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Quote from: libert19 on June 27, 2024, 03:30:26 AM

^ had a feeling that SA has got chance this time around because it was Afghanistan they were going against, and in the end, it turned out to be true. Had it been some other team, it was SA who would have likely choked.

SA hasn't had mighty performances in this tourney (minus today), I'm little surprised that they are finalist tbh.

South Africa have won all the matches in this World Cup so far. However, South Africa won easily in just two matches. South African players have performed well in the two matches against Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. And the team won by dominating. Besides, South Africa won every match by a very narrow margin.

I thought the Afghanistan vs South Africa match would be competitive and exciting. Because the bowling order of both the teams is strong. On the other hand, the batsmen's batting was very erratic. But no one could have imagined that Afghanistan's batsmen would put up a terrible batting display in such an important match. South Africa's innings stopped at just 56 runs.

I am happy to see the South African team qualify for the finals. This is the first time in the history of T20 cricket that South Africa have qualified for the final. South Africa will definitely try to make this final a memorable one and win the title.

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^ had a feeling that SA has got chance this time around because it was Afghanistan they were going against, and in the end, it turned out to be true. Had it been some other team, it was SA who would have likely choked.

SA hasn't had mighty performances in this tourney (minus today), I'm little surprised that they are finalist tbh.

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Quote from: 3kpk3 on June 27, 2024, 12:30:43 AM

Afghanistan vs South Africa semifinal reminded me of the final between SRH and KKR recently where the favorites thrashed the underdogs brutally. Both matches ended in a flash surprisingly.

Afghanistan achieved a lot though while South Africa achieved a lot more by reaching their first ever final. Keep rocking South Africa.

I am honestly speechless after seeing the result of the first semi-final. None of us were prepared for such an outcome. This Afghanistan team defeated the mighty Australia team a few days ago. I can't believe it. No one expected Afghanistan to concede such a humiliating defeat. The team collected only 56 runs. Despite having so many experienced batsmen in the squad, the team managed to score only 56 runs. It's really hard to believe.

Tabraiz and Nortje destroyed Afghanistan's batting order today. Nortje took two wickets with 7 runs in 3 overs. Tabraiz took 3 wickets for 6 runs in 1.5 overs and Jansen took three wickets for 16 runs in 3 overs. There was no batsman in the Afghanistan squad who was capable of batting responsibly.

South Africa team reached the target of victory by losing only 1 wicket. But I am happy that South Africa have qualified for the finals. Luck is helping South Africa in this World Cup. T20 World Cup champions South Africa have a big chance.

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Quote from: Bitcoin_people on June 27, 2024, 01:36:44 AM

Yes it really reminds me of that match where the game played out exactly like that. And I could not believe that the Afghanistan team lost badly in today's game between Afghanistan and South Africa, but their loss disappointed the team a lot. Although the Afghanistan team had a very poor batting performance from the beginning of the match, the bowling line of today's match was very strong in South Africa. However, in the semi-final the South African team tried hard enough and won by nine wickets to enter the final match. However next time the team that will enter the final will face South Africa probably I think the India team is likely to enter the final.

With this loss, Afghanistan journey in T20 World cup 2024 also comes to and end. There is no doubt that Afghanistan performance in today's game is disappointing but overall they have done a good job in this world cup. They have beaten top teams like Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh in this tournament which is good enough to tell that they are a strong cricketing side. Contributions to South Africa for making it to final of world cup for the first time and what a moment it will be if they won this tournament.

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Quote from: 3kpk3 on June 27, 2024, 12:30:43 AM

Afghanistan vs South Africa semifinal reminded me of the final between SRH and KKR recently where the favorites thrashed the underdogs brutally. Both matches ended in a flash surprisingly.

Afghanistan achieved a lot though while South Africa achieved a lot more by reaching their first ever final. Keep rocking South Africa.

Yes it really reminds me of that match where the game played out exactly like that. And I could not believe that the Afghanistan team lost badly in today's game between Afghanistan and South Africa, but their loss disappointed the team a lot. Although the Afghanistan team had a very poor batting performance from the beginning of the match, the bowling line of today's match was very strong in South Africa. However, in the semi-final the South African team tried hard enough and won by nine wickets to enter the final match. However next time the team that will enter the final will face South Africa probably I think the India team is likely to enter the final.

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Afghanistan vs South Africa semifinal reminded me of the final between SRH and KKR recently where the favorites thrashed the underdogs brutally. Both matches ended in a flash surprisingly.

Afghanistan achieved a lot though while South Africa achieved a lot more by reaching their first ever final. Keep rocking South Africa.

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Quote from: JSRAW on June 26, 2024, 09:26:58 PM

Woke up early, just to watch a match and oh uh! I wasn't expecting that scorecard, Umpiring did help the Proteas a bit but jeez that's some brutal performance from their bowlers and equally clueless batting from the Afghans with virtually no footwork.

Anyway, it's safe to say, Proteas will play their first ICC final on 29th June.

I was too surprised to see the scorecard as the Afganistan team surrendered the match without giving a fight. I just wonder what will be the reactions of the Afganistan people back home to this humiliating loss. Remember, it is not the nature of the "Pathans" to accept such a loss when they had high hopes after reaching the semi-finals.

Quote from: libert19 on June 26, 2024, 11:49:15 PM

Anyway, watched the highlights and only thing I can say is, Rashid should have taken that Markram's review, when it was only wickets that could pressure the SA.

Even if Markam was out, still South Africa would have won the match. In that case, it would have been 6-2 but when you know the target is 57, it's just a piece of cake no matter how many wickets you lose.

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I assumed match was 8 PM IST, didn't wake-up early, and missed the game. Lol rip.

Anyway, watched the highlights and only thing I can say is, Rashid should have taken that Markram's review, when it was only wickets that could pressure the SA.

Afghanistan should be proud for what they did in this tourney so far (beating aus, nz, reaching semis) despite this today's thrashing.

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The match has been started. Afghanistan won the toss and they decided to bat first. And I think this is a bad decision. And now they have lost one wicket in the first over. By the way they just started the match and this is much earlier to say they took a bad decision. So let's wait and see what they will do? And current situation is Afghanistan has played 2.2 overs and they made 16 runs and lost one wicket.

Afghanistan is making the worse of the semi final not only for themselves but also for the audience and everyone. Sad

We would have wanted to see a World Cup Semi-final and not like a team losing 5 wickets for 23 runs. Yes, you wont believe the score card and it look like the most worse match of the tournament and a one-sided one.

Buddy, I woke up early but the match was finished very early. Afghanistan disappointing performance in the semi-final match all out in just 56 runs. No Afghanistan batter entered into double figures very irresponsible batting for players. South Africa amazing bowling performance picking the early wickets and all pressure to Afghanistan team. I think it's a tough pitch for batting but South Africa easily chases down the target 60 runs by losing only 1 wicket. The Player of the Match award to Marco Jansen who picked early wickets of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Gulbadin Naib in this match. Marco Jansen picked 3 important wickets by just giving only 16 runs. South Africa winning by 9 wickets and qualify for final to the World Cup 204 first time in history.

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Woke up early, just to watch a match and oh uh! I wasn't expecting that scorecard, Umpiring did help the Proteas a bit but jeez that's some brutal performance from their bowlers and equally clueless batting from the Afghans with virtually no footwork.

Anyway, it's safe to say, Proteas will play their first ICC final on 29th June.

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Quote from: Publictalk792 on June 26, 2024, 08:04:08 PM

That is a luckiest day for the South African team that they will qualify for the Final match. Which can be with India or with England.

Although 2nd inning of this match is yet to start but it seems that there is no way in the world that Afghanistan bowlers can stop South Africa batting line up to chase 56 runs. It is 100% confirmed that they will play the final.

Also, there are chances that the Indian team will also qualify for the final match without playing that match because if we will see the weather of Providence then we are likely to see rain in that match time and if the match will not be played then there is no reserve day for that while for the first match, there is reserve day.
However, if the rain came and the match did not finish then they would look to the points and the team who had more points would win and qualify for the final so these all hints going to the side of India and they will qualify for the final math also until now they are unbeaten.

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Quote from: ThemePen on June 26, 2024, 07:42:36 PM

Afghanistan vs South Africa Semifinal

The match has been started. Afghanistan won the toss and they decided to bat first. And I think this is a bad decision. And now they have lost one wicket in the first over. By the way they just started the match and this is much earlier to say they took a bad decision. So let's wait and see what they will do? And current situation is Afghanistan has played 2.2 overs and they made 16 runs and lost one wicket.

In the first semi-final match between Afghanistan vs South Africa, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first, but the opening pair did not make good runs. They lost wickets at the start and were under a lot of pressure. In a game like the semi-final, the opposition should have been given a bigger target if Afghanistan's batsmen could have played the entire over, surely they could have given South Africa a target of 130 runs. Afghanistan batsmen should have batted more responsibly. Because the target of just 58 runs is not enough, South Africa will easily win the semi-final match and qualify for the T20 World Cup final for the first time.

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Afghanistan vs South Africa Semifinal

The match has been started. Afghanistan won the toss and they decided to bat first. And I think this is a bad decision. And now they have lost one wicket in the first over. By the way they just started the match and this is much earlier to say they took a bad decision. So let's wait and see what they will do? And current situation is Afghanistan has played 2.2 overs and they made 16 runs and lost one wicket.

Huh! Afghanistan!

Yes that was really a bad decision to chose the bat first. And now at this time they are really in a bad situation. Because they have lost 5 wickets which has made a lot of pressure on Afghanistan team. They made only 28 runs in 6 overs. It means they have current run rate is 4.42 and this will decrease because they are in a lot of pressure. Huh! While typing they have lost one more wicket. Marco Jansen is good in bowling. That is a luckiest day for the South African team that they will qualify for the Final match. Which can be with India or with England.

Now Afghanistan has lost 9 wickets. It means they are just near to finish the inning. They just made 53 runs and I don't think so they will go above 60 runs. They showed a very bad performance. And the decision of batting first was not a good decision. If they bowl first so they can bowl well and they have target and they can plan that how they should play to chase that target but unfortunately they didn't do that and now they made a half century as a target. So South Africa will chase this target easily. So I am congratulating South Africa for their win and for qualifying for the Final in advance.

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Quote from: ThemePen on June 26, 2024, 07:42:36 PM

Afghanistan vs South Africa Semifinal

The match has been started. Afghanistan won the toss and they decided to bat first. And I think this is a bad decision. And now they have lost one wicket in the first over. By the way they just started the match and this is much earlier to say they took a bad decision. So let's wait and see what they will do? And current situation is Afghanistan has played 2.2 overs and they made 16 runs and lost one wicket.

Huh! Afghanistan!

Yes that was really a bad decision to chose the bat first. And now at this time they are really in a bad situation. Because they have lost 5 wickets which has made a lot of pressure on Afghanistan team. They made only 28 runs in 6 overs. It means they have current run rate is 4.42 and this will decrease because they are in a lot of pressure. Huh! While typing they have lost one more wicket. Marco Jansen is good in bowling. That is a luckiest day for the South African team that they will qualify for the Final match. Which can be with India or with England.

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Quote from: ThemePen on June 26, 2024, 07:42:36 PM

Afghanistan vs South Africa Semifinal

The match has been started. Afghanistan won the toss and they decided to bat first. And I think this is a bad decision. And now they have lost one wicket in the first over. By the way they just started the match and this is much earlier to say they took a bad decision. So let's wait and see what they will do? And current situation is Afghanistan has played 2.2 overs and they made 16 runs and lost one wicket.

Afghanistan is making the worse of the semi final not only for themselves but also for the audience and everyone. Sad

We would have wanted to see a World Cup Semi-final and not like a team losing 5 wickets for 23 runs. Yes, you wont believe the score card and it look like the most worse match of the tournament and a one sided one.

South African bowlers are on the top at the moment and bowling on the right spots. Marco Jansen took three wickets while Kagiso Rabada took two wickets and i think they have done the job for South Africa.
It does not matter if a team loses but losing a semi final by a big margin is simply not understandable.

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Afghanistan vs South Africa Semifinal

The match has been started. Afghanistan won the toss and they decided to bat first. And I think this is a bad decision. And now they have lost one wicket in the first over. By the way they just started the match and this is much earlier to say they took a bad decision. So let's wait and see what they will do? And current situation is Afghanistan has played 2.2 overs and they made 16 runs and lost one wicket.

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The Afghanistan team deserves the semi-final. Each of their players has a strong will to win the match. They have passion and talent. I think they should go to the final. This is their first semi-final appearance in a big tournament. Hopefully, the Afghanistan team can do well in the semi-finals. Good luck to them.

And I will not be surprised if Afghanistan goes to the semi-final or the final. Because Afghanistan is performing well back to back. However, they still have some weakness in their batting but they have removed the weakness of the batsmen with their world class bowlers as they showed in the previous match against Bangladesh. I think they will win with South Africa also because South Africa's performance is not very good in this ICC World Cup.

Did you notice that Afghanistan team though won against Bangladesh relying on bowling alone. But the South African team reached the semi-finals winning every match and winning margin. Who can you imagine in this case?
And also think if Bangladesh could have won then surely Afghanistan team would not have entered the semi-final. So since the game of cricket is a game of uncertainty, it can never be said with certainty that a change of direction is normal at any time. So we have to wait until the end of the game to see which team will win.

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Quote from: Out of mind on June 26, 2024, 09:18:24 AM

We are waiting for the T20 World Cup semi-final match between South Africa vs Afghanistan, which team will enter the final. Anyway, I think both the batting and bowling of South Africa and Afghanistan are very strong in this match. The players of both the teams are in good form and I think South Africa will enter the final from the semi-final as favourites. Because South Africa has a good enough batting and bowling line which is slightly stronger than Afghanistan.

Here though we will wait a lot but if the semi-final is held between this Afghanistan and South Africa team then the chances of South Africa team winning is very high. Because this season they have performed very well from a very good batting line and bowling line. Note one thing that South Africans have not lost a single match this season, of course if the performance between Afghanistan team and South Africa team, the chances of South Africa team winning will be very high.

Quote from: Out of mind on June 26, 2024, 09:18:24 AM

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan will definitely try hard to win his team, while South Africa captain Aiden Markram will definitely try to play a lot better in this match to enter the final. All in all, we are still not sure which team will make it to the finals, but South Africa is more likely to win as per the betting odds.

It is true that South Africa will definitely be more likely to win, some of Afghanistan's bowlers are performing very well. Naveen ul Haq at least was good and efficient as he got his team into the semi-finals. Although there was not much difference between Afghanistan team winning here with Bangladesh. But in the few matches that the South African team has won, each margin has been the highest.

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The style of celebration, when the Afghanistan team reached the Semi-Final of this World Cup for the first time, then the way to celebrate was unbelievable. I think just imagine if they will qualify for the final match then how they will celebrate it.

After winning the match against Australia, and New Zealand all the streets of Afghanistan were blocked and all the people of Afghanistan celebrated it. But this time they will face South Africa and I think it will be hard for them to give them a loss but if they lose even then it will be a big achievement for them to reach the semi final stage of the WC. The people of Afghanistan are very happy with their team's performance.

The Afghanistan team deserves the semi-final. Each of their players has a strong will to win the match. They have passion and talent. I think they should go to the final. This is their first semi-final appearance in a big tournament. Hopefully, the Afghanistan team can do well in the semi-finals. Good luck to them.

I agree with your statement and I also believe that Afghanistan sqaud will reach in last final match of ICC Men World Cup and their squad really deserved this semi final match because they really do very hard work and their team performance was really superb amazing. Some hours later, first semi final match will be begin and in this match, both South Africa sqaud from Group 1 and Afghanistan sqaud from Group 2 will be take part for amazing clash. I should also remember that South Africa squad is very strong against Afghanistan squad and has remained unbeaten so far. We see very difficult match among them but I feel that South Africa sqaud has good opportunity to emerge victory in this semi final match but I also don't underestimate the performance of Afghanistan squad and also their victory against Australia squad was totally wonderful and unpredictable.

I had a positive look about this team at the beginning of the tournament but I didn't expect them to do so well. Normally we see who are more stronger teams they play semi finals and finals but in this T20 World Cup I think Afghanistan can have a chance to reach the finals. Their performance in recent times has been appreciated. If they can get a win against South Africa today, this team might not be on the list of ordinary teams anymore. If Rashid Khan can pick up some early wickets, they could have a chance of a win. But the South African team will never want to give that chance. Because they will also try so that they do not have to go back at the end.

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Quote from: noormcs5 on June 26, 2024, 09:49:44 AM

The style of celebration, when the Afghanistan team reached the Semi-Final of this World Cup for the first time, then the way to celebrate was unbelievable. I think just imagine if they will qualify for the final match then how they will celebrate it.

After winning the match against Australia, and New Zealand all the streets of Afghanistan were blocked and all the people of Afghanistan celebrated it. But this time they will face South Africa and I think it will be hard for them to give them a loss but if they lose even then it will be a big achievement for them to reach the semi final stage of the WC. The people of Afghanistan are very happy with their team's performance.

The Afghanistan team deserves the semi-final. Each of their players has a strong will to win the match. They have passion and talent. I think they should go to the final. This is their first semi-final appearance in a big tournament. Hopefully, the Afghanistan team can do well in the semi-finals. Good luck to them.

I agree with your statement and I also believe that Afghanistan sqaud will reach in last final match of ICC Men World Cup and their squad really deserved this semi final match because they really do very hard work and their team performance was really superb amazing. Some hours later, first semi final match will be begin and in this match, both South Africa sqaud from Group 1 and Afghanistan sqaud from Group 2 will be take part for amazing clash. I should also remember that South Africa squad is very strong against Afghanistan squad and has remained unbeaten so far. We see very difficult match among them but I feel that South Africa sqaud has good opportunity to emerge victory in this semi final match but I also don't underestimate the performance of Afghanistan squad and also their victory against Australia squad was totally wonderful and unpredictable.

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