West Indies beat Afghanistan

ICC Men’s World Cup Cricket at Emerald  Headingley, Leeds.

West Indies Vs Afghanistan

West Indies 331-56 ( 50 ov)  E lewis 58 off 78, 6 fours, 2 sixes, S Hpe 77 off 92, 6 fours, 2 sixes, Hetmeyer 39 off 31, 3 fours, 2 sixes, Pooran 58 off 43, 6 fours, 1 six, Holder  45 off 34, 1 four, 14 sixes, D Zadran 2-73, Shirzad 1-56, Nabi 1-56, Rashid 1-52.

Afghanistan 288 (ao) 50 overs Rahamat 62 off 78, 10 fours, Ikram 86 off93,8 fours, Afghan 40 off32, 4 fours, 1 six, Raoch 3-37, Thomas 1-43, Ca Brathwaite 4-63, Gayle 1-28.

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

West Indies won by 23 runs

 

West Indies having lost five matches produced a defiant display to beat a spirited Afghanistan by 23 runs in the World Cup at Headingly.

 Skipper Jason Holders smashed four huge sixes to take their total to 311-6.

 Afghanistan’s 18-year-old Ikram Alikhil scored 86 in the record chase but were short by 23 runs.

 Afghanistan finish their campaign without a victory but they were in contention once again having lsoe over to Pakistan and only by 11 runs to India. West Indies on the other hand begun the tournament by bowling out Paksitan for 105 , knocking off the runs in 13.4 overs and having Australia 38-4 in their second match and were one hit away from defeating New Zealand.

West Indies captain Jason Holder said “ It’s good to get over the line, we’ve had some close encounters where we didn’t, the batter stepped up today Evin Lewis and Shai Hope got a good partnership going and 300 on that pitch was good enough to be a winning total”.

Afghanistan skipper Gulbadin Naib said “ It was a good score batting second, so credit to batsmen and Ikram showed his class today. We also have other talented players back at home. I have learnt a lot a this tournament . Fitness is big issue- the boys are struggling, but we can work more on our skills under pressure.”