[Match Thread] 5th ODI: Afghanistan v Zimbabwe

[sloandog]

Well that's been a real dry bumming. Glad this series is over to be honest.

[afghankhan]

Was that out? Mire unlucky. Though from one angle it looked like he got two fingers under the ball.

We don't even deserve the luck mate. You guys have played some fantastic cricket in this series and have shown how good your spinners are.

I think Mujeeb is over rated, personally, but the left armer and Khan have shown their class.

Mujeeb will look better if he don't open the bowling. He is an offspinner and Zim hardly had any left handers except ERvine who he got out twice.

Overall he has lot's of potential, but need lot's of work.

[PSR]

Personally I would prefer Chibhabha over Mire any day...Looks much more compact and will atleast give you economical overs..maybe even a wicket or two...

I saw last year's Sharjah Afghanistan series scorecards...WONDERING WHY JONGWE AND MADZIVA WERE DROPPED?!?!?!

[eugene]

At this stage it would be an injustice if Zimbabwe qualified for the World Cup. Afghanistan are clearly the better side and more deserving.

[celsito]

What is wrong with Zimbabwe cricket team 1 match I can understand second match is bit concerned 3rd match it is very disappointing I think they should be shame. they will perform good at home because they will be and under pressure now after the series because everybody will be after them I hope team will perform good and we'll see Zimbabwe cricket team in world cup...

[tej_27]

Sad part is I read some of the comments on Nepali fans ..and now they too feel have a real chance as they have got some decent spinners ..that is the worst I have heard in a very long time ..can't believe zim have fallen so much down the ladder.

[eugene]

Many of us were predicting such a decline 10-15 years ago. It has sadly come true.

[TapsC]

Pathetic.. these guys are paid to wake up and play like that.. thus all they do everyday and that's what they have to show for it...

Surely surely Waller has to be shown the door now. The players are underperforming but some of them should be nowhere near that side too. Funny thing abouuut cricket is that the one time we win against Afghanistan might actually be in the qualifiers. I hope that's the case. Streak and Taibu have to make some changes if they want to keep their jobs. This is shocking

[Kriterion_BD]

The Afghans are a Test side now. Time will tell where they stand in that regard. Their bowling and the Irish batting will definitely mean that both teams will be a lot better than Bangladesh when we first got Test status - we could neither bat nor bowl. The Afghans have bowling covered (their seam attack is poor) and the Irish have the batting covered.

ZIM have now been bundled out for double digit scores 3 times vs the Afghans...they really seem to struggle. Afghans batting only collapsed twice this series (in matches 2 and 5) which means they clicked 3 out of 5 times! They had some sort of collapse in almost all the previous 19 matches vs ZIM. Looks like they are peaking just in time for the Qualifiers.

I still think there will be at least a few major upsets in the WCQ. I can't see any team losing just 1 or 2 games.

[Andybligzz]

I’m done fellas off to bed it’s 3:00am in Oz I got work in 3 hrs

Hopefully I wake up to Ervine at least getting another 50

Having my morning coffee before work and almost spat it out , what a pathetic effort by the boys. Danger signs here real bad. Waller is a joke !!!