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    "excerpt": "June 9 - Afghanistan must focus on building partnerships and finally producing a complete batting performance at this World Cup, according to Noor Ali Zadran. Noor played his first game of the tournam",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>June 9 - Afghanistan must focus on building partnerships and finally producing a complete batting performance at this World Cup, according to Noor Ali Zadran. Noor played his first game of the tournament against New Zealand at Taunton &ndash; a quirk of fate seeing him replace his own nephew Mujeeb Ur Rahman in the XI &ndash; and batted well to make 31 at the top of the order.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He and fellow opener Hazratullah Zazai put on 66 for the first wicket but Hazratullah&rsquo;s dismissal at the hands of Jimmy Neesham sparked a collapse to 70\/4 and Afghanistan were eventually skittled for 172, before the Black Caps cruised to a seven-wicket victory with 17.5 overs to spare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>When batting first at this ICC Men&rsquo;s Cricket World Cup, Afghanistan have been bowled out in 38.2 and 41.1 overs, while they failed to chase down 187 in the other game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>And Noor is under no illusions about the improvements that are needed with bat in hand as they continue their quest for a first victory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;If you play against top teams like New Zealand, they will be coming at you hard,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Luckily, we had a good start here but unfortunately, we lost quick wickets in the middle after that.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;We need more small partnerships to contribute and get us towards a total of 250, 270 or something like that.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;The batsmen are not getting their rhythm or in a good partnership. That&rsquo;s why we couldn&rsquo;t manage to play 50 overs. We need to bat better.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;Sometimes we&rsquo;re batting well in the opening, sometimes in the middle overs but it needs to be perfect for the next matches.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Afghanistan were forced to leave the field twice during their innings due to rain, with each disruption lasting just under half an hour.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Yet Noor refused to use those delays as an excuse for a batting display that gave their bowlers very little to defend.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;The rain didn&rsquo;t make any difference to us,&rdquo; he insisted. &ldquo;Every team when they play in England, the first thing they prepare for is the weather. There will be rain and the match will be off and on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;If there is rain and you are off and on, your mind will be still be on cricket in the dressing room, wherever we are going on match day.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>ICC<\/p>\r\n",
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