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Australia captain Mitchell Marsh saw the funny side of all-rounder Gulbadin Naib’s theatrical complaining of cramps in a T20 World Cup match against Bangladesh, terming it as “one of the funniest things” he has ever seen on a cricket field. Naib, who was fielding in the slip, fell on his back while clutching his thighs during the 12th over, just after coach Jonathan Trott signalled to slow down the proceedings as rain was imminent with Afghanistan ahead in the proceedings in the must-win Super 8 game. “I was almost in tears laughing and at the end of the day it had no bearing on the game.
So, we can laugh about it now. But, gee, it was funny. It was outstanding,” Marsh told cricket.
com.au. Bangladesh were chasing 115 for a win then, and fell behind the DLS par score of 83 at the end of the 12th over at 81 for seven.
However, Naib later bowled two overs and participated with vigour in Afghanistan’s victory celebrations without showing any hint of ‘cramps.’ ADVERTISEMENT T20 World Cup 2024 | "Want to treat this as a normal game": Rohit Sharma The ICC’s playing conditions stipulate that a player can get up to two-match ban for “deliberate or repetitive” time wasting tactics, but that Naib might just escape with a first and final warning by the match referee. With the win, Afghanistan knocked Australia out of the , and Marsh said the 2021 champions have only themselves to blame for the exit.
“We watched it [the match] as a group. It was obviously a pretty .
