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Steve Smith in motion throughout Champions Trophy 2025© AFP
Australia leaked 37 runs in extras together with 17 in wides however Smith backed the bowling unit.
“There were a few (extras) today, and Spencer (Johnson) was getting it to swing too much. Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper) was happy when that spell ended. The guys though did a good job, beat the bat on a few occasions,” he mentioned.
“It was a good performance, shame the game was washed out.” Australian opener Matthew Quick suffered an harm whereas fielding however he returned to open the batting and Smith mentioned he might take a couple of days to get well.
It stays to be seen if he is match for the semifinals slated on Tuesday and Wednesday. India and New Zealand are the 2 groups to have made the last-four stage from Group B. The ultimate standings and the semifinal line-up will probably be clear solely after Sunday when the group video games will conclude.
“He was struggling a bit and a few days might be too short to recover,” mentioned Smith.
Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi mentioned they may have gone on to publish 300-plus rating. The Afghans are just about out of competition and would want England to beat South Africa by an enormous margin to have an opportunity at going by way of.
“Unfortunate that the game went without a result. Was a good game. I think we should have scored 300-plus but they bowled well in the middle overs,” mentioned Shahidi.
“It (273) was a good score but we didn’t start well with the ball and gave them too much width and many hitting options. We’ll learn from this.” He additionally praised Sediqullah Atal for anchoring the innings and Azmatullah Omarzai for his explosive fifty.
“He (Atal) played really well today, first two games he didn’t play the way we expect but his comeback was good. First ICC event for him, he played well under pressure.
“Omarzai is high class, that is why he obtained ODI Participant of the yr, he all the time performs for us. He performs a very good position, he took a fifer towards England and as we speak additionally he performed with a optimistic intent underneath stress,” he mentioned.
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