Afghanistan Under-19s vs. Qatar Under-19s – Asia Cup - Group B match - Recap
Afghanistan U-19s secured an easy victory by defeating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Qatar-c2986 U-19s by a huge 191-run margin in their Asia Cup U-19 Group B clash, played at the Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur on Jun 24, 2012.
It was a commanding performance by the Afghans, who chipped in with regular partnerships to amass a total of 308 before putting in a resolute bowling outing to dismiss Qatar for a paltry 117.
After winning the toss, Afghan captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Noor-ul-Haq-c79866, provided a good start for their team, worth 56.
The opening stand was then cut short by Tamoor Sajjad after he dismissed Ahmadi for 27. However, soon Haq was involved in another partnership with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shabir-Noori-c89259, which yielded 83 with both batters notching up commanding fifties.
Ali Ishtiaq then managed to halt the batting side as he chipped in with a double strike, removing both the set batsman.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohibullah-c77561 Paak, the middle-order pair, raised a fourth-wicket stand of 69.
Paak (41) was the first to depart and was soon followed by his partner Hashmatullah (33), but a defiant contribution by Najibullah Zadran (49) helped sustain the early momentum, despite a flurry of wickets falling in the final stages. Afghan ultimately
failed to play out their full quota but had reached a daunting 308 in 47 overs.
Qatar bowlers were all expensive and failed to unsettle the Afghan batsmen. Omar Ishtiaq was the pick of the bowlers, claiming 3 for 64 after completing his quota, while Ali http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamoor-Sajjad-c92689 bagged two scalps and
the remaining two were shared by Zohaib Aslam and Talal http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319
The Qatari batting had a disastrous start with opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aftab-Alam-c945 for golden ducks. However, a third-wicket stand between skipper Tamoor Sajjad and Taha Muhammed, added 52 runs to the score, but
both fell in quick succession - ending the only notable effort of the innings.
After the fall of their captain, the remaining batters couldn’t offer enough resistance, as wickets kept tumbling at regular intervals. Soon it was left to Afghan bowlers to remove the remaining opposition batsmen with Talal Khan (8), Ali Ishtiaq (18), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Loganathan-c73097
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Narayanaswamy-Lokesh-c78632 (8), Uzair Amir (2) and Zohaib Aslam (4) continuing the sorry tale before being all-out on 117 in the 31st over.
For Afghanistan, Captain Ahmadi was the star bowler as he bagged a five-for. Alam and Noori picked two wickets each as the only other wicket went to Zadran. Shabir Noori, for his fifty and 2 wickets won the Player of the match.
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