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T20 World Cup Warm-Up Warm-Up Highlights: Gulbadin Naib Stars As Afghanistan Thump Scotland By 55 Runs
Scotland vs Afghanistan, 2024 T20 World Cup Warm-Up Highlights: Afghanistan kicked off their T20 World Cup preparations with a 55-run thrashing of Scotland in a warm-up game at Port of Spain on Friday.
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Scotland vs Afghanistan, 2024 T20 World Cup Warm-Up Highlights:Â Afghanistan kicked off their T20 World Cup preparations with a 55-run thrashing of Scotland in a warm-up game at Port of Spain on Friday. After opting to bat, Afghanistan powered their way to 178/8 in 20 overs, with Gulbadin Naib smashing 69 off just 30 balls. Azmatullah Omarzai also chipped in with 36-ball 48 before captain Rashid Khan played a cameo of 15 from seven balls. In reply, Scotland were restricted to 123/9 by the Afghanistan bowlers. (Scorecard)
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OUT! TIMBER! Cleans him up. Top, top nut. A yorker on middle. Khan fails to get his bat down in time and that hits the stumps. Top stuff. End of an action-packed last over.
Goes short and outside off. Khan looks to pull but misses.
FOUR MORE! Goes short this time and on the body. Rashid pulls it wide of deep mid-wicket and takes two.
FOUR! Nice and fine! Well played. He just opened the face at the very end. Rashid providing the much-needed impetus! Outside off. Khan just opens the face of the bat and carves it over point. This races away to the fence.
Goes full again and on off. This is driven but to mid off.
SIX! BANG! This was needed. Things had gone quiet for the past few overs but Rashid gets one over the fence. Full and on off. This is lifted over long off for a biggie.
Another dot! Around off. This is pushed to cover.
Around off. Ishaq swings but misses.
Shorter and outside off. This is guided past point for two.
Around off. This is pushed through covers for one.
Leg bye! On the pads. Ishaq looks to flick but misses. This hits the pad and rolls on the leg side. A leg bye taken.
OUT! TAKEN! That is a fine, fine catch. This is really good. A wicket now and all the momentum is shifting. Goes short and on middle. Janat looks to pull, this goes off the top edge to the left of the keeper. He runs and takes it with a superb dive. Top stuff.
Around off. This is pushed through covers for one.
Outside off. This is punched past cover for one.
Around off. This is pushed to cover.
On the pads. This is tucked around the corner for one. Dealing in singles when boundaries are what they would be looking for.
Outside off again! Very full. Zadran fails to put bat to ball again. The keeper makes a half stop. A bye taken.
Yet another dot! Runs hard to come by! Outside off. Zadran looks to cut but misses.
Short and outside off. Janat looks to guide it down to third man but this goes off the underage to the keeper.
Just the one! On the body. This is tucked around the corner for one.