World 20-20 qualifiers

Xavier · #1 February 13, 2010, 06:20 AM

Afghanistan beat UAE by 4 wickets and qualify to the World 20-20! Their spectacular rise in international cricket goes on!

The winner of Ireland v Holland match will be the other team to qualify to the world cup (starting at 12.00 GMT).

Rabz · #2 February 13, 2010, 06:29 AM

Congrats to the Afghans.
A remarkable story amidst all that is happening in their country.

So, we have 5 teams from the South Asian zone now.
Great!!

Nadim · #3 February 13, 2010, 06:36 AM

Congrats Afghanistan!!!

revolver · #4 February 13, 2010, 06:41 AM

congratulation to afghanistan..hope in the future they can do even better

zainab · #5 February 13, 2010, 07:59 AM

Great performance by Afghanistan to play in the 20/20 World cup. Hoping that Holland beat Ireland to get the other spot.

BTW, I have been reading bits and pieces that quite a few teams are playing each before the WC, the latest being NZ and SL playing 3 matches in the US in early May. Anyhow,they are not in the same group as BD, but BD is in a group of death.
I wonder if BD will have a few matches with another team before the WC, or as usual, it will be the red team playing the green team, where they are playing against their own sides.

Purbasha T · #6 February 13, 2010, 08:18 AM

Welcome Afg to the World Cricket Summit.

Shehwar · #7 February 13, 2010, 09:23 AM

What an amazing achievement!

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Xavier · #8 February 13, 2010, 11:35 AM

Ireland beat Holland by 65 runs and get the 2nd place to the World 20-20.

The final Afghanistan v Ireland is on course:
http://www.cricinfo.com/2010iccwt20/...ch/439511.html

*AsifTheManRahman* · #9 February 13, 2010, 12:34 PM

So there's another minnow that we will lose to in T20s.

Eshen · #10 February 13, 2010, 01:19 PM

Well, we won't be playing any minnow in T20I WC this time, Bangladesh is placed in group A with Pakistan and Australia. Defeats are always humiliating, but at least this time we can say we lost to two excellent teams.

nycpro96 · #11 February 13, 2010, 01:32 PM

Afghanis are destroying. 101/2 12.5 overs!

Eshen · #12 February 13, 2010, 01:50 PM

Semfinal and final on the same day!!!

Eshen · #13 February 13, 2010, 01:57 PM

Afghanis won the final against Ireland by 8 wickets with 15 balls to spare, talk about dominance!

Congrats Afghanistan

Now BCB, get off your lazy butts and invite them for a tour.

_Rafi_ · #14 February 13, 2010, 02:00 PM

Afgan easily beats Ireland in finals. I hope they will beat one of India or RSA in t20 wc.

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nycpro96 · #15 February 13, 2010, 02:05 PM

I wanna play a 3 ODI series against Afghanistan.

_Rafi_ · #16 February 13, 2010, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by nycpro96
I wanna play a 3 ODI series against Afghanistan.

our A team should play an Odi series with them. Two first class games also would not be a bad Idea

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*AsifTheManRahman* · #17 February 13, 2010, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by nycpro96
I wanna play a 3 ODI series against Afghanistan.

I'm trembling just thinking about it.

al Furqaan · #18 February 13, 2010, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
I'm trembling just thinking about it.

we'd get whitewashed in a 5 match T20 series...with our team of doom doom batsmen.

but i don't think the ODIs would be very close...not with the minnow bashers in our side, btw, would AFG even be considered minnows?

al Furqaan · #19 February 13, 2010, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Eshen

Now BCB, get off your lazy butts and invite them for a tour.

hear, hear

Shehwar · #20 February 13, 2010, 04:05 PM

We should definitely invite them for an ODI series. It's our duty as a good neighbour and senior nation. They have ODI status as well so should not be a problem.

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Eshen · #21 February 13, 2010, 04:33 PM

Karzai promised the Afghani squad a brand new Toyota Corolla each on their return to Afghanistan and a friend of Taj Malik (coach of the team) promised them laptops.

Roni_uk · #22 February 13, 2010, 05:19 PM

Oh no.. so we will be making tour to Afganistan for a series now. Imagine this..'England tours Afganistan' :P..

Anyway.. how come we werent in the competition? We should have been.. have we won a single match since 2007?

zainab · #23 February 13, 2010, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Eshen
Well, we won't be playing any minnow in T20I WC this time, Bangladesh is placed in group A with Pakistan and Australia. Defeats are always humiliating, but at least this time we can say we lost to two excellent teams.

This means that they will be eliminated and not proceed. How come, they are placed with these 2 strong teams. Pakistan is the world champions, and I think the Aussies did not proceed. Are there only 3 in a group?

Eshen · #24 February 13, 2010, 06:31 PM

^^ Actually, Australia is ranked bellow us in T20I, so this is supposed to be an easy group

zainab · #25 February 14, 2010, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Eshen
^^ Actually, Australia is ranked bellow us in T20I, so this is supposed to be an easy group

Really! I cant believe, when in the 20/20 against the Kiwis, BD could not make 80 runs. How will they stack up against Pakistan and Australia? Australia will beat Pakistan and BD.
Australia did beat pakistan in their last 20/20 recently, so these two teams know how to play each other. Bd has not been playing 20/20s, if they dont practce, how will they improve, tobesides, they cant seem to comprehend that it is 120 balls, and the Afghans know this.