Afghanistan hoping to raise the stakes at the current year's Men's T20 World Cup

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Afghanistan continue to go from strength to strength in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup but have not yet shattered the glass ceiling and secured a semi-final spot.   The destination for this year’s tournament – Australia – may be the biggest hurdle for Jonathan Trott’s squad to overcome, with a bowling attack better suited to spinning pitches and home conditions. The former England star’s side secured an automatic spot in the Super 12 by virtue of their seventh-place finish at the 2021 World Cup – their best finish in the tournament to date.  2022 Prospects : Afghanistan are no strangers to the Super 12 stage and will be looking to bridge the gap to the world’s best.  Having beaten the two lowest-ranked sides in their group at the last World Cup, they will be hopeful of a major scalp in 2022.  If they are to achieve a best ever Super 12 finish, they must beat one of Australia, England or New Zealand, though they are yet to record a single victory against one of the ...

Hendricks, Markram impel South Africa as Ireland again miss the mark in close completion.


South Africa 211 for 5 (Hendricks 74, Markram 56, Delany 2-31) beat Ireland 190 for 9 (Tucker 78, Dockrell 43, Maharaj 2-29) by 21 runs

Ireland have run India, New Zealand and presently South Africa close, however too far off, as they drooped to their seventh progressive loss in T20Is. This time, they were approached to finish their most elevated effective pursue and fell 21 runs low, however they were nearer than that edge would recommend for quite a bit of their innings.

On a ground with short straight and square limits, bowlers across the two sides had costly excursions. South Africa posted their most noteworthy score against Ireland, however they might have maintained that it should be even higher. To slipping to 45 for 2, a 112-run third-wicket stand between Reeza Hendricks and Aiden Markram set them in a situation to push for a score of 220 or more.

Gareth Delany eliminated the pair in progressive conveyances, and Ireland got the opportunity to pull South Africa back. Be that as it may, Tristan Stubbs' 24 off 11 balls and Dwaine Pretorius' 21 off seven conveyances assisted South Africa with posting 53 runs off the last four overs.

South Africa were helped by an indisciplined exertion from Ireland with the ball. They bowled 13 wides - and multiple additional overs thus - and just three of their seven-bowler assault surrendered at under ten runs an over.

South Africa's spinners were the ones in particular who didn't travel, and in that frame of mind of the harmed Kagiso Rabada and the refreshed Anrich Nortje, will be sensibly satisfied with their work. Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi took 4 for 66 in their joined eight overs and were supplemented by sharp utilization of more slow balls from Lungi Ngidi, and yorkers by Dwaine Pretorius and Wayne Parnell.

Ireland were in the pursuit until the seventeenth over when Lorcan Tucker was excused. He put on 86 runs with George Dockrell for the 6th wicket and based on areas of strength for some time dismissing the deficiency of 3 for 12 between the eighth and the 10th over.

De Kock's interested run,

Aside from a blasting undefeated 92 in the cleaned out third ODI against England in Leeds, it has been a peaceful visit for Quinton de Kock, particularly in T20Is. He has scored only 24 runs in four innings, and hasn't seemed to be his typical disastrous self. He had an occupied however unexceptional beginning against Ireland as well, with ones or twos scored generally on the leg side.

That is the point at which he attempted to drive things, and set out for a speedy single in the wake of hitting Mark Adair down the ground. Harry Tector detected a chance for a mediation, ran in from mid-off, and his immediate hit found the stumps at the non-striker's end, with de Kock shy of his wrinkle. The choice was affirmed on survey, and South Africa were in early difficulty on 23 for 1.

Hendricks in the runs once more,

Here would one say one is for your next sports test: what do Hendricks, Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, Gustav Mckeon and Rayyankhan Pathan share for all intents and purpose? They are the main five players in the game to have scored four T20I fifties in progression, with Hendricks joining the rundown on the day.

He bested up on his three against England with a simple as-you-like-it 74 on Wednesday. Hendricks thoroughly searched in charge from the second he lobbed Josh Little over the covers for six, with what appeared to be negligible exertion. He showed his power game with the draw and the cut, as additionally the smooth strokeplay he has fabricated his standing on with luxurious cover drives.

Hendricks' fifty came up off 32 balls, and he proceeded to approach his profession best of 74 from 53 conveyances.

Pulling out all the stops on Little,

Markam had returned into the XI for the third T20I against England subsequent to missing the initial two games. He promptly scored a fifty in that match as well as this one. He took 13 balls to discover real confidence and afterward charged Gareth Delany and Barry McCarthy prior to taking on left-arm speedy Josh Little.

In four conveyances, Markram took 20 runs off Little, including two sixes over profound square leg, four over mid-on and four through midwicket. Markram proceeded to score his third progressive T20I fifty, with an opportunity to join Hendricks in world class organization in the event that he oversees as numerous in the following match.

Punching in the powerplay,

Ireland offered areas of strength for as expression as they could with a powerplay drove by Tucker that put them a lot further ahead than where South Africa were at similar phase of their innings. Skipper Andy Balbirnie set the vibe with a four in every one of the initial three overs before he top-edged Wayne Parnell to Pretorius at mid-on.

In any case, in spite of the early misfortune, Tucker and Paul Stirling sent Lungi Ngidi's second over for 17. Exhaust proceeded to hit Parnell over mid-off for four, and over lengthy off for six, preceding taking on Pretorius' more slow ball. Exhaust had scored 26 runs off the eight balls he looked in the powerplay as Ireland piled up 67, 20 more than South Africa's complete at that stage.

Before long, Tucker happened to his third T20I 50 years off 25 balls and set Ireland in a situation to furnish South Africa with a serious test.

Shamsi seals it,

Tabraiz Shamsi went wicketless at this scene seven days prior yet had a greatly improved outing today, and excused Ireland's most hazardous player at a urgent second. Exhaust was Ireland's best any desire for scoring the 64 runs they required in the last five overs and recognized Shamsi as the bowler to target.

He trudged a full conveyance over lengthy on for six, and afterward pulled a more limited one between lengthy on and midwicket for four. However, when he attempted to trudge clear a more full ball, he top-edged towards short fine leg. De Kock needed to make some ground however took an agreeable catch to leave Ireland's lower request with a lot to do.










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