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The landmark win over Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup will cause a ripple effect in Afghan cricket and inspire future players, Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott said soccer
Afghan batters chased down the 283 target methodically, with a focus on singles and doubles to keep off the pressure, winning the match by eight wickets with six balls to spare soccer
It was their second win in five games, and Afghanistan’s third-ever World Cup victory soccer
It was also their first victory over neighbours Pakistan in eight One Day International (ODI) matches and the first World Cup win while chasing against a Test-playing nation soccer
“This will have a great ripple effect,” Trott told reporters soccer
“I want to make sure that (the players) soccer
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pass it on and remember that game in Chennai when we chased on 283 against Pakistan soccer
”The Englishman called the 130-run opening partnership put on by Rehmanullah Gurbaz (65) and Ibrahim Zadran (87) the “turning point” and praised Rahmat Shah, who played through several cramps to help steady the game when the openers fell soccer
“You could easily soccer
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get a bit nervous or panicky soccer
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but shot that he played there to hit a straight six sort of broke the back of the game,” Trott said of Shah, who scored an unbeaten 77, 45 of which came from ones and twos soccer
This win along with the Oct soccer
15 triumph over defending champions England propelled Afghanistan from the bottom of the table to sixth place before facing ninth-place Sri Lanka next Monday soccer
“I will say to the players make sure you enjoy these victories but as soon as we (arrive in) Pune soccer
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take the confidence from the game and start looking forward to Sri Lanka,” Trott said soccer
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First came the crack in Alexander Volkanovski‘s defence soccer
Then, the crack in his voice soccer
If the first crack was consequential, allowing Islam Makhachev to skim his shin off the Australian’s head, the latter was a consequence in itself – a consequence of one of the best fighters alive staying silent on his struggles with mental health soccer
That is, until now soccer
Volkanovski would have emerged from UFC 294 with credit anyway; he stepped in on 11 days’ notice and moved up in weight to challenge a man who had beaten him eight months prior soccer
Even in this surprising, first-round defeat by Makhachev, Volkanovski lost very little soccer
His featherweight title still rests firmly on his shoulder, and he will soon return to that weight class where he has been unbeatable soccer
But soon may be too soon soccer
In his post-fight press conference, Volkanovski began the dissection of this defeat – his second this year, but just his third as a professional mixed martial artist, with his first having occurred a long decade ago soccer
The 35-year-old started to dissect the technical reasons for this knockout loss, but it soon became apparent what was of greater importance: the psychological reasons for his presence in Abu Dhabi soccer
“He’s not somebody you should be taking a short-notice [fight] with, but I needed it,” Volkanovski began soccer
“Obviously a lot of people will say it’s for the money and all that, but it was much more than that soccer
It is hard, it is really hard for athletes soccer
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Sorry, um soccer
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I never thought I would struggle with it,” he continued, ignoring the blood over his eye, instead wiping a tear from beneath it soccer
“But for some reason when I wasn’t fighting or in camp soccer
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F***, sorry,” he said, attempting a laugh, looking away and to the ceiling, then gently rapping his hand on the table to bring himself back into the room soccer
RecommendedIslam Makhachev stuns Alexander Volkanovski with head-kick KO in first round at UFC 294Conor McGregor reacts to ‘illegal’ strikes in Islam Makhachev win at UFC 294Khabib explains why he wasn’t in Islam Makhachev’s corner at UFC 294“I was just doing my head in,” he continued, tears floating at the bottom of his eyes soccer
“I needed a fight, and this opportunity came up soccer
I’ll be honest: I wasn’t training as much as I should have, but I thought I had to do it soccer
I had to take it soccer
I’m telling myself, ‘It’s meant to be soccer
’ I was struggling a little bit not fighting, doing my head in soccer
I don’t know how; everything’s fine, I’ve got a beautiful family soccer
But, I don’t know soccer
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I think you just need to keep busy soccer
I need to be in camp, otherwise, I’m going to do my head in soccer
“It’s weird, [it’s not that I] never ‘believed in that stuff’, but I never got it soccer
It was something that – I don’t know – maybe the more and more I learn about myself, the more I understand soccer
I talked about us having a smile on my face, me and my wife soccer
My wife could see it does get hard, I don’t know why soccer
”Makhachev consoles Volkanovski after their fight, the main event of UFC 294 (AP)Volkanovski pointed to the birth of his third child, in August, and surgery on an injury this summer as reasons why he had not been training soccer
Clearly, the knock-on effect of those moments – as joyous as the former seemed to be – has led Volkanovski’s mental health to suffer soccer
Last week, all the talk was of how brave the Australian was to face Makhachev on short notice; braver was this admission that he is struggling, which simultaneously offers a different lens through which to view his choice to fight soccer
Keeping himself engaged and busy is healthy, but that is complicated by the inherent risk in his profession soccer
“Maybe it was just a silly decision under the circumstances,” he admitted soccer
Perhaps it was, though it was also understandable soccer
Volkanovski’s next challenge, however, will come outside of the ring soccer
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He naturally sees the antidote to his current struggles as a quick turnaround to fight again, likely against the dangerous Ilia Topuria in January soccer
Yet, that fight could go the same way as Saturday’s against Makhachev, if the Australian does not first tackle these thoughts and feelings, and find the right balance for him soccer
We knew Alexander Volkanovski was brave soccer
That is even clearer now than it was last week soccer
Now, however, he must be sensible, and get to work outside the ring before he can return to work in it soccer
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