Afghanistan U19s [194/5] beat Pakistan U19s [188] by five wickets in the Under-19 World Cup 2018

[Abdullah719]

Teams:
Afghanistan U19 (From): Rahmanullah, Mohammad Ibrahim, Ikram Faizi(w), Baheer Shah, Darwish Rasooli, Nisar Wahdat, Azmatullah, Qais Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq(c), Mujeeb Zadran, Zahir Khan, Yousuf Zazai, Wafadar, Waqar Ishaqzai, Tariq Stanikzai

Pakistan U19 (From): Muhammad Zaid Alam, Rohail Nazir(w), Muhammad Mohsin Khan, Ammad Alam, Ali Zaryab, Mohammad Taha, Saad Khan, Hasan Khan(c), Shaheen Afridi, Muhammad Musa, Suleman Shafqat, Arshad Iqbal, Imran Shah, Mohammad Ali Khan, Munir Riaz

[Abdullah719]

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[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pakistan have won the toss and elect to bat against Afghanistan in their opening clash of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/U19CWC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#U19CWC</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvAFG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvAFG </a> ���� ���� <br><br>Follow LIVE ➡️ <a href="https://t.co/3CcRJDP0fo">https://t.co/3CcRJDP0fo</a> <a href="https://t.co/uov7sdPZRe">pic.twitter.com/uov7sdPZRe</a></p>&mdash; Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) <a href="https://twitter.com/cricketworldcup/status/951923345095720960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[thelandofthebravepeople]

Why would you chose to bat in overcast conditions with chances of match being reduced because of rain?

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="in" dir="ltr">PAKu19 XI: M Alam, R Nazir, M Taha, A Alam, A Zaryab, S Khan, H Khan, M Musa, S Afridi, A Iqbal, S Shafqat</p>&mdash; ICC Live Scores (@ICCLive) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICCLive/status/951924927329955840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="in" dir="ltr">AFGu19 XI: Naveen-ul-Haq, Rahmanullah, I Zadran, B Shah, I Ali Khil, D Rasooli, N Wahdat, Q Ahmad, Mujeeb Zadran, Z Khan, A Omarzai</p>&mdash; ICC Live Scores (@ICCLive) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICCLive/status/951924927833231361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[thelandofthebravepeople]

First wicket gone

[Shafi]

India and Afghanistan are hot favorite to win this tournament,

[BakuGM]

who?

[Abdullah719]

Pakistan 6/1 after 1 ball.

[Shafi]

As usual our batsmen crumbling!!!! Too much corruption in team selection

[Boi]

A lot of responsibility is going to rest on Rohail Nazir's shoulders if this team is to put up decent scores.

[Abdullah719]

No streams or TV broadcasts for this match.

[imshally81]

No streams or TV broadcasts for this match.

So sad..

[Saj]

69/2 from 16 overs.

Only some of the group matches are being televised.

[Test champion]

69/2 from 16 overs.

Only some of the group matches are being televised.

All the Indian team match being telicast

[Finisher]

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Afghani star batsman, doesn't look 17

[Arham_PakFan]

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Afghani star batsman, doesn't look 17

Looks 27

[Shafi]

Did Mujib bowl yet????

[Pete Rose]

All the Indian team match being telicast

Financial imperatives

[deems]

Afghanistan under 23 team doing well here..

[KingKhanWC]

167/8

What is going on here?

[Abdullah719]

167/8

What is going on here?

It's 185/9 now, your scorecard might need to be refreshed.

Batsmen failed

[KingKhanWC]

It's 185/9 now, your scorecard might need to be refreshed.

Batsmen failed

Ok thanks.

Please delete my below post two , switching between both threads, apologies.

[pakistanisgreat]

189 target. Poor stuff by the young lads. i was expecting more than that.

[Shafi]

Great bating by our batsmen. Our future is bright as star!!!

[mkyawar]

the future sucks. this team will lose each and every match

[Hiraeth]

Our upcoming batsman are surprisingly weak against spin.

Watch out for Arshad Iqbal, quality fast bowler.

[MMHS]

I think, it's quite encouraging actually - if one U19 WC gives just 2 players, it's a mega success. I see 3 - two pacers and the WK, Taha is also promising. Nazir should be made permanent sr. squad member after this WC.

[Finisher]

I think, it's quite encouraging actually - if one U19 WC gives just 2 players, it's a mega success. I see 3 - two pacers and the WK, Taha is also promising. Nazir should be made permanent sr. squad member after this WC.

Umair Masood is next in line, think he also has been picked for PSL.

Arshad Iqbal is one to keep a eye on, currently keeping Pakistan in the game, His 5 overs have gone for a miserly 3 runs which includes 1 wide.

[Shafi]

I think, it's quite encouraging actually - if one U19 WC gives just 2 players, it's a mega success. I see 3 - two pacers and the WK, Taha is also promising. Nazir should be made permanent sr. squad member after this WC.

Highly unlikely!!!! Still Hafeez has another 4 years and Azhar has 7-8 years career left

[Abdullah719]

Why hasn't the leggie bowled yet? We need wickets.

[Abdullah719]

Why hasn't the leggie bowled yet? We need wickets.

First two balls....

25.2 Suleman Shafqat to Darwish Rasooli, FOUR
25.1 Suleman Shafqat to Darwish Rasooli, SIX

[Square Drive]

Score?

[mkyawar]

114/3.

[AamchiMumbaikar]

136/4 afg

[shah_1]

First two balls....

25.2 Suleman Shafqat to Darwish Rasooli, FOUR
25.1 Suleman Shafqat to Darwish Rasooli, SIX

Whatever I have seen of him in the highlights ,he looks the worst talent. So many long hops and full tosses. I rather see that fast bowler Ali in the team

[Hiraeth]

Make no mistake, this is a very average AFG side. Apart from their spinners no one has really impressed.

Reckon we’ve bowled well, batting was shocking and as expected crumbled against the spin.

[Hiraeth]

Should go in with Ali ahead of Shafqat against SL.

[Hiraeth]

AFG win by 5 wickets, chase it down 2.5 overs to spare. Had Pakistan scored about 20-30 more this game was in the bag.

[PakLFC]

This completes a terrible day. We can't even find solace in our U-19 team against Afghanistan of all teams.

[Sir john]

afghan gaint killer of this world cup.

[Hermoine Green]

Finally a terrible day is finished for us Pakistani fans

[GrandMaster]

This is how Afridi looked when he was introduced as a 16 year old kid.

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Afghani star batsman, doesn't look 17

[Hiraeth]

Congrats to @thelandofthebravepeople

[Aman]

Talk about doing it in style

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Afg u19 are strong contender of the title amongst Asians. Good ,very good.

[Sean143]

Afghanistan make winning start

Afghanistan made their intentions clear at the Cobham Oval in Whangarei on Saturday, comfortably beating Pakistan by five wickets in their Group D 2018 ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup opener.

In what was largely a see-saw encounter, the 75-run stand for the fourth wicket between Ikram Ali Khil and Darwish Rasool proved the difference as Afghanistan rode on the latter’s unbeaten 78-ball 76 to open their account.

All of Azmatullah Omarzai (3/34), Qais Ahmed (3/38) and captain Naveen ul-Haq (2/30) were among the wickets as Afghanistan restricted Pakistan to 188 in the first innings, Rohail Nazir’s valiant 81 the only positive for Pakistan in a disappointing outing. In response, their bowlers put in a spirited display to reduce Afghanistan to 50/3 before Ali Khil and Rasool steadied the innings.

In fact, Afghanistan’s batsmen seemed a bit nervous initially, with Ibrahim Zadran (3) running himself out after hesitating on a quick single. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (31) hung around with Ali Khil to add 38 for the second wicket before Hasan Khan, the Pakistan captain, had him trapped in front for a 43-ball 31. Shaheen Afridi’s short-ball barrage then accounted for Basir Shah (1), caught behind after attempting a pull.

Ali Khil was joined by Rasool, and at the time, Pakistan seemed on the front foot – the pressure on Afghanistan was high and there was every chance that they would implode. Commendably, Ali Khil and Rasool did not succumb to all the chatter around them, patiently working through the tense period.

Afridi and Mohammad Musa continued their short ball attack, but the batsmen soon worked out the strategy, flicking and guiding them away to the boundaries. With the runs flowing and wickets nowhere in sight, Pakistan became increasingly desperate for a wicket. It eventually came via a part-time bowler, as it so often does – Mohammad Taha had Ali Khil dismissed just four short of a half-century.

Afghanistan didn’t allow that moment to break them though. Instead, Rasool took charge, with Nisar Wahdat first and then Omarzai providing adequate support. Rasool brought up his half-century off 51 balls, and despite Wahdat falling for a 38-ball 19, they weren’t to be stopped. Victory came with 15 balls to spare.

Earlier, Afghanistan were incisive with the ball, electric in the field, and vocal around the stumps. Every effort was cheered by a large group of supporters, and every delivery was high in intensity. Naveen ul-Haq, the captain, led by example – his bowling was tight, but it was his aggression that stood out, and he soon had Pakistan reeling at 23/3. He probed the corridor expertly, inducing nicks off Zaid Alam, who flashed at a wide one and was caught in the slips for a duck, while Ammad Alam fell to an excellent take by wicket-keeper Ali Khil for five.

From there, Rohail and Ali Zaryab Asif led Pakistan’s recovery, putting on 88 for the third wicket. Rohail in particular looked in exceptionally good form and Zaryab offered solid support, with a prominent feature of their stand the running between wickets.
Pakistan were in control as their total crossed 100, but after Zaryab miscued a slog off Wahdat’s part-time off-spin and was caught for 30, a collapse ensued.

Rohail was next to go, four overs after Zaryab’s fall, falling short of what would have been a fine century as he top-edged a sweep off legspinner Qais Ahmed to leg-slip. Qais returned in his next over to bowl Taha before fast bowler Azmatullah Omarzai claimed two scalps in an over, Saad Khan and Mohammad Musa the men to go.

Hasan Khan, the Pakistan captain, and Arshad Iqbal, the last man, nurdled around while Suleman Shafqat blocked heroically as the total inched upwards, but Pakistan were eventually dismissed for less than 200.
It proved far from sufficient.

Source Link:https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/591566

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Bangladesh u19 starts with a win too.

[MenInG]

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[IAJ]

Bad day for Pakistan overall, humuliating defeats against Kiwis and Afghani brothers.

[Finisher]

This is how Afridi looked when he was introduced as a 16 year old kid.

The point is overage players playing the under19 World cup. Afridi didn't play for Pakistan under19s

[Mainul]

Afgan senior team will soon beat the Pak senior.

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Afgan senior team will soon beat the Pak senior.

As well as bd senior team

[Mainul]

As well as bd senior team

They have done that twice already.

[Bewal Express]

The point is overage players playing the under19 World cup. Afridi didn't play for Pakistan under19s

He toured the Windies as an under 19.

[IAJ]

Afgan senior team will soon beat the Pak senior.

I think even this Afghan u19 team is good enough to beat our senior team.

[Suleiman]

Not the first time Afghanistan beat Pakistan U19 and not the last. It shows that Afghanistan’s going in the right direction from grass root levels and we’re not. In 20 years time we may have their reputation and they’ll have ours. Improbable maybe but not impossible.

... Or they have 20+ year olds with wives and kids feigning as under 19s

[Abdullah719]

Not the first time Afghanistan beat Pakistan U19 and not the last. It shows that Afghanistan’s going in the right direction from grass root levels and we’re not. In 20 years time we may have their reputation and they’ll have ours. Improbable maybe but not impossible.

Post-match:

Pakistan captain Hassan Khan praised the Afghanistan team, which has now beaten them three consecutive times after having also got the better of them two times in the Asia Cup in November, including in the final.

“They bowled and batted really well. They outclassed us in every department, especially in the first innings. The pitch was pretty good to bat on but the way they bowled was tough for us,” Hassan said.

Naveen-ul-Haq did not lend much importance to their third win over Pakistan.

“We have prepared well. We aren’t thinking of anything like we have beaten them thrice. It was just another game of cricket. We restricted them to under 200, so it was a good total for us to chase down.”

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Looks like they're quite accustomed to beating us now.

[Suleiman]

Post-match:

Pakistan captain Hassan Khan praised the Afghanistan team, which has now beaten them three consecutive times after having also got the better of them two times in the Asia Cup in November, including in the final.

“They bowled and batted really well. They outclassed us in every department, especially in the first innings. The pitch was pretty good to bat on but the way they bowled was tough for us,” Hassan said.

Naveen-ul-Haq did not lend much importance to their third win over Pakistan.

“We have prepared well. We aren’t thinking of anything like we have beaten them thrice. It was just another game of cricket. We restricted them to under 200, so it was a good total for us to chase down.”

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Looks like they're quite accustomed to beating us now.

Yeah, I followed the last U19 WC quite a bit but haven't kept track of the Afghanistan team. How are they against the other major sides? Tryna see if it's just us lol.

[Abdullah719]

Yeah, I followed the last U19 WC quite a bit but haven't kept track of the Afghanistan team. How are they against the other major sides? Tryna see if it's just us lol.

Well they recently beat us twice in the Asia Cup where we made 57 and 63 all out.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8...atch,-group-b/

http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8...der-19s-final/

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Yeah, I followed the last U19 WC quite a bit but haven't kept track of the Afghanistan team. How are they against the other major sides? Tryna see if it's just us lol.

Afghanistan ended last position out of 16 teams last time the WC was held in New Zealand 8 years ago.

[Mainul]

I think even this Afghan u19 team is good enough to beat our senior team.

That is a bit exaggerated response my dear IAJ.It needs a big step forward to enter national senior team from under 19 level.International cricket is much much tougher than under 19 level.Thats why some under 19 star like unmukund Chand,Anwar Ali are ordinary in national color.