are capable of chasing down big totals.

On the other hand, if RSA posts a total below 250, advantage Afghanistan who are potentially the dark horse of this particular tournament.

Although Afghanistan lost one wicket to South Africa in the beginning, South Africa is currently in a good position, meaning they have not lost any wickets since their first wicket fell for 106 runs. If we compare South Africa's current position with the current one, the run will definitely go above 250 runs, meaning if it goes close to 300, it will be very difficult for Afghanistan to target this run.

[JSRAW]

30 overs ticked and 180 runs on the board for the Proteas and plenty of batting left in the tank. To me, it feels like Afghans are already in the ditch. They need a cluster of wickets otherwise it's an easy road for 320-ish scoreline.

Kinda surprising and disappointing outing for Noor Ahmad, he's usually a pretty good and clever bowler but he's going off script today and bowling like a club bowler.

[Haunebu]

30 overs ticked and 180 runs on the board for the Proteas and plenty of batting left in the tank. To me, it feels like Afghans are already in the ditch. They need a cluster of wickets otherwise it's an easy road for 320-ish scoreline.

Kinda surprising and disappointing outing for Noor Ahmad, he's usually a pretty good and clever bowler but he's going off script today and bowling like a club bowler.

Agreed. 300+ confirmed now which is a big total for the Afghans to chase. Rashid and Noor weren't at their best today and the same can be said about the other bowlers excluding Nabi.

Someone like Mujeeb could have helped possibly, but that's just an assumption. Great start by the Proteas as expected.

[SATWAT]

Today Proteas looking pretty solid and done good preparation for this event their batting doing good job with this approach they are going to have 330+ which could be massive target for Afghanistan against good bowling attack.
In today game Noor Ahmed and Rashid Khan both looking ordinary which is surely problem for Afghanistan as they have tough group both other teams are also having good batting which can take good advantage of this poor quality.

[Cheema02]

Today's third match of the Champions Trophy is Afghanistan vs South Africa, I think it will definitely be an amazing and exciting game between these two teams. Although the players of both teams are very strong in this match and they have a lot of experience in batting and bowling, it is impossible to be sure who will win today. However, if the batting performance of the South African team plays strongly, then they will definitely be able to defeat Afghanistan. Moreover, Afghanistan is also strong enough and they have prepared their squad very well for the Champions Trophy, so today's match will definitely be amazing.

South Africa decision to bat first is good because their current score is 201 runs in a loss of 3 wickets in 36th over of the match.  Ryan Rickelton played an wonderful inning scored a well deserved century and out after scoring 103 runs. Rashid khan picked the most important wicket of Ryan Rickelton by throwing ball to wicket keeper. Afghanistan needa to picked some quick wickets if they want to restricted South Africa under 300 runs. From Afghanistan Mohammad Nabi bowling performance is outstanding picked 2 crucial wickets by jusy giving 45 runs in his bowling spell. Temba Bavuma south African Captain also batted well scored half century and out after scoring 58 runs. i think South Africa will cross 300 plus runs total in first inning against Afghanistan.

[libert19]

Proteas continue to play good while batting first in odi, and good for Afghans that Klassen is not playing. Big total expected but Afghanistan batting also looking deep, hopefully they don't repeat mistakes as Pakistan and play accordingly — take advantage of PP, keep the RRR in mind from very start; lose but go down with a fight.

In today game Noor Ahmed and Rashid Khan both looking ordinary which is surely problem for Afghanistan as they have tough group both other teams are also having good batting which can take good advantage of this poor quality.

Tbh, I always found Afghan bowlers to be more effective in T20 than in other formats.

[Nothingtodo]

Proteas continue to give good total while batting first in odi, and good for Afghans that Klassen is not playing. Big total expected but Afghanistan batting also looking deep, hopefully they don't repeat mistakes as Pakistan and play accordingly — take advantage of PP, keep the RRR in mind from very start; lose but go down with a fight.

South Africa still has many overs left, South Africa has scored 208 runs after 37 overs where South Africa has lost 3 wickets. If South Africa can bat for 50 overs, then South Africa will definitely give Afghanistan a target of over 320 runs, which is not possible for the Afghans.  The batsmen who come in later will basically all play a stormy innings, so the prediction that South Africa will win today's match will be true.

[GigaBit]

Proteas continue to give good total while batting first in odi, and good for Afghans that Klassen is not playing. Big total expected but Afghanistan batting also looking deep, hopefully they don't repeat mistakes as Pakistan and play accordingly — take advantage of PP, keep the RRR in mind from very start; lose but go down with a fight.

South Africa still has many overs left, South Africa has scored 208 runs after 37 overs where South Africa has lost 3 wickets. If South Africa can bat for 50 overs, then South Africa will definitely give Afghanistan a target of over 320 runs, which is not possible for the Afghans.  The batsmen who come in later will basically all play a stormy innings, so the prediction that South Africa will win today's match will be true.

The third match of the Champions Trophy was supposed to be a big contest between Afghanistan and South Africa. After winning the toss, South Africa elected to bat. They are batting well according to the decision. The team has already made a good score. Batting 37 overs, the team has already managed to score 210. They have lost only 3 wickets so far. If they start playing aggressively from 42 overs, then they will definitely move towards a big score. In the current condition of South Africa, they will be ahead in this match. If the score is 320+, then it will be difficult for Afghanistan to win this match. They will have to play with pressure from the beginning and the chances of losing wickets will increase significantly.

[JSRAW]

30 overs ticked and 180 runs on the board for the Proteas and plenty of batting left in the tank. To me, it feels like Afghans are already in the ditch. They need a cluster of wickets otherwise it's an easy road for 320-ish scoreline.

Kinda surprising and disappointing outing for Noor Ahmad, he's usually a pretty good and clever bowler but he's going off script today and bowling like a club bowler.

Agreed. 300+ confirmed now which is a big total for the Afghans to chase. Rashid and Noor weren't at their best today and the same can be said about the other bowlers excluding Nabi.

Someone like Mujeeb could have helped possibly, but that's just an assumption. Great start by the Proteas as expected.

No team can afford to go with 4 spinners.

The 49th over saved at least 10-15 runs for the Afghans, nice death bowling from Azmatullah and Farooqi is also bowling tight last over. Overall good comeback from the Afghans and below par from a projected score. SA could've done better with the finish.

[ZAINmalik75]

India won by 6 wickets today and they were able to collect their two important points in the points table. India's bowling performance was also excellent in today's match, besides they did well in batting. Shubman Gill batted exceptionally, he scored a century today and remained unbeaten, scoring 101 runs. However, this batsman of India batted with great patience. India defeated Bangladesh very easily today due to its good batting performance, but if the Bangladesh team could have increased their run count a little more, then the match would have been a tense fight between the two teams. But the opening batsmen of the Bangladesh team batted badly in the beginning and due to such a situation, they had to lose today's match.

As expected Indian team won thier first match against bangladesh and secure vital points, honestly I wasn't expecting such brilliant performance from Indian bowling without bumrah but shami really deliver ordinary and through his five wicket hawl indian punished thier opponent hardly and secure victory with decent margin. Looking to scoreboard gill is just doing awesome consistently from his recent matches, while Kohli is still off colour and unable to continue his magic which isn't good but rest of player will cover it. Anyway now Indian will face Pakistan at second match which is gonna be do or die match for Pakistan to be in the tournament but not for Indian team as they already secure things. More ever Pakistan has lose his ordinary player fakhar so things will be really tough for them but let's see how Pakistan manage things as they have history to comeback later so will they repeat thier old things.

[Bitcoin_people]

South Africa's batting performance today was good due to which they scored a big target of 315 runs. I think it will be difficult for Afghanistan to meet this huge target in today's match, especially since South Africa's bowling performance is already good. If Afghanistan loses wickets, then they will definitely be under pressure and there will be a high chance of losing against South Africa. However, if Afghanistan's two experienced batsmen and openers can stay in the batting for a long time, then it will be possible to meet the target given by South Africa.

[As-Soon-As]

South Africa's batting performance today was good due to which they scored a big target of 315 runs. I think it will be difficult for Afghanistan to meet this huge target in today's match, especially since South Africa's bowling performance is already good. If Afghanistan loses wickets, then they will definitely be under pressure and there will be a high chance of losing against South Africa. However, if Afghanistan's two experienced batsmen and openers can stay in the batting for a long time, then it will be possible to meet the target given by South Africa.

If Rahmatullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Jordan, these two opening batsmen, can perform for the Afghanistan team for a long time, then they can definitely win this match. But the target of 315 runs given by the South African team is very big for the Afghanistan team, to meet this target, these two batsmen will definitely have to play a big role from the beginning.
The victory of the Afghanistan team will depend on the opening batsman, because if the top order batsmen cannot perform well, then it will be foolish to depend on the next batsmen for victory. But let's see what results the Afghanistan team can return home with in the end and what gift they can give to the Afghan fans.

[LDL]

South Africa's batting performance today was good due to which they scored a big target of 315 runs. I think it will be difficult for Afghanistan to meet this huge target in today's match, especially since South Africa's bowling performance is already good. If Afghanistan loses wickets, then they will definitely be under pressure and there will be a high chance of losing against South Africa. However, if Afghanistan's two experienced batsmen and openers can stay in the batting for a long time, then it will be possible to meet the target given by South Africa.

The target of 315 runs for Afghanistan will be quite tough in this Champions Trophy, especially since Afghanistan's Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed for 10 runs in the first 16 overs. Afghanistan is under a lot of pressure at the moment, due to which the batsmen will have to adapt to the wicket as time goes on, due to which the run rate per over will increase and the team will be under more pressure.

At the moment, Ibrahim Zadran and Sediqullah Atal are unbeaten on the wicket and they are trying to extend the innings. If they can survive and build a big partnership, then there can be a lot of opportunities for Afghanistan.

[Crypto Library]

South Africa's batting performance today was good due to which they scored a big target of 315 runs. I think it will be difficult for Afghanistan to meet this huge target in today's match, especially since South Africa's bowling performance is already good. If Afghanistan loses wickets, then they will definitely be under pressure and there will be a high chance of losing against South Africa. However, if Afghanistan's two experienced batsmen and openers can stay in the batting for a long time, then it will be possible to meet the target given by South Africa.

Even if this was a batting friendly ground I think against the South African team and their bowlers I don't think that the Afghanisthani batters could make anything good in this match.

So I am also hoping that South African team gonna win this match and if we watch current score the Afghanistani batters are already increasing their required run rate  around the seven and their current run rate is now around 3.5 this is really not a good start from the Afghanistani batters and I think in the next 5 five overs they were going to lose some wickets because they were in now pressure and in this time they will try to make big score and here they will also make mistake and will out. So I can say South African team will win this match.

[Jewan420]

South Africa's batting performance today was good due to which they scored a big target of 315 runs. I think it will be difficult for Afghanistan to meet this huge target in today's match, especially since South Africa's bowling performance is already good. If Afghanistan loses wickets, then they will definitely be under pressure and there will be a high chance of losing against South Africa. However, if Afghanistan's two experienced batsmen and openers can stay in the batting for a long time, then it will be possible to meet the target given by South Africa.

It is not possible to say anything definite before the collapse of Afghanistan's top order. If South Africa cannot get Afghanistan's top order back to the dressing room within 20 overs, then it will be difficult for South Africa to hold on to the match. Pakistan's target of 315 runs on a batting-friendly wicket is not a huge one, but rather a normal target. Anything can happen to this target and Afghanistan's batting line-up is also a good possibility to chase this target if their top order can survive for a long time.

Although South Africa has a strong bowling line-up. How effective their bowling line-up will be on a batting-friendly wicket in Pakistan is the most difficult thing to say before the end of the match. On such a pitch, the bowlers have nothing much to do if the batters do not give away wickets. Maybe we will see a tough competition from Afghanistan even if they lose the match.

[libert19]

Intent was there from AFG openers, but they looked clueless against SA bowling for the most part. There is some Aggression which is good for entertainment purposes. Overall, I feel match is slipping away from AFG with each over passing.

[tsaroz]

South Africa is playing against Afghanistan in their respective first matches of the champions trophy. Afghanistan featuring a much younger team while South Africa always gets a good team how much changes they make. South Africa winning the toss chose to bat and made a good score of 315 runs. Opener Ryan Rickelton making a century while three other reached the half century mark. Afghanistan chasing the target of 316 is struggling. They are not being able to get runs while have already lost 4 wickets. The required run rate is climbing and the match going out of their hands. Afghanistan is a good team but while playing among the top 8 teams in the world, they look the most easy target for others.

[Popkon6]

Afghanistan team has already lost four wickets, you should note that the four wickets that Afghanistan team has lost are in the list of top batsmen. If they keep losing wickets like this, Afghanistan team is definitely under pressure, it is becoming impossible for Afghanistan team to chase the target of 315 runs in this match.
 As time goes by, Afghanistan team is facing more pressure, Afghanistan team is only patiently dependent on this current pair of Rahmat Shah and Azmat Ullah. If these two batsmen are out, Afghanistan team will be completely empty of batsmen, it will be impossible for Afghanistan team to win on the next batsmen.

[Nanga Parbat]

South Africa's batting performance today was good due to which they scored a big target of 315 runs. I think it will be difficult for Afghanistan to meet this huge target in today's match, especially since South Africa's bowling performance is already good. If Afghanistan loses wickets, then they will definitely be under pressure and there will be a high chance of losing against South Africa. However, if Afghanistan's two experienced batsmen and openers can stay in the batting for a long time, then it will be possible to meet the target given by South Africa.

It is not possible to say anything definite before the collapse of Afghanistan's top order. If South Africa cannot get Afghanistan's top order back to the dressing room within 20 overs, then it will be difficult for South Africa to hold on to the match. Pakistan's target of 315 runs on a batting-friendly wicket is not a huge one, but rather a normal target. Anything can happen to this target and Afghanistan's batting line-up is also a good possibility to chase this target if their top order can survive for a long time.

Although South Africa has a strong bowling line-up. How effective their bowling line-up will be on a batting-friendly wicket in Pakistan is the most difficult thing to say before the end of the match. On such a pitch, the bowlers have nothing much to do if the batters do not give away wickets. Maybe we will see a tough competition from Afghanistan even if they lose the match.

The third match of the Champions Trophy is being played quite strong and hard, in this match no hard bowling has affected South Africa.  The South African batsmen have played with a lot of pace and have set a big target which the Afghanistan batsmen will not be able to meet.  This match will be very difficult for Afghanistan because the South African batsmen have given such a big target in 50 overs due to which the Afghanistan batsmen could not fulfill will this target.  The Afghanistan batsmen are also bowling hard due to which the South African bowler has taken 4 wickets in 19 overs and has weakened the Afghanistan batsmen and they are finding it difficult to score runs and they will not be able to win this match.  Afghanistan batsmen are playing very badly because they don't want to win the match South Africa batsmen have scored 315 runs in 50 overs which is a big target.

[HelliumZ]

Intent was there from AFG openers, but they looked clueless against SA bowling for the most part. There is some Aggression which is good for entertainment purposes. Overall, I feel match is slipping away from AFG with each over passing.

Yes, the match has completely gone out of Afghanistan's control, especially since Afghanistan has lost six wickets, and Afghanistan will still need about 180 runs to win, which is impossible for Afghanistan's talents at the moment. So, at this moment, Afghanistan can reduce the run gap slightly by hitting four sixes just for fun, but no matter how defensively they play, it will be impossible for Afghanistan to win. It is also true that in cricket, many impossible matches have been made possible and won. Whether Afghanistan can do that or not will be known at the end of time.