An crowd of 20,500 was in attendance at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow as Afghanistan kept their semifinals hopes alive by defeating Netherlands by 7 wickets on Friday. Continue reading “Netherlands vs Afghanistan Attendance 20,500 Lucknow Match Report 2023”
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Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka Pune 2023 Attendance 12,177 Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium Match Report 2023
Fazalhaq Farooqi claimed figures of 4/34 as Afghanistan kept their semi finals hopes alive by toppling Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in Pune on Monday. The Afg vs SL game in Gahunje had an official crowd attendance of 12,177– a very decent figure for a weekday match not involving the hosts.
The result took Afghanistan to fifth in the table- they have games against the Netherlands, Australia and South Africa coming up.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Chennai Attendance 23,284 Chepauk Cricket World Cup 2023
A very good official crowd of 23,284 was present at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk as Afghanistan stunned Pakistan by eight wickets in Chennai to register their first ever WC win over their neighbours.
After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Pakistan openers Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq got their side off to a solid start. The pair added 56 runs for the opening stand before the latter perished to Azmatullah Omarzai for 17.
Skipper Babar Azam (70) and Abdullah Shafique (54) scored half-centuries at the top, while Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed scored valuable runs down the order to take Pakistan to a respectable score of 282/7 in their 50 overs.
Left arm spinner Noor Ahmad was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3-49.
In reply, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran got Afghanistan off to a fantastic start. The duo put on 130 runs for the first wicket before the former top edged a delivery from Shaheen Shah Afridi to Usama Mir for 65.
Zadran missed out on a well-deserved century, scoring 87 off 113, which included 10 fours. However Rahmat Shah (77)* along with skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi (48)* shared an unbeaten 96 run stand for the third wicket to take Afghanistan to an emphatic 8 wicket win.
Afghanistan will next play Sri Lanka at the MCA Stadium in Pune on October 30.
Afghanistan 286 for 2 (Ibrahim 87, Rahmat 77*, Gurbaz 65, Shahidi 48*, Hasan 1-41) beat Pakistan 282 for 7 (Babar 74, Shafique 58, Noor 3-49, Naveen 2-52) by eight wickets
New Zealand vs Afghanistan Chennai 2023 Attendance 15,525 Cricket World Cup 18 October
A very decent crowd of 15,525 in attendance at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk Chennai, as The Black Caps maintained their 100 percent squad by defeating Afghanistan by 149 runs on Wednesday.
England vs Afghanistan Attendance 26,440 World Cup 2023 Kotla Delhi Arun Jaitley Stadium
A very good crowd of 26,440 was in attendance at the Kotla (Arun Jaitley Stadium) in Delhi as Afghanistan produced a massive upset by beating defending champions England.
Afghanistan were put in by England skipper Jos Buttler and got off to a fine start courtesy Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s 57-ball-80. Gurbaz was however run out in a mix-up with captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, and Afghanistan eventually managed 284, far lesser than the 300-350 they were threatening to get when Gurbaz was at the crease.
India had chased down a similar score at the same venue against Afghanistan with plenty to spare a few days ago, but England, Harry Brook aside, struggled to cope with Afghanistan’s spinners and lost wickets at regular intervals.
They eventually fell 69 short with Nabi, Mujeeb and Rashid taking 8 wickets between them.
India vs Afghanistan Delhi Attendance 34,800 Cricket World Cup 2023 Kotla
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma led from the front by scoring a scintillating 131 as India defeated Afghanistan by 8 wickets at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday.
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