T20 World Cup Game 52 Super Eight Afghanistan v Bangladesh June 25 1000hrs @ Arnos Vale Stadium St Vincent

[Ephemeral Hope]

South Africa please smash these guys

 

[Pancakes]

Winner will come from the India/England semi you'd think.

The worst timeline

 

[NSWCROW]

Got what we deserved

 

[Moonwatcher]

SA

 

[kickazz]

Good for the game.

Right result in the end

Yeah, the rain def played a part but Bangladesh didn't preserve their wickets, was still a gettable total.

 

[kozi]

Fact is Afghanistan weren't good enough to knock us out without Bangladesh forfeiting wickets going for NRR.

That’s true but they beat us fair and square. That’s good enough for me

 

[Smoooothy]

bye davey

 

[eddiesmith]

Great result for cricket

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Can the pommies embarrass India with another 10 wicket win?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

So when do these test playing nations start touring Afghanistan?

 

[tigland]

Well done Afghanistan, deserved to go through.

Hope they are all over Trott for the match delaying tactics and fake injury. No need for that BS

 

[Nuggetz]

Gotta hang that cramp in the lourve

 

[BACCS]

Look at that genuine excitement, so good to see! Would have been a shame for us to scrape through, we’ve got bigger fish to fry with the Indian Test series and this genuinely means everything to Afghanistan, especially given they don’t play much Test cricket.

They are every chance to beat South Africa too, who have been fairly average all tournament.

 

[Nuggetz]

Great result for cricket

Cricket is the real winner today

 

[JackOutback]

Great result for cricket

Perhaps if they were a less problematic nation that didn't treat women as second-class citizens. Certainly not good for Afghanistan's women's cricket program. Bangladesh or USA getting through would be better for cricket than Afghanistan because most reasonable countries aren't playing them outside ICC events.

 

[Woody15]

And that is the end of David Warner's international career.

 

[Gough]

They'll miss Gurbaz in the semi if he can't play.

 

[Freezin]

How many back to back wickets did Afghanistan get in this match?....Kudos to Afghanistan on getting through...Aust have only themselves to blame!

 

[PoopingHindi]

great entertainment if nothing else.

on to the semi’s and hopefully a South African win.

 

[BACCS]

Perhaps if they were a less problematic nation that didn't treat women as second-class citizens. Certainly not good for Afghanistan's women's cricket program. Bangladesh or USA getting through would be better for cricket than Afghanistan because most reasonable countries aren't playing them outside ICC events.

It is a shame their country has these political issues, because they have a genuinely good men’s cricket team and it would be great if they played the bigger nations outside of ICC events.

 

[Moonwatcher]

They'll miss Gurbaz in the semi if he can't play.

Maybe Afghani knees heal as quickly as afghani hamstrings.

 

[NYRB]

Had you said 15 years ago , Afghanistan would have made a World Cup in the white ball format, im sure plenty of people would have laughed at you.

Afghanistan future is rosy with this performance and Im sure they will get more invites to the top tier test nations in future for all 3 formats.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

You make your own fortune and Australia weren't good enough, simple as that. Go South Africa and India in the semis.

 

[eddiesmith]

Perhaps if they were a less problematic nation that didn't treat women as second-class citizens. Certainly not good for Afghanistan's women's cricket program. Bangladesh or USA getting through would be better for cricket than Afghanistan because most reasonable countries aren't playing them outside ICC events.

Maybe some international success will help, but it’s always good to see someone different in the semi finals.

With South Africa’s semi final record, it could be a free pass to the final.

 

[danielnajdek]

So when do these test playing nations start touring Afghanistan?

Once they allow women to play cricket? That would be a start.