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Friday 22 November 2013

ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Results: Afghanistan beat Nepal to take control of group B

Karim Sadiq holds the Afghanistan flag



















Afghanistan and Nepal involved in a shorten match of the tournament. Each team batted 7 over’s only. Afghan captain won the toss and chose to field first. Nepal started brilliantly openers smashed the balls over the park. Specially Sagar Pun scored 22 of 14 and the middle order batter Gyanendra Malla scored 23 of 9 balls he played really well. After 7 over’s Nepal collected 73/3. In reply Afghanistan's openers needed to get the side off to a good start, and Mohammad Shahzad and Nawroz Mangal responded by adding 52 in just 4.2 overs. Afghan got home in 6.2 Overs Shahzad scored 43* of 22. Nepal will play vs Bermuda tomorrow they simple can’t lose this match in order to keep their qualifications hope alive.




UAE 159 for 8 (Azam 36, Baidwan 4-23) beat Canada123 (Bagai 43, Aziz 3-25) by 36 runs


Ireland 147 for 4 (Wilson 40) beat Uganda 99 for 7 (Dockrell 2-12, Stirling 2- 23) by 47 runs


Hong Kong 169 for 4 (Atkinson 74, Nizakat 57) beat United States of America 102 (Dar 4-17) by 67 runs


Afghanistan 78/1 (Shahzad 43* ) beat Nepal 73/3 (Malla 23 ) by 9 wickets