- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.2 tries to hammer this over square leg now but can't get the complete hold of it, good catch to stop Rohan who was on fire since the very beginning. 122/38.5 tries to go for a big shot with a fully pitched delivery but was nowhere near the line, breakthrough for Afghanistan finally. 83/113 he tries to clear the long off fielder but only manages to take it to his hands. 121/215 fully pitched on the middle stump, batsman tries to play a flick but misses, good shout and given by the umpire. 128/4Extras11 (b 5, lb 6)TOTAL176/4 (20 Overs, RR: 8.8)Fall of wickets: 1-83 (Muhammad Kaleem, 8.5 ov), 2-121 (Shaiman Anwar, 12.6 ov), 3-122 (Rohan Mustafa, 13.2 ov), 4-128 (Amjad Javed, 14.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Dawlat Zadran 4 0 28 0 7.00 0 0 Shapoor Zadran 2 0 26 0 13.00 0 0 Mohammad Nabi 4 0 36 0 9.00 0 0 Amir Hamza 4 0 32 1 8.00 0 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 25 3 6.25 0 0 Gulbadin Naib 2 0 18 0 9.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2 goes for a drive and completely misread the length, huge wicket for UAE. 9/12.2 outside off, Ghani tries to hammer towards leg side and thick edge goes up in the air, very good start by UAE. 9/25.4 tries to play a big shot of a fully pitched delivery right on the middle stump and pays the price, Stanikzai is gone. 37/318.1 goes for a huge shot of a fully pitched delivery and misses the length, Afghanistan's performer of the day gone. 144/711.3 huge wicket for UAE, pressure of the target getting into his head making him play for a six, but finds the fielder at long-off. 84/414.2 goes for a big shot and top edge goes to the gloves of the keeper, Afghanistan facing trouble here. 103/518 there was no run there, just a block and the batsman runs for a single to pay the price at this important moment. 144/519.2 tries to go over mid-wicket and misses the line,huge shout given in by the umpire only to find that the stumps are hit as well. 21 from 4 needed now. 156/819.3 tossed up to invite the batsman who tries for something big and misread little bit of turn, two in two for Rohan. 156/919.5 comes down the track for a big shot but sharp turn doing the trick. All over for Afghanistan, a very good start of the tournament for UAE who won by 16 runs. 160/10Extras8 (b 2, lb 2, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL160 all out (19.5 Overs, RR: 8.06)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Mohammad Shahzad, 1.6 ov), 2-9 (Usman Ghani, 2.2 ov), 3-37 (Asghar Afghan, 5.4 ov), 4-84 (Mohammad Nabi, 11.3 ov), 5-103 (Gulbadin Naib, 14.2 ov), 6-144 (Najibullah Zadran, 17.6 ov), 7-144 (Karim Sadiq, 18.1 ov), 8-156 (Dawlat Zadran, 19.2 ov), 9-156 (Shapoor Zadran, 19.3 ov), 10-160 (Amir Hamza, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Mohammad Naveed 4 0 29 2 7.25 0 1 Farhan Ahmed 4 0 28 2 7.00 0 0 Amjad Javed 3 0 26 1 8.66 1 0 Ahmed Raza 4 0 32 1 8.00 1 0 Rohan Mustafa 2.5 0 19 3 6.70 0 0 Mohammad Shahzad 2 0 22 0 11.00 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
United Arab Emirates , elected to bat first
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.00 start, First Session 15.00-16.25, Interval 16.25-16.45, Second Session 16.45-18.10
Match days
19 February 2016 (20-over match)
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
United Arab Emirates 2, Afghanistan 0
Match Notes
- Match Started @ 3:00 PM
- UAE 50 Runs 28 Balls 21 Min
- Field Restriction (1 To 6) 64 Runs
- Rohan Mustafa 50 Runs 31 Balls 36 Mins (5x4, 3x6)
- UAE 100 Runs 61 Balls 45 Mins
- UAE 150 Runs 101 Balls 70 Mins
- UAE Innings End @ 4:27 PM
- Afghanistan Innings Started @ 4:45 PM
- Field Restriction (1 To 6) 39/3
- Afghanistan 50 Runs 44 Balls 34 Mins
- Karim Sadiq 50 Runs 35 Balls 47 Mins (5x4, 1x6)
- Afghanistan 100 Runs 84 Balls 60 Mins
- Afghanistan 150 Runs 115 Balls 85 Mins
- Afghanistan Innings End 6:17 PM
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