tossed up, too full to sweep, and it hits him on the front pad. Raina has a loud appeal for lbw, not given
India vs Afghanistan, at Adelaide, Feb 10 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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(D/N), Adelaide, February 10, 2015, ICC World Cup Warm-up Matches
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end of over 501 run
AFG: 211/8CRR: 4.22
Afsar Zazai24 (35b 1x4)
Nasir Jamal2 (4b)
Suresh Raina 3-0-9-1
Mohammed Shami 9-0-39-0
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"We'll have to wait and watch, depending on conditions," MS Dhoni says, about the combination of bowlers they used and whether that points the way to how India will go at the World Cup. "I wanted Jadeja and Ashwin to bowl their 10 overs, but I just wanted to use five bowlers in this game, and I needed Raina. I'm not a big fan of practice games, but a bit more time in the middle does help. Overall it has been quite good."
Venkat Nott: "Umesh, Mohit, Ashwin, Jadeja, Shami or Bhuvaneshwar is possibly Indias best bowling attack. Binny is good utility sometimes with bat and sometimes with ball... but does throw things off balance. Axars failure with bat means both Jadeja and Ashwin are better options. Ashwin should play all the games and bat up the order so that he adds value to the batting lineup instead of slog overs. Shami is inconsistent but bowls the finishing overs better. Its a tight call between him and Bhuvi. India did hv a bad triangular but dont write them off yet. "
R Ashwin says the legbreaks are "a part of what I'm doing. You can't be one-dimensional. Five fielders in the circle, people have to accept it. It's heartening to see Jadeja bowling 10 overs, and he's also batting well. He's been bowling and batting a lot at the nets."
9.25pm And that is India's first win on this long and arduous tour. It's not an official game, and it's not against one of world cricket's bigger sides, but they'll still feel reasonably good about themselves. Their batsmen shook off a poor start and made a 350-plus total, a few of them got encouraging runs, and while their bowling was fairly patchy, especially at the start, they got a good amount of yorker practice in at the death, and the spinners bowled pretty well too. India defended 240, like they set out to, even if they couldn't bowl Afghanistan out. A decent display by Afghanistan's top order, but the batsmen who came after didn't do too much.
49.6
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Raina to Afsar Zazai, no run
49.5
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Raina to Afsar Zazai, no run
49.4
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Raina to Afsar Zazai, no run
length ball outside off, goes for the cut and misses once more
49.3
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Raina to Afsar Zazai, no run
back of a length, too close to cut, he makes room and goes for it and can't connect
49.2
1
Raina to Jamal, 1 run
down the track now, clips it to long-on
49.1
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Raina to Jamal, no run
back of a length outside off, punched to point
end of over 494 runs
AFG: 210/8CRR: 4.28 • RRR: 155.00
Afsar Zazai24 (31b 1x4)
Nasir Jamal1 (2b)
Mohammed Shami 9-0-39-0
Suresh Raina 2-0-8-1
48.6
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Shami to Afsar Zazai, no run
down the track, driven firmly back to the bowler
48.5
2
Shami to Afsar Zazai, 2 runs
short ball and he took his eye off it as he looked to pull from outside off. Top-edges it down to fine leg
48.4
1
Shami to Jamal, 1 run
in the blockhole again, clipped to mid-on
48.3
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Shami to Jamal, no run
bouncer, and Jamal ducks under it
48.2
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Shami to Afsar Zazai, 1 leg bye
yorker again, off the back foot to deep backward square leg after he misses the flick
48.1
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Shami to Afsar Zazai, no run
full-toss on off stump, punched to mid-off, where Rohit has a bit of a fumble
Shami from around the wicket again
end of over 483 runs • 1 wicket
AFG: 206/8CRR: 4.29 • RRR: 79.50
Afsar Zazai22 (27b 1x4)
Suresh Raina 2-0-8-1
Ravindra Jadeja 10-2-38-2
47.6
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Raina to Mirwais, OUT
and that's another loopy delivery, very full, and Ashraf swings across the line and misses. Off the back pad and into the stumps
Mirwais Ashraf b Raina 2 (7b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 28.57
47.5
1
Raina to Afsar Zazai, 1 run
tossed up again, clipped to long-on
47.4
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Raina to Mirwais, 1 run
down the track now, driven to long-off
47.3
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Raina to Mirwais, no run
tossed up outside off and he goes for the back foot punch once more. This time he beats his outside edge
47.2
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Raina to Mirwais, no run
back of a length outside off, goes for the punch, chops it down into the pitch
47.1
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Raina to Afsar Zazai, 1 run
on the pads, tucked away towards square leg
end of over 473 runs
AFG: 203/7CRR: 4.31 • RRR: 54.00
Afsar Zazai20 (25b 1x4)
Mirwais Ashraf1 (3b)
Ravindra Jadeja 10-2-38-2
Mohit Sharma 9-1-40-2
46.6
1
Jadeja to Afsar Zazai, 1 run
on the pads, worked away to deep backward square leg
46.5
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Jadeja to Afsar Zazai, no run
sees him coming down the track and pulls back his length a touch. He checks his drive and pops it back in the air, but it falls short of the diving bowler
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