Most county cricket teams consisted of a mix of amateurs and professionals the captain was always an amateur.
Professionals (also known as players) were working class, paid wages, and relied on cricket as their primary source of income. Amateurs (also known as gentlemen) were upper class, had usually been to private school and/or Oxbridge, and could claim expenses but not receive any other payment. A former official distinction between players of differing social class, important in 18th and 19th century England. A cricketer who plays for pleasure, not pay. Some recent sources regard a wicket-keeper/batsman as another type of all-rounder, but this usage is not universal. All-rounder Traditionally, a player adept at both batting and bowling. The term is a slight misnomer, as there is always one batsman left not out. It also applies when, through a combination of ten dismissals and players who have retired or are absent hurt, the team has only one able batsman remaining. All out An innings which has ended due to the batting side running out of wickets, usually because ten of the eleven batsmen have been dismissed. Can be combined with top spin or back spin to deceive the batsman on the length of the delivery, or with off spin or leg spin to give the ball more time to drift. Air A delivery by a spin bowler on a higher trajectory than usual, typically phased as 'giving it some air'. May result in the ball going to cow corner. Action See bowling action Agricultural shot A powerful slog shot across the line (resembling a scything motion), played with little technique or footwork, particularly one that damages the pitch with the bat. Considered risky, as mistiming the shot can result in a leading edge, being strangled, or missing the ball entirely and being out bowled or leg before wicket. Used when the batsman is aiming square or behind square, but requires excellent timing. The win puts Afghanistan at the top of the Group 2 table above Pakistan, who thrashed rivals India by 10 wickets on Sunday.A Across the line A shot which is played with the bat moving lateral to the direction of motion of the ball. We will try to forget about it as soon as we can and regroup for the next game. “It is a tough pill to swallow,” Scotland coach Shane Burger said. It was a rude awakening for a Scotland side that is grouped with India, Pakistan, New Zealand and Namibia. Safyaan Sharif took two wickets in an innings that witnessed 11 sixes in total. Zazai smashed 44 off 30 balls but Mark Watt denied the batsman a fifty after bowling him with a toe-crushing yorker. “Our openers started really well, finished the powerplay with a good score, and then Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Najibullah Zadran rotated the strike really well,” said Nabi. Hazratullah Zazai put on a quickfire opening stand of 54 with Mohammad Shahzad, who made 22. Najibullah fell to the final ball of the innings while attempting his fourth six in a 34-ball blitz that took Afghanistan past their previous tournament-high of 186 in 2016. Scotland, who made the Super 12s of this event for the first time after they won all three matches in the qualifiers, could never recover after Calum MacLeod, Richie Berrington and Matthew Cross fell without scoring, and the team crashed to their lowest T20 total.Įarlier, Najibullah and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (46) put together an attacking 87-run partnership for the third wicket, tearing into the Scotland bowling with seven sixes between them. Mujeeb emerged as the hero with three wickets in one over, including two in successive deliveries, to decimate Scotland’s top order. “It was Mujeeb’s first game in the T20 World Cup and he got the man of the match, it’s fantastic.” “The world knows we have some good spinners in the form of Rashid and Mujeeb, they’ve played everywhere (league cricket) in the world,” skipper Mohammad Nabi said after the win. Najibullah Zadran set up the win with his 34-ball 59 to guide Afghanistan to their best total of 190-4 in the tournament after they elected to bat first. Mujeeb returned with his best T20 figures of 5-20 and fellow spinner Rashid Khan claimed four wickets to hand Afghanistan their biggest victory margin in the game’s shortest international format.
None of that controversy seemed to affect Afghanistan as their muscular top order fired them to an imposing 190-4 in their opening Super 12 stage match.Ĭhasing a daunting 191 for victory, Scotland were skittled out for 60 in 10.2 overs with five batters dismissed for ducks in Sharjah. The governing International Cricket Council (ICC) will meet next month determine the game’s future in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime.Ĭricket Australia (CA) has already threatened to scrap next month’s one-off Test against Afghanistan if the government in Kabul does not allow women to play the sport.
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