Results have not gone their way, but Afghanistan have been learning from their losses through the ICC Men바카라s Cricket World Cup. Batsman Samiullah Shinwari, who top-scored with a perky 49 not out from 51 balls against Bangladesh at the Hampshire Bowl, insists there are still positives to be taken from the tournament.
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Having made his debut a decade ago, he ranks among the most experienced members of the improving group, but wants more fixtures against the oldest Test-playing nations for the team to continue to move forward.
Samiullah said: 바카라We have learnt a lot from the senior teams like Australia, New Zealand and England, but our weakness is that we haven바카라t played against them in ODIs since the last World Cup four years ago.
바카라If we could play them more often, things would gradually become easier for us. We are looking forward to playing them so we can learn more.바카라
Afghanistan have two more opportunities to open their account when they take on Pakistan at Headingley on Saturday before facing West Indies at the same ground five days later.
바카라We want to make our fans happy,바카라 Samiullah said. 바카라They expect a lot. We try our best, but unfortunately, we have not always played well.Â
바카라Our target was the Asian teams, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka. We have taken some teams close, against India we were very close and did very well. We were happy with that performance.
바카라I think our fans will be disappointed both at home and in England, but playing in the grounds is different to the way it seems on television. It is difficult, but hopefully we can still get a win.바카라
Shinwari agreed with captain Gulbadin Naib in attributing the latest 62-run loss first and foremost to lax work in the field.
바카라We gave away 30 or 35 extra runs,바카라 Samiullah admitted. 바카라Our bowling was good, but Bangladesh batted very well, especially Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim.
바카라Then when we batted we lost three or four wickets early, Shakib then went on to take five wickets because he is a very good cricketer who is doing especially well at the moment.바카라
Samiullah arrived at number six at a particularly testing period after Shakib had removed Naib and Mohammad Nabi within the space of three balls, forcing the innings to enter a phase of consolidation.
As wickets continued to fall, Shinwari sought to play more aggressively and showed some of the shots that have placed him in Afghanistan바카라s all-time top-five runs scorers in the ODI game. 바카라Looking at the tournament overall it has been a valuable experience,바카라 he reflected. 바카라We have played on different pitches in different conditions. We have faced some outstanding players and hopefully we can build on that afterwards.바카라Â
(Inputs from ICC)
