Afghanistan beat U.A.E., Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)

That is all from this game for now. Good bye

Asghar Stanikzai: "Shahzad batted really well. Two wins give confidence for our side. Wicket was good for batting."

Mohammad Tauqir: "Disappointing result for us. 160 was par on this wicket. We did not bowl and field well. We were never complacent. We knew what areas to bowl. Afghanistan are a good side. We could have defended if we had bowled in the right areas supported by the fielding. We need to look into our shortcomings."

Mohammad Shahzad is the Man of the Match. Shahzad: "Pitch is very good for batting. We had a plan for chasing these runs. Yesterday also we chased against Netherlands. No problem for us. I was waiting for the loose ball."

Two comfortable wins for Afghanistan, and two big losses for UAE, who competed with the bat today, but their attack was dismantled by Shahzad's 74 off 37. Stanikzai and Shenwari allowing no comeback for UAE with a 69-run stand in seven overs.

17.2

Javed to Asghar, SIX runs

'we want sixer' was the demand from the fans at the ground, and Stanikzai delivers the win with an almighty blow over wide long on

17.1

Javed to Samiullah Shinwari, 1 run

shortish ball into the body, not much lift, pulled to deep square

Over17

16 runs

AFG 161/2CRR: 9.47 RRR: 1.33

Asghar Afghan 38 (32b 2x4 2x6)Samiullah Shinwari 29 (22b 3x4)

Mohammad Naveed0/40 (3)

16.6

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Naveed to Asghar, no run

takes a step forward and defends a length ball

16.5

Naveed to Asghar, FOUR runs

absolutely pummelled that through covers, absolutely, sets himself deep in the crease, full ball arrives and is sent on its way

16.4

Naveed to Samiullah Shinwari, 1 run

drives the length ball on the up to extra cover

16.3

Naveed to Samiullah Shinwari, FOUR runs

Shenwari clears front leg and drags the free hit through midwicket for four more

16.3

1nb

Naveed to Samiullah Shinwari, (no ball)

uh oh, this high full toss has hit him on the thigh pad and then around the armpit, no-ball signalled right away, and a free hit too under the new rules

16.2

Naveed to Samiullah Shinwari, FOUR runs

short and wide, he is in the air as he gives the cut everything, beating the sweeper by a long way

16.1

Naveed to Samiullah Shinwari, 2 runs

full, middle stump line, flicked again very neatly to deep square

Over16

11 runs

AFG 145/2CRR: 9.06 RRR: 5.00

Asghar Afghan 34 (30b 1x4 2x6)Samiullah Shinwari 18 (17b 1x4)

Umair Ali1/13 (2)

15.6

Umair Ali to Asghar, FOUR runs

well past short fine leg, fuller ball into the pad, and his flick is several feet to the right of the man in the ring

15.5

Umair Ali to Samiullah Shinwari, 1 run

nudges it in the air off the pad, to deep midwicket

15.4

Umair Ali to Samiullah Shinwari, 2 runs

pushes a good length ball down to long off, there is a misfield and two more are taken

15.3

Umair Ali to Samiullah Shinwari, 2 runs

length on middle, worked in front of square, they take on the deep fielders and rush back for the second, easily make it

15.2

Umair Ali to Asghar, 1 run

takes it on the full with a couple of steps out and hits it to long on

15.1

Umair Ali to Samiullah Shinwari, 1 run

walks out to a length ball and pushes it to long on

Over15

17 runs

AFG 134/2CRR: 8.93 RRR: 6.20

Samiullah Shinwari 12 (13b 1x4)Asghar Afghan 29 (28b 2x6)

Mohammad Tauqir0/20 (2)

14.6

Tauqir to Samiullah Shinwari, 1 run

full on the pad, flicked behind square

14.5

Tauqir to Asghar, 1 run

takes a flatter one bowled from round the stumps and knocks it in front of square

14.4

Tauqir to Asghar, SIX runs

six more, that made such a sweet sound as he jumped out, they are going with the spin for the big hits and doing it nervelessly, gone over deep midwicket

14.3

Tauqir to Samiullah Shinwari, 1 run

on the front foot to squeeze this past point

14.2

Tauqir to Asghar, 1 run

worked to square leg

U.A.E. vs Afghanistan, 6th Match, Group B at Edinburgh, Jul 10 2015 - Match Result