Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephan Myburgh	c Mohammad Shahzad b Dawlat Zadran	22	30	-	4	0	73.33

Michael Swart	lbw b Mirwais Ashraf	8	28	-	1	0	28.57
Eric Szwarczynski	b Izatullah Dawlatzai	4	26	-	0	0	15.38
Tom Cooper	b Dawlat Zadran	9	18	-	1	0	50.00

Wesley Barresi †	lbw b Izatullah Dawlatzai	17	35	-	3	0	48.57
Tim Gruijters	b Izatullah Dawlatzai	0	8	-	0	0	0.00

Peter Borren (c)	c †Afsar Zazai b Dawlat Zadran	19	15	-	0	1	126.66

Mudassar Bukhari	c †Afsar Zazai b Izatullah Dawlatzai	2	13	-	0	0	15.38

Pieter Seelaar	lbw b Dawlat Zadran	11	22	-	0	0	50.00
Tom Heggelman	lbw b Samiullah Shinwari	29	43	-	4	0	67.44
Ahsan Malik	not out	4	29	-	0	0	13.79
Extras	(lb 8)	8
Total	44.3 Ov (RR: 2.98)	133
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Michael Swart, 8.6 ov), 2-31 (Stephan Myburgh, 9.4 ov), 3-41 (Tom Cooper, 13.2 ov), 4-60 (Eric Szwarczynski, 21.4 ov), 5-63 (Wesley Barresi, 23.1 ov), 6-80 (Tim Gruijters, 25.6 ov), 7-84 (Peter Borren, 26.5 ov), 8-86 (Mudassar Bukhari, 29.5 ov), 9-102 (Pieter Seelaar, 34.6 ov), 10-133 (Tom Heggelman, 44.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mirwais Ashraf	11	1	27	1	2.45	53	4	0	0	0
8.6 to MR Swart, . 27/1
Dawlat Zadran	15	3	45	4	3.00	67	3	0	0	0
9.4 to SJ Myburgh, uppish drive, good low catch this time. 31/2 13.2 to TLW Cooper, what a delivery, full coming back in sharply, batsman playing the wrong line.. 41/3 26.5 to PW Borren, wanted to duck under that, taking the top edge of the bat into the keepers gloves.. 84/7 34.6 to PM Seelaar, . 102/9
Izatullah Dawlatzai	12	4	24	4	2.00	57	2	0	0	0
21.4 to ES Szwarczynski, . 60/4 23.1 to W Barresi, . 63/5 25.6 to TGJ Gruijters, excellent delivery, playing inside the line.. 80/6 29.5 to Mudassar Bukhari, ball coming back in sharply, inside edge to the keeper, Netherlands in deep trouble.. 86/8
Asghar Afghan	1	0	4	0	4.00	5	1	0	0	0
Mohammad Nabi	3	0	20	0	6.66	10	2	1	0	0
Samiullah Shinwari	2.3	0	5	1	2.00	13	1	0	0	0
44.3 to TJ Heggelman, . 133/10

Afghanistan 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Javed Ahmadi	c †Barresi b Mudassar Bukhari	0	2	-	0	0	0.00

Shabir Noori	b Mudassar Bukhari	4	27	-	0	0	14.81
Asghar Afghan	c Myburgh b Mudassar Bukhari	4	4	-	1	0	100.00

Mirwais Ashraf	c †Barresi b Ahsan Malik	18	47	-	4	0	38.29

Nawroz Mangal (c)	c †Barresi b Mudassar Bukhari	67	80	-	8	1	83.75
Mohammad Shahzad	c Borren b Mudassar Bukhari	9	17	-	2	0	52.94

Mohammad Nabi	c Myburgh b Mudassar Bukhari	0	3	-	0	0	0.00
Samiullah Shinwari	lbw b Ahsan Malik	7	14	-	1	0	50.00
Afsar Zazai †	c Ahsan Malik b Borren	5	25	-	0	0	20.00
Dawlat Zadran	c †Barresi b Borren	5	14	-	0	0	35.71
Izatullah Dawlatzai	not out	6	22	-	1	0	27.27
Extras	(lb 2, w 2)	4
Total	42.3 Ov (RR: 3.03)	129
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Javed Ahmadi, 0.2 ov), 2-4 (Asghar Afghan, 0.6 ov), 3-29 (Shabir Noori, 12.6 ov), 4-29 (Mirwais Ashraf, 13.2 ov), 5-42 (Mohammad Shahzad, 18.1 ov), 6-42 (Mohammad Nabi, 18.2 ov), 7-51 (Samiullah Shinwari, 21.4 ov), 8-76 (Afsar Zazai, 28.4 ov), 9-92 (Dawlat Zadran, 32.4 ov), 10-129 (Nawroz Mangal, 42.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mudassar Bukhari	16.3	7	43	6	2.60	83	6	1	0	0
0.2 to Javed Ahmadi, wanted to pull that one, top edged to the keeper.. 0/1 0.6 to Asghar Afghan, top edged again, Afghanistan lose 2 early wickets.. 4/2 12.6 to Shabir Noori, . 29/3 18.1 to Mohammad Shahzad, outside edge, taken this time, good low catch.. 42/5 18.2 to Mohammad Nabi, . 42/6 42.3 to Nawroz Mangal, . 129/10
Peter Borren	8	1	26	2	3.25	32	3	0	0	0
32.4 to Dawlat Zadran, . 92/9
Ahsan Malik	11	3	32	2	2.90	54	5	0	1	0
13.2 to Mirwais Ashraf, outside edge, keeper diving full length, grabbing that infront of 1st slip fielder, spectacular stuff.. 29/4 21.4 to Samiullah Shinwari, . 51/7
Pieter Seelaar	7	0	26	0	3.71	27	3	0	0	0

Netherlands 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephan Myburgh	c †Afsar Zazai b Izatullah Dawlatzai	5	4	-	1	0	125.00
Michael Swart	lbw b Samiullah Shinwari	24	51	-	4	0	47.05

Tom Heggelman	c †Afsar Zazai b Dawlat Zadran	59	114	-	6	0	51.75

Eric Szwarczynski	lbw b Samiullah Shinwari	1	2	-	0	0	50.00

Tom Cooper	c †Afsar Zazai b Izatullah Dawlatzai	35	77	-	4	0	45.45

Wesley Barresi †	c †Afsar Zazai b Samiullah Shinwari	1	6	-	0	0	16.66

Tim Gruijters	lbw b Izatullah Dawlatzai	3	5	-	0	0	60.00

Peter Borren (c)	b Dawlat Zadran	43	43	-	4	1	100.00

Mudassar Bukhari	b Izatullah Dawlatzai	2	4	-	0	0	50.00

Pieter Seelaar	c Mirwais Ashraf b Izatullah Dawlatzai	43	41	-	5	2	104.87

Ahsan Malik	not out	4	25	-	0	0	16.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 2, w 2)	8
Total	61.4 Ov (RR: 3.69)	228
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Stephan Myburgh, 1.2 ov), 2-55 (Michael Swart, 18.3 ov), 3-57 (Eric Szwarczynski, 18.6 ov), 4-110 (Tom Heggelman, 35.6 ov), 5-119 (Wesley Barresi, 38.6 ov), 6-133 (Tim Gruijters, 41.4 ov), 7-136 (Tom Cooper, 43.2 ov), 8-138 (Mudassar Bukhari, 43.6 ov), 9-187 (Peter Borren, 53.5 ov), 10-228 (Pieter Seelaar, 61.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dawlat Zadran	20	5	63	2	3.15	92	9	0	1	0
35.6 to TJ Heggelman, full length ball, batsmen in defence, gets a feather edge to the Wk, Umpire takes his time and raises the finger. 110/4 53.5 to PW Borren, low full toss, Borren looses track, misses a drive, Dawlat rattles the timber. 187/9
Izatullah Dawlatzai	14.4	1	45	5	3.06	63	4	0	1	1
1.2 to SJ Myburgh, . 5/1 41.4 to TGJ Gruijters, full length ball, wrapped on the front, appeal, batsman turns his back, and he's give him. 133/6 43.2 to TLW Cooper, back of length, away swinger, batsmen uneasy in defense, gets a thick edge, Wk dives and takes neat one. 136/7 43.6 to Mudassar Bukhari, full length ball, batsmen could'nt get his bat down on time, stumps rattled. 138/8 61.4 to PM Seelaar, off stump ball, miss timed off drive, Mirwais at mid off takes it easily. 228/10
Mirwais Ashraf	5	1	21	0	4.20	23	4	0	0	1
Samiullah Shinwari	19	1	75	3	3.94	75	6	2	0	0
18.3 to MR Swart, starighter one, swart on te back foot, beaten, caught plumb in front. 55/2 18.6 to ES Szwarczynski, quicker ball through the air, forward defence, gets an edge, good catch at silly mid-off. 57/3 38.6 to W Barresi, wrong un, mis judged by the batter, plays a cover drive, gets a faint edge to the Wk. 119/5
Mohammad Nabi	3	0	20	0	6.66	8	1	1	0	0

Afghanistan 2nd Innings (T: 233 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shabir Noori	c †Barresi b Heggelman	23	41	-	2	0	56.09

Mohammad Shahzad	lbw b Ahsan Malik	0	5	-	0	0	0.00

Javed Ahmadi	c †Barresi b Mudassar Bukhari	0	8	-	0	0	0.00

Asghar Afghan	c & b Seelaar	43	86	-	4	0	50.00

Nawroz Mangal (c)	c Heggelman b Seelaar	17	44	-	3	0	38.63

Afsar Zazai †	not out	84	156	-	12	1	53.84
Dawlat Zadran	b Seelaar	1	5	-	0	0	20.00
Mohammad Nabi	c Heggelman b Swart	25	81	-	2	0	30.86

Samiullah Shinwari	not out	20	31	-	1	0	64.51
Extras	(b 12, lb 6, nb 1, w 1)	20
Total	76 Ov (RR: 3.06)	233/7
Did not bat: Mirwais Ashraf, Izatullah Dawlatzai
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Mohammad Shahzad, 1.5 ov), 2-15 (Javed Ahmadi, 4.4 ov), 3-33 (Shabir Noori, 11.2 ov), 4-86 (Nawroz Mangal, 27.5 ov), 5-103 (Asghar Afghan, 31.6 ov), 6-111 (Dawlat Zadran, 35.1 ov), 7-187 (Mohammad Nabi, 65.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mudassar Bukhari	22	2	70	1	3.18	97	8	0	1	0
4.4 to Javed Ahmadi, short ball, pull shot, misses, hits the glove, ball in the air, Keeper takes it easily. 15/2
Ahsan Malik	7	1	12	1	1.71	33	0	0	0	0
1.5 to Mohammad Shahzad, middle stump ball, full length, playing across the line, wrapped in front, Certainly out says the umpire. 10/1
Tom Heggelman	8	1	27	1	3.37	34	3	0	0	1
11.2 to Shabir Noori, short ball again, pulls it, top edge, ball in the air for a long time, Wk covers a lot of ground and takes a great catch.. 33/3
Peter Borren	8	2	18	0	2.25	36	1	0	0	0
Pieter Seelaar	22	5	60	3	2.72	103	9	0	0	0
27.5 to Nawroz Mangal, tossed up ball, full length, Nawroz tempted in a lofted shot, straight to the fielder at mid-on. 86/4 31.6 to Asghar Afghan, loopy ball, smashed back to the bowler, good catch there, ball coming in like a bullet, Seelar gets his man. 103/5 35.1 to Dawlat Zadran, . 111/6
Tom Cooper	5	1	13	0	2.60	23	2	0	0	0
Michael Swart	4	1	15	1	3.75	17	1	1	0	0
65.1 to Mohammad Nabi, flighted ball, smashed to mid-on, fielder sits on his knees and takes an easy one, another twist in the tale, The part timer Breaks through. 187/7

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Mon, 02 Apr - day 1 - Netherlands 2nd innings 7/1 (Michael Swart 0*, Tom Heggelman 2*, 3 ov)

Tue, 03 Apr - day 2 - Afghanistan 2nd innings 111/6 (Afsar Zazai 13*, 35.1 ov)

Wed, 04 Apr - day 3 - Afghanistan 2nd innings 233/7 (76 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Sharjah Cricket Stadium
Toss	Afghanistan, elected to field first
Series	ICC Intercontinental Cup Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates
Season	2011/12
Hours of play (local time)	9am start, Lunch 11.00-11.40, Tea 13.40-14.00, Close 16.00
Match days	2,3,4 April 2012 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Afsar Zazai Tim Gruijters
Umpires	Chris Gaffaney Sarika Prasad
Match Referee	Graeme Labrooy
Points	Afghanistan 14, Netherlands 6

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Afghanistan Innings

Player Name		R	B
Shabir Noori	caught	23	41
Mohammad Shahzad	lbw	0	5
Javed Ahmadi	caught	0	8
Asghar Afghan	caught	43	86
Nawroz Mangal	caught	17	44
Afsar Zazai	not out	84	156
Dawlat Zadran	bowled	1	5
Mohammad Nabi	caught	25	81
Samiullah Shinwari	not out	20	31
Extras	(b 12, lb 6, nb 1, w 1)
Total	233(7 wkts; 76 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mudassar Bukhari	22	2	70	1	3.18
Ahsan Malik	7	1	12	1	1.71
TJ Heggelman	8	1	27	1	3.37 (1 nb)
PW Borren	8	2	18	0	2.25
PM Seelaar	22	5	60	3	2.72
TLW Cooper	5	1	13	0	2.6
MR Swart	4	1	15	1	3.75

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	10	Shabir Noori	Mohammad Shahzad
2nd	5	Shabir Noori	Javed Ahmadi
3rd	18	Shabir Noori	Asghar Afghan
4th	53	Nawroz Mangal	Asghar Afghan
5th	17	Asghar Afghan	Afsar Zazai
6th	8	Afsar Zazai	Dawlat Zadran
7th	76	Mohammad Nabi	Afsar Zazai
8th	46	Samiullah Shinwari	Afsar Zazai

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ICC Intercontinental Cup

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
IRE	7	5	0	2	116	1.891
AFG	7	5	0	2	104	1.228
SCOT	7	2	2	2	66	0.934
UAE	7	2	1	4	60	0.942
NAM	7	3	3	1	57	0.958
CAN	7	1	4	1	43	0.856
KENYA	7	1	5	0	42	0.720
NED	7	0	4	2	36	0.761

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