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Quote from: noormcs5 on December 14, 2024, 11:37:33 PM

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South Africa has already won the series and they don't mind if there is no play today. On the other hand, Pakistan team may have wanted to end the series with a win but I think the weather won't let them.

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07:35pm: So after a short break, the rain has made a roaring comeback, pouring down with thunder and lightning in the background

The match was called off but even if we had the match the Pakistan team were likely to face trouble in every single department. As there are one or two players batting with consistency and the remaining whole team are getting out early. Especially if we talk about openers, they are not doing as good work as they should. Some years ago the Pakistan opening pair was the strongest opening pair but now there is trouble. However, it can be improved if Pakistan finds a good opener who can bat with Saim Ayub. It is always important to have the two best openers so that they don't get out early in the matches.

Several years ago, there was a comment about the opening batsmen in Pakistan cricket that if the opening pair did well, then the rest of the players were not needed to bat in that match. Because the openers who would be able to collect reliable score to win there. But that picture has completely changed now. The openers are not able to get a good start due to which the team is not getting the expected results. Saim Ayub has received enough praise for the T20 format in the Pakistan squad. If he does well standing on one side and Mohammad Rizwan at the other side, I think that will be a good opener. If these two batsmen can play, I am sure that the lower order batsmen will not be needed to bat.

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Sometimes I wonder about Zimbabwe team that doesn't have any world-class players but they seem to be improving a lot lately. Even though they lost to Afghanistan two matches', I would say they performed well because they won at least one match but where did Afghanistan's performance go? They have suddenly become so weak that it is hard to imagine. They should have won against a team like Zimbabwe with a big margin. Whereas Afghanistan has earned a reputation as a formidable opponent for big teams. They will also play a 3-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, hopefully they will be able to dominate there. But going by their T20 performance, Afghanistan may be lose 1 match. In the third T20I, Afghanistan lost 7 wickets for a target of 127 runs, which is definitely not a good position for them.

Zimbabwe has been getting better lately which is impressive because they do not have any extremely skilled players. They did good job playing against Afghanistan especially since they won one game. But it is surprising to see Afghanistan not playing well because they are usually strong team. They should have been able to beat Zimbabwe easily. It will be interesting to see how Afghanistan does in their next three games against Zimbabwe. Hopefully they will start playing well again but based on how they played in T20 games it is possible they might lose one game. By the way it is too early to say and time will tell who will be winner in next series.

Zimbabwe after losing the toss against Afghanistan started batting but they kept losing wickets regularly due to the dominance of the bowlers and the highest scorer for the team was opener Brian Bennett who scored only 31 runs off 24 balls. Zimbabwe team is losing their lost cricket tradition with time and there was a lot of lack of good performers in their team. The most surprising thing is that they could not play the full 20 overs and lost all the wickets in 19.5 overs. You are right that they should have beaten Afghanistan easily but with the combination of young cricketers, the Afghan team is in a stronger condition with time and they are capable of performing well against any team. They have a world class bowling lineup which can create panic for any team's batsmen.

After Afghanistan's series win they will be more focused on cricket and may be more motivated to play attacking cricket. Zimbabwe team captain Sikandar Raja bowled fairly well and took 2 wickets for 19 runs in 4 overs but it was not enough for the team to win.

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Quote from: virasog on December 14, 2024, 12:58:09 PM

South Africa has already won the series and they don't mind if there is no play today. On the other hand, Pakistan team may have wanted to end the series with a win but I think the weather won't let them.

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07:35pm: So after a short break, the rain has made a roaring comeback, pouring down with thunder and lightning in the background

The match was called off but even if we had the match the Pakistan team were likely to face trouble in every single department. As there are one or two players batting with consistency and the remaining whole team are getting out early. Especially if we talk about openers, they are not doing as good work as they should. Some years ago the Pakistan opening pair was the strongest opening pair but now there is trouble. However, it can be improved if Pakistan finds a good opener who can bat with Saim Ayub. It is always important to have the two best openers so that they don't get out early in the matches.

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Match between Biratnagar Kings and Kathmandu Gurkhas underway at the Nepal Premier League. This is the 26th match in the inaugural season of the NPL, and after this two more group phase matches remain. Knockout phase will start from 18th December onwards. At the moment, Janakpur Bolts and Sudur Paschim Royals are on top of the points table, and these two teams are most likely to enter the finals. Anyway, for today's match, once again the batsmen are struggling and bowlers are perfectly using the ground conditions. Biratnagar are at 64/4 after 11 overs.

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Quote from: ThemePen on December 14, 2024, 08:46:26 PM

Zimbabwe has been getting better lately which is impressive because they do not have any extremely skilled players. They did good job playing against Afghanistan especially since they won one game. But it is surprising to see Afghanistan not playing well because they are usually strong team. They should have been able to beat Zimbabwe easily. It will be interesting to see how Afghanistan does in their next three games against Zimbabwe. Hopefully they will start playing well again but based on how they played in T20 games it is possible they might lose one game. By the way it is too early to say and time will tell who will be winner in next series.

That is right Zimbabwe is getting better recently which is surprising. They did good job playing against Afghanistan especially since they won one game. But it is surprising to see Afghanistan not playing well. They should have been able to beat Zimbabwe easily. It will be interesting to see how Afghanistan does in their next three games against Zimbabwe. Hopefully they will start playing well again but based on how they played in recent T20 games I also think it is possible they might lose another game.

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Quote from: Rabata on December 14, 2024, 05:52:20 PM

Sometimes I wonder about Zimbabwe team that doesn't have any world-class players but they seem to be improving a lot lately. Even though they lost to Afghanistan two matches', I would say they performed well because they won at least one match but where did Afghanistan's performance go? They have suddenly become so weak that it is hard to imagine. They should have won against a team like Zimbabwe with a big margin. Whereas Afghanistan has earned a reputation as a formidable opponent for big teams. They will also play a 3-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, hopefully they will be able to dominate there. But going by their T20 performance, Afghanistan may be lose 1 match. In the third T20I, Afghanistan lost 7 wickets for a target of 127 runs, which is definitely not a good position for them.

Zimbabwe has been getting better lately which is impressive because they do not have any extremely skilled players. They did good job playing against Afghanistan especially since they won one game. But it is surprising to see Afghanistan not playing well because they are usually strong team. They should have been able to beat Zimbabwe easily. It will be interesting to see how Afghanistan does in their next three games against Zimbabwe. Hopefully they will start playing well again but based on how they played in T20 games it is possible they might lose one game. By the way it is too early to say and time will tell who will be winner in next series.

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Quote from: ZAINmalik75 on December 14, 2024, 05:17:13 PM

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The target of 127 runs originally set by Zimbabwe was not enough for Afghanistan but Afghanistan have already lost four top order batsmen so it is not clear which team is likely to win at this moment.

Finally Afghanistan won the series by 2-1 which wasn't looking easy because they way they were losing his wicket was terrible especially in that last match while chasing just a very low target of 127 against a Zimbabwe. To be honest I was rating Afghanistan at very high level especially at t20 format due to his previous performance but now looking to his current form I think I should reconsider my view on Afghanistan. Like I taught they have quality batter they will easily with just lose of single or twice wicket match the required Target but surprisingly against such low class team while chasing such low target they lose his 7 wickets and three ball before match the required. Now they should work on thier weak zone in order to survive in cricketing world otherwise with such kind of performance they have no chances to even bypass the group stages of the tournament.

Although we always consider Afghanistan as favourites, especially in T20 Afghanistan are much more favorites than Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, but Zimbabwe have some bowlers who have quite good skills.

Blessing Muzarabani can bowl well, Sikandar Raja can bowl well enough part time. Moreover, Richard Ngarava's bowling skills are quite good, so sometimes if their combination is good, an unexpected incident can happen against any team. One such unexpected moment was witnessed today in the 3rd ODI match between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, if the score was a bit higher it would have been very difficult for Afghanistan to win the series decider.

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Quote from: minairia3 on December 14, 2024, 12:53:57 PM

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Afghanistan players perform well in various franchise leagues. Especially in IPL and BPL we see Afghanistan players performing well. Afghanistan team is strong in T20 format. But even then Afghanistan lost the first match against Zimbabwe. Afghanistan won the second match by a big margin. We saw Afghanistan win the third and last match as well.

Zimbabwe failed to protect their wickets in the end, due to which they could not score many runs in the early part of the match. Important batsmen were dismissed very easily, the pressure of the batting pressure on the Zimbabwe team was reduced.
In this opportunity, Gulbadin and Navi, two of the Afghan players, performed very well in the last minute, their role in their team's victory is the most important. This match was the most important match for both the teams because the Afghan team won and they won the series.

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Quote from: ZAINmalik75 on December 14, 2024, 05:17:13 PM

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The target of 127 runs originally set by Zimbabwe was not enough for Afghanistan but Afghanistan have already lost four top order batsmen so it is not clear which team is likely to win at this moment.

Finally Afghanistan won the series by 2-1 which wasn't looking easy because they way they were losing his wicket was terrible especially in that last match while chasing just a very low target of 127 against a Zimbabwe. To be honest I was rating Afghanistan at very high level especially at t20 format due to his previous performance but now looking to his current form I think I should reconsider my view on Afghanistan. Like I taught they have quality batter they will easily with just lose of single or twice wicket match the required Target but surprisingly against such low class team while chasing such low target they lose his 7 wickets and three ball before match the required. Now they should work on thier weak zone in order to survive in cricketing world otherwise with such kind of performance they have no chances to even bypass the group stages of the tournament.

Sometimes I wonder about Zimbabwe team that doesn't have any world-class players but they seem to be improving a lot lately. Even though they lost to Afghanistan two matches', I would say they performed well because they won at least one match but where did Afghanistan's performance go? They have suddenly become so weak that it is hard to imagine. They should have won against a team like Zimbabwe with a big margin. Whereas Afghanistan has earned a reputation as a formidable opponent for big teams. They will also play a 3-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, hopefully they will be able to dominate there. But going by their T20 performance, Afghanistan may be lose 1 match. In the third T20I, Afghanistan lost 7 wickets for a target of 127 runs, which is definitely not a good position for them.

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Quote from: LDL on December 14, 2024, 09:44:54 AM

The target of 127 runs originally set by Zimbabwe was not enough for Afghanistan but Afghanistan have already lost four top order batsmen so it is not clear which team is likely to win at this moment.

Finally Afghanistan won the series by 2-1 which wasn't looking easy because they way they were losing his wicket was terrible especially in that last match while chasing just a very low target of 127 against a Zimbabwe. To be honest I was rating Afghanistan at very high level especially at t20 format due to his previous performance but now looking to his current form I think I should reconsider my view on Afghanistan. Like I taught they have quality batter they will easily with just lose of single or twice wicket match the required Target but surprisingly against such low class team while chasing such low target they lose his 7 wickets and three ball before match the required. Now they should work on thier weak zone in order to survive in cricketing world otherwise with such kind of performance they have no chances to even bypass the group stages of the tournament.

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Another shit match going on between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan, and I am watching it live on Fancode. Grin

Afghan batsmen are once again struggling against some very ordinary bowling from Zimbabwe. If we thought that Pakistan was inconsistent, then I don't know a proper word to describe Afghanistan's performance. Part-time bowlers such as Sikandar Raza are picking wickets. And remember that this is T20 format, and Afghanistan was expected to do better in this format.

Today's in 3 rd game of the series between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan has been completed in which Afghanistan played very well and win the series. Afghanistan bowlers bowled fantastic spell due to which they won this last game of series. Rashid Khan skipper of Afghanistan took four wickets and Azmatullah Omarzai also takes two wickets and stopped a lot of runs, which helped them win this series. Zimbabwean batsmen lost the game by scoring only low 127 runs. Afghanistan Middle order player's played fabulous inning and successfully chase this small total by losing it seven wickets. In the first 7 overs, the condition of the Afghanistan very bad. They lost four quick wickets at just 44 runs but after the fifth wicket partnership helped Afghanistan teams to achieve the total of 128 runs, and win this game was with three wickets and win the series

T20 format competition was finished with the winner Afghanistan squad and if we recap previous two matches each squads got victory in one match and balanced this competition 1-1. But in third match which was completed today, Afghanistan bowlers displayed their strong bowling skills to Zimbabwe batter and restricted them to 127 scores. Rashid Khan delivered their strong strength to Zimbabwe batters and picked up 4 crucial wickets in ending of their inning. These three bowlers Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Naveen-ul-Haq also played important role to secure victory in third match. Afghanistan batting Inning was weak in early stage and their top oder batter did not showcase good performance but Azmatullah Omarzai showed support and he collected 34 scores. Big Congrats Afghanistan squad to win this match and also win this competition.

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South Africa has won the T20I series against Pakistan, as the third match has been called off due to heavy rains. They won the first two matches, while Pakistan was looking for a consolation win before the ODI series starts. The first ODI will be played at the Boland Park in Paarl, on Tuesday. But the most important series will be the one that follows - the test series that consists of two matches. South Africa need a good performance in this series to enter the WTC final, and the T20I and ODI series will serve as a warmup for that purpose.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on December 14, 2024, 10:11:24 AM

Another shit match going on between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan, and I am watching it live on Fancode. Grin

Afghan batsmen are once again struggling against some very ordinary bowling from Zimbabwe. If we thought that Pakistan was inconsistent, then I don't know a proper word to describe Afghanistan's performance. Part-time bowlers such as Sikandar Raza are picking wickets. And remember that this is T20 format, and Afghanistan was expected to do better in this format.

Today's in 3 rd game of the series between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan has been completed in which Afghanistan played very well and win the series. Afghanistan bowlers bowled fantastic spell due to which they won this last game of series. Rashid Khan skipper of Afghanistan took four wickets and Azmatullah Omarzai also takes two wickets and stopped a lot of runs, which helped them win this series. Zimbabwean batsmen lost the game by scoring only low 127 runs. Afghanistan Middle order player's played fabulous inning and successfully chase this small total by losing it seven wickets. In the first 7 overs, the condition of the Afghanistan very bad. They lost four quick wickets at just 44 runs but after the fifth wicket partnership helped Afghanistan teams to achieve the total of 128 runs, and win this game was with three wickets and win the series

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The third and the final T20 match between Pakistan and South Africa teams is delayed due to rain. It seems there are no chances for play today as it is raining heavily at Johannesburg. I wonder if we can have a fewer overs match but for that the rain needs to stop quickly and then the wet outfield will be another obstacle to starting the game.

South Africa has already won the series and they don't mind if there is no play today. On the other hand, Pakistan team may have wanted to end the series with a win but I think the weather won't let them.

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Quote from: fuguebtc on December 14, 2024, 12:16:30 PM

You are right. Afghanistan would not have been able to win the match if Mohammad Nabi had not been able to survive at the crease. This pitch was completely batting friendly. Zimbabwe gave a small target. But Afghanistan did not get an easy win. Afghanistan's top order collapsed very quickly. Sediqullah Atal, Zubaid Akbari and Darwish Rasooli could not bat well. Afghanistan lost these three wickets very quickly.

Azmatullah Omarzai played a wonderful innings. At the crucial moment of the match, he was able to play an innings of 34 runs in 37 balls. Gulbadin Naib was able to score 22 runs. Mohammad Nabi was unbeaten on 24 runs from 18 balls. Moreover, Rashid Khan, Omarzai and Mujeeb bowled very controlled in today's match. That is why Zimbabwe could not give a big target.

Afghanistan players perform well in various franchise leagues. Especially in IPL and BPL we see Afghanistan players performing well. Afghanistan team is strong in T20 format. But even then Afghanistan lost the first match against Zimbabwe. Afghanistan won the second match by a big margin. We saw Afghanistan win the third and last match as well. However, it was very difficult for Afghanistan to win today's match. Afghanistan lost wickets very quickly. Due to the innings of Omarzai and Nabi, Afghanistan was able to win the match. Although the performance of Afghanistan's bowlers is quite good, the performance of the batsmen needs to improve further.

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Quote from: ZAINmalik75 on December 14, 2024, 05:04:20 AM

it was look like an easy victory for Pakistan become they goes above 200 and also they have quality bowling to defend it as usually so everyone expect they will done it easily but unfortunately due to neither support from track and quality innings from Hendricks and vender dussen things goes out of Pakistan grip and from a winning and dominance position they goes downward and lose the very vital game of the series. Anyway after first two early wickets I taught now they will easily defend it because south African will be under huge pressure but the way Hendricks not only absorb the pressure through power hitting but make a comeback of his team on track to easy victory. To be honest no one except from Pakistan to have defeat in this match but they does and lose the series

Having 200 runs in T20I is never been guaranteed to win game because now we have drastic changes and batsmen can hit badly as in this game Reeza Hendrick's 113 from 63 balls were game changer and Pakistan is missing this while they are on batting in both games, no consistent hitting from them even poor strike rate which cost them a lot even good development in PSL but Pakistani players are still not able to compete with big teams in T20I, they are badly going down in last 8 matches they have 2 wins and 6 defeats which are surely not near their standard unlike how they were few years back.

I can't blame bowlers because now many rules and things are favouring batsmen so they needed to work on their approach for having few good all-rounders and hard hitters for this format instead of going with average players like Mohammad Rizwan who is not able to give anything positive.

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Quote from: HelliumZ on December 14, 2024, 10:55:17 AM

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In today's match, Zimbabwe gave a small target of 128 runs. But Afghanistan could not start the innings well. If Mohammad Nabi had failed to bat well, Afghanistan would have lost the match.

Today I couldn't watch this match due to personal engagement but I can guess from the last two overs that if Mohammad Nabi was not there or if he was not at the strike end then if Mujib was at the strike end Afghanistan might not have won because seven runs were needed in the last over. If Mujeeb had gone on the offensive, there might have been some ball misconnections that would have put Afghanistan under pressure and in danger of being defeated. But Mohammad Nabi managed to handle the pressure from the strike end.

You are right. Afghanistan would not have been able to win the match if Mohammad Nabi had not been able to survive at the crease. This pitch was completely batting friendly. Zimbabwe gave a small target. But Afghanistan did not get an easy win. Afghanistan's top order collapsed very quickly. Sediqullah Atal, Zubaid Akbari and Darwish Rasooli could not bat well. Afghanistan lost these three wickets very quickly.

Azmatullah Omarzai played a wonderful innings. At the crucial moment of the match, he was able to play an innings of 34 runs in 37 balls. Gulbadin Naib was able to score 22 runs. Mohammad Nabi was unbeaten on 24 runs from 18 balls. Moreover, Rashid Khan, Omarzai and Mujeeb bowled very controlled in today's match. That is why Zimbabwe could not give a big target.

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Quote from: fuguebtc on December 14, 2024, 10:45:25 AM

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The game is very tight between the two teams at the moment, as Afghanistan lost their top batsmen early on, due to which they came under pressure at the last minute. At this moment, Afghanistan needs to score 13 runs from 12 balls to win, although at this moment Zimbabwe will try to bowl quite strongly. If Afghanistan fails to meet this target in today's match, then the series will be lost, so to win at this moment, the batsmen must hit a boundary that will take them closer to victory. However, since the game is going on in excitement at the moment, if Afghanistan bats well, then they will win and win the series.

Afghanistan finally won today's match. And Afghanistan also won the series by a margin of 2-1. However, the series win against Zimbabwe was very difficult for Afghanistan.

Before the start of the series, we thought that Afghanistan would win easily. Since the Afghanistan team is very experienced in the T20 format. Moreover, the Afghanistan squad is also very strong. We did not think that Zimbabwe would be able to take any advantage in this series. However, Zimbabwe performed well in the first match. Afghanistan gave a target of 145 runs. Even then, Zimbabwe won the match.

In today's match, Zimbabwe gave a small target of 128 runs. But Afghanistan could not start the innings well. If Mohammad Nabi had failed to bat well, Afghanistan would have lost the match.

I agree with you, Mohammad Nabi's responsible batting in today's important match helped Afghanistan team to reach the brink of victory. Although today's match was a very important match for both teams. But the players of Zimbabwe team could not play a significant role in this important match. If the players of Zimbabwe team could have batted seriously and responsibly in today's match, then Zimbabwe team could have retained this series. Anyway, today's match was a very competitive match. We are all very happy to enjoy today's match.

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Quote from: LDL on December 14, 2024, 10:34:03 AM

It happened. Afghanistan is definitely a much better team than Zimbabwe. However, Afghanistan were under a bit of pressure towards the end and when Rashid Khan got out with seven runs needed from six balls, Nabi made the match much easier with a first-ball boundary. But the reason for Zimbabwe's defeat in today's match is not being able to score too much under added nerves especially 127 runs is not enough for a hard hitter team like Afghanistan. However, Zimbabwe managed to keep Afghanistan under pressure but Zimbabwe lost this match for extra runs like 17 runs, that is, due to multiple mistakes, today's match went out of Zimbabwe's control.

Maybe "better", but definitely not "much better".

The match was really close, and in the end Afghanistan pulled it through. In the end, 40-year old Mohammad Nabi managed to win the match for his team, against a bowling attack that was led by 38-year old Sikandar Raza. Zimbabwe brought in another player of Pakistani origin (Faraz Akram) in their playing XI, perhaps hoping that he can do wonders similar to what Raza is doing. But things didn't worked out that well.

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Quote from: fuguebtc on December 14, 2024, 10:45:25 AM

In today's match, Zimbabwe gave a small target of 128 runs. But Afghanistan could not start the innings well. If Mohammad Nabi had failed to bat well, Afghanistan would have lost the match.

Today I couldn't watch this match due to personal engagement but I can guess from the last two overs that if Mohammad Nabi was not there or if he was not at the strike end then if Mujib was at the strike end Afghanistan might not have won because seven runs were needed in the last over. If Mujeeb had gone on the offensive, there might have been some ball misconnections that would have put Afghanistan under pressure and in danger of being defeated. But Mohammad Nabi managed to handle the pressure from the strike end.

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