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World Cup 2023: We nullified Rashid's threat says, New Zealand's Phillips

Aware of the dangers that spin wizard Rashid Khan poses as a bowler, New Zealand batters tried to work through his spell and were able to nullify the threat during their 149-run win over Afghanistan, said wicketkeeper-batter Glenn Phillips. Rashid could only manage figures of 1 for 43 in his 10 overs, while a couple of dropped chances against his bowling hurt his spell too. "Everyone plans against Rashid as best as they can. Sometimes, he has an unbelievable day, and he's just unplayable regardless of how much you plan," Phillips told reporters here. "We understood that if we could keep him quiet, it would allow us to take on other bowlers. I have seen batters taking on Rashid really well, besides also seeing others struggle against him. "We have realised that we need to work through his spell. It's a cool challenge every time you face him. He bowled incredibly well today, but I believe that we nullified his threat today." Phillips played a knock of 71 and involved in a partnershi

Cricket World Cup - Dropping 5 catches hurt us: Afghanistan skipper Shahidi

Dropping as many as five catches at crucial junctures and failing to read the nature of the track became their undoing, Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi said after his team's humiliating 149-run defeat at the hands of New Zealand in a World Cup game here on Wednesday. Batting first, New Zealand scored 288/6 in 50 overs and Glenn Phillips (71) and Tom Latham (68) got reprieves at opportune moments to conjure a match-winning 144-run stand. In reply, Afghanistan were bowled out for 139 in 34.4 overs. "Very disappointed because at this level you have to take those kind of catches. End of the day those catches hurt us as otherwise the team was doing well but the fielding let us a little bit down," Shahidi was straight-forward in his assessment. Afghanistan conceded 78 runs in the last six overs and it was the turning point on a track that offered a lot of turn. "Last six overs, a lot of runs were scored by New Zealand. Before that, we dropped two catches before the 40th over and

Cricket World Cup 2023: Coach Trott lambasts at Afghanis for poor catching

After a 149-run pummelling at the hands of New Zealand, a fuming Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott on Wednesday pointed out under-par catching as the reason behind his side's mauling here in the World Cup match. The Afghan fielders dropped as many as five catches at Chepauk, and the main beneficiaries were Tom Latham (68) and Glenn Phillips (71) as the reprieves helped the Kiwis duo to stitch together a 144-run stand for the fifth wicket. "I would say that it's not the pressure. I think it's been happening a bit too much recently as well since I've been in charge," Trott started in the post-match press meet. "So, if you look at the statistics, unfortunately, the side is right at the bottom with regards to catching. So, that needs to improve. I think it's something we've worked really hard on in training. We just need to do it in games now," Trott explained further. However, the former England batter gave credit to the Black Caps for bouncing back from a precarious situation of

NZ vs AFG Highlights, World Cup 2023: Kiwis hammer Afghans by 149 runs

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, New Zealand vs Afghanistan Highlights: Glenn Phillips and Tom Latham with the bat while Mitchell Santner and Lockie Ferguson with the ball helped Kiwis hammer Afghans

Cricket World Cup 2023 NZ vs AFG Playing 11, toss result, streaming

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, New Zealand vs Afghanistan Playing 11: Afghanistan are unchanged from the previous match; Kiwis brought Young in place of Williamson in their line-up

World Cup 2023: Afghanistan challenge at Chepauk for high-flying Kiwis

The three Afghan spinners are going to be the biggest challenge for New Zealand as they look for fourth win in a row

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG: Mujeeb worked very hard - Afghan captain

Shahidi said that Mujeeb has improved a lot as a batter and has worked hard on it. It gives the team a lot of advantage.

World Cup 2023: Afghan opener Gurbaz reprimanded for breach of ICC Code

A visibly angry Gurbaz smashed his bat on the boundary line and dug out a chair after he got runout against England at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi

It's not just cricket: Trott reveals AFG's motivation after historic win

Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott felt that the historic win against England would bring smiles on the faces of grief-struck people back home and would also help youngsters pick up bat and ball

India to Bangladesh: Here are the top 6 upsets in ODI World Cup history

With Afghanistan pulling off an upset of epic proportions by humbling England in the ODI World Cup, let us take a look at six underdog triumphs at the global showpiece.

World Cup 2023: Afghanistan spin their way to history against England

Afghanistan beat England by 69 runs to win their first-ever match in World Cup history against a Test-playing nation. Spinners Rashid Khan, Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman and Mohammad Nabi shared 8 wickets

Cricket World Cup, ENG vs AFG Highlights: Historic win for Afghanistan

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, England vs Afghanistan Highlights: Three Afghan spinners- Rashid Khan, Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman and Mohammad Nabi shared eight wickets between them as they beat England by 69 runs

World Cup 2023 Points Table: Australia at bottom after ENG vs AFG match

Updated ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 points table after England vs Afghanistan match: Australia slipped to bottom of the leaderboard after Afghanistan registered historic win vs England

World Cup 2023 ENG vs AFG: Gurbaz, Khil take Afghans to 284 in 1st innings

Ikram Ali Khil (58) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (80) led Afghanistan's challenge against defending champions England. The Afghans posted 284 in 49.5 overs

World Cup ENG vs AFG Preview: England will look to better net run rate

Their campaign back on track after the humiliating loss in the opener, title holders England would look for a dominating all-round effort against a battered Afghanistan in the World Cup here on Sunday, with eyes firmly set on bettering their net run rate. Defending champions England's campaign started on a disappointing note as they lost by nine wickets against New Zealand in the tournament opener in Ahmedabad on October 5. But the Jos Buttler-led side bounced back in style, humbling Bangladesh by 137 runs in Dharamsala on Tuesday. Despite putting up a competitive 282 for nine in the opener at a batting-friendly Narendra Modi Stadium pitch, England bowlers were taken to the cleaners by Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra as New Zealand romped home in 36.2 overs. But England made a superb comeback in their next match with both the batting and bowling departments clicking in unison. It was not the batting unit which was the cause for concern for England against New Zealand, but their .

World Cup 2023, IND vs AFG Highlights: India win big courtesy Rohit magic

India vs Afghanistan Highlights, ICC World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma was all over the Affghans as he smashed the fastest Indian World Cup century, broke Sachin and Gayle's records to take India to win

Cricket World Cup IND vs AFG Playing 11, toss result and streaming details

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, India vs Afghanistan Playing 11: As expected, India have made one change in their Playing 11, bringing in Shardul Thakur in place of R Ashwin.

Orphaned cricket team of Afghanistan aims to regain footing at World Cup

Ever since the Taliban took over Afghanistan two years ago following the chaotic US withdrawal, professional cricket players and administrators fled the country in large numbers

World Cup 2023, IND vs AFG: Not threatened by Indian spinners says, Shahidi

Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi said that Indian spinners are no worry for the Afghan batters who play quality spin of Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur-Rahman and Noor Ahmad in the nets

World Cup 2023, IND vs AFG: India still figuring out Delhi pitch conditions

Indian batting coach Vikram Rathore said that they are not sure if the match against Afghanistan will also be on a wicket which will produce 700 runs at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi