Cricket World Cup: Afghanistan lost to New Zealand by a big margin.© AFP
Dropping as lots of as 5 catches at important points and stopping working to check out the nature of the track became their undoing, Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi stated after his group’s embarrassing 149-run defeat at the hands of New Zealand in a World Cup video game on Wednesday. Batting initially, New Zealand scored 288/6 in 50 overs and Glenn Phillips (71) and Tom Latham (68) got reprieves at appropriate minutes to conjure a match-winning 144-run stand. In reply, Afghanistan were bowled out for 139 in 34.4 overs.
“Very dissatisfied due to the fact that at this level you need to take those sort of catches. End of the day those catches injure us as otherwise the group was succeeding however the fielding let us a bit down,” Shahidi was straight-forward in his evaluation.
Afghanistan yielded 78 runs in the last 6 overs and it was the turning point on a track that provided a great deal of turn.
“Last 6 overs, a great deal of runs were scored by New Zealand. Before that, we dropped 2 catches before the 40th over and the set batters (Latham and Phillips) existed. That’s why we could not stop them as whatever went their method,” Shahidi stated.
If 5 catches injured them severely, deciding to field after winning the toss was likewise a big element.
“The toss I can state … We could not evaluate the pitch correctly. I believe in the very first innings, the ball was spinning (turning) and was a bit sluggish. We bowled well however our fielding wasn’t great.” Not having the ability to maintain the momentum after a win versus England would have an effect, Shahidi concurred.
“Tonight’s video game will harm us however we still have more video games to come. Next match protests Pakistan. We will return and talk about where we can enhance and will attempt to come back more powerful.” New Zealand skipper Latham stated that his group is on the best track.
“I think on the back of some excellent efficiencies, we are actioning in properly. We have a week approximately (4 days) and after that we will play India (October 22) and after that Australia (October 28), we are intending to continue the momentum,” stand-in skipper Latham stated.
Latham mored than happy that he and Phillips might take the video game deep with their 144-run stand.
“We were put under pressure at particular times however putting pressure back on them at the end of the innings was fantastic. I believe at that time we lost 3 wickets in a brief period of time, we attempted to get a collaboration there … took it good and deep,” he stated.
The dropped catches did aid, Latham confessed.
“There were a couple of possibilities occasionally I think. We attempted to capitalise on those possibilities. Glenn played a great innings, took pressure off me. The guys set the tone at the top in the very first 10 overs and kept cracking in.” Guy of the match Phillips applauded Mark Chapman and Mitchell Santner, who offered the last push making 34 runs in the last 2.5 overs.
“It was excellent how we had the ability to take it till completion and I believe we comprehended what we might perhaps get in the last 10 overs. It was fantastic how Chapman and Santner completed it. I believed 250 was par.
“We remain in an environment where we keep working for each other and play as a group. Latham was actually great towards completion,” Phillips stated.
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