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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>New Delhi, March 23 (Cricketnmore):<\/strong> The eighth-wicket partnership of 57 runs between left-handers Moeen Ali and David Willey swung the momentum of the match towards England, opined Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">England were struggling at 57\/6 when the Moeen-David partnership took charge, posting 57 runs in 33 balls to help post a fighting target of 142\/7. They smashed 55 runs in the last 30 deliveries, including 25 in the 19th over. Afghanistan were 15 runs short in their chase.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moeen remained unbeaten at 41, David was not out at 20.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;The last five overs of our innings were crucial. They took the game away from us there. At 57\/6 we had a great chance and were thinking of restricting them below 100,&quot; leg-spinner Rashid Khansaid said at the post match press conference.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;But Moeen played well. He batted according to the situation, rotated the strike at the beginning of his innings and hit big shots towards the end.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">England captain Eoin Morgan, out for a first-ball duck which he attributed to an error in judgement, also identified the late order blitz to be the reason for their win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;We needed to set a decent score on the board and targeted 120-125. But the 18th and the 19th over helped us a long way. The Moeen-David partnership was very important because chasing 120 and 140 are very different. Moeen came up with the goods,&quot; he said after the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was not unduly worried about their batting collapse, losing three wickets in an over, before the crucial game against Sri Lanka here on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;Our strength is that we bat deep. No concern about our batting. It was a matter of adapting to the wicket. We have been practicing it but couldn&#39;t execute it today. We learnt a lot about the wicket. It will help us against Sri lanka.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Morgan lauded the effort of Afghanistan, who lost their third consecutive match, but gave the big teams a good run for their money.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;Afghanistan is probably the best associate nation at the moment. They are playing really well and improving with each outing,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rashid was satisfied with the performance put up by his team, though that wasn&#39;t quite enough to snatch a win against a full member nation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;We played a good game. Our spinners bowled very well and did their job. We aimed to restrict them to 100. We came close while chasing. The start was important. Unfortunately we didn&#39;t start well, lost three wickets early. Hopefully we will learn from our mistakes.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Agency.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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