Match 52# Afghanistan vs Bangladesh: Do or die for the Afghans

[Shri]

maxwell defeated afg on one leg in mumbai

naib knocked aus out of WC on one leg in windies

 

[jcas0167]

Given that the best players Bangladesh have produced have either retired or are ancient it ain't happening soon.

Bangladesh won the under 19 WC in 2020. Must have some guys coming through.

 

[Zinzan]

Wow. Amazing. Well done Afghanistan.

Btw, how many CWCs (either format) have there been one of Australia or NZ in the semis? Can't be many.

Assuming you mean when there hasn't been & It's rare.

Aust and/or NZ have made at least the semi finals 20 out of 23 prior ODI & T20 World cups, including World Test Championship (finals).

So 4th occasion this.

Previous occasions; just once in ODIs - 1983 & twice in T20 WCs - 2009 & 2014.

 

[number11]

What a tourney!
One has to favour the Saffers tomorrow though.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

A brave lone hand by Liton Das, but alas

 

[Zinzan]

Well done Afghanistan. Thought they'd thrown it away with the bat with all the dots.

High-octane drama at it's best with the semis at stake. Bit of rain around, permutations for 3 teams alive for much of the game. Pleased I turned it on.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Assuming you mean when there hasn't been & It's rare.

Aust and/or NZ have made at least the semi finals 20 out of 23 prior ODI & T20 World cups, including World Test Championship (finals).

So 4th occasion this.

Previous occasions; just once in ODIs - 1983 & twice in T20 WCs - 2009 & 2014.

Yes I meant that - typo.

 

[silentstriker]

Couldn’t stop laughing at that dive. Needs to get a ban for a few games obviously for blatant cheating but it was absolutely hilarious. I now really like the guy.

It’s relatable - it’s something a non athlete like me might do in a high pressure game. Get some instructions from the coach, get a brain freeze on how to implement it, and pretend someone just sliced my hammy and just fall to the ground. A+

 

[Heboric]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1805458710526836856

Classic Trott, I guess you take things from your playing days into coaching

I was at the ground for this:

Graeme Smith complains to the umpires over Jonathan Trott 'time-wasting' in South Africa v England test

Graeme Smith has made an official complaint to the umpires over the time it takes Jonathan Trott to get ready amid claims of tactical time-wasting.

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[silentstriker]

That’s actually good enough to go in my sig permanently.

 

[ashley bach]

A brave lone hand by Liton Das

@Spark

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The irony,

 

[ashley bach]

Security will need to improve from here on in. Having snipers at a cricket game is not acceptable.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Still can hardly believe Australia had to suffer into the early hours through a Bangladesh-Afghanistan match, great as it was, to know their ultimately miserable fate. Elite turn of events

 

[reyrey]

I'm more disgusted by Mahmudullah giving up the run chase for the Banglas to qualify than the Gulbadin leg cramp.

 

[ashley bach]

Yeah I get the rivalry of not wanting another team to qualify, but to throw away your own chances just doesn't cut the mustard.

 

[Chubb]

If one of your senior players publicly floats the idea of fixing a match to knock out a rival team you don’t get to complain about timewasting IMO. Just for the sheer stupidity of what Hazlewood said whether he was being serious or not.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Apropos thread title, they did and died right after.