Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka | Asia Cup 2014 | Dhaka | 03/04/2014

[Justcrazy]

Afghanistan team

Mohammad Shahzad†, Asghar Stanikzai, Noor Ali Zadran, Nawroz Mangal, Mohammad Nabi*, Samiullah Shenwari, Najibullah Zadran, Mirwais Ashraf, Shapoor Zadran, Hamza Hotak, Dawlat Zadran


Sri Lanka team

MDKJ Perera, HDRL Thirimanne, KC Sangakkara†, DPMD Jayawardene, LD Chandimal, AD Mathews*, PC de Silva, NLTC Perera, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis, RAS Lakmal

 

[Justcrazy]

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka bowling will be too good for Afghans

 

[Justcrazy]

very less crowd.

 

[Justcrazy]

6 / 0

 

[Justcrazy]

12 / 0

 

[Justcrazy]

Afghan need early wickets to exert pressure

 

[Red Devil]

Bowled! what a ball

 

[Red Devil]

Here comes the beast Sanga

 

[Justcrazy]

Bowled him

 

[Justcrazy]

15 / 1 after 6

Afghans have summoned the Beast here

 

[BHM :D]

good start by AFG!

 

[Justcrazy]

20 . 1

 

[Justcrazy]

21 / 1 after 7

 

[Justcrazy]

Afghans need to get wickets at regular intervals here

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka have too many lefties in there top order.

 

[Justcrazy]

22 / 1

8 overs

 

[Strike!]

Slow start for SL so far.

 

[Justcrazy]

23 / 1

9 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

R/r
3.52

 

[Justcrazy]

40 / 1

 

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45 / 1

11 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

45 / 1 after 13 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka keeping wickets in the bag , for an onslaught later

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 34 runs so far

 

[Sam18696]

What bowling by Nabi. The batsmen look clueless

 

[Justcrazy]

for Lankas

in 15overs

 

[Justcrazy]

ICC should really invest in Afghan and Ireland , they should be send to play against A teams of other major teams.

 

[Sam18696]

Jason statham gets Perera!

 

[Sam18696]

50/2

 

[Justcrazy]

Afghan strike again

 

[Justcrazy]

Run rate is 3.18

 

[Justcrazy]

54 / 2 after 17 overs

 

[uberkoen]

Afghanistan has performed pretty good in this tournament. They were good against us, beat Bangladesh and have had a strong start to this game.

Let's hope they don't falter towards the end like they did against us.

I'd like to see them make a match out of this win.

 

[London_Lahori]

Afghan doing well here

 

[Energetic]

Good start by the minnows. Hardly any crowd.

 

[London_Lahori]

Still buzzing over yday's game lol

 

[Justcrazy]

72 / 2 after 20

 

[Justcrazy]

Afghans need more encouragement from Other 3 Big Asian Giants

 

[Justcrazy]

Perera looks to have settled in as opener in this side.

 

[Justcrazy]

83 / 2 after 21

 

[London_Lahori]

SL targeting Hamza Hotak

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 32 runs here

 

[Justcrazy]

Lanka loose third wicket

 

[Justcrazy]

Jayawardhane as a batsman struggling these days , he is past his prime now.

 

[Justcrazy]

I hope Chandimal scores some today.

 

[London_Lahori]

Mirwais gets Jaya!

 

[London_Lahori]

As per usual, will it be Sanga to the rescue?

 

[Myrmidon]

Could have been more damage for Srilanka if Hamid Hasan was playing, will always state, he is the most superior fast bowler they have. Hope he plays against India, will leave that batting line up clueless

 

[bigdaddymiandad]

Afghanistan are bowling well but Malinga and Mendis will blow them away their batsmen have never faced anything like that. Sangakkara is the big fish yet another fifty, whats a asia cup he is having. Afghanistan have been very impressive tho.

 

[Madplayer]

score please

 

[bigdaddymiandad]

147-3

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

to two quick wickets

 

[fumaster]

159-5 (38)

 

[London_Lahori]

159-5

37.4 overs

Chandimal and Sanga gone in consecutive overs

 

[London_Lahori]

220 will give Afghanistan a chance

 

[tahir_dj]

Need to get mathew now once he is out pf the way than there is a real chance

 

[CalculatedRisk]

Does an Afghan win suit Pakistan?

 

[London_Lahori]

Silva

 

[London_Lahori]

Does an Afghan win suit Pakistan?

Doesn't really matter tbh so long as we beat Bangladesh

 

[London_Lahori]

TP and Matthews at the crease

 

[uberkoen]

wow. Looks like we've got a game on our hands.

 

[London_Lahori]

This partnership is 29 runs from 5.3 overs

Top stuff Afghanistan!

 

[ShaazE]

Pakistan's influence on Afghan cricket becomes quite clear after you watch them field.

 

[uberkoen]

2 overs to go 223/6

C'mon Afghans don't let them get to 250.

 

[Ibad17]

Afghan team has really impressed me this tournament.

 

[Myrmidon]

Again Dawlat proving to be quite expensive, Hamid Hasan is a far superior bowler and is a big big loss to this Afghan bowling side. Dawlat is quick and aggressive but does take a lot of treatment

 

[London_Lahori]

41 runs in the last 3 overs

 

[Myrmidon]

If Afghan batting clicks they chase this, but I am expecting more tentative batting from naturally strong hitters once again

 

[fumaster]

Again Dawlat proving to be quite expensive, Hamid Hasan is a far superior bowler and is a big big loss to this Afghan bowling side. Dawlat is quick and aggressive but does take a lot of treatment

How long is Hamid hassan out for? WHat injury has he got?

 

[Asif321]

very good effort by Afghanistan

 

[Saeed]

The highest runs Afghanistan has scored against test playing nation(excluding Bang and Zim) is 206. Lets hope they break this record and defeat SL.

 

[pakistani pride]

If Afghan batting clicks they chase this, but I am expecting more tentative batting from naturally strong hitters once again

Maybe the batting is just not good enough.
no player wants to bat slow. Perhaps sometimes the bowling is just better.

 

[Fire Bird]

Key for Afghanistan is to keep it close until the 40th over and then go for it. Stanikzai, Mangal, and Nabi will need to step up. Stanikzai is slow initially but he is the best equipped to keep his wicket in tact. Lets see how it goes. Will be tough against SL though. They are a very good bowling and fielding unit.

 

[Myrmidon]

Maybe the batting is just not good enough.
no player wants to bat slow. Perhaps sometimes the bowling is just better.

No you can tell by their body language, they normally slog at everything, they are being overly tentative, Shahzad only plays one way and so far he barely slashes at anything, Rubel Hossain is not a quality bowler

We saw what happened when they took initiative.

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Afghanistans batting crumbles under pressure generally. Therfore im gonna predict Shehzad out for less than 20 within 7 overs and Afghanistan to lose by about 40-50 runs....

 

[Saeed]

Malinga to bowl.

 

[Saeed]

Blind hitting by shahzad.

 

[Myrmidon]

This, he should play like this, if he gets out fair enough, Malinga ends up bowling a wide next ball.

His strength is his hitting not his defensive side, if he gets bogged down, he will get out

 

[Myrmidon]

How long is Hamid hassan out for? WHat injury has he got?

No clue, he is fit then unfit, then fit, it is hard to tell with him