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andyhinch
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Having a wobble :-)
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Just been looking at that. Their batting is quite poor (only two innings though) so am not expecting much over 90 myself.Praying Afghanistan don’t get skittled for a double figure score.
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I wonder if Afghanistan have an eye on 4th place to guarantee qualification next time? Need to win and hope Sri Lanka lose for that to happen. I'll take anything over 100 from here.
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I wonder if Afghanistan have an eye on 4th place to guarantee qualification next time? Need to win and hope Sri Lanka lose for that to happen. I'll take anything over 100 from here.
I'm sure they will do yes, they'll want to win this game. Plus it's Rashid Khan's "home ground" so he'll be bang up for this. I can't see them chasing that total, hopefully they do but their batting largely lets them down. They just need to stay in there initially, it's not a huge total so even a few poor overs won't see it rise to an unachievable total.
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Just need the Afghans to whittle down that run rate - anything helps here.
Just need the Afghans to whittle down that run rate - anything helps here.
Australia need to restrict Afghanistan to below 100.
106 will draw them level today, but obviously if England win they'll improve their NRR at least a little, so anything over 100 from Afghanistan here and it's curtains for Australia on the run rate.
They'd realistically need to restrict Afghanistan to 90 to stand a good chance of getting through with England winning tomorrow.
If Sri Lanka win there next two games will they qualify in second?
They only one game left vs England
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Provided it doesn’t rain (and I believe the forecast is good)Australia need to restrict Afghanistan to below 100.
106 will draw them level today, but obviously if England win they'll improve their NRR at least a little, so anything over 100 from Afghanistan here and it's curtains for Australia on the run rate.
They'd realistically need to restrict Afghanistan to 90 to stand a good chance of getting through with England winning tomorrow.
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I think if Afgh beat Aus and SL beat us then SL are in the semi finalIf Sri Lanka win there next two games will they qualify in second?
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This isn't technically true, a close win will see our NRR fall. In an NRR situation you have to keep winning at that nett rate to retain it.Australia need to restrict Afghanistan to below 100.
106 will draw them level today, but obviously if England win they'll improve their NRR at least a little, so anything over 100 from Afghanistan here and it's curtains for Australia on the run rate.
They'd realistically need to restrict Afghanistan to 90 to stand a good chance of getting through with England winning tomorrow.
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Australia need to restrict Afghanistan to below 100.
106 will draw them level today, but obviously if England win they'll improve their NRR at least a little, so anything over 100 from Afghanistan here and it's curtains for Australia on the run rate.
They'd realistically need to restrict Afghanistan to 90 to stand a good chance of getting through with England winning tomorrow.
We don't necessarily improve our NRR with a win. It can come down as it's an average. But you're still right overall, they need a big win here to put pressure on us.
The ideal situation for England is bowling first and restricting them and then having a clear steer on when we need to get the runs by so we can play a balanced innings still. Chasing has been England's strength under Morgan but in this tournament we looked a lot better setting the target against NZ than we did chasing Afghanistan and Ireland.
They only one game left vs England
Oh right thought they had two games left
We don't necessarily improve our NRR with a win. It can come down as it's an average. But you're still right overall, they need a big win here to put pressure on us.
The ideal situation for England is bowling first and restricting them and then having a clear steer on when we need to get the runs by so we can play a balanced innings still. Chasing has been England's strength under Morgan but in this tournament we looked a lot better setting the target against NZ than we did chasing Afghanistan and Ireland.
let's not forget, Afghanistan could still beat the Aussies here
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let's not forget, Afghanistan could still beat the Aussies here
I always talk as if the others have won and when England play I always talk them down. It worked with the test team in the summer and I'm sticking to it!
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I’m not sure about that.We don't necessarily improve our NRR with a win. It can come down as it's an average. But you're still right overall, they need a big win here to put pressure on us.
The ideal situation for England is bowling first and restricting them and then having a clear steer on when we need to get the runs by so we can play a balanced innings still. Chasing has been England's strength under Morgan but in this tournament we looked a lot better setting the target against NZ than we did chasing Afghanistan and Ireland.
I thought a win improves NRR whatever but glad to be wrong.
Afghans going ok here :-)
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