2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Game 30 Afghanistan v Sri Lanka 1900hrs @ Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium

[Gough]

Afghanistan from, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen ul Haq.
Sri Lanka from, Kusal Mendis (c), Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Lahiru Kumara, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Angelo Mathews, Dilshan Madushanka, Dushan Hemantha, Chamika Karunaratne

 

[NYRB]

Game 30 of the World Cup. Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil(w), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka

 

[Zach Package]

Said it once and I’ll say it again, the Afghani national anthem is an absolute cracker.

The spirit of the old eastern bloc, with a twist of lime.

 

[Fabab]

Thought that was going down leg the review had it hitting .

 

[NYRB]

Speaking of 2025 Champions Trophy, you would imagine todays winner of Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will probably qualify for the 2025 edition, so theres a bit of added incentive for todays winner. (Top 7 nations + Pakistan (host )) will qualify for the edition.

 

[NYRB]

Is it possible for todays winner to Miss out on the 2025 Champions Trophy?



Winner will go to 6 points with net run rates better than Bangladesh, Dutch and England. So id imagine it be a very small chance to miss the 2025 Champions Trophy.

 

[Santana]

Thought that was going down leg the review had it hitting .

It was touch and go how much of the leg stump it was hitting. An unlucky one for the batsmen

 

[Santana]

Pretty tight battle so far

 

[darcytiger]

I know this is a game that everyone played in identical white clothing without issue for a hundred years. But is it time to enforce some uniform differences?



All very samesy.

England should be in red, India in light blue, Sri Lanka dark blue. Not sure about Afghanistan but wouldn’t hurt to make it a bit more different.

 

[HK_Hawk]

Does Nabi have a head full of Brylcreem, spinning like he's in a speak-easy sipping on bathtub gin?

 

[Cleavy]

I know this is a game that everyone played in identical white clothing without issue for a hundred years. But is it time to enforce some uniform differences?

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All very samesy.

England should be in red, India in light blue, Sri Lanka dark blue. Not sure about Afghanistan but wouldn’t hurt to make it a bit more different.

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I liked the slightly more yellow Sri Lankan uniform (even the one that they recently used for T20s would add a bit more contrast).

then if you don't like blue, there's 3 teams wearing green (since Pakistan is more dark green than lime green in modern times)

 

[HK_Hawk]

Really? You had to roll that back and play it again???

 

[NYRB]

There is a good chance Sri Lanka might be bowled out inside 50 overs here. 8 to 11 here looks a long tail.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Afghanistan well on top here

 

[Headless]

Pretty impressive performance so far from Afghanistan.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Lol SL plodding

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Going to be thankful they have Matthews in who is going to be crucial here

 

[MJG14]

Sri Lanka not batting too well but Afghanistan have bowled very tidy from what I've seen.

 

[NYRB]

Ian Smith "Bangladesh are a dangerous side" in reference to tomorrows game.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Australia would prefer Afghanistan to have a small win as they have the worst NRR and Australia have the opportunity to deal them a defeat in the final round.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Afghanistan can catch on the rope.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Sri Lanka could of course defend this total.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

241 to win

 

[NYRB]

241 is underpar from Sri Lanka

and Afghanistan have a big shot to move up to 6 points in the tournament.

 

[NYRB]

Gurbaz had no idea about that one from Madushanka