West Indies vs Afghanistan Live Score - Live Cricket Scorecard WI vs AFG, Match 40, ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 2024, Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
16.2: Andre Russell to Rashid Khan, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! DONE AND DUSTED! A real Caribbean flare! West Indies win in style by a mammoth margin of 104 runs! 8 wins on the trot and the longest winning streak in the T20Is for the Men In Maroon. Fuller-length delivery, in the slot and there to be hit. Rashid Khan clears his front foot to open up the off side and hoist it over and across the line, but slices and swirls it up high in the night sky. West Indian skipper, Rovman Powell from long off runs ahead towards the mid off region and settles underneath it, keeping his eyes on the ball till end, and takes a good catch. West Indies maintain a clean sheet and wrap up the group stage as the table toppers, with four back-to-back commanding victories.
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16.1: Andre Russell to Rashid Khan, SIX! Cracker of a shot that! Short in length, on the top of the stumps, Rashid Khan reads the length properly, gets in position quickly and pulls it well over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.
End of over 16
AFG108/9
AFG Batting F Farooqi 0(2) R Khan 12(9)
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15.6: Alzarri Joseph to Fazalhaq Farooqi, Good gas! Steams in from over the wicket, and fires in a fuller length ball, on the middle and leg. Fazalhaq Farooqi backs away and knocks it back to the bowler.
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15.6: Alzarri Joseph to Fazalhaq Farooqi, WIDE! Short and just outside the leg stump line, Fazalhaq Farooqi half-ducks at it and leaves.
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15.5: Alzarri Joseph to Fazalhaq Farooqi, Short and banged into the pitch, angling into the batter. Farooqi backs away from the line of the ball and tries to escape from it, putting the bat in the air. The ball hits the upper half of the bat and drops to the off side.
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15.4: Alzarri Joseph to Naveen-ul-Haq, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Sensational bowling this! West Indies just a solitary wicket away from a commanding win. Alzarri Joseph cannons a vicious bumper, angling on the bodyline that comes through very quickly. Naveen-ul-Haq is caught up in an awkward position as he looks to eventually duck it but he keeps the bat in the air and the ball takes off the edge, and flies towards the right of Nicholas Pooran who leaps to his left and tumbles with the momentum but keeps the ball in the gloves.
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15.3: Alzarri Joseph to Rashid Khan, Short of a good length, on off, Rashid Khan drags the pull shot to deep mid-wicket for a single.
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15.2: Alzarri Joseph to Rashid Khan, Angles it down the leg side, keeps a bit low on the bounce, Rashid Khan sits to duck but it stings on his back and carries back to the keeper.
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15.1: Alzarri Joseph to Rashid Khan, FOUR! Over the keeper, one bounce and boundary! Short in length, on the bodyline, Rashid Khan bends for a pull shot and slices it over short fine for a boundary.
End of over 15
AFG102/8
AFG Batting Naveen 4(5) R Khan 7(6)
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14.6: Gudakesh Motie to Naveen-ul-Haq, Touch full and angles into the batter with the arm, Naveen-ul-Haq presses forward and gets the inside edge of the bat onto the pads.
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14.5: Gudakesh Motie to Naveen-ul-Haq, A muted appeal for LBW but just for a moment. Angles it in again, on off, Naveen-ul-Haq comes ahead and gets beaten on the inside edge and the ball pings his pad.
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14.4: Gudakesh Motie to Naveen-ul-Haq, Angles it on off, full in length, Naveen-ul-Haq blocks it off.
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14.3: Gudakesh Motie to Naveen-ul-Haq, On a length angling in with the arm, Naveen-ul-Haq rocks back and chops it in the off side.
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14.2: Gudakesh Motie to Naveen-ul-Haq, FOUR! 100 up for Afghanistan! Gudakesh Motie bowls it on a flatter trajectory on off, Naveen-ul-Haq arches back and cuts it very late and fine for a boundary at deep third.
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14.1: Gudakesh Motie to Noor Ahmad, OUT! TAKEN! Gudakesh Motie gets his second now! Tossed up, full and on middle, turns away a bit, Noor Ahmad tries a variant of the helicopter shot but fails to get any sort of timing on that, the ball goes up in the air towards long on where Sherfane Rutherford pouches it safely. This inning or Afghanistan is going nowhere!
End of over 20
WI218/5
WI Batting A Russell 3(3) S Rutherford 1(1)
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19.6: Naveen-ul-Haq to Andre Russell, IN THE AIR AND DROPPED! Oh dear! That sums up Afghanistan's day so far! Naveen-ul-Haq bowls another slower delivery, full and on middle, Andre Russell mistimes his slog high in the air towards deep mid-wicket, Rashid Khan runs to his right, gets under it but spills it out in the end. Two runs taken. West Indies finishes on a massive 218/5!
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19.5: Naveen-ul-Haq to Sherfane Rutherford, Slower one, full and outside off, Sherfane Rutherford drags it towards long on for a single.
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19.4: Naveen-ul-Haq to Nicholas Pooran, OUT! RUN OUT! Oh..no! That is just unlucky for Nicholas Pooran! This is another full toss, on off, Nicholas Pooran drills it wide of deep point and turns around for the second run to keep the strike, Azmatullah Omarzai picks up and fires in a rocket throw towards the batter's end and hits bullseye, Pooran puts in a desperate dive but that is not good enough to save him. Nicky P has to go back for a smashing 98 and just misses out on a well-deserved ton.
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19.3: Naveen-ul-Haq to Nicholas Pooran, A good wide yorker now, outside off, Nicholas Pooran goes down across to swipe it away but fails to connect this time. He remains on 97 for now.
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19.2: Naveen-ul-Haq to Nicholas Pooran, SIX MORE! This is a freebie! A juicy full toss, on off, Nicholas Pooran moves across a bit and absolutely whacks it over the deep mid-wicket fence for another maximum.
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19.1: Naveen-ul-Haq to Nicholas Pooran, SIX! SMASHED! Naveen-ul-Haq misses the yorker and serves this in the slot, on off, Nicholas Pooran clears his front leg away and dispatches it well over the long off fence for a biggie. He moves into the 90s now! Also, he completes 2000 runs in his illustrious T20I career.
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19.1: Naveen-ul-Haq to Nicholas Pooran, Naveen-ul-Haq goes for the slower bouncer, on middle, but this one takes off and goes well over the batter, Nicholas Pooran leaves it alone. Wided.
End of over 19
WI201/4
WI Batting N Pooran 85(49) A Russell 1(2)
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18.6: Gulbadin Naib to Nicholas Pooran, Change of pace, bowls a loopy delivery, outside off, Nicholas Pooran digs it out through covers for one.
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18.5: Gulbadin Naib to Andre Russell, Short of a length and on middle, no pace at all, Andre Russell waits for it a long time but still mistimes his pull towards deep square for just a single. 200 up for West Indies!
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18.4: Gulbadin Naib to Andre Russell, Another slower delivery, full and angling into leg, keeps low, Andre Russell tries to heave it away but misses.
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18.3: Gulbadin Naib to Rovman Powell, OUT! TAKEN! Gulbadin Naib has the last laugh here! He takes pace off again, full and on off, Rovman Powell once again tries to slog across the line, but is early through his shot and gets an outside edge, the ball goes in the air, Nangeyalia Kharote (Sub) at cover-point settles under it and takes a good catch. West Indies four down now!
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18.2: Gulbadin Naib to Rovman Powell, Slower one, full and on off, Rovman Powell tries to go for the slog again but misses it this time.
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18.1: Gulbadin Naib to Rovman Powell, SIX! Rovman Powell joins the party! Gulbadin Naib bowls a low full toss, on middle, the Windies' skipper stays deep in his crease and tonks it over the bowler's head for yet another maximum.
End of over 18
WI193/3
WI Batting N Pooran 84(48) R Powell 20(12)
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17.6: Rashid Khan to Nicholas Pooran, SIX! Massive! 24 runs off Rashid Khan's over and the Windies are all set for a huge score here. Gives this one a bit more flight, on middle, Nicholas Pooran goes down once again and smokes it over the wide long on fence for six more runs. West Indies have taken 45 runs of Rashid's four overs which is not easy to do at all!
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17.5: Rashid Khan to Nicholas Pooran, Quicker, full and on middle, Nicholas Pooran swipes it wide of deep mid-wicket for a brace.
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17.4: Rashid Khan to Nicholas Pooran, SIX! Nicky P on fire here! Rashid Khan drags his length back, on middle, Nicholas Pooran rocks back and smashes it over the long on fence for another maximum. The 50-runs partnership comes up with that as well.
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17.3: Rashid Khan to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Just wide! A bit short and on middle, Nicholas Pooran stays back and heaves it away towards the deep mid-wicket fence, the fielder runs to his right but only to watch the ball go past him for a boundary.
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17.2: Rashid Khan to Nicholas Pooran, SIX! Up, up and away! Flighted, full and on middle, Nicholas Pooran goes down on one knee and nails his slog-sweep this time over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.
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17.1: Rashid Khan to Nicholas Pooran, An appeal for LBW, but turned down! Tossed up, full and on middle, turns in, Nicholas Pooran goes down to slog-sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads. Rashid Khan after a lot of thinking goes for the review. UltraEdge confirms no bat involved but Ball Tracking shows that it has pitched outside leg. Afghanistan has no reviews left now!
16.2: Andre Russell to Rashid Khan, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! DONE AND DUSTED! A real Caribbean flare! West Indies win in style by a mammoth margin of 104 runs! 8 wins on the trot and the longest winning streak in the T20Is for the Men In Maroon. Fuller-length delivery, in the slot and there to be hit. Rashid Khan clears his front foot to open up the off side and hoist it over and across the line, but slices and swirls it up high in the night sky. West Indian skipper, Rovman Powell from long off runs ahead towards the mid off region and settles underneath it, keeping his eyes on the ball till end, and takes a good catch. West Indies maintain a clean sheet and wrap up the group stage as the table toppers, with four back-to-back commanding victories.