short outside off, played to cover and Afghanistan have won by 8 runs
Afghanistan vs Nepal, 3rd Quarter-Final at Incheon, Oct 01 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
That 19th over turned the game Afghanistan's way, an average bowling performance by them, just had enough runs on the board to get past Nepal who were on top for significant stretches of the game. Another Afghanistan-Nepal match to be remembered for a long time, it's Afghanistan who now go through to meet Hong Kong in the Asian Games semi-finals tomorrow. Thanks for being with us, this is Ainnur and Shahriar from the ACC with Raju back in Chennai for Cricinfo signing off from Incheon.
full, driven to off, it looks like Afghanistan now
width outside off, can't connect with the smash
full toss outside off, slammed away over cover on the boundary, misjudges it, over him and just short of the boundary rope
back of a length width outside off, Sagar throws the proverbial at it, misses
back of a length outside off, Shakti plays to the off-side. Gulbadin gets away with a loose ball
Big ask now, Nepal did it a couple of times in the recent ICC World T20 Qualifiers though. Gulbadin to bowl the last
Big over by Afghanistan, Fareed's a raw talent, desire carrying him through
full toss outside off, toe-ended away to the off-side
full, comes in with the arm, Gyanendra tries to go big, off-stump is knocked down!
big swat to a full ball outside off, misses
slash-edge outside off, third man moves to his left to field
full, defended
Suman Adhikari (Nepal): "Keep calm and believe in Malla". Sagar Pun, sound head on young shoulders in, knows what he has to do in this situation. Around the wicket comes Fareed, face red with intensity
full, into the base of off, Basant backing away to play square
Over the wicket
down the wicket to smite, no timing, just out of the reach of Nabi's upstretched right hand
full, on leg, driven to long on
100-up
connects with the sweep this time, fumble at square leg and the throw's wayward or the run out was on
goes to off, to sweep to leg, ball bounces over the bat into the arm
play and miss outside off, ball coming in with the arm, Nabi around the wicket to the lefty
Dangalmanose (Nepal): "Afganistan vs Nepal match are always full of excitement, intensity, full of energy till the end of match. Pretty much like INDvPAK affairs in associate country. "
Management over by Nepal, target in reach. One big over by either side decides it. Or Nepal can just steadily keep accumulating
short, pulled away hard, Nabi's there at short midwicket, saved a lot of runs today