Afghanistan vs West Indies, Only Test at Lucknow, Nov 27 2019, West Indies tour of India

RESULT
Only Test, Lucknow, November 27 - 29, 2019, West Indies tour of India
187 & 120
(T:31) 277 & 33/1

West Indies won by 9 wickets

Player Of The Match
7/75 & 3/46
rahkeem-cornwall
Afghanistan 1st Innings
West Indies 1st Innings
Afghanistan 2nd Innings
West Indies 2nd Innings
Match Flow
Info
Afghanistan 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c Holder b Cornwall1748482035.41
c Brooks b Warrican39811055148.14
c Hope b Cornwall2446683052.17
c Holder b Cornwall411171036.36
c †Dowrich b Cornwall416260025.00
c Hope b Cornwall215100013.33
lbw b Cornwall3270993045.71
c Cornwall b Holder11520006.66
c †Dowrich b Holder3484925040.47
c Warrican b Cornwall1822293181.81
not out 035000.00
Extras(b 7, lb 5)12
TOTAL68.3 Ov (RR: 2.72, 263 Mins)187
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Ibrahim Zadran, 12.2 ov), 2-84 (Javed Ahmadi, 27.6 ov), 3-90 (Ihsanullah, 30.4 ov), 4-91 (Rahmat Shah, 32.1 ov), 5-95 (Nasir Jamal, 34.6 ov), 6-98 (Asghar Afghan, 36.6 ov), 7-111 (Rashid Khan, 41.6 ov), 8-165 (Afsar Zazai, 60.6 ov), 9-187 (Amir Hamza, 67.3 ov), 10-187 (Yamin Ahmadzai, 68.3 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
813304.12335000
17102221.29934000
41.6 to Rashid Khan, Cornwall makes no mistake this time! Was a touch fuller around fifth stump, Rashid looked to defend only to get an outside edge low to first slip. Cornwall did better this time, got his finger underneath the ball and took it neatly. 111/7
67.3 to Amir Hamza, and Holder has his second. An outside edge to the keeper, a regulation catch for Dowrich. This was too good for Hamza, coming in with the angle, forcing the batsman to play and then moving away late to take the edge. 187/9
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12.2 to Ibrahim Zadran, fuller around off and Zadran goes for the sweep, looking to hit it behind square but misses. Holder at leg slip grabs it with an outstretched left hand while diving forward. An appeal for the catch and given. Zadran is not happy though but there is no DRS for this series. It's not clear from replays though if there was an edge. 28/1
30.4 to Ihsanullah, gets his man! This time there's no evading first slip. Terrific bowling from Cornwall. Tosses this up, around off, and it doesn't turn as much as Ihsanullah expects. He presses forward to defend, and it runs off the outside edge, quick and straight to Shai Hope. That's lunch too, and those two wickets will make that lunch taste all that better for the West Indies. 90/3
32.1 to Rahmat Shah, Cornwall and Holder combine again! Tossed up around off and middle, Rahmat moves across and looks to defend but the ball spins sharply to take the inside edge. A relatively easier catch for Holder this time, low but he didn't have to dive. 91/4
34.6 to Nasir Jamal, fuller around off, Jamal was once again looking to work on the leg side, the outside edge goes straight to Hope at first slip this time. Cornwall has his fourth, Afghanistan tottering at 95 for 5. 95/5
36.6 to Asghar Afghan, maiden five-for in Test cricket for Cornwall. Not the best of the deliveries tough, it was short and wide, Asghar went back to cut but it went straight and the extra bounce meant he could get only an edge to it. Dowrich made no mistake. 98/6
60.6 to Afsar Zazai, Cornwall has six! Plays back to one that was tossed a long way up. Pitched around off, and didn't turn as much as Zazai expected, and it has hit him in front, as he was looking to shuffle across. Perhaps would have been good enough to just take the top of leg-stump, but this is an important breakthrough for West Indies at tea!. 165/8
68.3 to Yamin Ahmadzai, down the track, to the pitch but doesn't get the required elevation despite the neat connection. Warrican takes a good catch to his left at long-off. 187/10
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27.6 to Javed Ahmadi, one shot too many! This is disappointing from Ahmadi, because he has looked good in this morning session. With lunch not long from now, this is irresponsible, especially with long-off in place. Tossed up by Warrican around off, and he looks to drive straight and hard. Wants to clear the man stationed at long-off, and possibly wanted to go wide of him too, but it's straight down his throat. West Indies will welcome this breakthrough, as the partnership was whirring along just perfectly for Afghanistan!. 84/2
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West Indies 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
lbw b Amir Hamza1132352034.37
c Ihsanullah b Amir Hamza55751107173.33
c Ihsanullah b Rashid Khan712100058.33
b Amir Hamza11121425215151.86
lbw b Rashid Khan1321251061.90
c Ibrahim Zadran b Zahir Khan27130028.57
lbw b Zahir Khan4291976046.15
st †Afsar Zazai b Amir Hamza1114232078.57
lbw b Rashid Khan59151055.55
lbw b Amir Hamza317210017.64
not out 410110040.00
Extras(lb 12, nb 1)13
TOTAL83.3 Ov (RR: 3.31, 311 Mins)277
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Kraigg Brathwaite, 8.5 ov), 2-34 (Shai Hope, 11.1 ov), 3-116 (John Campbell, 30.2 ov), 4-137 (Shimron Hetmyer, 37.4 ov), 5-150 (Roston Chase, 40.1 ov), 6-224 (Shane Dowrich, 66.3 ov), 7-243 (Jason Holder, 71.4 ov), 8-260 (Rahkeem Cornwall, 76.4 ov), 9-270 (Shamarh Brooks, 79.5 ov), 10-277 (Kemar Roach, 83.3 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
1032402.40515000
28.347452.591317001
8.5 to KC Brathwaite, there's the breakthrough! Bowls this wide of the crease, and pushes it through a bit flatter and straighter. Brathwaite stretches forward to defend, but plays outside the line of this. A maiden wicket for Hamza after Nitin Menon takes a long, hard look. He's convinced that this would have gone on with the angle and clipped the top of leg, I would think. 27/1
30.2 to JD Campbell, what a brilliant catch. Great anticipation too, from Ihsanullah who moved from first slip to his right after seeing the batsman shaping up for a lap sweep. Campbell failed to middle it and it lobbed towards leg gully. Ihsanullah put in the dive and took with his right hand. 116/3
71.4 to JO Holder, appeal for a stumping, and they have sent this upstairs! Hamza tosses this up around off, and Holder stretches forward to meet it, and Zazai is quick to whip the bails off. The question is where is Holder's back foot? It's in the air and hasn't been plonked back in time before Zazai can do his glovework. Top wicket! Good keeping to complement what was originally a clever variation from Hamza - a delivery with some extra revs on it and it just evaded Holder's blade as he sought to defend it. 243/7
79.5 to SSJ Brooks, got him this time! Length ball, tossed from wide of the crease, and this was the one that went on with the arm. Brooks looks to go big towards mid-wicket, and perhaps for the first time in this beautiful innings of his, he loses shape, and is punished for it. 270/9
83.3 to KAJ Roach, it's five on debut for Amir Hamza! Gets one to straighten from a length, and Roach stretches to play it with a forward defensive, but plays outside the line of the ball. It goes on to hit his front pad, with not enough of a stride forward to create much doubt in the mind of the umpire.. 277/10
32511433.5614415200
11.1 to SD Hope, what a ball this is from Rashid Khan! That's a leg-spinner's dream ball...pitches on middle, straightens, and goes at a good enough pace, pitched on a good enough length, to find Hope inside the crease. Kisses the outside edge and flies low to first slip. Rashid Khan lets out a celebratory jump. He knows he has removed one of the main batsmen that could have taken the attack to the Afghan spinners in the West Indies camp. An absolute ripper!. 34/2
37.4 to SO Hetmyer, Paul Reiffel takes a while before raising his finger. Was a length ball pitching around middle, Hetmyer came forward to defend but missed and the ball hit the front pad. A big appeal and given out. Replays show it might have just missed or just clipped the leg stump, a close call. 137/4
76.4 to RRS Cornwall, Rashid has another! Fired in quicker, and Cornwal plays from the crease. Given out leg before, and Cornwall can't believe it. There's an inside edge on to the pad, though it was straight as deliveries go. Doesn't matter...no DRS here for the West Indies batsman. Afghanistan continue to chip away in this fascinating contest. 260/8
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40.1 to RL Chase, presses forward, and inside-edges this into the lap of short leg! Great ball from Zahir, as he gets it to dip a touch and deceives Chase in flight, as he presses forward to defend. Off the inside edge, and goes low to Ibrahim Zadran, who stays low and catches it smartly. 150/5
66.3 to SO Dowrich, and there's the much-needed breakthrough. A touch fuller around off and middle, Dowrich plants his front foot forward and looks to defend around his pads. But the ball spins back and hits him on the pads, just below the knee roll. No doubt about that. 224/6
Afghanistan 2nd Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
lbw b Cornwall2363634036.50
c Cornwall b Chase629313111066.66
run out (Hope/†Dowrich)1540020.00
c Brooks b Cornwall055000.00
c Brooks b Cornwall015000.00
b Chase1535311042.85
c Cornwall b Chase1127008.33
c †Dowrich b Holder724390029.16
c †Dowrich b Holder1440025.00
b Holder11415007.14
not out 048000.00
Extras(b 4, lb 4, nb 1)9
TOTAL43.1 Ov (RR: 2.77, 160 Mins)120
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Ibrahim Zadran, 18.6 ov), 2-55 (Ihsanullah, 20.1 ov), 3-55 (Rahmat Shah, 20.6 ov), 4-59 (Asghar Afghan, 22.1 ov), 5-96 (Nasir Jamal, 31.4 ov), 6-98 (Amir Hamza, 33.5 ov), 7-109 (Javed Ahmadi, 35.6 ov), 8-111 (Rashid Khan, 37.1 ov), 9-119 (Yamin Ahmadzai, 41.4 ov), 10-120 (Afsar Zazai, 43.1 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
42501.25221000
6.122033.24314000
37.1 to Rashid Khan, and he strikes first ball. Short of length around off stump, Rashid is almost squared up as he looks to defend. A healthy edge towards the right of Dowrich who puts in the dive and grabs it with his fingertips. The ball wobbles but he clings to his chest to hold on to it. 111/8
41.4 to Yamin Ahmadzai, the off stump has been flattened. Was a length ball angling in, Ahmadzai is looking to play at it but the ball holds its line in the end to to take the off stump out. 119/9
43.1 to Afsar Zazai, Holder gets his third. Short of length just outside off, Zazai looks to defend but can only get an outside edge. A regulation catch for Dowrich. 120/10
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18.6 to Ibrahim Zadran, a grave misjudgement there from Zadran. A length ball outside off and spinning in. Zadran shouldered arms and let it hit the pad. The impact was just outside off, that but doesn't though as he didn't offer any shot. The finger goes up. 53/1
20.6 to Rahmat Shah, Cornwall strikes again! Rahmat Shah, Afghanistan's only Test centurion, looks to stretch forward to meet a length ball around off. This dips on him after drifting a touch away, and then kisses the inside edge of his bat and flies towards forward short-leg, who grabs this perfectly. Sharp catch by Brooks, and another one for Cornwall, who is one away from 10 for the match!. 55/3
22.1 to Asghar Afghan, 10 for Cornwall! Asghar Afghan, another senior pro, is done in by bat-pad, as he looks to flick a length ball around middle. Inside edge on to pad, and Brooks takes a simple catch. A little loose from Afghan, as he would have been better advised to offer the full face of the bat this early in his innings. A golden duck for the former captain, and Cornwall looks set to run through Afghanistan yet again!. 59/4
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31.4 to Nasir Jamal, gone through him! This hasn't turned as much as Jamal expects, as he stretches forward to defend. Pitches outside off and just a hint of turn inwards, and goes on to clip the top of off. Bonus wicket for West Indies in many ways, and this now exposes Afsar Zazai and the rest of the bowlers. 96/5
33.5 to Amir Hamza, the change of angle works! Tosses this up, and invites the drive from Hamza. The ball doesn't turn as much as Hamza hopes, and flies low to the left of Cornwall at first slip. He gets his big hands across to this and holds on. 98/6
35.6 to Javed Ahmadi, Chase has another! Goes on with the angle across the batsman, who stretches forward to meet this. Off the edge, and runs low through to Cornwall, who keeps himself low and collects this. Chase goes off on a celebratory run. 109/7
West Indies 2nd Innings (T: 31 runs)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c †Afsar Zazai b Amir Hamza816152050.00
not out 19162340118.75
not out 66710100.00
Extras0
TOTAL6.2 Ov (RR: 5.21, 23 Mins)33/1
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Kraigg Brathwaite, 4.5 ov)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
10808.0042000
10909.0032000
2.21512.14121000
4.5 to KC Brathwaite, well taken! Length ball, outside off, and turning away. Brathwaite comes forward to defend, but the ball grazes his gloves before the keeper rides the bounce to hold on. 22/1
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CLOSE OF PLAY
Wed, 27 Nov - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 68/2 (John Campbell 30*, Shamarh Brooks 19*, 22 ov)
Thu, 28 Nov - day 2 - Afghanistan 2nd innings 109/7 (Afsar Zazai 2*, 36 ov)
Fri, 29 Nov - day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 33/1 (6.2 ov) - end of match
MATCH FLOW
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
  • Innings Break: Afghanistan - 120/10 in 43.1 overs (Zahir Khan 0)
MATCH DETAILS
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
TossWest Indies, elected to field first
Series
Season2019/20
Player Of The Match
Series resultWest Indies won the one-off match
Match numberTest no. 2370
Hours of play (local time)9.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30
Match days27,28,29 November 2019 - day (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee