ICC World Cup 2023: Afghanistan (284 all out) beat England (215 all out) by 69 runs in shock ICC Cricket World Cup win

[Nikhil_cric]

Curran gone. Beautiful ball by Nabi. Pakistan should ask him to play for them after he retires for AFG

 

[Devadwal]

Wow 6 down . Afganistan win is very good for team Australia and Pakistan

 

[7sins]

It is good that pitch is not flat.

Flat pitches are boring.

Even I don't like watching 350 400 scores.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Afghans are looking very dangerous on this pitch. This is similar to how England struggled against Ashwin/Jadeja in Tests.

 

[Asif321]

Pakistan Afghanistan gonna be fun

 

[DJhant]

Go Afghans..kill the Pom Poms

 

[volcyz]

England the biggus chokers this WC, said it all along.

Dropping Roy destroyed team morale

 

[Champ_Pal]

Bye Bye England. Welcome back to Top 4 Pakistan

 

[7sins]

Wow 6 down . Afganistan win is very good for team Australia and Pakistan

This is not a normal Delhi pitch someone wanted Afghanistan to win today. By the looks of it 2 favorites Australia and England going out

 

[GLORY OF '92]

That was poor from Curran.

England badly need Stokes and Moeen back

 

[Abhilash93]

It is good that pitch is not flat.

Flat pitches are boring.

And average turn was 2.5 degrees in 1st innings and only 1.8 degrees in this innings.
It is the England batters who are exposing their weakness against spin, there are no real demons here.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Nabi also swings the ball.

 

[IAJ]

Check your TV volume bro.

Lol, hearing most of them fine, but Atherton, Pollock and Watson are not loud today.

 

[Champ_Pal]

England the biggus chokers this WC, said it all along.

Dropping Roy destroyed team morale

I couldn't believe when they dropped Roy from the squad. He was their dasher at the top.

 

[jnaveen1980]

That was poor from Curran.

England badly need Stokes and Moeen back

Stokes in India is no different. He struggles big time against off spinners

 

[Ahmed216]

Bye Bye England. Welcome back to Top 4 Pakistan

Lol
Even the most doe hard fan of Pak cricket has stopped believing. Our spinners are worst amongst all teams. Shaheen looks unfit

 

[IAJ]

Misfield

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Stokes in India is no different. He struggles big time against off spinners

He's a fighter though.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I couldn't believe when they dropped Roy from the squad. He was their dasher at the top.

That is where they lost the game. THey allowed Afghanistan to bowl they wanted to bowl. It had a cascading effect.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Brainless by Afghans. They can bowl Nabi now. Persisting with Azmat trundler and releasing pressure.

Now that Curran is gone. Bowl out Rashid and Mujeeb to RHB's!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Australia should have called Nathan Lyon up once they found there is no Agar

 

[IAJ]

If Pak and AFG were at good teens we could have had Rashid playing for us.

 

[PakFan2010]

This is very good for Pakistan's top 4 chances.

 

[sweep_shot]

England - 141/6 (28 overs).

144 runs are needed from 22 overs.

 

[Devadwal]

How is the pitch behaving? Were England wicket due to good bowling or poor batting?

 

[jnaveen1980]

Mujeeb and Nabi are not just off spinners. They also swing the ball. That is why it is harder to play them.

 

[jnaveen1980]

How is the pitch behaving? Were England wicket due to good bowling or poor batting?

Lack of feet movement. There is a nervous energy right through.

 

[sweep_shot]

How is the pitch behaving? Were England wicket due to good bowling or poor batting?

Good bowling.

Pitch is assisting spinners also.

 

[Devadwal]

This is Brooks career most important test for him .

 

[jnaveen1980]

They have to attack spinners. No other way. You cannot defend your way out against guys like Rashid.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Lol
Even the most doe hard fan of Pak cricket has stopped believing. Our spinners are worst amongst all teams. Shaheen looks unfit

Pakistan has a lot of problems in their team at the moment. Once they reach SF, its just a matter of getting hot for a couple of matches. They will remain a dangerous side.
I feel Australia will compete with Pakistan for the 4th SF spot.

 

[IAJ]

Rashid showing some football skills lol

 

[Kianig89]

Mujeeb also has 4 overs AFG should look to het these 4 wickets if Eng played 50 over they will win it

 

[sweep_shot]

Maiden over from Rashid.

Pressure is building up.

144 runs are needed from 21 overs.

 

[IAJ]

They have to attack spinners. No other way. You cannot defend your way out against guys like Rashid.

Lol they are even worse than Pakistanis against spin

 

[Justcrazy]

England losing here will open up the tournament further here

 

[volcyz]

If only Pakistan had someone like Rashid

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pakistan has a lot of problems in their team at the moment. Once they reach SF, its just a matter of getting hot for a couple of matches. They will remain a dangerous side.
I feel Australia will compete with Pakistan for the 4th SF spot.

NRR is going to become all the more important.

 

[Abhilash93]

How is the pitch behaving? Were England wicket due to good bowling or poor batting?

England are completely clueless against spin. They are just hanging back on the backfoot and playing it off the pitch rather than the hand.

With a low bounce pitch like this, playing completely on the backfoot to spinners is dangerous.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This is a historical match for Afghans. Come on guys. Do it !! No hate for England. Just that want to see Afghans winning.

 

[emranabbas]

It's pretty much safe to say hashmatullah shahidi is a better captain than Babar azam

 

[Justcrazy]

England still not out of game here , they have batting right till the end.

 

[Devadwal]

Brooks is stand between Afganistan win .get him and win the game .

 

[SpiritOf1903]

England never liked alien conditions. Generally terrible in Subcontinent

 

[jnaveen1980]

England are completely clueless against spin. They are just hanging back on the backfoot and playing it off the pitch rather than the hand.

With a low bounce pitch like this, playing completely on the backfoot to spinners is dangerous.

You can play on the backfoot if you are an expert cutter like KL Rahul. Otherwise using your feet serves you better. This Dhoni style lunging will eventually get you.

 

[volcyz]

It's pretty much safe to say hashmatullah shahidi is a better captain than Babar azam

He has Rashid Khan and Mujeeb instead of Shadab and Nawaz as spinners


Huge difference

 

[jnaveen1980]

Come on go for review. That looked close

 

[Srinath_cricket]

How come Delhi pitch turning this much? Too much pitch doctoring going on. These pitches are behaving opposite of what they do in ipl games

It looks to me like you're claiming something just for the sake of it.

Usual Delhi pitch turns square and there is hardly any bounce. In tests, it turns SQUARE!! Even IPL matches don't produce high scores here. 165 is more than a good score in T20s.

The recent trend of batting being easier is because the pitch has been relaid and is new. Now, with wear and tear due to consecutive matches being played, the pitch has started turning.

Kindly do some research before you come up with these conspiracy theories. Atleast that will be useful in backing up the false claims.

 

[emranabbas]

If only Pakistan had someone like Rashid

We have abrar but he's not very good friends with babar azam so he's not allowed in the team

 

[Devadwal]

It's pretty much safe to say hashmatullah shahidi is a better captain than Babar azam

It's too early to say .

 

[battler]

Think this game is done. England going nowhere

 

[sweep_shot]

Just 2 from it. Another good over for the Afghans.

England - 143/6 (30 overs).

 

[jnaveen1980]

We have abrar but he's not very good friends with babar azam so he's not allowed in the team

If Pakistan has a better spinner he should play rather than slightly weaker spinnr just because he can bat. Even 10 dangerous overs can completely alter the game.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Afghanistan have the defending champions on the mat

 

[Champ_Pal]

NRR is going to become all the more important.

SL, Aus, Eng, Pak all will have a decent chance to enter Semis. But Aus are the most dangerous team of the lot. They have the bowling and fire power to turn things around. Pak has better batsmen for the conditions.

 

[sweep_shot]

142 runs are needed from 20 overs.

T20 game now.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Up until now they just had to worry about protecting the wickets. Now they have to worry about asking rate as well with 20 overs to go.

 

[topspin]

11 overs of spin left. England need to see these overs off and then smack their pacers.

All depends on whether Brook can stay till the end and one or more his partners can hang around for a bit.

Afghanistan's game to lose.

 

[Devadwal]

England still not out of game here , they have batting right till the end.

Today is the real test for England batting depths to shine . anyone can score after 300 runs but this is real test for them

 

[jnaveen1980]

Panic panic !!!

 

[emranabbas]

If Pakistan has a better spinner he should play rather than slightly weaker spinnr just because he can bat. Even 10 dangerous overs can completely alter the game.

Try explaining this to our kaptaan

 

[topspin]

Ibrahim is a whack fielder.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Not every ball is a wicket taking ball. Rashid atleast bowled one floaty ball every over Instead of whacking over deep mid off for six they were tapping the ball.

 

[emranabbas]

He has Rashid Khan and Mujeeb instead of Shadab and Nawaz as spinners


Huge difference

We have abrar

 

[sweep_shot]

Afghanistan still have 9 overs of pace left.

I think they should bowl some part-time spin so that pacers have to bowl less overs.

 

[Devadwal]

Six

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Mujeeb losing the plot.

 

[sweep_shot]

Six.

First six for England in this innings.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Finally some intent. This should have been shown a lot earlier.

 

[topspin]

That's what 2 misfields bring about. Six for Brook. Could this be the over that turns the game around for England?

 

[Ahmed216]

If Pakistan has a better spinner he should play rather than slightly weaker spinnr just because he can bat. Even 10 dangerous overs can completely alter the game.

Been saying this for the past year.

 

[Champ_Pal]

This is a historical match for Afghans. Come on guys. Do it !! No hate for England. Just that want to see Afghans winning.

They are a team that can always slay the big dragons at least once in every major tournament. Its England's turn to face the wrath of Afg.

 

[Mas-LFC]

Mujeeb needs to bowl tight, bit wayward over

 

[sweep_shot]

131 runs are needed from 19 overs.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

They are a team that can always slay the big dragons at least once in every major tournament. Its England's turn to face the wrath of Afg.

When have they ever beaten a Top 6 side let alone in a World Cup?

 

[RehanG]

When have they ever beaten a Top 6 side let alone in a World Cup?

i think never. just won 1 match so far in all world cups they have played in

 

[jnaveen1980]

Been saying this for the past year. Babar's defensive mindset and his love for bits n pieces

Apparently pakistan wants to keep adding cushion to the batting while ignoring the importance of middle over control through spin. In T20 it is fine and dandy. In 50 over game 20 average overs is a lot of overs.

 

[sweep_shot]

When have they ever beaten a Top 6 side let alone in a World Cup?

They won a T20 series against Pakistan (2-1).

They also tied an ODI game against India (Asia Cup 2018).

 

[sweep_shot]

i think never. just won 1 match so far in all world cups they have played in

They won against Scotland in 2015 WC. That was their only ODI WC win.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I am amazed at the skill of Afghan bowlers. Bit like how Srilanka keeps producing magic bowlers.