Afghanistan [286/2] cruise to a famous 8-wicket win over Pakistan [282/7] at ICC World Cup 2023

[7sins]

17 AN OVER you never learn don't you?

 

[castortroy]

Seriously what clowns claimed this is the best attack in the world?

Hang your head in shame

 

[IAJ]

This is garbage. You can't have a bowler in your team who consistently gives away som many runs in hist first over.

 

[m.shah]

17 of the over thanks Rauf

 

[emranabbas]

Gully Mohalla level bowler this Haris Rauf

Why Babar keeps on bowling him in powerplay?

Friendship

 

[lazy cricketer]

rauf gonna get us home early lolll

 

[Ahmed216]

17 off the first over. Rauf's ODI career should be over after WC

 

[Spitfire]

Morkel definitely needs to be sacked after this tournament.

He has created the worst pak attack in decades

Shaun Tait was doing a lot better job and was a straight shooter at press conferences too.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

need to pull back immediately. it is never good when spinners are forced to bowl.

 

[MMHS]

Great start for AFGs, but not sure why PAK is panicking here!!! Isn’t there anyone to tell that on that track pace & width sets nicely for freeing arm?

 

[m.shah]

This is garbage. You can't have a bowler in your team who consistently gives away som many runs in hist first over.

He should be dropped

 

[160KPH]

Last one was a thick edge

 

[Abraham786]

Mickey Arthur be like : Bkl Dhang se karle bowl kyu pakistani awaam se chappal khilwaega budape me muje

 

[The_KING]

Pathetic Harris goes for plenty in his first over again. He has to be one of my most unlikeable cricketers ever.

 

[pratiktc]

Rauf needs to straighten up the line. Everything needs to finish within the stumps

 

[IAJ]

Last game he gave away 24 runs in his first over and today 17 runs, Is this a joke or what?

 

[Shafi]

Afghan's batters are far superior than us. This team doesn't have any future. Babar needs to be disposed ASAP from the team.

 

[LegendAli]

Pitch is difficult to bat for Pakistani batters and Pitch is difficult to bowl for Pakistani bowlers..

Everything is difficult for Pakistani's in general.

 

[Devadwal]

On a lighter note it looks like AFG want to improve their NRR not Pakistan

Lol it just matter of one wicket .they are not going to score 200

 

[jnaveen1980]

How is the pitch?

Didn't catch the first half. Just saw 2 or 3 overs of this innings. It seems like one of those true chennai pitch. There is no seam movement we saw from Hazlewood.

 

[hitthestump]

This team needed Imad to keep a powerplay tight.

Lack of foresight, planning and (most importantly) people skills from Babar.

You might have successfully kept your dushman out of the side but it cost you the captaincy.

 

[viking2559]

Pitch should get bit difficult as the match progresses.

 

[Spitfire]

Morkel definitely needs to be sacked after this tournament.

He has created the worst pak attack in decades

Shaun Tait was doing a lot better job and was a straight shooter at press conferences too.

 

[ArabKnight]

Where’s the “muh best bowling attack“ people?

 

[castortroy]

72mph half volley

 

[shah_1]

Hasan Ali and Haris Rauf are such garbage bowlers.

 

[jusarrived]

Rauf is like a bowling machine set to 90mph, has no variations


That said some good looking shots from Afg bats

 

[vodafone_lover]

Oh my oh my...koi samjhao in speed ke badshaho ko, hosh ke naakhun le

They are making our friends job easy by giving them proper pace to time the ball properly.

How foolish can a player be, live examples are here to see

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Can someone tell babar bring the spinner

 

[emranabbas]

No spinner before the 10th over
Babars script says place pace for 10 overs

 

[jnaveen1980]

Lol it just matter of one wicket .they are not going to score 200

IF the seamers don't adapt to this pitch then spinners have to step up here.

 

[hitthestump]

Afghanistan match to lose we have nothing bowlers

We can’t buy a wicket.

It’s truly terrifying.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Rauf has been awful

 

[Shafi]

350 pitch and Babar co could.t even score 300. Deserve to loose.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

This games done.

Hopes are over

 

[7sins]

Such an awful bowling attack

 

[IAJ]

Congratulations to Afghanistan on their first win over Pakistan.

Absolutely pathetic bowling.

They will not win it, but I agree, really pathetic bowling. Should have selected Wasim, even he can't do worse than Haris.

 

[pratiktc]

Thank God Ifti got those extra 20 odd runs.
The way these jokers are bowling will need them

 

[kingusama92]

Afghanistan has used the powerplay to perfection. This will put a lot of pressure on Pakistan's spinners from ball one

 

[Sunzi]

What is so wrong with just bowling line and length. Hassan's first two balls were fine. Why not bowl 6 of those.

Instead throws a half volley in.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

It’s that time when Rizwan starts acting like he is the captain

He might be there soon.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Gurbaaz can be trapped with short ball

 

[m.shah]

Pakistan bowling is so average

 

[Usman Chadda]

Dumb captaincy by Babar. Keep it in the stumps and let the Afghans come at you.

Packing the off side field and hoping for a mistake won’t work on these pitches.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Here is the quiz
Will babar continue with rauf?

 

[7sins]

What is so wrong with just bowling line and length. Hassan's first two balls were fine. Why not bowl 6 of those.

Instead throws a half volley in.

These players don't have brain and have very low IQ

 

[emranabbas]

He's back again

 

[castortroy]

Afghanistan will take this close. They are not facing the kiwis today.

They have an attack that will gift you gift after gift per over

 

[imshally81]

Here is the quiz
Will babar continue with rauf?

Yes

 

[chinaman00]

If the Afghans hold their head, they might crash Pakistan out of the match by the 20th over.

 

[topspin]

Rauf was never suited to this pitch. Not sure why he was selected. His pace comes on so nicely on this slow Chennai wicket.

Can't believe the think tank don't even understand something so basic.

 

[Abraham786]

Terrible Captain he should have brought chacha here , ChaCha definately will do better on this wicket.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Athers is spot on. In India is not predictable like we saw with UAE. win the toss win the match

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Rauf has been awful

He looks like he's about to start crying.

 

[Rana]

He might be there soon.

Please let it be soon.

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

Here is the quiz
Will babar continue with rauf?

Yes.

 

[Ahmed216]

They just can't construct a tight over. Netherlands bowlers got more sense

 

[Omer2002]

well well i heard some educated people saying 200 is more than enough...

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Yes

You have won 5lbs double choclate cake.

 

[jusarrived]

I don't think Afg will win this they don't know how to finish things off after a good start

 

[7sins]

Rauf again LOL Babar captaincy

 

[mazkhan]

Getting mauled by afghanistan how low as the state of our cricket got

 

[mominsaigol]

Lol Rauf coming again. Best captain

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Haris given ball again, what a dumb move.

 

[The_KING]

Babar is the worst captain I have ever seen. He is worse than Yousuf, Azhar

 

[Devadwal]

Afghanistan cant win but this is absolutely pathetic captioncy by Babar

 

[MMHS]

PAK pacers are begging for the new ball to loose shine - what a pathetic state.

Get the ball close to batsman!!!

 

[tauseef_mahmood]

You have won 5lbs double choclate cake.

I prefer fresh cream. I can send you my address as I can never say no to Cake.

 

[Aviator]

How come afghanis are getting so much protein and sack of lard isn't getting any?

 

[emranabbas]

Boundary coming

 

[viking2559]

Haris should just bowl this one and be done with it until 30th over.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Difference between Shami/Siraj and Rauf/Hasan is they lose very less pace after the pitch due to the way the release and cock the wrist. Rauf seems like apparently lose a lot of pace after pitching> It makes him a medium pacer despite the clock speed.

 

[adi_62941]

Afghanistan has already scored enough runs. now they will sneak single and doubles from spinners and boundary here and there. Very easy now

 

[castortroy]

well well i heard some educated people saying 200 is more than enough...

Lol who said that?

Fans are so deluded by this pak attack

 

[Usman Chadda]

PAK pacers are begging for the new ball to loose shine - what a pathetic state.

Get the ball close to batsman!!!

You can blame Babar for this, he is pushing them to bowl that fourth stump line which is difficult on this wicket with no margin for error.

Stupid captaincy.

 

[Shafi]

NZ, SA, ENG will crush this team. We'll loose today and Bangladesh as well. Don;t think we;ll qualify next World Cup.

 

[Devadwal]

Rauf is bowling now like bounded tiger. Wicket is coming

 

[CerebralPatriot]

I years I was yelling for Mir Hamza and got ostracised

Consequences on full display

 

[owenhcricket]

Too short and too wide with too much pace on the ball.

The idea behind bowling here is simple, back of a length and more cutters than stock deliveries.

Simple.

 

[ex-q-zit]

AFG are already 60 in 9 overs. The RRR is very much in control. Even if the openers fall the next 2 batsmen are accumulators who dont gift their wickets. THis match is slowly tipping towards AFG.