Spinners help Afghanistan upset West Indies
Afghanistan v West Indies, World T20 2016, Group 1 Nagpur
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© AFPUsman Ghani was cleaned up by Samuel Badree in the second over after West Indies elected to field
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© Associated PressMohammad Shahzad made 24 before he too fell to Badree
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© Associated PressBadree sent back Asghar Stanikzai as well, as Afghanistan slipped to 50 for 3 inside 10 overs. Badree finished with 3 for 14 in his four overs
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© Associated PressSulieman Benn also produced tight returns - 1 for 18 - to help West Indies dominate through the middle overs, as Afghanistan slumped to 90 for 6 by the 17th over
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© AFPNajibullah Zadran, though, resisted for Afghanistan with an unbeaten 48, helping his side take 47 runs in last five overs and reach 123 for 7
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© AFPAmir Hamza struck early for Afghanistan by removing debutant Evin Lewis for a duck. Hamza eventually ended with stunning returns of 4-0-9-1
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© AFPWest Indies then faced a double-blow in the sixth over when Johnson Charles was bowled and Andre Fletcher had to retire hurt after injuring his hamstring
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© AFPRashid Khan and Afghanistan's spinners began to apply the brakes on West Indies' chase in the middle overs by striking regularly
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© Associated PressWest Indies faltered in the slog overs as the chase boiled down to 10 off the last over
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© AFPMohammad Nabi bowled an outstanding last over, giving away just three runs, helping his side to a six-wicket win
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© IDI/Getty ImagesDespite the loss, West Indies finished on top of Group 1 and will play either India or Australia in the semi-final in Mumbai
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that is right.... combination of Hamza Hotak, Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan was the pick of the tournament. Afghanistan have class fast bowlers like Hamid Hassan, Shapour Zadran and Dawlat Zadran but Indian pitches were for spin not fast. I am so glad to see we have much strength in the squad than Bangladesh and Sri Lanka but we lack experience as we rarely get chances to play big teams. ICC must step up and introduce a new rule so they can give likes of Afghanistan and Ireland chance to be one of the big team otherwise the cricket game will only remain with countries which were invaded by British Empire. make the game global now and bring in Afghanistan and Nepal as well to change the history of the game so nobody can say Cricket is only for British invaded countries.
that is right.... combination of Hamza Hotak, Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan was the pick of the tournament. Afghanistan have class fast bowlers like Hamid Hassan, Shapour Zadran and Dawlat Zadran but Indian pitches were for spin not fast. I am so glad to see we have much strength in the squad than Bangladesh and Sri Lanka but we lack experience as we rarely get chances to play big teams. ICC must step up and introduce a new rule so they can give likes of Afghanistan and Ireland chance to be one of the big team otherwise the cricket game will only remain with countries which were invaded by British Empire. make the game global now and bring in Afghanistan and Nepal as well to change the history of the game so nobody can say Cricket is only for British invaded countries.
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that is right.... combination of Hamza Hotak, Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan was the pick of the tournament. Afghanistan have class fast bowlers like Hamid Hassan, Shapour Zadran and Dawlat Zadran but Indian pitches were for spin not fast. I am so glad to see we have much strength in the squad than Bangladesh and Sri Lanka but we lack experience as we rarely get chances to play big teams. ICC must step up and introduce a new rule so they can give likes of Afghanistan and Ireland chance to be one of the big team otherwise the cricket game will only remain with countries which were invaded by British Empire. make the game global now and bring in Afghanistan and Nepal as well to change the history of the game so nobody can say Cricket is only for British invaded countries.