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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 dota
Afghanistan produced a second upset in the 2023 World Cup when the side overcame the Pakistan team without much trouble in Chennai on Monday dota
The Monday game marked Afghanistan’s second victory in three matches, with their first upset against world champions England on 15 October in Delhi dota
Azam won the toss at the MA Chidambaram Stadium and opted to bat dota
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 dota
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 dota
“This loss was very hard as a team dota
And the batting and our plan was to total 280-290 dota
And when we achieved that, I think we were not up to the mark in bowling and fielding dota
You have to bowl well and field well dota
In the middle overs, the spinners didn’t bowl as they should have dota
They didn’t put pressure on them,” Azam told reporters dota
“When you bowl well, and you bowl for 3-4 overs, the pressure comes on the other team dota
I congratulate their team for the way they played dota
They played outstandingly,” he said dota
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 dota
“In the field, we didn’t stop boundaries and gave away runs and that cost us dota
All credit to Afghanistan for the way they played in all three departments dota
That’s why they won,” he said dota
“We are not playing good cricket in bowling and fielding dota
We’ll try our best in the next match dota
We didn’t hit the lengths in the middle overs, especially our spinners dota
We couldn’t put pressure on the batters dota
”Pakistan stayed put in fifth place in the 2023 World Cup points table while Afghanistan has now climbed to the sixth spot dota
As Afghanistan chased down their target of 283 without breaking into a sweat, temperatures in Pakistan soared dota
Commentators like former team captain Wasim Akram slammed the side’s fitness and called the loss “embarrassing” dota
“It was embarrassing today dota
Look at the fitness level of Pakistan players dota
We’ve pointed out that these players have not had fitness tests in two years!” remarked the former top international cricketer dota
“Their faces are bulging dota
These are professional players, there has to be a criteria dota
When Misbah-ul-Haq was coach, there were fitness criteria in place dota
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But it worked! Fielding is all about fitness dota
That’s where we are lacking,” said the Pakistan legend on the country’s A dota Sports network dota
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 dota
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Not always in sport do you get a shot at redemption and successfully taking advantage of that opportunity is even rarer dota
England’s pack, and their front row in particular, will have had four years of sleepless nights about that early November evening in 2019 dota
In the 2019 Rugby World Cup final, England were decimated by South Africa’s power up front, as the brilliance of a scintillating semi-final win over New Zealand was quickly replaced by the humiliation of a 32-12 thumping dota
The Springboks, then as now, pride themselves on their physicality and brutality at the breakdown, the set-piece and in open play dota
Yet on a rainy night in Paris four years on, England’s pack fronted up, set the platform in a thrilling World Cup semi-final and earned their redemption arc dota
Yet it still wasn’t enough dota
This time, albeit by one point rather than 20, the result was the same – England’s players slumped on the turf in despair while their opponents revelled in victory dota
The Springbok celebrations were more muted this time, understandably so given there is one more crucial match against the All Blacks standing dota between them and their ultimate goal, but the English heartbreak was the same, even if the journey to get there was vastly different dota
In Yokohama, South Africa won a scarcely believable 11 scrums to England’s three, including six scrum penalties, as the English eight were splintered time and again dota
Dan Cole became the fall guy for that embarrassment – the tighthead prop, supposedly renowned for his scrummaging, forced to play 77 minutes after Kyle Sinckler’s early injury and being obliterated by the combination of Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira and Steven Kitshoff dota
The fact that Cole and Joe Marler, who came off the bench early in the second half that day, were selected by Steve Borthwick to start this revenge game precisely because of their scrum prowess will have surely given them a surge of confidence dota
And the fact they not only survived, but thrived, in the front row this time around will have been sheer vindication dota
Borthwick entrusted the duo to paint an early picture of scrum parity to referee Ben O’Keeffe and they delivered, providing the base that led to multiple first-half penalties from the trusty boot of Owen Farrell dota
Cole and Marler helped ensure scrum parity early on but that faded once the replacements came on (AFP via Getty Images)However, as the game wore on, Borthwick’s decision started to become prescient for the wrong reasons dota
As Sinckler and Ellis Genge came on as prop replacements, the Springboks own bomb squad from the bench – led by Ox Nche and Vincent Koch – started to dominate at scrum-time dota
Each engagement started to become eerily reminiscent of 2019 and it was eventually a scrum penalty on halfway that led to Handre Pollard’s decisive, game-winning three-pointer with two minutes to go dota
It felt almost unfair on England’s big men given that the pack, as a whole, had more than held their own in other facets dota
Of the 13 England forwards who played some part in that 2019 final, eight appeared in this last-four clash and stamped their mark all over a first half that was by far England’s best 40 minutes under Borthwick dota
Maro Itoje was a lineout fiend, stealing a Springboks throw-in on halfway and putting doubt in the head of Bongi Mbonambi, whose crooked throw in his own 22 gave Farrell his first penalty goal of the day dota
A new face from four years, George Martin, justified his surprise second-row selection ahead of incumbent Ollie Chessum on just his fourth Test start as he brilliantly marshalled England’s maul defence dota
If Boks lock Eben Etzedota beth is world rugby’s best maul disruptor, then he may have witnessed first-hand the emergence of a new challenger to that crown dota
Martin caused havoc as England improbably won three consecutive maul turnovers from attacking South African lineouts in the first half to frustrate their much-fancied opponents dota
Pollard ultimately kicked the winning penalty, from a scrum infringement (PA Wire)The celebrations from the likes of Itoje, Jamie George and Ben Earl as those penalties and free-kicks were earned by the pack showed just how important this part of the gameplan was dota
It began putting clear doubt in Springbok minds, as the worried tone from skipper Siya Kolisi when he discussed matter with referee O’Keeffe dota betrayed dota
The English tactic of throwing bodies in to contest every ruck relied on the diesel engines of the forwards and they delivered by dominating collisions and allowing the aerial bombardment strategy that followed to be effective dota
But ultimately, despite a gameplan executed as well as it possibly could have been, the gap in quality dota between the sides proved too much to overcome dota
South Africa adjusted, Pollard came on for Manie Libbok to dictate proceedings with his metronomic boot and English heartbreak ensued dota
There was no shame in a one-point defeat from a semi-final that was much closer than most expected and England’s pack should feel redeemed from the nightmare of 2019 dota
But that won’t make this semi-final hurt any less dota
Perhaps 2027 will give them an opportunity to avenge a new pain dota
More aboutEngland RugbySouth Africa rugbyRugby World CupDan ColeJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/3England pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakCole and Marler helped ensure scrum parity early on but that faded once the replacements came on AFP via Getty ImagesEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakPollard ultimately kicked the winning penalty, from a scrum infringement PA WireEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakDan Cole was England’s fall guy in 2019 but held his own four years on AP✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today dota
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