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Afghanistan vs Japan, Group B at St Helier, May 23 2008 - Match Result

RESULT

Group B, St Helier, May 23, 2008, ICC World Cricket League Division Five

179

(40.2/50 ov, T:180) 87

Afghanistan won by 92 runs

Player Of The Match

, AFG

47 (46) & 4 catches

Favourites make strong start

Favourites make strong start

Tournament favourites Afghanistan, Nepal and USA recorded comfortable victories on the opening day of the ICC World Cricket League Division 5 in Jersey

23-May-2008•Cricinfo staff

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Scorecard summary

Afghanistan • 179/10(35.4 overs)

47 (46)

Takuro Hagihara

5/25 (7.4)

28 (38)

2/13 (5)

Japan • 87/10(40.2 overs)

19* (54)

3/22 (10)

18 (37)

2/18 (10)

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Match details

Victoria College Ground, St Helier
Toss	Afghanistan, elected to bat first
Series	ICC World Cricket League Division Five
Season	2008
Player Of The Match	Karim Sadiq
Match days	23 May 2008 - day (50-over match)
Umpires	Paul Baldwin Sanjeev Kad
Points	Afghanistan 2, Japan 0

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Favourites make strong start

Tournament favourites Afghanistan, Nepal and USA recorded comfortable victories on the opening day of the ICC World Cricket League Division 5 in Jersey

Favourites make strong start

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Japan Innings

Player Name		R	B
T Chino	caught	0	3
GB Beath	caught	5	38
K Kobayashi	caught	10	35
K Irie	lbw	0	3
CP Jones	caught	0	17
Munir Ahmed	caught	18	37
PJ Giles-Jones	caught	4	30
NA Miyaji	not out	19	54
Y Matsubara	caught	1	12
T Hagihara	bowled	1	13
S Nakano	run out	0	3
Extras	(b 2, lb 4, nb 4, w 19)
Total	87(10 wkts; 40.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
Dawlat Ahmadzai	7.1	3	6	1	0.83
Hasti Gul	10	1	22	3	2.2 (1 nb)
Hamid Hassan	10	3	18	2	1.8 (3 nb)
Gulbadin Naib	4	1	20	0	5
Ahmed Shah	4	0	9	2	2.25
Nawroz Mangal	2	0	4	1	2
Asghar Afghan	1.5	0	2	0	1.09
Mohammad Nabi	1	1	0	0	0
Samiullah Shinwari	0.2	0	0	0	0

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Gavin Beath	Tatsuro Chino
2nd	19	Gavin Beath	Kensuke Kobayashi
3rd	0	Gavin Beath	Ko Irie
4th	2	Gavin Beath	Courtney Jones
5th	4	Munir Ahmed	Courtney Jones
6th	41	Munir Ahmed	Patrick Giles-Jones
7th	0	Naoki Miyaji	Patrick Giles-Jones
8th	12	Naoki Miyaji	Yuta Matsubara
9th	9	Naoki Miyaji	Takuro Hagihara
10th	0	Naoki Miyaji	Satoshi Nakano

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ICC World Cricket League Division Five

Group A

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
NEP	5	4	0	9	3.039
USA	5	4	0	9	2.104
GER	5	3	2	6	0.675
MOZ	5	1	3	3	-2.159
NOR	5	1	4	2	-0.545
VAN	5	0	4	1	-3.520

Group B

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
JER	5	4	0	9	2.464
AFG	5	3	1	7	1.626
SGP	5	3	1	7	0.218
BOT	5	1	3	3	-0.724
JPN	5	0	3	2	-1.354
BHM	5	0	3	2	-2.655