Is this loss the end of Afghan cricket?

[I6MTW]

Before this match, and potentially 20 overs into the second innings, AFG were looking to pull of another upset, and a possible SF berth. They had announced their arrival onto the big stage. But, this choke job here is possibly the end of AFG cricket. Their rise will forever be stunted. I don't see how one can recover from such bottling. Their growth will definitely be halted. Especially, the next time they face Australia they will definitely have a huge mental block. I don't see them ever beating them. Or any other good team for that matter. 

[nevada]

Nah, it's not the end of the world though it's a very disappointing loss. Just chalk it up as a learning experience and move on.

[Norman]

Similar thing happened in 2018 to Bangladesh cricket. They bottled two multi national finals against India from winning positions and have been abysmal in all tournaments since then..

 

Before that they did pretty well in Asia cups and ICC tournaments, but since then all they saw was first round exits .

[deathmonger]

naah learning experience.

[BH-BAIB]

They can still make semis by thrashing SA by 200 runs

[Lord]

No, they got richer

[goose]

i hope you’re not asking the questions at their press conference 

[R!TTER]

6 minutes ago, Lord said:

No, they got richer

Watching too many Chuckmal shows 

[Lord]

1 minute ago, R!TTER said:

Watching too many Chuckmal shows 

 

Nothing else explains what they did

[IndianRenegade]

Its just a really bad choke, usual minnow stuff.

[Lord]

5 minutes ago, IndianRenegade said:

Its just a really bad choke, usual minnow stuff.

 

Bit unlucky too. That lbw was never going over. Even Maxwell had started walking back and then turned around lol

[Serpico]

This cannot be good for Jonathan Trott's mental health. Guy quit cricket after epic beating by Aussies, struggled with issues, recovered and became a coach, his team is having an inspiring world cup campaign and then the fckin Aussies do THAT 

[Lord]

 

[nitinbwj]

Sack the captain Shahidi. This loss is on him and the joker Mujeeb

[putrevus]

They thought they won the match and relaxed. Plus they started bowling awful like headless chickens.

[cricketfan28]

no, the team will only improve from here on, expect a close match with SA as well.

[Bigg Brother]

4 hours ago, BlueBlood said:

This is expected from match winners like Maxwell, SKY etc. on their day.

 

Even Chris Cairns got pain killer injections and destroyed India with a similar innings back in the day.

This is why even though Shunya Kumar Yadav is not the caliber of Kohli or Rohit, you always pick him as he will play one of these innings on his day - especially if he gets 2 or 3 lives/luck

Sky can never replicate this knock, may be in IPL but not in international. His ceiling is 70-75 in ODIs.

[Number]

Looking at the positive, a team that started playing cricket barely 10 years back was about to deliver a big defeat to a cricketing giant.

Their batting today was very good against full strength Aus attack.

They just need to produce a few good fast bowlers and they will be a big force in cricket world.

[R!TTER]

8 minutes ago, Number said:

Their batting today was very good against full strength Aus attack.

They were lacking tactically in key areas, should've attacked Maxi/Head more, easily left 20-40 runs on the table which would've made a huge difference! If you're fielding is as bad as we saw this game you should always aim for above par scores, with great fielding you can defend par or slightly below par scores & with great fielding+bowling you can do under par scores regularly.

[Number]

5 minutes ago, R!TTER said:

They were lacking tactically in key areas, should've attacked Maxi/Head more, easily left 20-40 runs on the table which would've made a huge difference! If you're fielding is as bad as we saw this game you should always aim for above par scores, with great fielding you can defend par or slightly below par scores & with great fielding+bowling you can do under par scores regularly.

Their fielding is notches below international standards. Don't know what it will take to improve. Their loss against NZ was totally on their fielding, they dropped every batsman in NZ top 5 at least once.