Nabi, Shahzad to the fore in easy Afghanistan win
Afghanistan's six-wicket win was powered by Mohammad Nabi and Mohammad Shahzad as they chased down Hong Kong's 116 for 6 with two overs to spare
10/03Result
6th Match, First Round Group B (N), World T20 at Nagpur, Mar 10 2016
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![Hong Kong]( "Hong Kong")
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
119/4 (18/20 ov)
Player of the Match
10/03Result
6th Match, First Round Group B (N), World T20 at Nagpur, Mar 10 2016
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![Hong Kong]( "Hong Kong")
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
119/4 (18/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
Mohammad Shahzad
41(40) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %82%
- Productive Shot
- on drive
- 11 runs
- 0x4 - 1x6
Noor Ali Zadran
35(37) 2x4 - 0x6
Control %78%
- Productive Shot
- on drive
- 18 runs
- 1x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
Mohammad Nabi
- O4
- M0
- R20
- W4
- Eco5.00
| 1W | 2W | |||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
RJ Campbell
- O4
- M0
- R28
- W2
- Eco7.00
| 1W | 1W | |||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Series
Toss
Hong Kong , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-20.55, Interval 20.55-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.40
Match days
10 March 2016 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Afghanistan 2, Hong Kong 0
Scorecard Summary
HONG KONG 116/6 (20 OVERS)
- Ryan Campbell27 (24)
- Anshy Rath*28 (31)
- Mohammad Nabi4/20 (4)
- Gulbadin Naib1/13 (2)
AFGHANISTAN 119/4 (18 OVERS)
- Noor Ali Zadran35 (37)
- Mohammad Shahzad41 (40)
- Ryan Campbell2/28 (4)
- Nadeem Ahmed1/24 (4)
Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: Nikhil Kalro
END OF OVER:18 | 15 Runs | AFG: 119/4 | RR: 6.61
- Najibullah Zadran17 (9b)
- Gulbadin Naib4 (5b)
- Haseeb Amjad2-0-20-0
- Nadeem Ahmed4-0-24-1
10.40pm Fantastic performance from Afghanistan, clinical throughout the game to set up a shoot-out against Zimbabwe for a place in the main draw. They first bowled beautifully and their openers mixed attack with caution to effectively kill the game. Hong Kong did not have their best day and struggled throughout to put any sort of pressure on Afghanistan. Hong Kong are out, but Afghanistan have all to play for on Saturday.
Mohammad Nabi, the Player of the Match: "Very happy with my performance. My best figures in a World Cup. Pitch conditions totally slow and I decided to use my variations. I'm ready in all situations."
Asghar Stanikzai: "They played really well but Nabi bowled well. Rashid too bowled very well, and our fielding was good. Our team is very confident and our whole team is in very good form."
Tanwir Afzal: "We got a good start and we were in a position to score 140-145. Not easy to score early on, we missed key moments. Hard to bat on. So many positive things we can take from these two games, we'll regroup and come back with confidence in the next match against Scotland
17.6
4
Haseeb Amjad to Najibullah Zadran, FOUR, that will be it. A straight delivery on middle and leg, and Najib tickles it fine to the fine leg boundary. Easy win for Afghanistan, and Hong Kong crash out of the competition.
17.5
0
Haseeb Amjad to Najibullah Zadran, no run, full and wide outside off, Najib misses the drive this time
Just two needed
17.4
4
Haseeb Amjad to Najibullah Zadran, FOUR, superb shot. Fullish on off, Najib stays in his crease and then punches the drive in the gap between cover and mid-off. Great timing
17.3
4
Haseeb Amjad to Najibullah Zadran, FOUR, cracked away and that will be four. Another back of the hand slower ball which sits up for Najib to pull with disdain past midwicket
17.2
3
Haseeb Amjad to Gulbadin Naib, 3 runs, another one. This time he waits for it and then pulls over midwicket. Square leg runs around and makes an exceptional dive to save one. Did not give up on the chase at any point
17.1
0
Haseeb Amjad to Gulbadin Naib, no run, slower delivery outside off. These middle-order batsmen struggling with the pace of the wicket, through the pull too early
Haseeb Amjad
James: "Probably too late for HK, but Afganistan are making hard work of finishing this game."
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ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Super 10 Group 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.359 |
| ENG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.145 |
| SA | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.651 |
| SL | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.461 |
| AFG | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.715 |
| Super 10 Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| NZ | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.9 |
| IND | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -0.305 |
| AUS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.233 |
| PAK | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.093 |
| BAN | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1.805 |
| First Round Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| BAN | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.938 |
| NED | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.154 |
| OMA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1.521 |
| IRE | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -0.685 |
| First Round Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AFG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.54 |
| ZIM | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.567 |
| SCOT | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.132 |
| HKG | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.017 |