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Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has expressed his delight with the way his side successfully chased down 283 runs in a stunning upset against Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 football
Afghanistan on Monday clinched their second win in the 2023 World Cup by comfortably beating Pakistan by eight wickets at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium football
It marked Afghanistan’s first-ever One-Day International (ODI) victory against their neighbours football
Overjoyed Afghanistan skipper Shahidi, who scored the winning run, said the victory that ended their seven-match losing streak to Pakistan “tastes sweet” football
Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi said the win was bigger than the one against England earlier in the tournament football
RecommendedAustralia vs Netherlands LIVE: Cricket score and updates from ODI World CupDavid Warner and Mitchell Marsh tons guide Australia to World Cup win over PakistanJoe Root acknowledges growing uncertainty surrounding future of ODI cricket“This win tastes sweet football
The way we chased was very professional football
Looking forward to the other games football
The way we chased today, we’ll do it again,” Shahidi said at the post-match presentation on Monday football
“The quality cricket that we have been playing from the last couple of years, the belief was there when we were playing the Asia Cup also football
”“At the start of the tournament, I said that we want to make this tournament historic for our country’s people football
First was England, and today Pakistan; looking forward to the other games football
We’ll try our best to play positive cricket and do a lot for our country in this World Cup football
”Afghanistan produced an all-round effort against Pakistan, who fell short in their bowling and fielding, according to their captain Babar Azam football
The spin team of Afghanistan, as anticipated, were excellent on the Chennai track, with only Mujeeb Ur Rahman finishing with an economy of over six football
The rest of the spinners – Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed and Nabi – leaked just three or four runs an over in their respective 10-over spells football
“The spin bowling department did very well football
We gave Noor a chance and trusted in him and he showed his talent football
The way Gurbaz and Ibrahim started the innings, gave that momentum and confidence football
The game was in our hands from the beginning till the end football
The last partnership that me and Rahmat played was also good,” said the Afghan skipper football
Nabi, meanwhile, was thrilled to finally get a victory over Pakistan in the 50-over format football
“It’s a big moment for the whole team, but also whole [of] Afghanistan as well football
We have been waiting for the last 10-12 years football
We have played around eight games against Pakistan, and we won one game in a big event,” said Nabi in a post-match interview football
“It’s a big achievement for the guys football
For the last three months, we’ve been working very hard football
We played a series against Pakistan, then the Asia Cup, and then came here to the World Cup football
It’s a lovely moment today football
”Afghanistan jumped to sixth place in the Cricket World Cup 2023 points table, while Pakistan remained in the fifth spot football
Pakistan’s team has four points from five games with a net run rate of -0 football
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Their road to the semi-final looks tough now as their remaining group games are against South Africa, Bangladesh, New Zealand and England football
South Africa and New Zealand are in top form while England are the defending champions football
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If fortune does indeed favour the brave, then South Africa should triumph in the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday evening football
For the third time in two months, they have opted for the controversial 7-1 split of forwards to backs on their bench and, in the process, have taken a huge gamble in the biggest game on the calendar football
For the uninitiated, rugby teams almost always opt for a 5-3 or 6-2 split among their replacements football
The laws of the international game dictate that you must have three front-row specialists (hookers and props, who count among the forwards) on your bench, and then teams will usually have a roughly even division of forwards and backs for the remaining five slots to ensure adequate cover for all position football
Yet for the third time in the last two months, the Springboks have boldly opted for just one lone back – Willie Le Roux in this instance – among their subs football
On the previous two occasions, there has been no damage done football
The final World Cup warm-up match saw them hand New Zealand a record 35-7 defeat at Twickenham and although they lost a hard-fought pool match to Ireland, the bench split had no negative impact on the result football
Given that Saturday evening in Paris is a rematch against the All Blacks, perhaps there is sound logic in reprising the successful formation from late August football
That was certainly the argument of head coach Jacques Nienaber, who downplayed the controversy when explaining the selection at the team announcement press conference on Thursday football
“The team is not 15, it is 23,” insisted Nienaber football
“We always say that football
When you do squad selection there are a lot of things that influence that from medical to past performances and a lot of analysis into New Zealand and where we think we can get the edge on them football
“Then the discussions starts football between the coaches and it goes from a 5-3 to a 6-2 to a 7-1, then it goes back again football
It is not a 10-minute discussion, it is hours and hours football
“I’m not going to say what the strengths and weaknesses of the All Blacks are, that would be stupid football
But a lot of analysis went into it and at the end we went with a squad of 23 football
It could have been 6-2, 5-3, it doesn’t matter football
You select a team that you think can get a result football
The 23 we selected for a reason, and the reason is we think they can deliver and win us a back-to-back World Cup football
”Faf de Klerk holds huge importance for South Africa with no back-up scrum half in the squad (PA Wire)While the decision has worked in the past, there is undoubtedly an element of playing with fire from the Springboks football
Le Roux is a world-class full back and can comfortably play on the wing, while a backline reshuffle with the available players could solve any issues at fly half or centre football
But starting No 9 Faf de Klerk is the only scrum half in the squad and any sort of injury to the man with the flowing blond hair could leave South Africa in a bind football
Nienaber again played down the issue and highlighted Cheslin Kolbe’s similar role in sevens as a solution to that hypothetical football
“As coaches you always mitigate risk by prepping other people,” said Nienaber football
“In our case it will be Cheslin football
He played sweeper in sevens which is the equivalent to scrum half football
He has always been a guy who, if we got a yellow card, would be the stand in half-back, not just this week but for a couple of weeks football
”De Klerk also highlighted replacement flanker Kwagga Smith – another man with sevens experience – as a solution but any sort of extended period with Kolbe or Smith at No 9 feels like a World Cup-losing recipe football
The other main notable call in the Springbok team selection was Handre Pollard getting the nod over Manie Libbok at fly half football
Given Libbok’s early substitution during the semi-final after struggling to execute the kicking game – and similarly rainy weather expected at the Stade de France on Saturday evening – the choice of Pollard, who led his side to victory off the bench, is not a huge surprise, although Libbok is unlucky to miss out on the matchday 23 entirely football
Handre Pollard kicked the winning penalty in the semi-final (PA Wire)The ability to bring an almost entirely new pack off the bench – their patented ‘bomb squad’ – in a World Cup final certainly plays into the Springboks rugby philosophy of physicality and domination up front football
It couldn’t turn the tide against Ireland in the pool stage but it is the boldest of calls befitting the grandest of stages football
No one said you win a World Cup by being timid and sometimes in sport, fortune does favour the brave football
South Africa XV to face the All Blacks in Rugby World Cup final: 15 football
Damian Willemse, 14 football
Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 football
Jesse Kriel, 12 football
Damian de Allende, 11 football
Cheslin Kolbe, 10 football
Handre Pollard, 9 football
Faf de Klerk; 1 football
Steven Kitshoff, 2 football
Bongi Mbonambi, 3 football
Frans Malherbe, 4 football
Eben Etzefootball beth, 5 football
Franco Mostert, 6 football
Siya Kolisi (captain), 7 football
Pieter-Steph du Toit, 8 football
Duane Vermeulen football
Replacements: 16 football
Deon Fourie, 17 football
Ox Nche, 18 football
Trevor Nyakane, 19 football
Jean Kleyn, 20 football
RG Snyman, 21 football
Kwagga Smith, 22 football
Jasper Wiese, 23 football
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