ICC World Cup 2023: Glenn Maxwell's incredible 201*(128) leads Australia (293/7) to a fantastic 3-wicket win against Afghanistan (291/5)

[kron]

Give Afghans a coupl3 of players like bumrah and shaheen and they would destroy any team including Aussies, nz and india

 

[jnaveen1980]

Head gone !! What a ball. Ball swung.

 

[7sins]

Game on Australia losing this I guess

 

[rhony]

Wow!! Phenomenal start. Ball already swung, there is turn too. This is going to be one heck of a game

 

[jnaveen1980]

That was as good as a bumrah outswinger or siraj outswinger

 

[Mas-LFC]

Beautiful bowling! By Naveenul!

 

[Devadwal]

Head gone

 

[GLORY OF '92]

What a ball

 

[jattafridi]

Afghanistan favorites to win

Historic victory is coming

 

[jnaveen1980]

Oh Bison is back.Hope he has recovered mentally. He can handle bounce very well. We have to see how he handles swing

 

[Mas-LFC]

Game one hai! Definitely now the score is 320 now! With that wicket!

 

[sweep_shot]

Head is gone.

4/1.

Game on.

 

[jnaveen1980]

What a ball

Impeccable in between length

 

[kron]

Naveen ul bumrah

 

[jnaveen1980]

Naveen is on song.

 

[rhony]

Oh Bison is back.Hope he has recovered mentally. He can handle bounce very well. We have to see how he handles swing

Why didn't leave the team?

 

[jattafridi]

Afghanistan playing so good

Unbelievable performance

 

[jnaveen1980]

Naveen ul bumrah

His action itself is a bit like Bumrah

 

[7sins]

If aus lose another wicket in pp game gone

 

[Kroll]

I also said Afg could still be in the hunt after the Pak-NZ game but that idea was scoffed at by few folks. Not saying they will definitely win here but could be a close run thing.

 

[mominsaigol]

If aus lose another wicket in pp game gone

Naw, they gotta get Warner.

After that game is gone.

 

[7sins]

His action itself is a bit like Bumrah

Dude is retiring at age of 25 from odi

 

[RidiculousMan]

dont care about that. Afghanistan has worked hard to be here. I hope they make it to the next round. Sa game will be crucial.

Sure. You hope for Afghanistan. We hope for Pakistan. But in the end only the deserving team will make.

 

[batandballbattle]

Nobody has chased 290 plus ever on this ground.

Still think they have the quality to chase this, even with head gone early. May be wrong though

 

[jnaveen1980]

Why didn't leave the team?

Grand mother passed away i heard

 

[kron]

This team is no longer minnows man. The Moment I saw them hit 270 vs india against this monster indian bowling attack, I had a feeling they are a lot lot better than we think.

Give them one or 2 quality bowlers like a bumrah or shaheen and they have potential to beat any team.

 

[mominsaigol]

I also said Afg could still be in the hunt after the Pak-NZ game but that idea was scoffed at by few folks. Not saying they will definitely win here but could be a close run thing.

Most people aren't analysts and just fans so no worries.

I use to get frustrated when I made the perfect nz vs eng prediction but everyone mocked and then acknowledged it later,

But then I realised everyone is a fan of the game so it's all good.

 

[rhony]

That drop.. how expensive will that be? One should never drop Warner

 

[jnaveen1980]

Still think they have the quality to chase this, even with head gone early. May be wrong though

Quality schwality go out of the window in world cup chases. You have to be really methodical when you chase. Unless Smith find his touch it is not easy to orchestrate a chase. 5 good balls all you need to rip through top order. Batsmen know it too. So they will be iffy at times. Experience is still there. But two more wickets they will be firmly on the backfoot.

 

[IndoorCricket]

Should have caught that.

 

[7sins]

The game will be set by the pp and how aus play noor Rashid

 

[Devadwal]

Warner dropped now easy win for Australia .you can't dropped Warner catch no matter what

 

[jnaveen1980]

Fielding has to be top notch.

 

[rhony]

Quality schwality go out of the window in world cup chases. You have to be really methodical when you chase. Unless Smith find his touch it is not easy to orchestrate a chase. 5 good balls all you need to rip through top order. Batsmen know it too. So they will be iffy at times. Experience is still there. But two more wickets they will be firmly on the backfoot.

There is no Smith in this game. Can't believe they dropped him

 

[IndoorCricket]

At the highest level. Fielding is what makes the difference.

 

[batandballbattle]

we dropped warner early, he went on to get a hundred
afghans also drop him early, coild he do thr same now?

 

[jnaveen1980]

Mujeeb has to bowl slowly to warner. Bowling fast will play into his hands.

 

[mominsaigol]

There is no Smith in this game. Can't believe they dropped him

He was a massive thorn.

Bro he's not the Smith of 2015, the fab 4 have been poor in this cup except for Williamson

 

[jnaveen1980]

we dropped warner early, he went on to get a hundred
afghans also drop him early, coild he do thr same now?

This is much tougher even for good teams. But for Afghans impossible.

 

[batandballbattle]

Quality schwality go out of the window in world cup chases. You have to be really methodical when you chase. Unless Smith find his touch it is not easy to orchestrate a chase. 5 good balls all you need to rip through top order. Batsmen know it too. So they will be iffy at times. Experience is still there. But two more wickets they will be firmly on the backfoot.

Quality players have good methods because they will have been in these situations time and again. Exactly where does it go out of the window? Also smith isn't playing today.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Naveen is very much like INdian seamers. Hitting the right length

 

[7sins]

Afghanistan missed the trick by not playing another seamer ?

 

[rhony]

Aussies understand that runs need to be scored when ball is hard. They can't time the dew

 

[baggy blue]

this is going to be one terrific game. australia will win.

 

[kron]

At the highest level. Fielding is what makes the difference.

And fast bowling

 

[Ahmed216]

Aussies should enjoy the bounce at Wankhede. Still remember finch and Warner handing India a 10 wicket loss 2-3 years back. India scored around 270

 

[jnaveen1980]

Atleast 5 runs gifted

 

[7sins]

Naveen is very much like INdian seamers. Hitting the right length

Man people praise Jonathan trott but Ajay jadeja is the main guy behind this Afghanistan team

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rashid is the only decent fielder

 

[batandballbattle]

There is no Smith in this game. Can't believe they dropped him

Post-ban he's not been the same player, he improved his test game massively but his white ball game suffered a lot as a consequence. Never used to be as slow and steady in white ball as he is now.

 

[sweep_shot]

Man people praise Jonathan trott but Ajay jadeja is the main guy behind this Afghanistan team

Ajay joined recently. Trott has been around for a while.

 

[Major]

Man people praise Jonathan trott but Ajay jadeja is the main guy behind this Afghanistan team

here comes an indian to praise his own

this has nothing to do with jadeja calm down.

Trott has been the guy working with this team, not jadeja who came for 4 weeks, but than again, who can argue with indians if they want to go on self praise or beg for praise

 

[jnaveen1980]

I have a feeling Warner is going to inside edge one on to stumps. He is trying to coutner fire with fire

 

[Major]

Ajay joined recently. Trott has been around for a while.

bro, trott is not Indian, so they will do this....

 

[jnaveen1980]

Naveen deserves one more wicket. He is superb.

 

[rhony]

I have a feeling Warner is going to inside edge one on to stumps. He is trying to coutner fire with fire

He's playing for the incoming ball every ball. He's ok getting beaten outside off

 

[jnaveen1980]

Warner is clearly rattled by swing from Naveen. Trying to do something.

 

[jnaveen1980]

He's playing for the incoming ball every ball. He's ok getting beaten outside off

Soon he will try to cut one close to body.

 

[IndoorCricket]

Thats how I used to negate spin and swing in gully cricket

 

[jnaveen1980]

Afghanistan aggression !!! They are becoming big boys.

 

[Kaptan]

Looks like BCCICC has given one of those special balls to Afghani bowlers.

 

[IndoorCricket]

Should keep it tight.

 

[7sins]

If you want to bowl 2nd under light there's no excuse you have to play another seamer. Bowl is doing alot more under lights

 

[jnaveen1980]

Lucky Marsh

 

[jnaveen1980]

Afghans have to calm down. Elementary errors on the field.

 

[rhony]

Tough luck that. Aussies are desperate to make merry of the first 10. Game will be set up there

 

[7sins]

Yes Marsh need a big innings from you

 

[jnaveen1980]

They need another Naveen

 

[7sins]

Tough luck that. Aussies are desperate to make merry of the first 10. Game will be set up there

They are already going lost 7 an over great start after losing that wicket

 

[jnaveen1980]

They are already going lost 7 an over great start after losing that wicket

But that six was a fluke six. One misfielded 4. One tough chance put down.

 

[sindhiboy]

lol, how did that go for 6.

some exchanges between warner+marsh and afghan players now. things heated up now

 

[rhony]

Nice swinging ball and this guy is bowling all over the place

 

[jnaveen1980]

lol, how did that go for 6.

some exchanges between warner+marsh and afghan players now. things heated up now

Warner and Rashid khan long term team mates for SRH. May be warner is complaining something about other player? Warner was his captain back then

 

[7sins]

Marsh what a player

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bison is the threat here. He is not going to back down.

 

[FearlessRoar]

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[rhony]

Why is he bowling that length without a slip

 

[IndoorCricket]

Marsh weak against spin I guess he will enjoy pace.

 

[7sins]

But that six was a fluke six. One misfielded 4. One tough chance put down.

Doesn't matter brother it's other teams fault you get what you deserve

 

[jnaveen1980]

Marsh what a player

But he completely struggled against Philips other day.