- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.3 got him! Gayle has lost patience and his wicket in the process. Looked to back away to open up the off-side and swing big, but Dawlat saw him do that and fired this wider. Gayle looked to reach out to carve it away but ends up nicking it behind. Surely the last time we've seen Gayle at the 50-over World Cup. 21/124.5 guess what? Rashid's got Lewis with a buffet ball. Absolutely short, begging to be smacked. Lewis rocked back to open up the leg side and pulled, but the timing was off. Got it off the toe end and the long-on fielder ran in to take an excellent catch. It's that man Nabi, who at 34 is still as fast as they come in the outfield. Excellent anticipation, he was on the move as the ball lodged in his hands but had complete control. 109/237.4 HOLES OUT TO DEEP MIDWICKET! Nabi just gets it to hang in the air a bit, and Hope tries to go for the slog sweep but doesn't time it well enough to clear the deep midwicket fence. A grateful Rashid Khan has just take a couple of steps forward to complete the catch. Two set batsmen have given their wicket away in succession for West Indies, as Afghanistan chip away with wickets 192/434.5 TERRIFIC TAKE AT MIDWICKET! Zadran bangs one in the centre of the pitch, and Hetmyer takes up the invitation to go for a full-blooded pull, but cannot place it wide enough of substitute Noor Ali Zadran, who dives away to his right and takes a specy! 174/349.1 swings, misses, rolls to the keeper. The non-striker takes off for a bye, the captain stays his ground, and it's a run-out at the bowler's end. Pooran ran the entire length of the pitch and turned back. Now, he can continue heading back to the change room. 297/549.2 heaved across the line and it's an easy catch to the man coming in from deep square. Mistimed this, also didn't pick the pace on this slower ball. 297/6Extras13 (lb 4, w 9)TOTAL311/6 (50 Overs, RR: 6.22)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Chris Gayle, 5.3 ov), 2-109 (Evin Lewis, 24.5 ov), 3-174 (Shimron Hetmyer, 34.5 ov), 4-192 (Shai Hope, 37.4 ov), 5-297 (Nicholas Pooran, 49.1 ov), 6-297 (Jason Holder, 49.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mujeeb Ur Rahman 10 0 52 0 5.20 35 6 1 2 0 Dawlat Zadran 9 1 73 2 8.11 28 6 4 1 0 Sayed Shirzad 8 0 56 1 7.00 18 4 2 0 0 Gulbadin Naib 3 0 18 0 6.00 10 1 1 0 0 Mohammad Nabi 10 0 56 1 5.60 32 4 3 0 0 Rashid Khan 10 0 52 1 5.20 31 4 1 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.3 GONE THIS TIME! A bit fuller, and wider, and Naib goes for the slog again, and the bat skews in his hand and carries towards the man at square leg. No mistake from Lewis, and Afghanistan are rocked early in a massive chase 5/126.2 GONE! Slower ball from wide of the crease, and outside off, and Rahmat cannot keep a drive down. Chris Gayle gets down and holds it low in front of himself. Gayly and Brathwaite celebrate with some well-synchronized push-ups. Is that the twist West Indies needed? 138/235.3 looks for the sweep, and given out leg before. He has chosen to review this! It was full, but could have been darting down the leg side, unless it stays with umpire's call. There seems to be no inside edge. Perhaps a touch too full to have employed the sweep. It's three-reds, and that's the end of Ikram Alikhil! He's played his hand in bringing Afghanistan close, but this was a bad time to have gotten out, and to the part-timer. But what a moment for Chris Gayle, in what should be his last World Cup innings. A smart catch, and now getting a teenager on the verge of a famous century! 189/335.5 looks like this is out! Asghar flicks this towards square leg. They look for two, but Gayle goes sprinting after that. That causes enough confusion to just slow up the two batsmen as they cross, and Najib is run out at the non-striker's by a sharp, flat throw from midwicket! 194/444.2 good catch at long off by Holder! Thrown wide and full again, and Afghan shimmies across to get to that - it would have been a wide if he had missed - and he looked to go inside out. Toe-ends it down towards long off, and West Indies do well to keep big Jason Holder there for this steepling catch. Perfectly balanced, even though he lost his shades 244/737.4 SLOWER, WIDER DOES THE TRICK! Nabi is sucked into going for a big shot, but slices it away towards deep point. Just got no distance, and Fabian Allen takes a comfortable catch, and Afghanistan's hopes sink further 201/541.4 slower ball, works again! Good catch too from Hetmyer running in from deep midwicket. Shinwari tries to go big again, but the change in pace foxes him. He has to fetch this from outside off, and can only skew it towards deep midwicket. He runs in about 10-12 yards, and takes this low in front of himself 227/646.3 strong bottom-handed hit that seemed as if it'd clear the fence, but Holder times his jump to perfection as he pulls off another wonderful catch 260/944.6 this has been hit down to long-on where Cottrell moves to his right and completes a tough catch on the move. Afghanistan collapsing quickly in search of the big hits. 255/849.6 slashed over the infield, or so it seemed until Allen ran backwards from cover and put his left-hand out and completed a stunning catch. West Indies win 288/10Extras14 (lb 2, nb 2, w 10)TOTAL288 all out (50 Overs, RR: 5.76)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Gulbadin Naib, 1.3 ov), 2-138 (Rahmat Shah, 26.2 ov), 3-189 (Ikram Alikhil, 35.3 ov), 4-194 (Najibullah Zadran, 35.5 ov), 5-201 (Mohammad Nabi, 37.4 ov), 6-227 (Samiullah Shinwari, 41.4 ov), 7-244 (Asghar Afghan, 44.2 ov), 8-255 (Dawlat Zadran, 44.6 ov), 9-260 (Rashid Khan, 46.3 ov), 10-288 (Sayed Shirzad, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SS Cottrell 7 0 43 0 6.14 21 4 1 3 0 KAJ Roach 10 2 37 3 3.70 36 3 0 1 0 O Thomas 7 0 43 1 6.14 23 6 1 0 0 JO Holder 8 0 46 0 5.75 26 6 0 2 1 FA Allen 3 0 26 0 8.66 5 4 0 0 0 CR Brathwaite 9 0 63 4 7.00 22 3 3 3 1 CH Gayle 6 0 28 1 4.66 16 1 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
West Indies , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.30 start, First Session 10.30-14.00 Interval 14.00-14.30, Second Session 14.30-18.00
Match days
04 July 2019 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
West Indies 2, Afghanistan 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 1 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 157 runs, 3 wickets)
- West Indies: 50 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (E Lewis 30, SD Hope 18, Ex 2)
- Drinks: West Indies - 78/1 in 17.0 overs (E Lewis 48, SD Hope 21)
- E Lewis: 50 off 62 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- West Indies: 100 runs in 23.3 overs (141 balls), Extras 3
- Over 23.6: Review by Afghanistan (Bowling), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - SD Hope (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- SD Hope: 50 off 65 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- West Indies: 150 runs in 30.3 overs (183 balls), Extras 3
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 48 balls (SD Hope 14, SO Hetmyer 36, Ex 1)
- Drinks: West Indies - 174/3 in 34.5 overs (SD Hope 65)
- West Indies: 200 runs in 39.4 overs (238 balls), Extras 5
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 111 runs, 2 wickets)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (N Pooran 28, JO Holder 22, Ex 0)
- West Indies: 250 runs in 45.3 overs (273 balls), Extras 7
- N Pooran: 50 off 40 balls (6 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 66 balls (N Pooran 50, JO Holder 45, Ex 8)
- West Indies: 300 runs in 49.4 overs (298 balls), Extras 13
- Innings Break: West Indies - 311/6 in 50.0 overs (CR Brathwaite 14, FA Allen 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 1 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 176 runs, 4 wickets)
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (Rahmat Shah 21, Ikram Alikhil 27, Ex 2)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 80/1 in 17.0 overs (Rahmat Shah 38, Ikram Alikhil 34)
- Rahmat Shah: 50 off 57 balls (9 x 4)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 18.6 overs (115 balls), Extras 4
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 113 balls (Rahmat Shah 50, Ikram Alikhil 46, Ex 4)
- Ikram Alikhil: 50 off 57 balls (5 x 4)
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 28.2 overs (171 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 182/2 in 34.0 overs (Ikram Alikhil 83, Najibullah Zadran 27)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (Ikram Alikhil 19, Najibullah Zadran 30, Ex 1)
- Over 35.3: Review by Afghanistan (Batting), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - Ikram Alikhil (Struck down)
- Afghanistan: 200 runs in 36.5 overs (223 balls), Extras 7
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 68 runs, 5 wickets)
- Afghanistan: 250 runs in 44.4 overs (270 balls), Extras 14
Match Coverage
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Live report - Afghanistan v West Indies
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The curious case of Phil Simmons
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