Trott wants Afghanistan batters to score tons

Afghanistan have comprehensively won over defending champions England, rivals Pakistan and 1996 winners Sri Lanka, proving that they can no longer be termed as minnows

Trott wants Afghanistan batters to score tons

Jonathan Trott. Pic/AFP

The calm and collective batting effort of the Afghanistan team has found its own set of admirers in the ongoing World Cup and head coach Jonathan Trott has set the next target for his players—someone needs to bat deep and score a hundred in the remaining three games.

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Afghanistan have comprehensively won over defending champions England, rivals Pakistan and 1996 winners Sri Lanka, proving that they can no longer be termed as minnows. “Nobody has got a hundred so far yet, so that’s the next challenge. Someone accepts responsibility and batting for a longer period of time and make sure we get a hundred,” Trott said at the press conference after Afghanistan’s seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka on Monday.

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