- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras15 (lb 1, w 14)TOTAL179 all out (35.4 Overs, RR: 5.01)Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Nawroz Mangal), 2-90 (Karim Sadiq), 3-94 (Asghar Afghan), 4-137 (Mohammad Nabi), 5-141 (Ahmed Shah), 6-142 (Samiullah Shinwari), 7-143 (Raees Ahmadzai), 8-144 (Hasti Gul), 9-146 (Dawlat Ahmadzai), 10-179 (Hamid Hassan, 35.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB PJ Giles-Jones 7 0 46 1 6.57 1 0 NA Miyaji 10 1 61 0 6.10 5 0 Y Matsubara 6 0 33 2 5.50 3 0 T Hagihara 7.4 0 25 5 3.26 3 0 GB Beath 5 1 13 2 2.60 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras29 (b 2, lb 4, nb 4, w 19)TOTAL87 all out (40.2 Overs, RR: 2.15)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Tatsuro Chino), 2-19 (Kensuke Kobayashi), 3-19 (Ko Irie), 4-21 (Gavin Beath), 5-25 (Courtney Jones), 6-66 (Munir Ahmed), 7-66 (Patrick Giles-Jones), 8-78 (Yuta Matsubara), 9-87 (Takuro Hagihara), 10-87 (Satoshi Nakano, 40.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Dawlat Ahmadzai 7.1 3 6 1 0.83 2 0 Hasti Gul 10 1 22 3 2.20 3 1 Hamid Hassan 10 3 18 2 1.80 2 3 Gulbadin Naib 4 1 20 0 5.00 5 0 Ahmed Shah 4 0 9 2 2.25 1 0 Nawroz Mangal 2 0 4 1 2.00 1 0 Asghar Afghan 1.5 0 2 0 1.09 1 0 Mohammad Nabi 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 Samiullah Shinwari 0.2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Afghanistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
23 May 2008 (50-over match)
Umpires
Points
Afghanistan 2, Japan 0
Match Coverage
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Tournament favourites Afghanistan, Nepal and USA recorded comfortable victories on the opening day of the ICC World Cricket League Division 5 in Jersey