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AFGHANISTAN has embarrassed itself on its World Cup debut, but with so little one-day international experience against the big boys it was always going to happen.
Afghanistan lost by 105 runs in its first-ever World Cup game on Wednesday night against Bangladesh in Canberra.
It was the 11th time Afghanistan had faced a full-member side in a one-day international game.
It is doubtful if skipper Mohammad Nabi had, in his 22 previous matches as captain, been exposed to much high-level tension over whether to opt for a video referral on a decision.
It showed.
An appeal for caught-behind was turned down in the third over of the day and Afghanistan should have called for a Decision Referral System (DRS) but became bogged down.
Batsman Tamim Iqbal appeared to edge the ball and TV replays confirmed a spike on the "Snicko" technology.
Samiullah Shinwari holds his head in his hands after being run out in Afghanistan's loss to Bangladesh. Source: Getty Images
Nabi and his teammates discussed it, and discussed it, until they were told your time is up.
Too late.
Again in the 41st over, an LBW appeal was brushed aside. Replays showed the ball hit the pad then the bat, but the bowling side didn't ask for a DRS.
Man of the match and Bangladesh wicketkeeper/batsman Mushfiqur Rahim (71) was on 41 at the time.
The bowling attack dropped its guard.
After having Bangladesh struggling at 4-119 in the 30th over, Afghanistan's bowlers lost their way. Bangladesh made 267.
Afghanistan's batsmen, in the words of coach Andy Moles, went out there with their heads "in a fog".
They were 3-3 after three overs.
Their feet weren't moving and they weren't mentally alert. They were hoping for a few "freebies", as Moles calls them, to play a few scoring shots and settle in during the first three overs.
It didn't happen.
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"We were in a fog," Moles said.
He said Afghanistan bowled well for 30 overs and then became "sloppy".
"We need to work on our concentration levels. Work on our discipline," he said.
Legspinner Samiullah Shenwari was taken out of the attack after 1.1 overs for running on the wicket.
A schoolboy error? Maybe.
These are things that can be improved with more big-game experience.
Australia has played only one ODI against Afghanistan.
The next time Afghanistan plays Australia will be on March 4 in a World Cup Pool A game at the WACA. Good luck with that, fellows. But at least it's an experience.
It's unlikely that Afghanistan will qualify for the 2019 World Cup, when the 14-team event becomes a 10-team tournament.
Afghanistan players celebrate taking the wicket of Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal. Source: AFP
If it does, it is going to need lots of ODI experience, preferably against sides ranked only slightly above it.
It's something that ICC chief David Richardson told News Corp this week the sport's governing body is working hard on behind the scenes.
Moles is not holding his breath.
"We now have got a harder task to qualify (for the World Cup) over the next few years, which won't be easy because we've got to get fixtures," Moles told News Corp.
"We need to be playing Bangladesh and Zimbabwe to overtake them. They're (ranked) above us.
"I question whether they'll want to play us because if we do play them then we'll go above them.
"If they don't play us, we have to play against the big boys."
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