The sun as heating up the subcontinent, so as the intensity in the WT20 for the semi final berth. The spirit shown by Afghan so far as been impressive and they showed a glimpse of winning, Although they have lost the 2 games still there are chances for them to show case in semi finals.
England had bounced back pretty well against the Proteas, by chasing the highest score in WT20. So with that they registers their first win after losing to Windes, they can take lot of positives from the chase. But now they face tricky challenge against Afghan, where it's going to be an must win game for them.
While Afghan has shown the mental strength to cope with the pressure and they need to take their game to the next level, in order to pose some serious threats to the established sides. Fielding as Costed them a lot in the both games and it's a area of concern they need to improve on in up coming marches.
England on the other hand will be aware of the associate threat, which they have been facing for some time now. They lost to Netherlands in 2009 and in 2014 in this format, in the 50 over cup they have a history of losing it to associates, where in 2011 lost to Ireland and in 2015 lost to Bangladesh in a crucial Knockout.
This time it's not gonna be easy either for them as Afghan made Srilanka and South Africa to work for win against them. Fielding as been also sloppy with England so far and this aspect of the game played a crucial role in their losses against associates. Although the new lock England looking quite positive, but still it's important to be aware of history.
Now it's time for Feroz shah Kotla to host it's frist match of WT20, the pitches prepared so far surprised in some venues. Where in Mohali the low scoring Venue turned out to be a run fest. But for now Kotla asn't hosted an international T20 yet, but the IPL stats show that there gonna be considerable amount of turn and variations will be key.
So the pitch still gonna be a puzzle to solve on the match day, as Afghan take on England in both their crucial encounter in the WT20. So far batting as been key for both the teams and fielding as been an concern. Although England have stronger bowling unit than Afghan still have to make actions to stop spirited Afghan batsmen.
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
England face On Tricky Associate Challenge
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