Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott throughout a observe session. File
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As Glenn Maxwell’s brutal photographs stored hovering into the Mumbai skyline, Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott wished there was a rule to station fielders in the stands as that was the solely solution to get him out.
Maxwell made the most of a dropped catch — a easy regulation likelihood at quick nice leg spilled by Mujeeb Ur Rahman off Noor Ahmed — as he stroked his solution to a sensational 201 not out off solely 128 balls, hitting 21 fours and 10 sixes. This was after Australia being down and out at 91 for 7 in pursuit of 292.
Trott, who has been heralded for taking Afghanistan to the subsequent degree in this World Cup, lamented an atypical fielding effort proven by his gamers.
“I am sure there are a few things, maybe one or two things, you could have done differently but that is cricket and there are always going to be things you want to have back,” Trott advised the media after Afghanistan’s loss.
“But he kept hitting them in the stands, so we cannot put fielders in the stands. I wish we could have,” he added.
“But full credit to him, the way that he played to get a double hundred is phenomenal. He deserved to win the game; he got a double hundred,” Trott continued.
The Afghanistan coach admitted his crew didn’t have the proper mindset despite the fact that they’d the recreation in their grasp at one stage, having diminished Australia to 91 for seven inside 19 overs.
“I think when, obviously, unfortunately, the second catch went down, everyone just seemed to sort of think — just waiting for him, you know, Maxwell to get out,” Trott stated.
“I did not see a lot of encouragement or people cheering each other (on) and encouraging each other. It seemed to sort of like the attitude was a little bit, well, we will just, hopefully ‘we will still win’ type-thing,” Trott stated.
“It is not a case of when you get an opportunity against a side like Australia, you have got to grab it. They are not going to just give it to you. And you have got to take it. If you get a chance to take it, you have got to take it,” Trott added.
Trott additionally conceded that there was not a lot they have could have achieved as a bowling unit given the photographs that Maxwell performed throughout the park.
“You know, could we have tried maybe wider yorkers when he was cramping up, could we have done things differently? I just saw the same delivery over and over again, which is…” he stated.
“You have got to remember that he was hitting all, guys were changing pace, he was hitting that, you know, spinners were bowling different lengths, he was hitting that,” he stated.
“Sometimes you have got to take a cap off to a person the way that he played, but he should not have been allowed to play like that. We should have had him out earlier,” Trott stated.
Trott reminded the Afghanistan gamers that the recreation of cricket can chew one again at any stage and it’s not essential to take the eye off the ball.
“It was a good lesson, I think, as well for our players, because in this game, if you take your eye off the ball just a little bit and you think too far ahead, and you try and start thinking other things instead of just worrying about taking the next wicket, this game can bite you pretty quickly,” Trott stated.
“I believe it’s an expertise for a younger facet, creating. This is — you already know, these kinds of issues — be sure that we study from these kinds of issues. And simply how cutthroat cricket is at the highest degree and the way it’s essential be in your recreation, not for, you already know, 70 overs, however for 100 overs,” Trott added.
