7th Match - Afghanistan v Sri Lanka

[Burgey]

Meh. Wgaf. Both making up numbers. Hoping Afghanistan win, but this is definitely a catch up on sleep game ahead of the decent stuff.

 

[weldone]

We should not be in this world cup. Give our spot to Ireland.

Scotland

 

[morgieb]

And this was just shortly after HK had smashed Afghanistan, and at the same time when HK nearly beat India. Had we played Sri Lanka then, we'd have smashed them as well.

Can't believe we've lost ODI status despite all this. Associate cricket is a cruel cruel world.


Anyways, I'd be mildly surprised if SL win. They're good cricketers but the ODI team has been a bit all over the place. They're still favourites on paper when you consider their level of experience and stuff, but they have lost 14 of their last 16 completed ODIs, one of those wins being in a rain-affected game over Scotland just recently. The last time they won two ODIs in a row was against South Africa in SL Aug 2018, in a series they lost 3-2 (won both games after the series was already lost). And as mentioned, Afghanistan smashed them the last time these two sides played.

Afgh are the favourites here.

Pretty sure Bangladesh still have ODI status but whatever.

 

[trundler]

Decent first over

 

[Flem274*]

did this porker wicket keeper play the last world cup? i love him

 

[trundler]

Quality. This will be a contest

 

[Burgey]

SL will do some minnow bashing here I’m afraid

 

[Burgey]

Fmd talking about Rashid Khan being young. He’s 35 if a day.

 

[trundler]

Good bouncer. Karunaratne will ton up hopefully.

 

[trundler]

Kusalsurya

 

[trundler]

Why the **** didn't they open with him earlier

 

[mr_mister]

Yeah I think some of you were a tad unrealistic with your opinion of Afghanistan. I think you want them to be good but they're still verrry raw. Rashid their only hope today

 

[trundler]

Very indisciplined from Afghanistan. Perera cashing in.

5 wides as I typed that

 

[Flem274*]

greatest dive

 

[trundler]

Shahzad reminds me of that tubby NSW keeper

 

[trundler]

greatest dive

They have learnt their cricket in Pakistan, after all

 

[trundler]

Oh wow this might be the first 400.

 

[Spark]

SL's minnow-bashing prowess asserting itself once again, it seems. Happens every WC.

 

[trundler]

More of that please. Past the edge.

 

[Starfighter]

Hamid getting taken to the cleaners.