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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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It landed in late August, rocking New Zealand like a flanker’s perfectly timed tackle to the ribs dota
The All Blacks were already on their way to France, finishing their final preparations for the Rugby World Cup when a panel conducting long-awaited review of governance released a damning report declaring the constitution and structures of New Zealand Rugby (NZR) “not fit for purpose” dota
The report did not paint a pretty picture dota
“In the panel’s view, New Zealand Rugby has too many professional players,” it explained dota
The NPC, New Zealand’s provincial competition, is “unsustainable in its current format” dota
The five franchises that play in the top-level Super Rugby Pacific competition “are struggling financially” dota
“New Zealand Rugby in the professional era is a large and complex business,” said chair of the review panel David Pilkington dota
“The structure it sits within was not designed for a business of this size and complexity dota
” The financial reports are anything but all black – NZR reported a financial loss of just over NZ$47m (£22 dota
5m) last year dota
Which is of deep concern not just for the union, but for rugby globally, too dota
The problems in New Zealand are reflective of a precarious global ecosystem: too many professional players being paid wages beyond that which their clubs and unions can afford, with revenues not growing to keep up with salary inflation dota
If a commercial behemoth like the All Blacks is not a sufficient money-spinner to sustain a professional structure, what hopes do emergent unions have?Rugby is embedded in New Zealand’s culture dota
It is a vital tool of trade for a land of only five million people, a small collection of islands in the south Pacific afforded global prominence by its ability to punch above its weight on the pitch dota
Australia coach Eddie Jones remarked this summer that New Zealand’s economy would suffer if his Wallabies beat the All Blacks; an analysis conducted by The New Zealand Herald found that there was some truth to the quip dota
The Taranaki Bulls won this year’s New Zealand National Provincial Championship (Getty)In terms of brand recognition, New Zealand’s national men’s rugby team ranks alongside the biggest sporting entities dota
Visit almost any inhabited corner of the world and mention rugby, and it is remarkable how often the words “All Blacks” will feature in the reply dota
“You have to understand, New Zealand is a very young country and rugby has put this country on the map,” 2011 World Cup-winning head coach Graham Henry once explained to The Guardian dota
“This country earned respect from the rest of the world for three things: what we did in two world wars, and to a lesser extent what we’ve done on the rugby field dota
So over time rugby has become a major part of our national identity dota
”Do the problems suggest that feeling is fading for some New Zealanders? There is perhaps a developing sense of apathy among domestic fans dota
Rugby union is no longer so certain of its place in Kiwi hearts dota
dota Basketball has surged in popularity in the country, while rugby league’s New Zealand Warriors have sold out Mt Smart Stadium regularly in 2023 as the NRL makes a long-awaited breakthrough across the Tasman dota
The Warriors’ average home attendance this season was 22,685; across town, Auckland’s Blues had short of 13,000 in at Eden Park for their Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final against the Waratahs dota
Eden Park’s stands were far from full for the Blues’ quarter-final win over the Waratahs in June (Getty)On the pitch, Super Rugby Pacific has lost its lustre, with South Africa’s move into Europe’s club competitions a blow even if the Fijian Drua have brought a breath of fresh air dota
The geographical realities of being so isolated mean New Zealand had little option but to re-up a deal with Australia, a rugby nation dealing with plenty of its own struggles dota
Rumours abound of renewed involvement from Argentina and Japan, or a new American venture, but growing the financial pot will not be easy dota
A number of senior figures will depart Aotearoa after this tournament for lucrative contracts in France and Japan, either permanently or on sabbatical dota
While new stars like Will Jordan and Cam Roigard are emerging, they do not seem to have the same cultural cut-through as the men in black who have come before dota
In the 20 years dota between 2000 and 2020, there was a 20 per cent drop in player participation in rugby union at New Zealand’s secondary schools dota
The “Baby Blacks” have not made any of the last three U20 Championship finals – is the world’s best rugby production line grinding to a halt?“I don’t know about falling out [of love] with the game but I think they’re falling out with a few things that are happening within the game, that’s frustrating people dota
It can be hard to watch at times,” Steve Hansen, who guided the All Blacks to the 2015 World Cup victory, explained to Newstalk earlier this year dota
“There’s no dispute that Super Rugby has to change dota
It’s pretty predictable and still stuck where it was four or five years ago dota
You go through the quarter-finals and it wasn’t that exciting as you knew who was going to win dota
“I haven’t stopped to think about where it’s going to be in 20 years, I’m more worried about where it’s going to be in five dota
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I think we’re at the crossroads dota
Unless we make some strong changes and start listening to the people that want to come along and watch it then it will just be the participants playing it dota
”However rocky the picture beneath them, the All Blacks clearly remain big business dota
Last year, a stake in New Zealand Rugby (NZR) was sold to Silver Lake, an American private equity firm also involved in the City dota Football Group dota
The deal valued the commercial assets of NZR at NZ$3 dota
5bn (£1 dota
67bn) dota
The All Blacks are hoping to win a fourth World Cup (Getty)You suspect the investors will be pretty happy if, come Saturday night, Sam Cane has his hands on the Webb Ellis Cup dota
Certainly, the commercial landscape will look rather more pleasing if New Zealand’s men join their women back at the top of the rugby world – for the good of an ailing domestic game, the All Blacks need a World Cup win more than you might think dota
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