YES! Afghanistan comes from behind to defeat Canada!

Afghans celebrate win

After a tough four days of competition against the Canadian cricket team, the Afghan team pulled it together in the end, and handed the Canadians a loud defeat. Afghanistan 264 and 494 for 4 (Shahzad 215, Nabi 80, Mangal 70) beat Canada 566 and 191 for 4 dec by six wickets at the Intercontinental Cup at Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Afghanistan is now on top the Intercontinental Cup table and is considered by many as one of the strongest associate nations. Many cricket fans, worldwide, agree that the Afghan cricket team’s story of how they rose amongst the ranks is one of the most inspirational stories in cricket history.

Scoreboard: Canada (1st innings): 566. Afghanistan (1st innings): 264. Canada (2nd innings): 191. Afghanistan (2nd innings / overnight 40 for no loss): Karim Sadiq c Hansra b Rizwan Cheema 42, Noor Ali c Bastiampillai b Dhaniram 52, Mohammad Shahzad (not out) 215, Nowroz Mangal c & b David 70, Mohammad Nabi c sub (HS Baidwan) b Patel 80, Asghar Stanikzai (not out) 22. Extras: (b-5, lb-3, w-4, nb-1) 13. Total: (for 4 wickets; 106.4 overs) 494. Fall of Wickets: 1-70, 2-119, 3-282, 4-460. Bowling: Rizwan Cheema 22-0-119-1 (1w), Khurram Chohan 17-1-72-0, NR Kumar 8.4-1-43-0, S Jyoti 24-0-105-0, H Patel 8-1-47-1 (2w), S Dhaniram 11-2-30-1, R David 16-0-70-1 (1nb).

February 23, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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