After a 149-run pummelling by the hands of New Zealand, a fuming Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott on Wednesday identified under-par catching as the explanation behind his aspect’s mauling right here within the World Cup match. The Afghan fielders dropped as many as 5 catches at Chepauk, and the principle beneficiaries had been Tom Latham (68) and Glenn Phillips (71) because the reprieves helped the Kiwis duo to sew collectively a 144-run stand for the fifth wicket.

“I would say that it’s not the pressure. I think it’s been happening a bit too much recently as well since I’ve been in charge,” Trott began within the post-match press meet.

“So, if you look at the statistics, unfortunately, the side is right at the bottom with regards to catching. So, that needs to improve. I think it’s something we’ve worked really hard on in training. We just need to do it in games now,” Trott defined additional.

However, the previous England batter gave credit score to the Black Caps for bouncing again from a precarious state of affairs of 110 for 4.

“I think they (Latham and Phillips) played well. But credit must go to the way they held the innings together because it could have got a lot worse for them. They steadied the ship and got themselves to a defendable total,” he stated.

Of late, Rashid Khan typically stays away from bowling the Power Plays, and Trott stated the explanation was extra technical than anything.

“Well, we were just waiting until the state of the ball…when Rashid feels like he can grip it because he obviously needs to spin it both ways and when the ball is not as new and not as slippery.” However, Trott was glad with the final commonplace of bowling of his group.

“We were bowling well, I thought, and containing them decently. Then Azmat came on and changed the course of the game with two wickets in an over. And then, Rash (Rashid) got a wicket for himself.” However, Trott asserted that regardless of the wicket enjoying sluggish, it wasn’t a low-scoring pitch.

“I certainly did not feel it’s a 130-odd all-out pitch. Yes, it did spin a little bit more towards the end. But I still feel we were taking the spinners for nearly five, six an over.

“The seamers truly did all of the injury for them (NZ), and I feel we had been 28 for two on the finish of the primary energy play, which whenever you’re chasing 280, might be going to place a number of strain on the gamers down the order,” he signed off.