Afghanistan beats Kenya in four-day cricket match, will face Scotland in final of the

[Admin Khan]

In Nairobi today, Afghanistan defeated Kenya today by 167 runs in a ICC (International Cricket Council) Intercontinental Cup match. With this win, Afghanistan is now on the top of the points table and will face off against Scotland in the final match. The final is scheduled to be held in Dubai in November.
The four-day match started on October 2nd and from the very beginning, Kenya was in trouble. The Afghans started off with a big bang as captain Nawroz Mangal put the the team in a great position with a bristling unbeaten 168. Also, Karim Sadiq, Mohammad Shahzad and Mirwais Ashraf posted half-centuries. On day two, Afghanistan continued the domination. Bowler Hamid Hassan ripped through the Kenyans to give the Afghan team a 304-run first-innings lead. Afghan opener Jawed Ahmadi accomplished a half-century and left Kenya 470 runs behind and still requiring five wickets. On day three. the Kenyans rallied hard, but the Afghans were still in control and much closer to victory. On the last day, Hamid Hassan’s fantastic bowling left the Kenyans with no hope and sealed their defeat.
Summary: Afghanistan 464 (Mangal 168, Ashraf 80, Otieno 4-99) and 207 (Ahmadi 55, Ngoche 5-39, Otieno 4-44) beat Kenya 160 (Waters 73, Hassan 5-70) and 344 (D Obuya 79, Ouma 68, Hassan 6-87) by 167 runs.


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[Talal]

They are playing like Pakistan now one day they're awesome next day you just wish they would disappear

The one day loss to Kenya was pretty bad especially looking at how the batting order jus crumbled

[Master Khan]

One day cricket is call ODI
and 5 or 4 Days cricket is Call Test Match....for you Americans

right now Afghanistan is playing a ODI match with Kenya here is the score

Kenya 139 (41 ov)
Afghanistan 37/2 (8.4 ov)
Afghanistan require another 103 runs with 8 wickets and 41.2 overs remaining

[Master Khan]

Which One day loss?

they got beat by Kenya in the first ODI by 92 runs, inshallah they will win the second

[Talal]

All-round Afghanistan level series

ESPNcricinfo staff
October 9, 2010
Afghanistan 143 for 4 (Stanikzai 55*, Shahzad 37, Tikolo 1-7) beat Kenya 139 (Mishra 32, Ouma 31*, Shenwari 3-29, Dawlatzai 2-37) by six wickets
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Legspinner Samiullah Shenwari picked up 3 for 29 © AFP
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Players/Officials: Asghar Stanikzai | Izatullah Dawlatzai | Tanmay Mishra | Mohammad Shahzad | Samiullah Shenwari
Matches: Kenya v Afghanistan at Nairobi (Gym)
Series/Tournaments: Afghanistan tour of Kenya
Teams: Afghanistan | Kenya



Afghanistan's bowlers put up another spirited display to dismiss Kenya cheaply in the second ODI in Nairobi. The batsman didn't let them down, chasing down the target of 140 in quick time. Led by Asghar Stanikzai's unbeaten half-century, the Afghanistan batsmen recovered from a poor start to level the three-match series with six wickets to spare.
Afghanistan were struck a blow in the second over of the chase when opener Noor Ali Zadran had to retire hurt. In the next over, allrounder Thomas Odoyo removed the other opener Karim Sadiq. When Nehemiah Odhiambo bowled Nawroz Mangal soon after, Afghanistan were in danger of collapsing again, like in the first ODI when they had been shot out for 88.
However, Stanikzai ensured there would be no repeat of that performance with an aggressive knock. He first steadied the innings with wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad, adding 53 runs for the third wicket. Shahzad dominated that stand with a strokeful 37. He took Odhiambo for three fours in the eighth over, pulling him twice through midwicket and then driving him through cover. The introduction of spin got Kenya the breakthrough, as offspinner James Ngoche got Shahzad to hit one straight to captain Jimmy Kamande at midwicket.
Stanikzai, on 20 off 34 deliveries at the time, took charge after Shahzad's dismissal, getting to his second ODI half-century in 60 balls. Though Mirwais Ashraf fell cheaply to Steve Tikolo, Mohammad Nabi ensured there were no further worries for Afghanistan, smashing four fours in an Odhiambo over to bring up victory with 23 overs remaining.
The win had been set up by a disciplined bowling performance, after Kenya had elected to bat. Afghanistan's decision to open with offspinner Mohammad Nabi worked when he got David Obuya to edge to Stanikzai at first slip in his second over. Izatullah Dawlatzai, the fast bowler making his ODI and List A debut, bowled the other opener Seren Waters, and then removed Collins Obuya, who was looking in good touch.
Legspinner Samiullah Shenwari ran through the middle order, flighting the ball and getting it to turn on his way to 3 for 29 in ten overs, including the wickets of top-scorer Tanmay Mishra and Tikolo. Two late run-outs didn't help Kenya, as they collapsed from 84 for 3 to be bowled out for 139. The last five batsmen could not reach double-figures, leaving former captain Maurice Ouma stranded on 31.

[Shehbaz Khan]

Congratulations to the Afghans =)

[drona]

This is really great. Afghan team is making very rapid progress. Kudos to these guys