Afghanistan beats Kenya in four-day cricket match, will face Scotland in final of the Intercontinental Cup

Afghan bowler, Hamid Hassan

In Nairobi today, Afghanistan defeated Kenya today by 167 runs in a ICC (International Cricket Council) Intercontinental Cup match. With this win, Afghanistan is now on the top of the points table and will face off against Scotland in the final match. The final is scheduled to be held in Dubai in December.

The four-day match started on October 2nd and from the very beginning, Kenya was in trouble. The Afghans started off with a big bang as captain Nawroz Mangal put the the team in a great position with a bristling unbeaten 168. Also, Karim Sadiq, Mohammad Shahzad and Mirwais Ashraf posted half-centuries. On day two, Afghanistan continued the domination. Bowler Hamid Hassan ripped through the Kenyans to give the Afghan team a 304-run first-innings lead. Afghan opener Jawed Ahmadi accomplished a half-century and left Kenya 470 runs behind and still requiring five wickets. On day three. the Kenyans rallied hard, but the Afghans were still in control and much closer to victory. On the last day, Hamid Hassan’s fantastic bowling left the Kenyans with no hope and sealed their defeat.

Summary: Afghanistan 464 (Mangal 168, Ashraf 80, Otieno 4-99) and 207 (Ahmadi 55, Ngoche 5-39, Otieno 4-44) beat Kenya 160 (Waters 73, Hassan 5-70) and 344 (D Obuya 79, Ouma 68, Hassan 6-87) by 167 runs.

October 5, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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