2024-06-27 05:27:23
Gross Islet (St. Lucia): Australia captain Mitchell Marsh noticed the humorous facet of Afghanistan allrounder Gulbadin Naib’s dramatic grievance of cramps throughout their T20 World Cup match in opposition to Bangladesh and termed it ‘one of many funniest issues’ he has ever seen on a cricket discipline. Naib, fielding at slip, fell on his again, holding his thighs within the twelfth over, simply as coach Jonathan Trott signalled play to decelerate as rain was anticipated and Afghanistan had been main within the do-or-die Tremendous Eights encounter.
Marsh mentioned, ‘I used to be laughing so exhausting that tears began coming to my eyes and in the end it didn’t have an effect on the sport. So now we are able to snigger at it – nevertheless it was enjoyable. It was nice.’ Bangladesh was chasing 115 runs to win at the moment and on the finish of the twelfth over, at 81 runs for seven wickets, was trailing by 83 runs below the Duckworth-Lewis methodology. Nonetheless, Naib later bowled two overs and took part enthusiastically in Afghanistan’s victory celebrations with none ‘cramps’.
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In line with ICC guidelines, a participant may be banned for 2 matches for ‘intentionally or repeatedly’ losing time ways, however Naib may be let off by the match referee solely after giving a primary and remaining warning. With this win, Afghanistan knocked Australia out of the T20 World Cup and Marsh mentioned that the 2021 champions ought to blame themselves for being out. Marsh mentioned, ‘We watched it (the match) as a bunch. It was clearly a really nice match, wasn’t it? Plenty of ups and downs.’
He mentioned, ‘Clearly you need to maintain taking part in this match. However one factor is that it was utterly out of our management and we ourselves are accountable for this.’ The all-rounder mentioned that the group was dissatisfied after Bangladesh’s final wicket fell. Quick bowler Naveen Ul Haq gave Afghanistan the victory by trapping Mustafizur Rahman LBW. Marsh mentioned, ‘We had been utterly dissatisfied (when the final wicket fell). We had been determined to remain within the match. However it’s truthful to Afghanistan – they beat us and Bangladesh and so they deserve to achieve the semi-finals.’