ICC WORLD CUP 2023 DISCUSSION THREAD!

[cryptoWODL]

If Pakistan can't win today then their semi-final dreams will be dashed.Today, Pakistan will have to watch and understand and play in such a way that they can win against Afghanistan.In today's match Pakistan won the toss and they chose to bat first. Pakistan have been playing very well so far with 50 runs already collected in the opening pair.Pakistan team's one of the hope symbol is their captain Babar Azam but that Babar Azam has gone completely out of form now.He could not give a good game in any match of this World Cup.I want Babar Azam to play well and Pakistan to win.

[Cheema02]

After winning the torch in the Pakistan vs Afghanistan match, Pakistan decided to bat. Already, Pakistan have gone into bat against Afghanistan, and the opening batsman Abdullah and Enamul Haque's partnership looks set to hold up brilliantly. If Pakistan can play the game well today and improve their batting performance then 300 plus runs against Afghanistan will be possible. If Pakistan can score 300 runs against Afghanistan today then maybe it is possible to beat Afghanistan in today's match. Today's match is most important for Pakistan to win, if Pakistan wins today's match, it will definitely be in a good position in the points table.

Pakistan Current score is 126 runs in loss of 3 wickets in 27 Overs. Babar Azam is playing at 37 runs unbeaten in 44 balls with Soud Shakeel 4 runs in 11 balls. Muhammad Rizwan is out by just 8 score in 10 balls and  Abdullah Shafique lbw b Noor Ahmad 58 runs in 75 balls. Imam ul haq disappointed performance scores 17 runs in 22 balls.
Afghanistan bowlers especially spinner bowling Noor Ahmad bowl well picked up 2 important wicktes in 5 Overs and Omarzai all round bowlers picked 1 wickets by giving 18 runs in 3 overs.  Rashid Khan didn't picked any wicket today but his economy rate is very good in 5 Over they only give 16 runs. If Pakistan will win this match they will set a 270 plus target on Board for Afghanistan.

[MusaPk]

Pakistan Current score is 126 runs in loss of 3 wickets in 27 Overs. Babar Azam is playing at 37 runs unbeaten in 44 balls with Soud Shakeel 4 runs in 11 balls. Muhammad Rizwan is out by just 8 score in 10 balls and  Abdullah Shafique lbw b Noor Ahmad 58 runs in 75 balls. Imam ul haq disappointed performance scores 17 runs in 22 balls.
Afghanistan bowlers especially spinner bowling Noor Ahmad bowl well picked up 2 important wicktes in 5 Overs and Omarzai all round bowlers picked 1 wickets by giving 18 runs in 3 overs.  Rashid Khan didn't picked any wicket today but his economy rate is very good in 5 Over they only give 16 runs. If Pakistan will win this match they will set a 270 plus target on Board for Afghanistan.

3 out of 4 wickets fallen so far were picked by spinners, so definitely it's a track that has lots of support for spinners. Pakistan on the other side don't have much genuine spinners in there playing 11. Usama Mir is the only genuine spinner in Pakistan squad who has just played 9 ODIs. Keeping in mind this, Pakistan need to score big today otherwise Afghanistan won't spare them.

[synchronym]

If Pakistan can't win today then their semi-final dreams will be dashed.Today, Pakistan will have to watch and understand and play in such a way that they can win against Afghanistan.In today's match Pakistan won the toss and they chose to bat first. Pakistan have been playing very well so far with 50 runs already collected in the opening pair.Pakistan team's one of the hope symbol is their captain Babar Azam but that Babar Azam has gone completely out of form now.He could not give a good game in any match of this World Cup.I want Babar Azam to play well and Pakistan to win.

Pakistan's current score in the 42-over game is 206 runs for 5 wickets. We all know that Pakistan team batting and bowling is very good and they were in good form in Asia cup also in world cup they lost two matches and won their two matches with power. But unfortunately if they can't win against Afghanistan then maybe Pakistan will not play in last four or semi-final. So Pakistan should win today's match anyway. If Pakistan can score 300 plus runs then they will easily win today's match against Afghanistan. Babur Azam is batting well scoring 74 runs off 92 balls.  Best wishes for Pakistan team.

[HelliumZ]

If Pakistan can't win today then their semi-final dreams will be dashed.Today, Pakistan will have to watch and understand and play in such a way that they can win against Afghanistan.In today's match Pakistan won the toss and they chose to bat first. Pakistan have been playing very well so far with 50 runs already collected in the opening pair.Pakistan team's one of the hope symbol is their captain Babar Azam but that Babar Azam has gone completely out of form now.He could not give a good game in any match of this World Cup.I want Babar Azam to play well and Pakistan to win.

Pakistan's current score in the 42-over game is 206 runs for 5 wickets. We all know that Pakistan team batting and bowling is very good and they were in good form in Asia cup also in world cup they lost two matches and won their two matches with power. But unfortunately if they can't win against Afghanistan then maybe Pakistan will not play in last four or semi-final. So Pakistan should win today's match anyway. If Pakistan can score 300 plus runs then they will easily win today's match against Afghanistan. Babur Azam is batting well scoring 74 runs off 92 balls.  Best wishes for Pakistan team.

Sadab Khan and Iftekhar Ahmed are at the wicket so if these two can finally bat then Pakistan's total will go above 270 runs. If they get out, the run rate will slow down and most likely muster below 260 runs. After 44 overs, Pakistan collected 215 runs with the loss of 5 wickets. Iftekhar Ahmed is batting slowly and Sadab Khan is trying to play a bit more aggressively. However, to bat at the target of 300 runs, these two have to play in T20 style.

[Fuso.hp]

But unfortunately if they can't win against Afghanistan then maybe Pakistan will not play in last four or semi-final. So Pakistan should win today's match anyway. If Pakistan can score 300 plus runs then they will easily win today's match against Afghanistan. Babur Azam is batting well scoring

Each team played a total of four matches where some teams won one match, some teams won two matches, some teams won three matches and India won all the matches. Pakistan still have four matches left after today so a loss against Afghanistan will not deprive them of their semi-final hopes just yet. Pakistan have won two of their first four matches and they are at number 5 in the points table with 4 points from two matches. If they get two points in today's match, they may overtake Australia and move to the number four position in the points table. It will be challenging for Pakistan to go to the semi-finals because every match they have after that is a tough opponent and it will be very difficult for Pakistan to win against that opponent.

[Shishir99]

should I say a pair (Rachin-Mitchell) who managed to hold both ends nicely and in doing so they also counterattacked, which was refreshing from the batting point of view, considering Indian spinners are in great form.

It's wise to say the paid Rachin and Mitchell built the New Zealand innings entirely as this duo scored 205 out of 273 runs. Even though India has a good spin attack, they have used three pacers and two spinners against New Zealand. Jadeja was economical but did not manage to take any wickets while Kuldeep Yadav was expensive and managed to get two wickets.

Compared to this, pacers were more successful on that day. Shami alone took five wickets and two wickets were taken by Siraj and Bumrah. It was Pacers Day for India. Virat missed another century.

[Out of mind]

Pakistan Current score is 126 runs in loss of 3 wickets in 27 Overs. Babar Azam is playing at 37 runs unbeaten in 44 balls with Soud Shakeel 4 runs in 11 balls. Muhammad Rizwan is out by just 8 score in 10 balls and  Abdullah Shafique lbw b Noor Ahmad 58 runs in 75 balls. Imam ul haq disappointed performance scores 17 runs in 22 balls.
Afghanistan bowlers especially spinner bowling Noor Ahmad bowl well picked up 2 important wicktes in 5 Overs and Omarzai all round bowlers picked 1 wickets by giving 18 runs in 3 overs.  Rashid Khan didn't picked any wicket today but his economy rate is very good in 5 Over they only give 16 runs. If Pakistan will win this match they will set a 270 plus target on Board for Afghanistan.

3 out of 4 wickets fallen so far were picked by spinners, so definitely it's a track that has lots of support for spinners. Pakistan on the other side don't have much genuine spinners in there playing 11. Usama Mir is the only genuine spinner in Pakistan squad who has just played 9 ODIs. Keeping in mind this, Pakistan need to score big today otherwise Afghanistan won't spare them.

Pakistan team has already finished all game with 282 runs for 7 wickets, I think Pakistan can do with this score today. Since spinners can track well, Pakistan will have to read well, as Pakistan do not have any good spinners, they will have to play very well. And I believe that Pakistan will give a good bowling performance against Afghanistan today and win. 282 I think it's a good score if Pakistan bowling line up is great then definitely win the match.

[Bureau]

283 runs by Pakistan was not many here would have expected. With the start that they got and the inning by Babar Azam, they could have gone past 300 as their net run rate would affect their ranking on the point table. I am confident that Afghanistan won't be able to chase 283 runs with the kind of bowling attack Pakistan has today. Reaching 250 runs would be great for the Afghanistan batters considering the pitch will become slow as the evening progresses. For now the pacers are bowling on this wicket, I assume we will see the spinners in action before the end of the first power play.

[Fuso.hp]

Pakistan Current score is 126 runs in loss of 3 wickets in 27 Overs. Babar Azam is playing at 37 runs unbeaten in 44 balls with Soud Shakeel 4 runs in 11 balls. Muhammad Rizwan is out by just 8 score in 10 balls and  Abdullah Shafique lbw b Noor Ahmad 58 runs in 75 balls. Imam ul haq disappointed performance scores 17 runs in 22 balls.
Afghanistan bowlers especially spinner bowling Noor Ahmad bowl well picked up 2 important wicktes in 5 Overs and Omarzai all round bowlers picked 1 wickets by giving 18 runs in 3 overs.  Rashid Khan didn't picked any wicket today but his economy rate is very good in 5 Over they only give 16 runs. If Pakistan will win this match they will set a 270 plus target on Board for Afghanistan.

3 out of 4 wickets fallen so far were picked by spinners, so definitely it's a track that has lots of support for spinners. Pakistan on the other side don't have much genuine spinners in there playing 11. Usama Mir is the only genuine spinner in Pakistan squad who has just played 9 ODIs. Keeping in mind this, Pakistan need to score big today otherwise Afghanistan won't spare them.

Pakistan team has already finished all game with 282 runs for 7 wickets, I think Pakistan can do with this score today. Since spinners can track well, Pakistan will have to read well, as Pakistan do not have any good spinners, they will have to play very well. And I believe that Pakistan will give a good bowling performance against Afghanistan today and win. 282 I think it's a good score if Pakistan bowling line up is great then definitely win the match.

Pakistan may be bowling worse against Afghanistan today than they did against Australia. Pakistan's fast bowling unit is considered to be the best fast bowling unit in the world but their bowling is surprising us. Afghanistan scored 105 runs in 16 overs and they did not lose any wicket to achieve this 105 runs. Afghanistan's batting can be said to have the highest use of batting wickets. Afghanistan need just 178 runs to win. If some wickets can fall quickly then Pakistan might be defeated against Afghanistan. Afghanistan have to get this opening pair out as soon as possible. Pakistan's bowlers got wickets towards the end of the innings against Australia and if they get wickets late today too, their match will be over by now.

[libert19]

Dire need of wicket as both Afghan openers make half-century, still have hope for Pakistan because Afghanistan is heavily dependent on their openers, one wicket and rest have chance to fall like pack of cards.

[HelliumZ]

Dire need of wicket as both Afghan openers make half-century, still have hope for Pakistan because Afghanistan is heavily dependent on their openers, one wicket and rest have chance to fall like pack of cards.

Afghanistan's opener partnership is out in today's match but the next batsmen will be able to lift Afghanistan's victory. As they didn't lose a wicket till 128 runs, the next batsman, Afghanistan, should not face any problem to collect 155 runs. I can already see the example that Pakistan will lose in today's match.

[onecall123]

Dire need of wicket as both Afghan openers make half-century, still have hope for Pakistan because Afghanistan is heavily dependent on their openers, one wicket and rest have chance to fall like pack of cards.

Pakistan is facing a worrisome partnership from Afghanistan as their openers are targeting for big. Afghanistan has shown their capability already with a win against England. So, it wouldn't be surprising if they beat Pakistan today. If they avoid making mistakes, they have a good chance of winning. It's important for them to avoid silly mistakes.

[Bureau]

What a comeback by Pakistan and especially Afridi. They were struggling to get the opening pair out. With Gurbaz gone this match might now turn in favour of Pakistan. The current run rate of Afghanistan side is way above the asking run rate. Still, if Pakistan can get another wicket then they will be completely back in the game. Afghanistan need to get another partnership inorder to win against Pakistan. The fielding of Pakistani side is worst today, Afganistan were far much better that what Pakistan is doing now.

[HelliumZ]

Dire need of wicket as both Afghan openers make half-century, still have hope for Pakistan because Afghanistan is heavily dependent on their openers, one wicket and rest have chance to fall like pack of cards.

Pakistan is facing a worrisome partnership from Afghanistan as their openers are targeting for big. Afghanistan has shown their capability already with a win against England. So, it wouldn't be surprising if they beat Pakistan today. If they avoid making mistakes, they have a good chance of winning. It's important for them to avoid silly mistakes.

Already broken Afghanistan Opening...
R. Gurbaz 65 runs by Shaheen Afridi. Rahmanullah Gurbaz showed as much as he could for Afghanistan. Now what will the next batsmen do. If Afghanistan can't do better after helping Afghanistan so much, then it's a failure of Afghanistan. Anyway hope Afghanistan does well.

[elevates]

Pakistan bowling issue struggling against a weak side like Afganistan. Then they self declare themselves  as the best team to qualify for the semifinals and win the trophy. I would say they are performing much more worst than they did in their previous games. I am sure if they lose today their board would come up with another excuse that would blame the organizers. It is a trademark that Pakistan team is known for sometime now, as they won't accept their issues.

I still feel this game is evenly poised. Both Pakistan and Afghanistan are trying their level best to win today. What I don't understand is why Pakistan has not been able to get wickets fast. Another question that I think every Pakistani team fan should ask what suddenly happened with the fielding.

[synchronym]

Dire need of wicket as both Afghan openers make half-century, still have hope for Pakistan because Afghanistan is heavily dependent on their openers, one wicket and rest have chance to fall like pack of cards.

Pakistan is facing a worrisome partnership from Afghanistan as their openers are targeting for big. Afghanistan has shown their capability already with a win against England. So, it wouldn't be surprising if they beat Pakistan today. If they avoid making mistakes, they have a good chance of winning. It's important for them to avoid silly mistakes.

Already broken Afghanistan Opening...
R. Gurbaz 65 runs by Shaheen Afridi. Rahmanullah Gurbaz showed as much as he could for Afghanistan. Now what will the next batsmen do. If Afghanistan can't do better after helping Afghanistan so much, then it's a failure of Afghanistan. Anyway hope Afghanistan does well.

Pakistan set Afghanistan a target of 282 runs. Afghanistan's opening duo Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran have been playing brilliantly and their partnership has built up beautifully with Gurbaz scoring a 53-ball 65 as he is dismissed by Shahensha Afridi. Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat are batting brilliantly. Afghanistan batting looks like they can win this match as they still have nine wickets in hand. Yes. Ibrahim Zadran is batting very well he looks like he can score a century and if he scores it will be good for Afghanistan team. Ibrahim Zadran scored 79 runs off 98 balls. Pakistan bowling is very good now Pakistan bowlers need to get Ibrahim Zadran out very quickly if they want to win this match maybe Afghanistan will be under some pressure.

[onecall123]

Dire need of wicket as both Afghan openers make half-century, still have hope for Pakistan because Afghanistan is heavily dependent on their openers, one wicket and rest have chance to fall like pack of cards.

Pakistan is facing a worrisome partnership from Afghanistan as their openers are targeting for big. Afghanistan has shown their capability already with a win against England. So, it wouldn't be surprising if they beat Pakistan today. If they avoid making mistakes, they have a good chance of winning. It's important for them to avoid silly mistakes.

Already broken Afghanistan Opening...
R. Gurbaz 65 runs by Shaheen Afridi. Rahmanullah Gurbaz showed as much as he could for Afghanistan. Now what will the next batsmen do. If Afghanistan can't do better after helping Afghanistan so much, then it's a failure of Afghanistan. Anyway hope Afghanistan does well.

Believe me, Afghanistan is still the favorite and has a good chance to win this game.
Afghanistan needs 108 runs in the next 20 overs in Chennai with nine wickets in hand. It should be an easy chase for Afghanistan.

But you never know, miracles can happen in cricket.

[pakhitheboss]

Why I feel after watching Pakistan play today that they have lost their ability to be called as a good bowling side. Afganistan has out perform their ability to bat because of stupid bowling by Pakistan. Then Pakistan has been leaking runs because of poor fielding by Pakistan. It is one the worst performance by Pakistan. I feel they might have fixed this game for Pakistan to lose the match by the Afghanistan war lords like Taliban. For me this is so wired that Pakistan is struggling against Afghanistan. If they lose today they lose big time as they would get rank below their persent ranking

[Westinhome]

Afghanistan's opener partnership is out in today's match but the next batsmen will be able to lift Afghanistan's victory. As they didn't lose a wicket till 128 runs, the next batsman, Afghanistan, should not face any problem to collect 155 runs. I can already see the example that Pakistan will lose in today's match.

Today Afghanistan game was good and seems to be the winning strike against the Pakistan,because the first wicket was taken just now with the score of 130 runs.Ibrahim was still in the strike with 60+ runs and help the Afghanistan in the right way to chase the target.The target for the game was just 280 runs from the 50 overs,So no need to worry for the chase.The opening partnership was not expected by the Pakistan team from the Afghanistan.To be frank the Afghanistan and Netherland was taking more responsibility in this league compared to the Srilanka and England.No one believe the England was the winner of the last World Cup by the current game.