31st Match - Bangladesh v Afghanistan

[cnerd123]

Afghanistan really backing themselves to chase after the India game.

Interesting that Liton is opening. Maybe BD is looking for that RH/LH combo to throw Afghanistan off. Decent start here.

 

[cnerd123]

of course as I type that Liton gets out

Im just gonna disappear for the rest of this innings thanks

 

[harsh.ag]

Aleem Dar strikes again. Makes the game more interesting, at least.

Afghans making a mistake chasing, though. Unwarranted confidence.

 

[Borges]

This is not going well for Afghanistan. C'mon, you Afghan tigers, show your claws!

 

[Andy1993]

Rashid into the attack, dissapointing tournament for him, they need wickets from him now

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

That's probably a sign of things to come.

If anyone's running a score prediction competition I'll go 332

276

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Pitch does not look easy to bat. 250 decent probably

 

[Andy1993]

I reckon 220-230 is enough here

 

[cnerd123]

I estimate they end up on 178 from here tbh

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Plumb

 

[cnerd123]

ffs even my gambhiring isn't working.

2 posts, 2 wickets

okay bye CW see you tomorrow

 

[cnerd123]

omg wtf it's 3 now what's happening

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

I estimate they end up on 178 from here tbh

178 looks tough now

 

[harsh.ag]

Rashid stopping Bangladeshi hearts there for a while

 

[thierry henry]

lol I can’t believe how out that lbw looked. I struggle to picture Rashid bouncing it over the stumps from a full length.

 

[jaideep]

That's probably a sign of things to come.

If anyone's running a score prediction competition I'll go 332

266

 

[Borges]

That looked absolutely dead, and was absolutely dead; DRS howler, I think. If players can make mistakes, why can't DRS? etc.

 

[morgieb]

That looked absolutely dead, and was absolutely dead; DRS howler, I think. If players can make mistakes, why can't DRS? etc.

Hawkeye > your eyesight. It does occassionally give some weird decisions, but 95% of the time it's right and even when it doesn't look 100% right I can see where it's coming from.

EDIT: I know this sounds controversial but given that it's merely a prediction, should it really be an overturn for balls barely bouncing over the stumps or barely missing the stumps? Especially given that even balls hitting a significant chunk of the stumps are often umpire's call.

 

[vcs]

They're going fine given the pitch, right? They should be ok if they get 250+ here, I guess.

 

[Borges]

Yes; Bangladesh are in the box seat to win this game.

They have batted very well, without taking too many risks, yet keeping the scoreboard moving: batted so much better than India did on the same pitch against the same attack.