| 0.0 : TOSS - The flip of the coin lands in favor of Uganda and they will BOWL first. |
| Afghanistan (Playing XI) - Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (C), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi. |
| Uganda (Playing XI) - Simon Ssesazi (WK), Roger Mukasa, Ronak Patel, Riazat Ali Shah, Dinesh Nakrani, Robinson Obuya, Alpesh Ramjani, Brian Masaba (C), Bilal Hassan, Cosmas Kyewuta, Henry Ssenyondo. |
| Brian Masaba, the skipper of Uganda says that they will Bowl first. Adds that they want to keep the opposition to a reasonable score that they can chase. Shares that playing in the World Cup is massive for them and will help to grow the game around the world. Ends by sharing that they are coming off some tough tours and are ready for the tournament. |
| Rashid Khan, the captain of Afghanistan says that you need to be having the mindset of going out there and expressing yourself and let the skills decide the game and not the toss. Adds that it is great to see Uganda here at the big stage and a decade or so ago, they used to be in that place and now they just want to keep improving. Mentions that they have good spinners in the side and have had good preparations as they have been here for about two weeks now. |
| PITCH REPORT - Danny Morrison is pitchside. He starts by saying that it is very humid at 88 percent and there is a pleasant breeze as well. Adds that the smaller side is on the western end with 70 meters and the eastern side is 76 meters with straight boundary being 80 meters. Samuel Badree joins him and says it will be spin to win and Afghanistan have the best spin percentage of all full member nations whereas Uganda's spinners bowl most of their overs as well. It is the same pitch from the l |
| We are just a few minutes away from the start of this game but first, the two sets of players stride out to the middle behind the match officials and lineup for their respective national anthems. We start with the anthem of Uganda followed by that of Afghanistan. |
| We are done with the pre-match formalities and the teams now head out to the middle. The pair of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran stride out to open for Afghanistan. It will be Alpesh Ramjani to start with the ball for Uganda. Let's play... |
| 0.1 : Alpesh Ramjani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Starts off pretty well. A bit of flight on it, bowled fuller and around off, Rahmanullah Gurbaz stays watchful and defends it to the off side. |
| 0.2 : Alpesh Ramjani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, SIX! Wow, what a classy shot to get the game underway! |
| 0.3 : Alpesh Ramjani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, No run. |
| 0.4 : Alpesh Ramjani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, This one is drifted into middle stump, Rahmanullah Gurbaz stays back and blocks it off. |
| 0.5 : Alpesh Ramjani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Buzzers! uh, oh! Four overthrows here and Afghanistan get a total of five runs here. |
| 0.6 : Alpesh Ramjani to Ibrahim Zadran, 1 run. |
| 1.1 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Ibrahim Zadran, Begins with a full and straight delivery, Ibrahim Zadran manages to jam the ball down through mid on and picks up a single. |
| 0.0 : Cosmas Kyewuta to steam in from the other end. |
| 1.2 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! Rahmanullah Gurbaz has put away the full toss with utmost ease here. |
| 1.3 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Excellent running once again! Length ball on off and middle, nudged down on the off side with soft hands for a run. |
| 1.4 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Ibrahim Zadran, On the fuller side and attacking the middle stump, Ibrahim Zadran plays it back with a straight bat and ends up hitting the stumps at the other end. |
| 1.5 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Ibrahim Zadran, Four! |
| 1.6 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Ibrahim Zadran, Hits the deck this time and bowls it outside off, the ball nips away a bit as well. A loose cut shot from Ibrahim Zadran but he is well beaten. |
| 2.1 : Dinesh Nakrani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Begins from over the wicket and bowls it a bit full on middle and leg, Rahmanullah Gurbaz stays on the front foot and punches it to mid off for a quick single. |
| 1.6 : Dinesh Nakrani is into the attack now. |
| 2.2 : Dinesh Nakrani to Ibrahim Zadran, No run. |
| 2.3 : Dinesh Nakrani to Ibrahim Zadran, Slightly pitched up on middle, angling it across, Ibrahim Zadran stands tall and taps it away towards cover-point. |
| 2.4 : Dinesh Nakrani to Ibrahim Zadran, In the air but wide of the man at mid off and Riazat Ali Shah does well to keep it down to a single. Slower one, pitched up around off, Ibrahim Zadran looks to hit through the line but is early in his shot and gets it wide of mid off for a single. |
| 2.5 : Dinesh Nakrani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! Up and over! |
| 2.6 : Dinesh Nakrani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Drop and run! On a dragged length around off stump, Rahmanullah Gurbaz lets the ball come onto the bat and just dabs it down to short third for a run. |
| 3.1 : Bilal Hassan to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Leg bye! Bilal Hassan begins from over the stumps and hits his mark right away. Good length on middle and angling back in sharply. Rahmanullah Gurbaz is quite forward and misses the flick, getting pinged on the pads. The ball rolls to the off side and they get a single. |
| 3.2 : Bilal Hassan to Ibrahim Zadran, Just back of a length and over middle stump, Ibrahim Zadran stands tall and presses back before dabbing it down towards mid-wicket. |
| 3.3 : Bilal Hassan to Ibrahim Zadran, FOUR! Hammered away! Short of a length and offering some width as well, Ibrahim Zadran takes a step to the leg side and thrashes the ball past the man at covers for a boundary. |
| 3.4 : Bilal Hassan to Ibrahim Zadran, FOUR! Another one and this has been some start for Afghanistan here. |
| 3.5 : Bilal Hassan to Ibrahim Zadran, On a hard length and angled into the body, Ibrahim Zadran looks to tuck it away but gets it off the leading edge back to the bowler. |
| 3.6 : Bilal Hassan to Ibrahim Zadran, Pitched up quite full on middle and angling in, Ibrahim Zadran plays it on the up to the right of mid off and scampers across for the single. |
| 4.1 : Alpesh Ramjani to Ibrahim Zadran, No run. |
| 4.2 : Alpesh Ramjani to Ibrahim Zadran, Tossed up around off stump, played with the turn towards cover. |
| 4.3 : Alpesh Ramjani to Ibrahim Zadran, Floated up again on the off stump, Ibrahim Zadran eases this one away through mid off and picks up a single. |
| 4.4 : Alpesh Ramjani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Misfield! |
| 4.5 : Alpesh Ramjani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Six! |
| 4.6 : Alpesh Ramjani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, No run there! Fired in a bit, full and around off, hit away straight to cover. Rahmanullah Gurbaz wants the single but is rightly sent back by his partner. |
| 5.1 : Dinesh Nakrani to Ibrahim Zadran, Four! |
| 5.2 : Dinesh Nakrani to Ibrahim Zadran, FOUR MORE! No need to run for that. Pitched full, on off. Zadran drills it through the mid-off region and it races away to the fence in flash. |
| 5.3 : Dinesh Nakrani to Ibrahim Zadran, FOUR! Make that three in a row! Slower length ball, around off. Zadran waits and steers it between the short third and the backward point fielder for a hat-trick of boundaries. |
| 5.4 : Dinesh Nakrani to Ibrahim Zadran, Four! |
| 5.5 : Dinesh Nakrani to Ibrahim Zadran, Nakrani comes from round the wicket and bowls it back of a length, angling in. Zadran tucks it toward mid-on for one. |
| 5.6 : Dinesh Nakrani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Full-length delivery, on the middle and leg. Gurbaz prods and eases it to long-on for a single. |
| 6.1 : Henry Ssenyondo to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Flatter arm ball, on the middle and leg. Gurbaz punches it back at the bowler. |
| 6.2 : Henry Ssenyondo to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Tad short, on off. Gurbaz knocks it to long-on for one. |
| 6.3 : Henry Ssenyondo to Ibrahim Zadran, Drifted on the leg peg. Zadran turns it toward mid-wicket for a single. |
| 6.4 : Henry Ssenyondo to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, No run. |
| 6.5 : Henry Ssenyondo to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, SIX! HIGH AND HANDSOME! Pitched full, on the middle and leg. Gurbaz shimmies down the pitch and hammers it over the long-on boundary for a huge 92-metre hit. |
| 6.6 : Henry Ssenyondo to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Tad short, outside off. Gurbaz goes back and cuts it to deep extra cover for a single. |
| 7.1 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Full and straight at the stumps. Gurbaz shuffles and turns it toward short mid-wicket. |
| 7.2 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Pitched full, around off. Gurbaz lifts it toward wide of long-off for a couple. |
| 7.3 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Back of a length, on off. Gurbaz advances and tucks it round the corner for a single. |
| 7.4 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Ibrahim Zadran, Full-length delivery at the pad. Zadran flicks it aerially toward backward square leg for one. |
| 7.5 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Too full, outside off. Gurbaz shuffles across. Swings hard but fails to connect. |
| 7.6 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Pace-off, on a fullish length, around off. Gurbaz prods and drives off the inner half toward long-on for one. A tidy over from Cosmas Kyewuta. |
| 8.1 : Henry Ssenyondo to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, SIX! BOOM! Rahmanullah Gurbaz goes big and long! Tosses it full at the stumps. Gurbaz clears the front leg and hammers it back over the bowler and down the ground for a gigantic six. |
| 8.2 : Henry Ssenyondo to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, WIDE! Flatter, outside the tramline. Gurbaz lets it go. Wide signaled. |
| Henry Ssenyondo to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Much fuller and a hint of spin, around off. Gurbaz looks to drive but gets beaten on the outside edge. The keeper takes off the bails in a flash and appeals for Stumping. The on-field umpire goes upstairs. The replays show that the foot is grounded. NOT OUT is the call on big screen. |
| 8.3 : Henry Ssenyondo to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FIFTY FOR GURBAZ! Tad short on the middle and leg. Gurbaz works it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 8.4 : Henry Ssenyondo to Ibrahim Zadran, No run. |
| 8.5 : Henry Ssenyondo to Ibrahim Zadran, 1 run. |
| 8.6 : Henry Ssenyondo to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Quicker and flatter on off. Gurbaz punches it to long off for a run. |
| 9.1 : Dinesh Nakrani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, On a length, around off. Gurbaz advances and slaps it to deep backward point for a brace. |
| 9.2 : Dinesh Nakrani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! DISMISSIVE FROM GURBAZ! Low full toss, on off. Gurbaz makes room and thrashes it over the extra cover and toward wide long off region for a thumping boundary. |
| 9.3 : Dinesh Nakrani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 2 runs. |
| 9.4 : Dinesh Nakrani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 1 run. |
| 9.5 : Dinesh Nakrani to Ibrahim Zadran, Full outside off. Driven out to deep cover point for another single. Brings up the 100-run partnership. |
| 9.6 : Dinesh Nakrani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Back of a length, angling into the batter. Gurbaz waits and tucks it toward the vacant mid-wicket region for a couple. |
| 0.0 : Drinks break! Time for a breather and well, Uganda certainly need it. This has been some batting from the Afghan openers and Rahmanullah Gurbaz in particular has been outstanding. Uganda didn't do justice with the new ball and are now playing the chasing game. With all 10 wickets intact, Afghanistan will be eyeing at least 200 which on this pitch is a score well above par. Can Uganda turn things around in the second half of the first innings? Let's find out. |
| 10.1 : Riazat Ali Shah to Ibrahim Zadran, FOUR! Riazat Ali Shah is welcomed into the attack with a boundary. Poor start from Shah as he strays onto the pads, Ibrahim Zadran flicks it away over short fine leg and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 10.2 : Riazat Ali Shah to Ibrahim Zadran, Much better! Hits the deck hard and bowls it around the top of off stump, Ibrahim Zadran stands tall and hits it straight to covers. |
| 10.3 : Riazat Ali Shah to Ibrahim Zadran, A bit risky, but excellent running in the end. This is bowled full and angled into the legs, Ibrahim Zadran clips it away through square leg and the call is for two right away. Bilal Hassan runs around to his left and fires in a throw at the batter's end where the keeper whips off the bails but the replays show that Zadran was well in. |
| 10.4 : Riazat Ali Shah to Ibrahim Zadran, Two more! Full and straight at the stumps, right in the blockhole, this is jammed out through mid on by Ibrahim Zadran for a brace. |
| 10.5 : Riazat Ali Shah to Ibrahim Zadran, 1 run. |
| 10.6 : Riazat Ali Shah to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, This is fine placement and brilliant running from the Afghan batters. On a good length at the pads, Rahmanullah Gurbaz just nudges it away with soft hands into the gap at square leg and races back for the second run. |
| 11.1 : Brian Masaba to Ibrahim Zadran, Starts off with a bit of a drag-down but gets away with it. Bowled short and on leg stump, staying low, Ibrahim Zadran pulls it to deep mid-wicket and picks up a single. |
| 11.2 : Brian Masaba to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, A bit quicker and fuller on the pads, Rahmanullah Gurbaz drives it away down to wide long on and rotates the strike. |
| 11.3 : Brian Masaba to Ibrahim Zadran, Floats it up a bit, around off and turning away, Ibrahim Zadran drives it on the bounce towards covers. |
| 11.4 : Brian Masaba to Ibrahim Zadran, A fine effort in the dep to save one run but that brings up the FIFTY for Ibrahim Zadran and this has been a classy knock so far. |
| 11.5 : Brian Masaba to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 1 run. |
| 11.6 : Brian Masaba to Ibrahim Zadran, Floated up full and outside off, stroked away through the point region for a single. |
| 12.1 : Alpesh Ramjani to Ibrahim Zadran, Fired in full and angled into leg stump, Ibrahim Zadran stays leg side of the ball and manages to keep it out. |
| 12.2 : Alpesh Ramjani to Ibrahim Zadran, 1 run. |
| 12.3 : Alpesh Ramjani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, In the air but will fall safely and a misfield allows the batters to come back for two. Nicely flighted delivery outside off stump, Rahmanullah Gurbaz looks to go over covers but miscues it a lot squarer and pover the infield for a couple of runs. |
| 12.4 : Alpesh Ramjani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hit hard and just past the bowler! Tossed up on the stumps, Rahmanullah Gurbaz backs away and flat-bats it a bit uppishly to the right of the bowler who sticks out a right hand but the ball goes past him and down to long on. Just the single then. |
| 12.5 : Alpesh Ramjani to Ibrahim Zadran, The call is for two and they will get it with ease. |
| 12.6 : Alpesh Ramjani to Ibrahim Zadran, Another call for two but won't get it this time. On a dragged length and angled at the pads, Ibrahim Zadran backs away and nudges it in front of mid-wicket for one. |
| 13.1 : Bilal Hassan to Ibrahim Zadran, FIVE WIDES! Oh, that is a wild delivery from Bilal Hassan and that is the last thing Uganda needed at the moment. Full and quick, looking to angle it into the pads but this is spilled well down the leg side, no chnace for the diving keeper there and the ball races away to the fine leg fence. |
| Bilal Hassan to Ibrahim Zadran, No ball and Four! That was a fine effort on the fence from Cosmas Kyewuta but it wouldn't have mattered as Bilal Hassan has overstepped and it will be a Free Hit for Afghanistan. Bowled on a good length and around off, Ibrahim Zadran just stays put and lofts it wide of long off where Cosmos runs across and catches the ball but falls over the ropes and flicks the ball in which then rolls back onto the ropes. 10 already off the over without a single legal b |
| Bilal Hassan to Ibrahim Zadran, That is spot on! |
| 13.2 : Bilal Hassan to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hard length around off and banged into the deck a bit, Rahmanullah Gurbaz is late on the pull and mistimes it down to long on for a single. |
| 13.3 : Bilal Hassan to Ibrahim Zadran, SIX! Smashed away brilliantly by Ibrahim Zadran and 18 off the over with three balls remaining. Slower one, on a good length and angling at the stumps. This one sits up nicely and Zadran just whacks it across the line and thumps it well over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 13.4 : Bilal Hassan to Ibrahim Zadran, Full and around off stump, Ibrahim Zadran shuffles across the off stump looking for the scoop but miscues it towards short fine leg for a single. |
| 13.5 : Bilal Hassan to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ouch, that must have stung a lot! Pitched up full around off stump, Rahmanullah Gurbaz smahses it right back and the ball hits the bowler on the right shoulder on the followthrough and goes to the leg side. The batters get two runs and Bilal Hassan just shrugs it off. |
| 13.6 : Bilal Hassan to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! 25 off the over and the 150 is already up Afghanistan. Banged in short biut angling down leg, Rahmanullah Gurbaz whips it off his hips and gets it well over backward square leg for yet another boundary. |
| 14.1 : Brian Masaba to Ibrahim Zadran, Flatter one on a length and around off and middle, Ibrahim Zadran stays back and punches iot firmly towards deep cover for a couple of runs. Good fielding in the deep to save the boundary. |
| 14.2 : Brian Masaba to Ibrahim Zadran, Floats it up a bit on a nagging length and follows the batter down leg, Ibrahim Zadran fails to pull it away. |
| 14.3 : Brian Masaba to Ibrahim Zadran, OUT! b Brian Masaba. |
| 14.4 : Brian Masaba to Najibullah Zadran, 1 run. |
| 0.0 : Najibullah Zadran is in at 3. |
| 14.5 : Brian Masaba to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Half an appeal for LBW but missing leg stump! Flatter one on middle and darting back in sharply off the deck, Rahmanullah Gurbaz looks to flick but misses and wears it on the pads. |
| 14.6 : Brian Masaba to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Leg bye! Another wrong'un that is bowled flat and into the pads, Rahmanullah Gurbaz plays all over it and the ball rolls off the pads on the off side. They get a leg bye. |
| 15.2 : Alpesh Ramjani to Mohammad Nabi, No run. |
| 15.3 : Alpesh Ramjani to Mohammad Nabi, Full on the middle and leg. Nabi eases it to long-on for one. |
| 15.1 : Mohammad Nabi is the new man in. |
| Alpesh Ramjani to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, OUT! CAUGHT! One wicket brings another and both the openers are back in the hut now. Ramjani tosses it full, outside off. Gurbaz gets across and slog-sweeps it aerially but straight to the throat of Riazat Ali Shah at the deep backward square leg boundary. He makes no mistake and both the set batters are dismissed in the space of few balls. |
| 15.4 : Alpesh Ramjani to Najibullah Zadran, Floated, around off. Najibullah Zadran makes room and drills it to wide of long-off for one. |
| 15.5 : Alpesh Ramjani to Mohammad Nabi, Tossed up on off. Nabi backs away and lifts it toward wide long-off for a brace. |
| 15.6 : Alpesh Ramjani to Mohammad Nabi, Pushed through on off. Nabi drops it toward short cover and takes a quick run. |
| 16.1 : Brian Masaba to Mohammad Nabi, Fuller leg break, around off. Driven to long-off for one. |
| 16.2 : Brian Masaba to Najibullah Zadran, OUT! c Dinesh Nakrani b Brian Masaba. |
| 0.0 : Gulbadin Naib walks out to bat now. |
| 16.3 : Brian Masaba to Gulbadin Naib, Flatter leg break, on off. Punched to long-off for one. |
| 16.4 : Brian Masaba to Mohammad Nabi, Full on off. Nabi pushes it toward extra cover. |
| 16.5 : Brian Masaba to Mohammad Nabi, 1 run. |
| 16.6 : Brian Masaba to Gulbadin Naib, Flighted on the middle and leg. Naib nudges it toward mid-wicket region and gets back for the second. |
| 17.1 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Mohammad Nabi, Pitched full, at the stumps. Nabi clears the front leg and drills this to long-off for one. |
| 17.2 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Gulbadin Naib, Full and quick outside off. Naib swings across the line and misses. |
| 17.3 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Gulbadin Naib, High full toss, angling in. Naib pulls it toward deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 17.4 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Mohammad Nabi, BYE! Excellent yorker, just outside off. Nabi fails to jam it out as the ball goes toward the keeper. A bit of fumble and the batters cross for a bye. |
| 17.5 : Who comes in next? |
| Cosmas Kyewuta to Gulbadin Naib, OUT! c Brian Masaba b Cosmas Kyewuta. |
| 17.6 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Azmatullah Omarzai, Pitched full, outside off. Azmatullah Omarzai reaches for it and drives it toward sweeper cover for a couple. |
| 18.1 : Brian Masaba to Mohammad Nabi, 2 runs. |
| 18.2 : Brian Masaba to Mohammad Nabi, No run. |
| 18.3 : Brian Masaba to Mohammad Nabi, Tosses it full, outside off. Nabi drives it to long-off for one. |
| 18.4 : Brian Masaba to Azmatullah Omarzai, Pitched full, around off. Azmatullah Omarzai advances and pushes it to the right of the bowler. Masaba runs around and has a shy at the stumps. He misses and allows the batter to take a run. |
| 18.5 : Brian Masaba to Mohammad Nabi, 1 run. |
| 18.6 : Brian Masaba to Azmatullah Omarzai, Tossed up on the middle and leg. Drilled to long-on for just a single. End of a fantastic spell from Brian Masaba. |
| 19.1 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Azmatullah Omarzai, Pace-off, on a fullis length, around off. Azmatullah Omarzai heaves it off the cue end, toward deep square leg for one. |
| 19.2 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Mohammad Nabi, Slower length ball, outside off. Nabi swings hard and gets an insidge edge that rolls toward backward square leg for a couple. |
| 19.4 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Mohammad Nabi, Pitched full, outside off. Nabi drills it to extra cover for just a single. |
| 19.3 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Mohammad Nabi, Full-length delivery, outside off. Mohammad Nabi plays and misses. A half an appeal from the bowler, Cosmas Kyewuta and he convinces his skipper to take the review for caught behind. The replays show a flat line and Nabi survives. |
| 19.5 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Azmatullah Omarzai, OUT! CAUGHT! Cosmas Kyewuta gets his second of the night! Pace-off, on a length, around off. Azmatullah Omarzai swings across the line and gets an outside edge that flies toward the cover point region. Alpesh Ramjani comes under it and takes a dolly. |
| 19.6 : Cosmas Kyewuta to Rashid Khan, On a length, outside off. Rashid Khan reaches for it and slaps it toward deep extra cover for a couple. Afghanistan finish on 183 for 5. They will be disappointed as they were well on course to get above 220. Excellent fight back from Uganda. |
| 19.5 : Skipper, Rashid Khan comes in to face the final delivery. |
| 0.0 : What a fine comeback from Uganda in the final five or so overs but it was all about the Afghanistan openers as they put on a fine show and have helped their side to put on a pretty substantial total here. Afghanistan began their innings on a positive note and got away a flurry of boundaries in the Powerplay, racking in 66 runs as well. Rahmanullah Gurbaz looked at his hard-hitting best and Ibrahim Zadran also looked classy at the other end. The duo put on 154 runs for the first wicket before |
| Uganda will now feel if they had bowled better lines and lengths early on, they could have easily restricted Afghanistan to about 160 odd runs but they will still take 183 given 210 seemed almost a guarantee at one point and they will have momentum heading into the interval as well. They were second best for about 14 or so overs but once skipper Brian Masaba got that elusive first wicket, they were able to latch onto the opportunity and picked up wickets in a heap. Masaba was the pick of the bo |
| Ibrahim Zadran, one of the stars of Afghanistan's innings is up for a chat. He says that he tries to keep it very simple. Adds that he is working hard on his skills and wants to enjoy his cricket. Mentions that him and Rahmanullah Gurbaz have been playing for a long time and have good communication. Shares that they havenât faced the Uganda bowlers in the past but they discussed on checking out the bowlers before taking them on. |
| Right 184 needed for Uganda to win their first ever World Cup match at the senior level but it won't be one bit easy. Afghanistan have quality spinners in their ranks and given how the last 5-6 overs of the first innings panned out, Uganda will need to go ballistic in the Powerplay. Join us in a bit for the exciting run chase. |
| ... The Run Chase ... |
| We are back for the run chase! The umpires are back out in the middle and Rashid Khan can be seen leading the Afghanistan players in a huddle before they take their places on the field. |
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