Canada v Afghanistan - ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day, 2011-2013 – 4th Match Recap
Afghanistan 150 (18.3/20 ov) v
Canada 133/9 (20.0/20 ov) - Afghanistan won by 17 runs
Afghanistan beat Canada in the fourth One Day International (ODI) of the ongoing International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625)
Intercontinental Cup One-Day, 2011-2013, by 17 runs at Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club.
After winning the toss, in a match that was reduced to a 20/20 game because of delay caused by rain, Afghanistan chose to bat first in a bid to post maximum runs by batting early on.
However, Afghanistan struck catastrophe on the third ball of the innings when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khurram-Chohan-c1791 after scoring only a run.
On the penultimate delivery of the fourth over, the 20-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harvir-Singh-Baidwan-c61987 after playing a knock of eight runs off 10 deliveries. At the time of his departure Afghanistan
had managed to post 33 runs on the board for the loss of two wickets.
With opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nawroz-Mangal-c2084 played a commendable knock of 14 runs off 6 deliveries before losing his wicket on the fourth delivery of the sixth over when he dragged the ball bowled by Baidwan straight into his
stumps.
Karim then found his way back to the pavilion after playing an innings of 34 runs off 23 deliveries before being given leg-before-wicket when he was trapped right in front of stumps on a delivery bowled by Parth Desai.
At this point in time, Afghanistan desperately needed a hefty innings from the batsmen and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nabi-c77111 was just the man who stepped up to the challenge as he played a sensational innings of 47 runs off 31 deliveries. The batsman showed exceptional form
with the bat as he pulverised the Canadian bowling onslaught which looked impotent once Nabi came on the crease.
The flamboyant batsman lost his wicket in the 16th over when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rizwan-Cheema-c2328.
In the end, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 knew that they needed to bat really well against the Afghan bowlers to come closer to the required target.
However, the Canadians also suffered an early loss, when in the fifth over, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Gunasekera-c2231 was left flabbergasted by a remarkable delivery bowled by Dawlat Zadran that rammed right into the stumps of the batsman. Gunasekera walked back after scoring
only three runs off seven deliveries.
Meanwhile his opening partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/H-Patel-c1519 played a gem of an innings as he clobbered 45 runs off 39 deliveries and in the middle-order it was Rizwan Cheema who smacked 36 runs off 24 deliveries as he desperately tried to help his side take the game, nonetheless,
Canada could only make 133 runs in response to Afghanistan’s tally.
Mohammad http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nabi-c78373 was named as the Man of the Match for playing a commendable knock with the bat.
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