Twitter Reaction: Afghanistan spinners clatter England
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Afghanistan spinners completely weaved their magic on the relatively stronger England side to completely bamboozle their batting order. England, who chose to bat first after winning the toss, would have never expected this show.
Spinners Mohammad Nabi, Samiullah Shenwari, Rashid Khan bowled fantastically and had reduced England were reduce to 57/6 at one stage in the first innings. But, some late burst from Moeen Ali and David Willey saw the Englishmen register a respectable 142/7 on the board to defend.
Afghanistan opened with spin as left-arm spinner Amir Hamza opened the bowling and was the first to strike when he managed to get better of Opener Jason Roy’s defense. Joe Root and James Vince then began to counter attack and scored 14 runs from Hamza’s next. But, all-rounder Mohammad Nabi then came into the attack and landed a triple blow, dismissing Vince, Morgan and Stokes in one over.
The off spinner first picked the wicket of James Vince. The right-hander danced down the pitched and lobbed the catch straight to the bowler in return. The next to depart was skipper Morgan, who got out in a timid way.
The left hander decided to leave a straighter one from Nabi which went on to crash on the stumps. Both these wickets fell off back to back deliveries. His hat-trick chance was turned down by Ben Stokes but the next delivery brought his downfall.
Root tried to steal a quick single but the batsman at strike Stokes chose to take the risk. But, by now, Root was already way out of the crease and was caught short of the crease by Nabi at the bowlers end. It was interesting run out as Nabi broke the stumps too early. But, he quickly uprooted the stump to ensure that Root is not safe.
Couple of overs later, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes fell in back to back overs to leg spinners Samiullah Shenwari and Rashid Khan. England was reduced to 57/6 at this stage. Soon, Jordan also lost his wicket and the team was further reduced to 85/7. But, just when everybody thought that England will be bowled out below hundred, Moeen Ali and David Willey put on a great batting performance and saved England from an embarrassment.
Remember? #ENG has a history against lower-ranked teams. #AFGvENG #WT20
— Subhasish Dutta (@iamsubeevega) March 23, 2016
An upset on the cards? England have been reduced to 50 for 5
#AFGvENG #WT20— Mohib Ullah Yusufzai (@Iam_Yousafzai) March 23, 2016
Mohammad Nabi has been a standout performer for the last 3 years.Happy that he is finally getting noticed. #AFGvENG #WT20
— Mohammad Isam (@Isam84) March 23, 2016
#AFGvENG Just tuned into the cricket. Nearly broke my jaw on the floor. What sorcery is this, Afghanistan?
— B-Movie Poster Vault (@DistortedKiwi) March 23, 2016
For those unaware… Brilliant comedy right now on Fox Sports 3!!! #AFGvENG
— Brenton Speed (@BrentonSpeed) March 23, 2016
The Team Which Chased 229 Runs Few Days Back Are Five Down For 50 Runs Today.
Hence Proved, Life Is A Circle DooD. ?#WT20 #AFGvENG
— ArunachalaM (@ArunbuddyAP) March 23, 2016
Founder of #cricket are in great trouble#EngvAfg #WT20 #AFGvENG
— King Feron (@KingFeron1) March 23, 2016
Upset on the cards…#Afg v #Eng #WT20
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 23, 2016
OMG! This is Impressive. Unbelievable! What a Catch! #ENG Lost their 5th Wicket. They are In a Real Trouble Now. #wt20 #AFGvENG #ENGvAFG
— Aj Lee (@IAMmp94) March 23, 2016
The Afghanistan banana skin for England. @MichaelVaughan @KP24 @piersmorgan pic.twitter.com/3qbM1ILSmI
— Graeme Smith (@GraemeSmith49) March 23, 2016
What is WRONG with the English team? It's hilarious! ?#AfgvEng #Delhi #WorldT20 #PakistanResolutionDay
— Sibyl (@SabaMasood81) March 23, 2016
England back to being England!
Phew!!
I was wondering what happened to them, but they are back to normalcy!#WT20 #AFGvENG— Siddharth Madireddy (@sidmadireddy) March 23, 2016
BREAKING:
11 Afghani men are believed to be torturing an English touring party in Delhi, India. No ransom has been demanded.#WT20 #AFGvENG— James Fleming (@Jimiflem) March 23, 2016
The creators of #cricket are being bowled out by an "associate team"! #AFGvENG
— Somya Gupta (@dr_somyagupta) March 23, 2016
Inzamam ul Haq right now ??? #WT20 pic.twitter.com/Iq44LxUtz0
— Khurram Siddiquee (@imKhurram12) March 23, 2016
What is faster than MS Dhoni's stumping??
ENGLANDS TOP ORDER BATSMAN.#EngvAfg— aakash31 (@AakashRai12) March 23, 2016
If it was Pakistan ICC would have started probing this game for match fixing #ENGvAFG
— MI (@Black_Cofffee) March 23, 2016
Once Sachin said," England ki batting me kafi depth hai". #JustSaying #ENGvAFG #AFGvENG
— Shivaji Bajpai (@ShivajiThinks) March 23, 2016
England cricket team behaving like English weather. Unpredictable.
Heroic v SAf.
Struggling v Afg.
Eng 59/6 in 10.#T20WorldCup #EngvAfg— KN Vaidyanathan (@KNVaidy) March 23, 2016
Either afg is playing good or eng is playing bad….question arises !!!!!#EngvAfg #AFGvENG
— Iqtidar Syed (@iqtidar_hussain) March 23, 2016
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