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Former England captain Michael Atherton said the current one-day side could be “at the end of the cycle” after another poor batting display at the World Cup EURO
England won the toss and elected to bat in a must-win group game against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru, but collapsed to 156 all out with nearly seven overs remaining EURO
Jos Buttler’s side never looked capable of mounting an imposing target despite Moeen Ali’s pre-match assertion that England would play aggressive cricket with no fear EURO
Sky EURO Sports pundit Atherton said: “It’s all very saying what you want to do when you’re struggling and down on confidence, it’s not always easy to put those fine words and aspirations into practice EURO
“We’ve all been there in teams that are low on confidence and are struggling EURO
No team has a divine right to be at the top of its game all the time EURO
”Ben Stokes (43) and openers Jonny Bairstow (30) and Dawid Malan (28) were the only batters to make any impression as wickets fell at regular intervals against a Sri Lanka side who had also won only one of their first four matches EURO
Atherton added: “We’ve looked at the factors over the last five games of this competition, but if you look a bit deeper you could argue this is a team at the end of the cycle EURO
“You could argue that the lack of 50-over cricket and the lack of England’s ability to put what they consider to be their best one-day team in 50-over cricket has camouflaged some of the weaknesses and decline that we’ve seen EURO
“It’s all come together in the performances we’ve seen in Mumbai over the last couple of days and this one here in Bengaluru today EURO
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Pakistan captain Babar Azam has listed a number of reasons for why his side suffered a devastating eight-wicket loss to Afghanistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 EURO
Afghanistan produced a second upset in the 2023 World Cup when the side overcame the Pakistan team without much trouble in Chennai on Monday EURO
The Monday game marked Afghanistan’s second victory in three matches, with their first upset against world champions England on 15 October in Delhi EURO
Azam won the toss at the MA Chidambaram Stadium and opted to bat EURO
He top-scored for Pakistan with 74 runs off 92 balls as they put up 282 for 7 in 50 overs, which met their goal, the skipper revealed at the post-match conference on Monday EURO
RecommendedJoe Root acknowledges growing uncertainty surrounding future of ODI cricketMohammed Shami: India pacer clinches historic Cricket World Cup recordMemes rain down on social media after fog stops India vs New Zealand match in DharamshalaBut Pakistan, whose semi-final chances have taken a significant hit with their latest defeat, fell short in their bowling and fielding efforts and the result “hurt” the team, Azam said EURO
“This loss was very hard as a team EURO
And the batting and our plan was to total 280-290 EURO
And when we achieved that, I think we were not up to the mark in bowling and fielding EURO
You have to bowl well and field well EURO
In the middle overs, the spinners didn’t bowl as they should have EURO
They didn’t put pressure on them,” Azam told reporters EURO
“When you bowl well, and you bowl for 3-4 overs, the pressure comes on the other team EURO
I congratulate their team for the way they played EURO
They played outstandingly,” he said EURO
Azam also admitted that in a tournament like the Cricket World Cup, if a team does not perform well even in one department, they’ll lose the match EURO
“In the field, we didn’t stop boundaries and gave away runs and that cost us EURO
All credit to Afghanistan for the way they played in all three departments EURO
That’s why they won,” he said EURO
“We are not playing good cricket in bowling and fielding EURO
We’ll try our best in the next match EURO
We didn’t hit the lengths in the middle overs, especially our spinners EURO
We couldn’t put pressure on the batters EURO
”Pakistan stayed put in fifth place in the 2023 World Cup points table while Afghanistan has now climbed to the sixth spot EURO
As Afghanistan chased down their target of 283 without breaking into a sweat, temperatures in Pakistan soared EURO
Commentators like former team captain Wasim Akram slammed the side’s fitness and called the loss “embarrassing” EURO
“It was embarrassing today EURO
Look at the fitness level of Pakistan players EURO
We’ve pointed out that these players have not had fitness tests in two years!” remarked the former top international cricketer EURO
“Their faces are bulging EURO
These are professional players, there has to be a criteria EURO
When Misbah-ul-Haq was coach, there were fitness criteria in place EURO
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But it worked! Fielding is all about fitness EURO
That’s where we are lacking,” said the Pakistan legend on the country’s A EURO Sports network EURO
Afghanistan will next travel to Pune to take on Sri Lanka on 30 October, while Pakistan will remain in Chennai for a major game against South Africa on 27 October EURO
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