Loud Thinking

Déjà vu of the day

Nasir Jamshed’s early dismissal – and its manner – probably shouldn’t have been a surprise. Jamshed had scored only one run in his three previous ODI innings and had not reached 40 in his last 15. With his place in the team coming under pressure from Sarfaraz Ahmed in particular, he needed runs here. But once again, Jamshed fell early and in familiar fashion. In all three innings in this World Cup, he has been dismissed attempting to pull balls outside off stump. On this occasion, he spooned a ball from the medium-pacer Manjula Guruge to mid-on and left knowing that his place in the side must be hanging by a thread.

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