They are going to be 20 short but something to bowl at. Decent recovery after the 10 over mark.
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A watchable game now anyway.
Superb atmosphere, love seeing the Afghans going mad.
Brilliant from these two.
150 on the cards?
150 on the cards?
Nabi is such a fine cricketer.
Afridi is excellent fair play.
Seems like a huge liability. What are your other options?
This will be a trickier chase than the first two games.
Squeaky bum time for Ind/NZ who can't really afford an Afg win.
Squeaky bum time for Ind/NZ who can't really afford an Afg win.
So good. What an over from Shaheen
Good recovery from Afg though. Could be a good game this.
Good recovery from Afg though. Could be a good game this.
Yup - feels like a proper tournament game
147. Haven't seen the Afghan pace bowlers, but hope Mujeeb and Rashid have a good game.
Bowling was poor in the last 5 overs. I’m surprised Hafeez didn’t bowl at all.
Their spinners will make it tricky but should be able to chase this down.
Their spinners will make it tricky but should be able to chase this down.
The pitch seemed to quicken up. If so, Afghanistan will have to bowl amazingly well here.
I think there’s Mohammad Wasim who would be the seam option if they drop Hasan but I don’t believe he’s played much for Pakistan so there would be a risk throwing him in during the WC. I doubt they’ll go with another spinner as there’s already 3 in the team (4 if Malik bowls).
Afghanistan sure bat deep. They would have wanted to have gotten over 150 though.
I was hoping to see Rashid Khan have a bit of a cameo at the end there.
I was hoping to see Rashid Khan have a bit of a cameo at the end there.
Mujeeb, Rashid and Nabi - won’t be an easy chase.
Couple of easy games coming up to try out the other options.
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After the way Rizwan batted against India, I have a special dislike for him
After the way Rizwan batted against India, I have a special dislike for him
what did he do?
I was too busy watching us get hammered by Liverpool at that point
He is a very busy player and never lets the pressure build - constant singles or boundaries. It's very annoying to watch if you're supporting the other team
That is such a good pick up and throw on that runout chance
Think Alan Wilkins is one of the worst commentators in cricket. Fluff commentary - just sounds articulate and says nothing worth listening to
I was just about to post something better similar - oh yes! caressed - for a single. He's clueless.
Harsh on the clueless. He's only Welsh.
He's got this weird association with Indian sports TV that goes back like 15 years. He used to be very regular here, and he was even commentating on Wimbledon in the India feed at one point. There was one time I was changing channels and I heard him on the US Open golf championship or whatever
Ooof
Excellent bowling from Mujeeb.
1/14 is some spell during the PPs
Got no idea why they bowled out Mujeeb here. Surely you bowl him in the middle overs with Rashid and strangle the opposition.
They want to keep the pressure on and get it to 10 left with a reasonable run rate with Rashid having 4. I think it's a decent plan
Would have thought so yes.
Was he carrying a niggle? Walked straight off.
I don't think it's a bad strategy to try and get the RRR up for the last 10. Shame for them that Nabi gave away so many runs on the other end
Massive over that. They need Rashid Khan on now
Need some wickets or even Rashid may not be effective
They really want Rashid to bowl at the death? Silly.
This is dreadful. Like I've repeatedly said, shit teams shouldn't be allowed to bat first.
Let the Pakistani lads play themselves in then leave it all to Rashid Khan. I'm not convinced...
Afghan keeper seems like he eats Biriyani 4 times a day.
He's an inspiration
But if Mujeeb is bowled out after 7 overs then the batsmen only have to see out 4 overs from Rashid. They can attack freely in the other 11 overs.
Look at them now, they're scared to introduce Rashid because they know his 4 overs are valuable. He should've been on in the 7th over with a couple of overs from Mujeeb up their sleeve.