Cricket World Cup

Cricket World Cup: Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott© AFP

After a 149-run pummelling at the hands of New Zealand, a fuming Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott on Wednesday explained under-par capturing as the factor behind his side’s mauling here on the planet Cup match. The Afghan fielders dropped as lots of as 5 catches at Chepauk, and the primary recipients were Tom Latham (68) and Glenn Phillips (71) as the reprieves assisted the Kiwis duo to sew together a 144-run represent the 5th wicket.

“I would state that it’s not the pressure. I believe it’s been taking place a bit excessive just recently also considering that I’ve supervised,” Trott began in the post-match press satisfy.

“So, if you take a look at the data, regrettably, the side is right at the bottom with concerns to capturing. That requires to enhance. I believe it’s something we’ve worked actually hard on in training. We simply require to do it in video games now,” Trott discussed even more.

The previous England batter offered credit to the Black Caps for bouncing back from a precarious circumstance of 110 for 4.

“I believe they (Latham and Phillips) played well. Credit needs to go to the method they held the innings together due to the fact that it might have got a lot even worse for them. They steadied the ship and got themselves to a defendable overall,” he stated.

Of late, Rashid Khan usually keeps away from bowling the Power Plays, and Trott stated the factor was more technical than anything else.

“Well, we were simply waiting till the state of the ball … when Rashid seems like he can grip it since he certainly requires to spin it both methods and when the ball is not as brand-new and not as slippery.” Trott was pleased with the basic requirement of bowling of his group.

“We were bowling well, I believed, and including them decently. Azmat came on and altered the course of the video game with 2 wickets in an over. And after that, Rash (Rashid) got a wicket for himself.” Trott asserted that regardless of the wicket playing sluggish, it wasn’t a low-scoring pitch.

“I definitely did not feel it’s a 130-odd full-scale pitch. Yes, it did spin a bit more towards completion. I still feel we were taking the spinners for almost 5, 6 an over.

“The seamers in fact did all the damage for them (NZ), and I believe we were 28 for 2 at the end of the very first power play, which when you’re going after 280, is most likely going to put a great deal of pressure on the gamers down the order,” he signed off.