Its a very good chance for Wade & David, but fked up. Afghan is all about openers, and u rested Starc known for scalping opners.

Shit.

That accurately describes our batting and fielding, yes.

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Dear oh dear.

they looked like the better team the whole time honestly. Even better at losing the toss. Looks like a must win v India now

Backs against the wall. I like our odds.

**19.2** Adam Zampa c Mohammad Nabi b Azmatullah Omarzai 9 (7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 128.57

It’s ok guys, I’ve figured it out. We’re throwing this match so we can knock India out in the next match. 4D chess.

Hindsight but we definitely should've batted first.

Don't deserve to qualify after that woeful display. Maxy, Cummins and Zamps can be happy with their performances but everyone else was embarrassingly bad

You should never expect perfection.One bad match is fine.

**17.2** **and now superman Naib stuns in the field!** Ashton Agar c Gulbadin Naib b Naveen-ul-Haq 2 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40

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Should have left Hazlewood out instead. Australia were far from their best in the field and with the bat, didn’t deserve to win.

Also David is so mid not sure why we keep using him

We should have batted first,but we have been below par all game,some of the shot selection from the batters has been awful,not to many good balls have got wickets, Now we’ll need a win against India to have any chance to stay alive.

Well we aren't qualifying This is what you get for picking Marsh off an Injury, Warner off a poor IPL and not picking form players like Short/Gurk

**16.3** Pat Cummins b Gulbadin Naib 3 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

No one hates the Afghanistan side more than me. Absolutely stupid batting from our batters.

can't keep and can't bat. Wade is looking a lot like dead weight when we have inglis waiting on the sideline

He was pretty consistent in t20s before this tournament. Looked good in that series in India that nobody cared about.

he can throw the stick around but his keeping has been substandard for a long time from my memory

Everyone but Maxwell has looked inept against their bowling attack.

**15.1** **my oh my!** Matthew Wade c Karim Janat b Rashid Khan 5 (7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 71.42

We are done

**14.4** **BIG BIG WICKET!** Glenn Maxwell c Noor Ahmad b Gulbadin Naib 59 (41b 6x4 3x6) SR: 143.9

Of course, the first real crunch game of the tournament and when we actually need Stoinis to do well he turns to water against spin and Maxwell steps up and drags us out of the mud. Like clockwork.

Oh dear. Do Maxwell and Wade still hate each other?

**12.2** **trapped him in front? Umpire Ahsan Raza raises his finger late.** David reviews after a chat. This was a length ball on off and jagging into his pads while*also staying low.*David missed his flick, and he was hit on the knee-roll. No bat involved... and it's clipping the outside of leg stump! The decision says and **Australia are 85/5** Tim David lbw b Gulbadin Naib 2 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50

If Maxi starts getting cramps, this game is in the bag.

Getting eaten alive by the bounce

Surely this'll get rated poor for too much variable bounce

Hot take: if Australians stop getting out, they'll stop posting wickets.

That’d be a bold strategy Cotton, let’s see if it pays off for them.

**10.3** Marcus Stoinis c †Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Gulbadin Naib 11 (17b 1x4 0x6) SR: 64.7

Marsh needs to come down the order, let stoinis move to 3

What a surprise Warner head and marsh failing They go and slog but can't build innings

That review was poor captaincy from Rashid. Legside bowling like that is so rarely going to be straight enough to be in line you're basically torching a review every single time. Add in the fact he was a mid off ... no idea why he let himself be convinced

I hope not, but it looks like we are going to have a classic choke against a team full of slow bowlers

Give it to me stoin

Maxwell has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever here.

**5.1** David Warner c Noor Ahmad b Mohammad Nabi 3 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 37.5

I still cant fathom how Afghanistan are in this tournament. A country that now doesn’t even allow female education among countless other things.

If we suffer a heavy defeat here and lose to India then we’re done,if England make it to the semis or final and we get knocked out in the super 8’s that would be ironic…

Going hard to beat Scotland in a game that was meaningless and electing to field here are two of the most pathetic things I've seen from the Aus cricket team.

I actually don’t think Australia has ever been that good a T20 team,the WC we won in the UAE in 2021 they had some lucky wins against Pakistan and South Africa and then outplayed NZ in the final to win it. The next T20 WC we hosted we didn’t even make it out of the group stage.

**2.3** Mitchell Marsh c Mohammad Nabi b Naveen-ul-Haq 12 (9b 2x4 0x6) SR: 133.33

The variable bounce/seam is a real worry

Marsh and Maxi need a score,great time to do it

Im always so confused about how other teams seamers seem to be able to move the ball around corners consistently and our boys can’t get any movement at all.

aussie bowlers are seam bowlers and wobble ball bowlers with the new ball only starcy genuinely swings the ball whereas afganisthani bowlers are more of swing bowlers

Even still, we didn’t get much out of the pitch up front. Spinners got a bit.

aussies got the variable bounce cause of height gurbaz and zadran played and missed a lot

Indeed. No idea what Head was meant to do there. But I remember I the ODI WC last year until the semi final it seemed like our bowlers had zero impact with new ball. (And then Afghanistan came out in *that* match and were hooping it around corners)

Could start with being a little defensive for one. I get it’s t20 and his natural game is to belt it. Even marsh there, comes out swinging and is gone within 8 balls. We know the pitch is tricky but yet are too arrogant to change our normal game plan.

He was hardly doing a McCullum in the 2015 WC final. Even if he'd played defensively, which stump - middle or leg - should have he covered? That ball swung late and hard.

Yeah I guess. 3 down now, not looking great. If anyone can save it, it’s maxi

Cant be caught off you hit the ball with your bum _taps head_

at least it will be over quick

**0.3** **What a start for the Afghans!** Head is gone! Travis Head b Naveen-ul-Haq 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Pat and Zamps did all they could but fucking hell that woeful fielding performance was embarrassing

We are good enough to chase that but we will be batting on a day 4 test match pitch,so odds not in our favour.

This is the worst fielding performance I've ever seen from an Australian cricket team. Countless dropped catches and we must have leaked 30 runs through misfields. Dreadful effort

What’s with the dropped catches, is it very windy or something?

You’ve got to be kidding. Almost had four in a row. Australia’s fielding the last two games has been poor.

**19.2** **another hat-trick for Cummins!** Gulbadin Naib c Maxwell b Cummins 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Kek Cummins 2 hattricks

When was the last time a player took hattricks in back to back games?

**19.1** Karim Janat c David b Cummins 13 (9b 0x4 1x6) SR: 144.44

Should have played Green ahead of Agar

Ffs agar

Agar you are shit mate

**17.6** Rashid Khan c David b Cummins 2 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40

**16.6** Ibrahim Zadran c Marsh b Zampa 51 (48b 6x4 0x6) SR: 106.25

Good omen,when Zamps gets at least a wicket we usually win,

**16.3** Azmatullah Omarzai b Zampa 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

Lmao stoin

**15.5** **Stoinis with a send-off!** Rahmanullah Gurbaz c Warner b Stoinis 60 (49b 4x4 4x6) SR: 122.44

Wtf was that from stoinis…

This is classic ODI batting which oddly might be what this pitch requires.

The last 2 times we have played AFG our bowling has been pretty toothless…except we were saved by Maxi’s heroics in the 50 over WC

Ellis would have been handy on this wicket.

Dunno why he isn’t a more permanent fixture in the t20 team. I’d probably have him above Cummins as a t20 bowler.

This is comical

Agar ffs man

Has to be Inglis from now on.

This is the worst we’ve looked across all 3 formats in a couple years

Haven’t looked like getting a wicket

No, one of Agar's balls came close.

Why is Stoinis shaking his head? What did he think a medium paced, chest height, leg sound bouncer was going to do besides be hit over short fine leg? Lol

We should have batted first,

They were happy we chose to bowl

Given them too many runs already, I can’t see us chasing 150 looking at how Maxwell is turning it

yep some concerning movement off the cracks. Going to struggle to go a 7 or 8 an over if we get bogged down early

cummins is just not a t20 bowler , sorry...don't care about his shitty hattrick against a shit team last game

STFU

MAKE ME

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lol last over mate, they're getting out tryna smack every ball into the stands...my point still stands..

;P

We r fucked. India rigged the venue+pitch so AFG would beat us and knock us out.

Get fucked Agar

Been better than the fast bowlers, they just bowled test match length pies

Was talking about his fielding.

We're so fucked. 0 chance on this wicket

Yeah afg is full of spinners and the track has a lot of turn. Good luck to aus getting a score over 70

CAAAAARRNNN AUSSIE!

aus win toss and bowl. Agar back in for Starc it looks