- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.4 holes out to deep square leg and Smit breaks the opening stand! This was very similar to the last ball Smit bowled to Zazai, this time the batter takes the aerial route to swipe the short of length ball to the leg side and finds the fielder there for a comfortable catch 53/112.4 caught at fly slip. Fuller around off, Shahzad moves towards the off side, gets low and tries to help it over the keeper's head. But all he gets is a top edge, near the toe end of the bat and a simply catch for Scholtz, who had to take only a step and a half to his left 89/39.5 loud appeal for lbw as the full ball strikes him in front, given out, and Gurbaz reviews it! It's tossed up, hits him right in front as he misses the sweep and the third umpire is checking UltraEdge, nothing there, so time for ball-tracking. Pitching around off, going straight and he's gone! 68/218.6 moves across and looks to go over short fine leg but the bowler bowls it full outside off. Asghar adjusts to scoop it over short third man but ends up playing straight into the hands of backward point. The Namibia players are congratulating him for a wonderful career, a pat on the back from Nabi too. He raises his bat as he leaves, and there's a guard of honour from the Afghanistan players as he crosses the boundary line 148/515.4 Given lbw but Najib reviews. A length ball on the stumps, misses the flick and is rapped on the pads. An appeal for lbw and the finger goes up. No inside edge there, the ball landed around off and spun in to hit in front of middle and would have gone on to hit middle and leg. Najib has to walk back here, Afghanistan lose a review as well 113/4Extras7 (lb 1, w 6)TOTAL160/5 (20 Overs, RR: 8)Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Hazratullah Zazai, 6.4 ov), 2-68 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 9.5 ov), 3-89 (Mohammad Shahzad, 12.4 ov), 4-113 (Najibullah Zadran, 15.4 ov), 5-148 (Asghar Afghan, 18.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB R Trumpelmann 4 0 34 2 8.50 14 4 2 2 0 JJ Smit 3 0 22 1 7.33 7 3 0 1 0 D Wiese 4 0 33 0 8.25 9 4 1 0 0 JN Frylinck 3 0 34 0 11.33 6 3 2 2 0 JN Loftie-Eaton 4 0 21 2 5.25 11 0 1 1 0 BM Scholtz 1 0 8 0 8.00 1 1 0 0 0 MG Erasmus 1 0 7 0 7.00 2 1 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.4 it's a skier and mid-on gets both hands under it easily. Williams went after the fulish delivery with a big swing, didn't middle it at all, and that went a long way into the blue sky before the fielder pouched it easily 2/12.4 Naveen's clever slower ball gets him his second! van Lingen gave him the charge and Naveen replied by taking the pace off the ball on the leg side, and all van Lingen could do was go through with the swing on leg but his slow bat speed showed he knew he had mistimed it, and it resulted in a leading edge to square leg 16/25.2 misses the heave off the slower ball at 102kmh, and Namibia lose their third! Loftie-Eaton wanted to go big on the leg side, probably expecting a quicker one after the slower ball earlier, but this one's another slower ball, and he misses the swing completely to lose the top of his leg stump 29/310.3 floors the Namibia captain with a searing yorker. Full, right in the blockhole. Erasmus looks to jam his bat it but misses, and the ball crashes into the leg stump. That's a big wicket for Afghanistan 56/57.1 gets a wicket first ball, Rashid Khan takes off with his airplane celebration! Not the best shot to face Rashid first ball but Green goes across a long way for an unorthodox paddle sweep and he misses the ball on the stumps completely 36/416.5 another yorker, another wicket. Hassan has added another dimension to this Afghanistan attack. This one tails in, Wiese looks to get his bat on it but all he manages an inside edge that clatters into the stumps 80/910.6 Hassan gets another. A short of length delivery outside off, Smit looks to stay away from it, tries to withdraws his bat but the ball hits the gloves and goes into Shahzad's mitts. Up goes the finger. Only Wiese standing between Afghanistan and victory 56/614.5 Naveen picks up his third. Fuller outside off, lofted but hardly any power behind it. Ends up skying towards mid-off where Nabi settles under it 69/715.6 another slower one. This time a touch fuller. Ya France goes for the slog only to top-edge it right up. Naib settles under it himself 77/8Extras6 (lb 2, w 4)TOTAL98/9 (20 Overs, RR: 4.9)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Craig Williams, 0.4 ov), 2-16 (Michael van Lingen, 2.4 ov), 3-29 (Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, 5.2 ov), 4-36 (Zane Green, 7.1 ov), 5-56 (Gerhard Erasmus, 10.3 ov), 6-56 (JJ Smit, 10.6 ov), 7-69 (Jan Frylinck, 14.5 ov), 8-77 (Pikky Ya France, 15.6 ov), 9-80 (David Wiese, 16.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Naveen-ul-Haq 4 0 26 3 6.50 10 3 0 0 0 Mohammad Nabi 2 0 17 0 8.50 6 0 2 0 0 Hamid Hassan 4 0 9 3 2.25 16 0 0 1 0 Gulbadin Naib 4 1 19 2 4.75 12 1 0 1 0 Karim Janat 2 0 11 0 5.50 5 1 0 1 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 14 1 3.50 15 0 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Afghanistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
31 October 2021 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Afghanistan 2, Namibia 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 0 wicket)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (Hazratullah Zazai 32, Mohammad Shahzad 17, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 68/2 in 9.5 overs (Mohammad Shahzad 30)
- Over 9.5: Review by Afghanistan (Batting), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Struck down)
- Over 13.6: Review by Namibia (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - Najibullah Zadran (Struck down)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 3
- Over 15.4: Review by Afghanistan (Batting), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - Najibullah Zadran (Struck down)
- Over 16.2: Review by Namibia (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Mohammad Nabi (Struck down)
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 19.1 overs (115 balls), Extras 7
- Innings Break: Afghanistan - 160/5 in 20.0 overs (Mohammad Nabi 32, Gulbadin Naib 1)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 29 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 3.1: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - JN Loftie-Eaton (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Namibia: 50 runs in 9.1 overs (55 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Namibia - 55/4 in 10.0 overs (MG Erasmus 12, D Wiese 14)
Match Coverage
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Asghar Afghan does his bit in emotional farewell to lift Afghanistan towards new highs
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First Round Group A | |||||
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Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3.754 |
NAM | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.523 |
IRE | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.853 |
NED | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2.46 |
First Round Group B | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SCOT | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.775 |
BAN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.733 |
OMA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.025 |
PNG | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2.655 |
Group 1 | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
ENG | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2.464 |
AUS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1.216 |
SA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0.739 |
SL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -0.269 |
WI | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1.641 |
BAN | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -2.383 |
Group 2 | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
PAK | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1.583 |
NZ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1.162 |
IND | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1.747 |
AFG | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1.053 |
NAM | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1.89 |
SCOT | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -3.543 |