Afghanistan tour of Scotland - Scotland levels the series with a 6-wicket win
Josh Davey’s five wickets haul helped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 level the two match one-day series against Afghanistan with a six wicket victory at Cambusdoon New Ground, Ayr on Tuesday, 17th August. Chasing a meagre total of 120 set by Afghanistan, the guests were taken home by Fraser Watts’ half century in the 34th over with six wickets intact.
Remarkable show of disciplined bowling by the Scotland attack led by Josh Davey rolled over the Afghani team in the 41st over, only for 120. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 batting line-up, which performed brilliantly in the first ODI to set up nine wickets victory, looked out of flair in this match as the side kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. Seven of the visiting batters failed to enter double figures with two ducks as well. At 49 for 6, it seemed as if Afghanistan would even have to struggle for 100 but thanks to the late hitting of Samiullah Shenwari that helped the visitors set a three-digit total. Josh Davey sparked remarkably with the ball claiming 5 scalps for only 9 in his allotted quota of eight overs.
In a reply, the hosts despite losing three quick wickets kept the nerves with experienced Fraser Watts on the crease. Fraser’s half century was well supported by Richie Berrington who scored 33 runs off 43 balls. Shapoor Zadran, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamid-Hassan-c1524 shared one wicket each.
The morning rain forced the match to start a bit later than the due time, but surprisingly, Afghanistan opted to bat after winning the toss. The captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nawroz-Mangal-c2084 was soon made to regret the decision after losing the openers Karim Sadiq first ball – the danger man who scored 114 the previous day. Sadiq, trying to drive the ball on back foot, was caught behind by Dougie Lockhart off Gordon Drummond.
Javed Ahmadi and the wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Shahzad added 17 runs the scorecard before the latter was bowled by Matthew Parker in the fourth over. The wicketkeeper batsman tried to go for a booming drive on a length but got an inside onto the top of middle stump. The centurion of the first one-day could score only 11 runs off as many deliveries hitting two boundaries. The two danger men - Karim Sadiq and Mohammad Shahzad who shared a 200 plus partnership the previous day - were sacked by the Scottish attack with only 17 on the board.
Javed Ahmadi shared another 17 runs partnership with the skipper Nawroz Mangal from the next five overs. That became 34 for 3 when Mangal became first victim of Josh Davey in the ninth over after being caught by the fifth-wicket taker of the day. Soon the innings subsided to 49 for six.
Samiullah Shenwari and Noor-ul-Haq tried to revive the innings by sharing a partnership of 46 runs for the seventh wickets stand but the effort went into a vain as the final three wickets added only four runs from four overs. Davey completed his five wickets of the day having Shenwari caught by Matthew http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Parker-c80761 at square leg. The visitors were all out for only 120 on the second ball of 41st over. Josh Davey took five wickets conceding only nine runs in his 8-over spell, while Matthew Parker claimed 2 for 17.
Scotland’s chase got off to a shaky start with Gavin Hamilton being removed by Mirwais Ashraf for only 2 in the fourth over. Ryan Flannigan, playing his ODI debut was caught behind for a duck by Shapoor Zadran as the hosts wobbled on 15-2. After Josh Davey’s dismissal ten overs later, fluent Fraser Watts found Richie http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Berrington-c47840 as a stable partner and the duo posted 60 runs for the fourth wicket-stand taking Scotland to the brink of six-wicket victory. Although Richie Berrington was bowled out by Shenwari in the 32nd over; Watts was able to take the side home with more than sixteen overs to spare and six wickets intact.
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