Afghanistan beat West Indies by six runs
NAGPUR, India – Afghanistan downed the powerful West Indies by six runs in a thrilling World Twenty20 match in Nagpur on Sunday, handing the determined underdogs a consolation victory.
Afghanistan, who lost three straight matches in the Super 10s and have failed to make the semi-finals, made a respectable 123/7 after being sent in to bat.
The West Indies, who have already qualified for the final four and finished top of their group, failed to chase down the total in the face of some excellent Afghanistan spin bowling and fielding.
SCOREBOARD
Afghanistan
Mohammad Shahzad c Benn b Badree 24
Usman Ghani b Badree 4
Ashar Stanikzai c Bravo b Badree 16
Gulbadin Naib c Bravo b Sammy 8
Samiullah Shenwari c Sammy b Benn 1
Najibullah Zadran not out 48
Mohammad Nabi c Samuels b Russell 9
Shafiqullah Shafiq c Fletcher b Russell 4
Rashid Khan not out 6
Extras (lb 2, w1) 3
Total (7 wickets, 20 overs) 123
Did not bat: Amir Hamza, Hamid Hassan
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Ghani), 2-33(Shahzad), 3-50 (Stanikzai), 4-52 (Shenwari), 5-56 (Naib), 6-90 (Nabi), 7-103 (Shafiq)
Bowling: Russell 4-0-23-2, Badree 4-0-14-3, Brathwaite 2-0-21-0, Benn 4-0-18-1, Bravo 4-0-28-0, Sammy 2-0-17-1
West Indies
Johnson Charles b Hassan 22
Evin Lewis c Khan b Hamza 0
Andre Fletcher not out 11
Marlon Samuels b Khan 5
Denesh Ramdin st Shahzad b Khan 18
Dwayne Bravo lbw b Nabi 28
Andre Russell run out 7
Darren Sammy c Shenwari b Naib 6
Carlos Braithwaite c Zadran b Nabi 13
Samuel Badree not out 2
Extras (lb 1, w 2, nb 2) 5
Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 117
Did not bat: Sulieman Benn
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Lewis), 2-33 (Charles), 2-34 (Fletcher rtd not out), 3-38 (Samuels), 4-79 (Bravo), 5-89 (Ramdin), 6-98 (Russell), 7-107 (Sammy), 8-114 (Braithwaite)
Bowling: Hamza 4-0-9-1, Nabi 4-0-26-2, Hassan 2.4-0-19-1, Khan 4-0-26-2, Shenwari 4-0-22-0, Naib 1.2-0-14-1
Result: Afghanistan won by six runs
Toss: West Indies
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK), Bruce Oxenford (AUS)
TV umpire: Richard Kettleborough (ENG)
Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)
Reserve umpire: Ian Gould (ENG)
