Zimbabwe v Afghanistan | 2nd ODI | July 18, 2014 | Bulawayo

[AFG_Brit]

Afghanistan 256/7 in 50 overs. Afghanistan's opener Usman ghani scored 118.

Zimbabwe are still to bat.

 

[Convict]

good innings by Afghanistan

 

[eradicator]

Afghanistan should be able to defend this score with their strong bowling lineup

 

[Fastandfurious]

Zimbabwe strong in response.

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Zimbabwe coasting to victory.

166/0 after 25 overs.

Afghanistan for all their talk and plaudits have a LOT of shortcomings. Shapoor is a top bowler but bar him they have no real stand out bowlers. Ghani did well today but I would be VERY doubtful that he is 17 after seeing his picture on cricinfo. Also worth noting that this is far from Zimbabwe's best bowling unit. Shah has disappointed greatly.

Chatara, their star pacer, isnt playing this game and Vitori (i think thats his name) is also injured. Utseya is seen as useless and Tripano is playing only his 2nd game for them. The folks at the zimbabwe forum regard this as a second string bowling unit and the fact that they relied on their opening batsman to bowl a few overs backs this up.

Even still Afghanistan should be disappointed with the batting IMO. Bar Ghani, no one even reached 30. They lack batting depth thats for sure and if Shenwari or Nabi fail they usually crumble. Looking easy for Zimbabwe now and if this is what the second worst (if not worst) full member is doing to an almost full strength Afghanistan you'd wonder how they wlll do at the World Cup.

The tour (and this match) isnt over yet so they may improve but the Zimboks have ruthlessly exposed Afghanistans weaknesses so far on this tour

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

This is a bad performance by Afghanistan. I expected much better performance by them, but there is a stat for this ground that some 70% win batting second, so no doubt i get's flat as the day goes.

Zimbabwe coasting to victory.

166/0 after 25 overs.

Afghanistan for all their talk and plaudits have a LOT of shortcomings. Shapoor is a top bowler but bar him they have no real stand out bowlers. Ghani did well today but I would be VERY doubtful that he is 17 after seeing his picture on cricinfo. Also worth noting that this is far from Zimbabwe's best bowling unit. Shah has disappointed greatly.

Does it matter if he is 17 or 22? Still an upcoming talent and is doing well at the top.

Chatara, their star pacer, isnt playing this game and Vitori (i think thats his name) is also injured. Utseya is seen as useless and Tripano is playing only his 2nd game for them. The folks at the zimbabwe forum regard this as a second string bowling unit and the fact that they relied on their opening batsman to bowl a few overs backs this up.

Afghanistan has also Hamid Hassan Injured and Hamza Hotak left arm spinner. Besides They have 5-6 new players who have not played much. It's a new young team rebuilding.

Even still Afghanistan should be disappointed with the batting IMO. Bar Ghani, no one even reached 30. They lack batting depth thats for sure and if Shenwari or Nabi fail they usually crumble. Looking easy for Zimbabwe now and if this is what the second worst (if not worst) full member is doing to an almost full strength Afghanistan you'd wonder how they wlll do at the World Cup.

Afghanistan batting is really bad. One guy batting all the way through you will expect the other to be aggressive around him, but they have done really bad batting wise this game and bowling has sucked as well. Though I am not worried. I think it's a young team building up. They were never going to do anything at the world cup anyway. We must remember though that Zimbabwe are at home and has much more experienced team.

The tour (and this match) isnt over yet so they may improve but the Zimboks have ruthlessly exposed Afghanistans weaknesses so far on this tour[/QUOTE]

Thumping win by Zimbabwe. Did not know the difference was that big.

 

[Convict]

Zimbabwe actually have a much better system than Bangladesh.

They still produce players like Ballance

 

[sam_ahm]

What a superb performance by the zimbabweans!

Sensational stuff! 2-0 happy for the zims.

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

AFGHANISTAN
Average number of matches played: 15
Average Age: 23.5 years
ZIMBABWE
Average number of matches played: 69
Average Age: 27.8 years

Will get better with time

 

[Donal Cozzie]

This is a bad performance by Afghanistan. I expected much better performance by them, but there is a stat for this ground that some 70% win batting second, so no doubt i get's flat as the day goes.


Does it matter if he is 17 or 22? Still an upcoming talent and is doing well at the top.

In this game you're correct its irrelevant.The reason I mentioned it is because Afg success at U19 level is often thrown about as proof that they will be better thsn NZ/WI etc. in 10 years time. Ghani is technically eligible for the next u19 WC as well but its quite obvious he is older than 17. Who knows if there are other players like him who are older than the official stats suggest,

Afghanistan has also Hamid Hassan Injured and Hamza Hotak left arm spinner. Besides They have 5-6 new players who have not played much. It's a new young team rebuilding.

Hotak I've seen before and hasnt struck me as a big loss. Hassan is a huge loss for them though. But sadly I think his career is over. Knee injuries are terrible things and it looks like his one wont go away sadly

Afghanistan batting is really bad. One guy batting all the way through you will expect the other to be aggressive around him, but they have done really bad batting wise this game and bowling has sucked as well. Though I am not worried. I think it's a young team building up. They were never going to do anything at the world cup anyway. We must remember though that Zimbabwe are at home and has much more experienced team.


They should expect to do well at WC's though. If you're going there not expecting to do anything then thats a terrible attitude. They should've learned from their t20 WC's in 2010 and 2012 but the 2014 edition leads me to believe that they havent learned their lessons

The thing is most of this team has been around for a few years now and if anything they've regressed slightly since 2012. Shehzad will probably be brought back and he is a huge liability. The likes of Mangal might even find their way back and they arent up to this level. Some of the young lads, if managed correctly, do have bright futures though I will agree


Thumping win by Zimbabwe. Did not know the difference was that big.

Zimbabwe actually have a much better system than Bangladesh.

They still produce players like Ballance

It is a good system but ZC is destroying it. You should check out zimcricketfans if you haven already. You learn a lot about the game there by checking in on that site every now and again