Afghanistan captain
Nabi won the toss chose to field first. Afghanistan's bowlers were very poor in
this match normally Afghan’s bowlers are very good at this level, they have
managed only 3 Danish wickets. Danish batters played very but did not manage to score 150 plus only
Refstrup Pedersen scored 36 he batted fluently.
The wicket was very slow it was difficult to play lofted shots because ball
does not get enough bounce. In this conditions one will think Afghanistan will
chase the target easily but this was not the case. Denmark bowled brilliantly
took 3 Afgan wickets inside 4.2 over’s.
When N. Zadran came
to bat Afgan was in danger of losing 2nd match of the qualifiers. N. Zadran
played beautifully top scored 61 off 34 with hitting 5 sixes. Mohammad Nabi gave him good
support scored 25 of 11 deliveries. When Zadran fell, Afghanistan were coasting
to victory at 132 for 6 in 13.2 over’s. They lost 2 more wickets when victory
was in matter of time. They are level
with Netherlands at the top of Group B. Afghanistan’s form indicates that they will qualify for the
2014 main event. Experts think Afgan
will give good fight vs. test playing nation in T20 format.
Afghanistan 146 for 8 (Zadran 61, Bashir 3-34) beat Denmark
145 for 3 (Pedersen 36) by two wickets
Man of the Match: N.Zadran
Scotland 181 for 5 (MacLeod 58) beat Papua New
Guinea 97 for 9 (Taylor 3-16, Goudie 3-15) by 84 runs
Man of the match: R
Taylor
