ICC T20 WC, AFG vs SCO Highlights: Afghanistan wins by 130 runs
Spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman rocked Scotland's top and middle order with his five-wicket haul while Rashid Khan wiped the lower order
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Afghanistan defeated Scotlad by 130 runs in their Super 12 match of the ICC T20 World Cup at Sharjah Cricket Ground on Monday.
Opted to bat first, Afghanistan put uup a great show with the bat with their openers Zazai and Shahzad giving a fine start to Afghanistan,putting up 50-run opening stand.
Post that, Zazai and Gurbaz contiued the assault, hitting big boundaries at will. Najibullah Zadran continued big hitting, bringing his quickfire fifty.
In reply, Scotland's top order failed to put up a show as Mubeej wreak havoc, picing 5 wickets in his 4 overs, giving just 20 runs. On the other hand, Rashid Khan joined the party,, picking 4 wickets against 9 runs he gave in 2.2 overs.
George Munsey's 25-run knock was the best effort by a Scotland batter.
Brief Scores:
Afghanistan: 190 for 4 in 20 overs (N Zadran 59, R Gurbaz 46, H Zazai 44; S Sharif 2/33, M Watt 1/23) vs Scotland.
Scotland: 60 all out in 10.2 overs. (G Munsey 25; M Rahman 5/20, R Khan 4/9).
Scotland vs Afghanistan playing 11
Afghanistan (Playing XI): Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad(w), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Asghar Afghan, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Scotland (Playing XI): George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer(c), Matthew Cross(w), Richie Berrington, Calum MacLeod, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Josh Davey, Safyaan Sharif, Bradley Wheal
Scotland vs Afghanistan playing 11 Scorecard
10:26 PM
Afghanistan wins!
Afghanistan wins by 130 runs
10:24 PM
ICC T20 WC, AFG vs SCO Live score after 10.2 overs | Scotland 60-10
Over Summary: W W
Ball 2: Rashid Khan to Wheal, Bowled!!
Ball 1: Rashid Khan to Davey, out Lbw!!
10:19 PM
ICC T20 WC, AFG vs SCO Live score after 10 overs | Scotland 60-8
Karim Janat, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
Over Summary: 0 1 Wd 1 Wd 1 0 1
Ball 6: Single
Ball 5: No run
Ball 4: Single
Ball 4: Wide
Ball 3: Davey picks one
Ball 3: Wide
Ball 2: Single
Ball 1: Karim to Sharif, no run
10:13 PM
ICC T20 WC, AFG vs SCO Live score after 9 overs | Scotland 54-8
Over Summary: L1 4 L1 1 W 1
Ball 6: Single
Ball 5: OUT! LBW given by umpire and Greaves is gone! Chris Greaves lbw b Rashid 12(12)
Ball 4: Davey picks one
Ball 3: Rashid to Greaves, leg byes, 1 run
Ball 2: Rashid to Greaves, FOUR, to deep backward point
Ball 1: Rashid to Davey, leg byes, 1 run, to square leg
10:08 PM
ICC T20 WC, AFG vs SCO Live score after 8 overs | Scotland 46-7
Over Summary: 0 0 0 5 W 1
Ball 6: Single
Ball 5: BOWLED! Watt is stunned as Mujeeb gets to his 5-wicket haul! Mark Watt b Mujeeb 1(3)
Ball 4: Nabi overthrows and the ball clears the boundary, 5 runs of fit
Ball 3: no run
Ball 2: no run
Ball 1: Mujeeb to Greaves, no run
10:03 PM
ICC T20 WC, AFG vs SCO Live score after 7 overs | Scotland 40-6
Rashid Khan, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
Over Summary: 0 1 W 0 1 1
Ball 6: Greaves picks one
Ball 5: Watt picks a single
Ball 4: Rashid to Watt, no run
Ball 3: OUT! Rashid appeals for LBW and given by the umpire, Scotland reviews, but to no avail! Leask lbw b Rashid 0(5)
Ball 2: Single
Ball 1: Rashid to Greaves, no run
9:58 PM
ICC T20 WC, AFG vs SCO Live score after 6 overs | Scotland 37-5
Over Summary: 0 6 W 0 1 0
Ball 6: No run
Ball 5: Single
Ball 4: Mujeeb to Chris Greaves, no run
Ball 3: OUT! Munsey bowled on a carrom ball! Munsey b Mujeeb 25(18) [4s-2 6s-2]
Ball 2: Mujeeb to Munsey, SIX
Ball 1: Mujeeb to Munsey, no run
9:52 PM
ICC T20 WC, AFG vs SCO Live score after 5 overs | Scotland 30-4
Over Summary: 0 Wd 1 W 0 0 0
Ball 6: No run
Ball 5: No run
Ball 4: No run
Ball 3: OUT! Edge and Cross gets caught behind the wicket!
Ball 2: Single for Munsey to mid-on
Ball 2: Wide
Ball 1: Naveen-ul-Haq to Munsey, no run
9:44 PM
ICC T20 WC, AFG vs SCO Live score after 4 overs | Scotland 28-3
Over Summary:
Ball 6: OUT! Mujeeb gets third wickets in this over! Berrington given LBW!
Ball 5: Mujeeb to Berrington, no run
Ball 4: Mujeeb to Berrington, no run
Ball 3: Mujeeb to MacLeod, out Lbw!! Two in two for Mujeeb
Ball 2: Mujeeb to Coetzer, out Bowled!
Ball 1: Mujeeb to Munsey, 1 run
9:39 PM
ICC T20 WC, AFG vs SCO Live score after 3 overs | Scotland 27-0
Over Summary: 2 0 4 0 0 4
Ball 6: FOUR!
Ball 5: No run
Ball 4: No run
Ball 3: FOUR!
Ball 2: No run
Ball 1: Naveen-ul-Haq to Coetzer, 2 runs
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First Published: Oct 25 2021 | 6:02 PM IST