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Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has expressed his delight with the way his side successfully chased down 283 runs in a stunning upset against Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 football
Afghanistan on Monday clinched their second win in the 2023 World Cup by comfortably beating Pakistan by eight wickets at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium football
It marked Afghanistan’s first-ever One-Day International (ODI) victory against their neighbours football
Overjoyed Afghanistan skipper Shahidi, who scored the winning run, said the victory that ended their seven-match losing streak to Pakistan “tastes sweet” football
Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi said the win was bigger than the one against England earlier in the tournament football
RecommendedAustralia vs Netherlands LIVE: Cricket score and updates from ODI World CupDavid Warner and Mitchell Marsh tons guide Australia to World Cup win over PakistanJoe Root acknowledges growing uncertainty surrounding future of ODI cricket“This win tastes sweet football
The way we chased was very professional football
Looking forward to the other games football
The way we chased today, we’ll do it again,” Shahidi said at the post-match presentation on Monday football
“The quality cricket that we have been playing from the last couple of years, the belief was there when we were playing the Asia Cup also football
”“At the start of the tournament, I said that we want to make this tournament historic for our country’s people football
First was England, and today Pakistan; looking forward to the other games football
We’ll try our best to play positive cricket and do a lot for our country in this World Cup football
”Afghanistan produced an all-round effort against Pakistan, who fell short in their bowling and fielding, according to their captain Babar Azam football
The spin team of Afghanistan, as anticipated, were excellent on the Chennai track, with only Mujeeb Ur Rahman finishing with an economy of over six football
The rest of the spinners – Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed and Nabi – leaked just three or four runs an over in their respective 10-over spells football
“The spin bowling department did very well football
We gave Noor a chance and trusted in him and he showed his talent football
The way Gurbaz and Ibrahim started the innings, gave that momentum and confidence football
The game was in our hands from the beginning till the end football
The last partnership that me and Rahmat played was also good,” said the Afghan skipper football
Nabi, meanwhile, was thrilled to finally get a victory over Pakistan in the 50-over format football
“It’s a big moment for the whole team, but also whole [of] Afghanistan as well football
We have been waiting for the last 10-12 years football
We have played around eight games against Pakistan, and we won one game in a big event,” said Nabi in a post-match interview football
“It’s a big achievement for the guys football
For the last three months, we’ve been working very hard football
We played a series against Pakistan, then the Asia Cup, and then came here to the World Cup football
It’s a lovely moment today football
”Afghanistan jumped to sixth place in the Cricket World Cup 2023 points table, while Pakistan remained in the fifth spot football
Pakistan’s team has four points from five games with a net run rate of -0 football
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Their road to the semi-final looks tough now as their remaining group games are against South Africa, Bangladesh, New Zealand and England football
South Africa and New Zealand are in top form while England are the defending champions football
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The Rugby World Cup is quickly drawing to its conclusion with just three matches left to be played before one of the remaining four teams is crowned world champions football
Argentina, New Zealand, England and South Africa are the final four teams left in the competition and will duke it out in the semi-finals this weekend for a place in the tournament’s showpiece football
First up is Argentina vs New Zealand football
The Pumas reached the semi-finals having defeated Wales, rather comfortably in the end, 29-17 in their quarter-final clash while the All Blacks slugged it out against Ireland, just edging it past the world’s No football
1 side 28-24 football
Now, the teams face each on Friday night with their starting XVs set to be announced later today football
On Saturday, England face current world champions, South Africa, in what should be a barnstorming encounter football
Steve Borthwick’s side have had a relatively comfortable journey to the semi-finals but if they want to lift the trophy for the first time in 20 years then they will hope to continue their strong form football
Their quarter-final win over Fiji was their strongest performance of the tournament so far but they’ll need to improve again against the Springboks football
Follow along for all the updates from the Rugby World Cup plus get all the latest odds and tips right here: RecommendedRassie Erasmus predicts entire England team for World Cup semi-final as mind games beginMarcus Smith hailed after ‘face smashed’ as England consider his role for World Cup semi-finalSouth Africa’s Handre Pollard expecting to face ‘ruthless’ England in semi-finalRugby World Cup news liveThe Rugby World Cup semi-finals are quickly approachingArgentina and New Zealand set to name starting XVs later todayEngland prepare for clash with South AfricaOwen Farrell silences critics as England survive Fiji fightbackAndy Farrell admits it’s ‘the end’ for Ireland after World Cup heartbreakShow latest update 1697644540Argentina coach relishing chance to face New ZealandArgentina coach Michael Cheika will relish seeing his side reach the Rugby World Cup final by beating the All Blacks in the semi-final on Friday football
“We knew the first game would be a bit rough for us football
We learned a lot because there were a lot of first-time World Cuppers in there football
“They [his players] learned a lot from that game in terms of handling what is knockout footy in what wasn’t knockout footy – every game since has been knockout football
“Even in that game against England, we showed a lot of fight, but we didn’t handle the occasion well football
We still gave it plenty football
We have to remember in that game it was nine kicks, we didn’t give up a try football
“You have got to look at it with your playing roster, the team you are going to play, what the turnaround time is and just try and plan it out so it works to get a bit of flow football
”Mike Jones18 October 2023 16:551697643940Warren Gatland plans to lead Wales at the 2027 World CupWarren Gatland is to remain as Wales head coach and lead them to the 2027 World Cup football
Gatland placed his future in the hands of the Welsh Rugby Union following his side’s World Cup quarter-final defeat to Argentina on Saturday football
The 60-year-old New Zealander, pointing to a break-up clause in his contract, said: “If the union want to get rid of me, that’s up to them football
”But asked at a press conference on Wednesday whether he will stay through to the next World Cup in Australia, Gatland said: “Absolutely football
That’s the plan football
”Warren Gatland plans to lead Wales at the 2027 World CupWales were knocked out of this World Cup at the quarter-final stage by Argentina football
Mike Jones18 October 2023 16:451697643309All Blacks determined to face the PumasDefence coach Scott McLeod said the All Blacks were determined to get their preparations right for the semi-final with the Pumas at the Stade de France football
“I thought last week our detail, our energy and our focus was top class and it gave the players confidence to go out and execute that under pressure,” McLeod said football
“In 2019, we didn’t do that as well in our week leading into England, and it’s not necessarily the opposition it’s just the quality of what we put into the week football
“Our captain Kieran Read couldn’t train and there were disruptions football
So we have to make sure that we don’t have those disruptions and we build the week with the quality and the focus that we did last week football
And we respect Argentina, they are a different beast to Ireland and we will slowly build the week football
We have to get excited about that and we will football
”Mike Jones18 October 2023 16:351697642680Antoine Dupont slams referee after France crash out of Rugby World CupFrance crashed out of a home Rugby World Cup in heartbreaking fashion as they went down to South Africa in one of the greatest matches of all time and Antoine Dupont slammed the refereeing in the aftermath of the loss football
A thrilling quarter-final at the Stade de France ended with the Springboks triumphing 29-28 as France’s last-gasp stand to try and find the single score that would have led them to victory came up agonisingly short, in an excruciatingly similar manner to Ireland 24 hours earlier at the same stadium football
In a match decided by the finest of margins, Les Bleus captain Dupont – whose recovery from a fractured cheekbone suffered just 24 hours prior had dominated the build-up to the game –was unhappy with referee Ben O’Keeffe and let rip in his post-match press conference football
Antoine Dupont slams referee after France crash out of Rugby World CupFrance captain Dupont was angry with Ben O’Keeffe’s decisions during the World Cup quarter-final defeat to South Africa Mike Jones18 October 2023 16:241697642049Johnny Sexton reflects on his career after Ireland’s devastating World Cup exitTeary-eyed Ireland captain Johnny Sexton reflected on a “gutting” end to his glittering career following a heartbreaking World Cup exit at the hands of New Zealand football
Andy Farrell’s class of 2023 were bidding to make history in Paris by becoming the first Irish team to reach the last four of the tournament football
But the world’s top-ranked team trailed for most of an enthralling contest before falling agonisingly short as their quarter-final curse continued with a 28-24 loss football
Johnny Sexton reflects on his career after Ireland’s devastating World Cup exitSexton has tipped his Ireland team-mates to come back stronger in his absence during an emotional post-match press conference football
Mike Jones18 October 2023 16:141697641389South Africa’s Handre Pollard expecting to face ‘ruthless’ England in semi-finalFly-half Handre Pollard says the pressure of representing South Africa at the World Cup is a privilege as he bids to inflict more misery on England football
Pollard kicked 22 points in the 2019 final to guide the Springboks to glory with a 32-12 win and still remembers the disappointment etched on the faces of Eddie Jones’ men football
The fit-again Leicester playmaker is competing with Manie Libbok to start Saturday’s Paris semi-final after initially being overlooked for his country’s squad due to a calf injury football
South Africa’s Handre Pollard expecting to face ‘ruthless’ England in semi-finalPollard kicked 22 points in the 2019 final to guide the Springboks to glory football
Mike Jones18 October 2023 16:031697640849Eddie Jones commits his coaching future to AustraliaEddie Jones has committed his future to coaching Australia and again denied speculation linking him with a return to Japan football
Australia crashed out of the Rugby World Cup at the group stage for the first time after defeats to Fiji and Wales, but the former England coach insists he has no plans to move football
“I’m staying mate,” he told reporters in Australia football
“I’ve always been committed to Australian rugby, I want to leave it in a football better place, and that’s still the job football
”Eddie Jones commits his coaching future to Australia amid Japan rumoursThe former England coach again denied speculation he had spoken to Japan football
Mike Jones18 October 2023 15:541697640309Revenge no motivation for England’s semi-final with South Africa – Ollie ChessumEngland second row Ollie Chessum insists revenge is not a motivating factor for Saturday’s World Cup semi-final against South Africa football
The rivals collide for the sixth time in the tournament’s history with the most recent of those meetings taking place in Yokohama four years ago when Eddie Jones’ side were toppled 32-12 in the final football
Having demolished New Zealand a week earlier, England were expected to topple the Springboks but instead they were off the pace from the start and overwhelmed as a consequence football
Revenge no motivation for England’s semi-final with South Africa – Ollie ChessumThe rivals collide for the sixth time in the tournament’s history this weekend football
Mike Jones18 October 2023 15:451697639709Warren Gatland reacts to ‘disruptive’ referee change after Wales knocked out of Rugby World CupWales head coach Warren Gatland has described the referee change during his side’s quarter-final defeat to Argentina as “disruptive” football
Gatland’s side exited the Rugby World Cup after a 29-17 defeat in Marseille football
Karl Dickson, who began the game as an assistant, was pressed into duties with the whistle after referee Jaco Peyper suffered an injury after 15 minutes at the Stade Velodrome football
Warren Gatland reacts to ‘disruptive’ referee change after Wales defeatGatland believes that a switch of referee during the first half was significant as Wales went down to Argentina Mike Jones18 October 2023 15:351697639049Wounded warrior Dan Biggar bows out to usher in next Welsh generationAs the Argentina players joined their joyous, jumping fans in celebration, a lone Welsh figure sloped away football
Across the Stade Velodrome touchline Dan Biggar went, eyes turning red like his shirt as the tears started to come on the fly half’s last, lonely trudge out of international rugby football
Biggar greeted his children with a brave face but this wasn’t how it was supposed to end football
By the time of his substitution, five minutes from the finish, Biggar’s body was in bits, Wales’ wounded warrior off with a grimace and knowing that this was, surely, it football
He’d barely sat down when his successor-in-waiting, Sam Costelow, threw that final, fateful pass for the Nicolas intercept score that sealed it - the last hope had drained away football
“You know sometimes when you’re absolutely hands-down beaten, you can hold your hands up and let it slide a little bit but we felt like we had control of that game, certainly for large periods of that first half,” the fly half reflected football
“We probably could have been a couple more scores ahead football
Wounded warrior Dan Biggar bows out to usher in next Welsh generationThe fly half retired from international rugby after Wales’ World Cup quarter-final defeat to Argentina but leaves a legacy as an arch competitor whose never-say-die spirit defined an era of Welsh rugby Mike Jones18 October 2023 15:24 Newer1 / 4Older More aboutRugby World CupArgentina rugbyNew Zealand rugbyEngland RugbySouth Africa rugbyJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments 1/1Rugby World Cup news LIVE: Argentina and New Zealand name line-ups Rugby World Cup news LIVE: Argentina and New Zealand name line-upsREUTERS ✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today football
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