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Afghanistan tour of Scotland 2016

Scorecard - 1st ODI, Scotland vs Afghanistan at Grange Cricket Club, Edinburgh, Scotland (04 Jul 2016)

Afghanistan

283/4 (47.2) RR:5.98

No result

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45.0 - Bradley Wheal to Najibullah, FOUR, Zadran is riding his luck here. Throws his bat at this short and wide delivery outside off, gets a thick outside edge which goes high in the air towards third man,but Wallace makes a mess of it as he dives over the ball. What's worse is that the ball runs away for a boundary

44.1 - Bradley Wheal to Najibullah, FOUR, he's picking the gap to perfection, again uses the pace of the delivery, opens the blade and steers it towards the third man fence

42.1 - Bradley Wheal to Najibullah, FOUR, well-executed bumper from Wheal, gets good height, Zadran goes for the hook, gets a top-edge and flies over the keeper's head for a boundary

41.5 - Alasdair Evans to Najibullah, FOUR, short of length delivery outside off, Zadran uses the pace and steers it to third man, the ball races away into the fence

41.1 - Alasdair Evans to Rahmat, FOUR, easy pickings for Shah. Evans misses the yorker, dishes out a low full toss on the pads, Shah sinks low and tickles it fine.

40.5 - Ruaidhri Smith to Rahmat, FOUR, deft! Just short of a good length outside off, Shah waits for the ball to arrive, uses the pace of the delivery and neatly guides it to third man. The fielder was square and the ball races away into the fence

39.4 - Safyaan Sharif to Rahmat, FOUR, back-back-boundaries for Shah. Overpitched outside off, Shah leans forward and drills it powerfully wide of long-off, the fielder had no chance as the ball sped away

39.3 - Safyaan Sharif to Rahmat, FOUR, poor delivery, shortish on the stumps, Shah swivels across and pulls it behind square on the on-side

38.3 - Ruaidhri Smith to Najibullah, FOUR, edged and four! On a length in that channel just outside off, Zadran wanted to force it into the off-side, gets a thick outside edge and runs away to the third man fence. 50-stand comes up!

37.4 - Alasdair Evans to Najibullah, FOUR, nice shot! Lofts this fullish delivery straight over the bowler's head. Couple of bounces and into the fence

35.2 - M A Leask to Najibullah, FOUR

34.2 - Con de Lange to Rahmat, FOUR, back-back boundaries for Shah, again a rank long hop, Shah goes back quickly and muscles the pull to the cow corner fence. Brings up his maiden fifty

34.1 - Con de Lange to Rahmat, FOUR, poor delivery, short ball begging to be smacked, Shah obliges, transfers his weight back and nails the pull into the deep mid-wicket fence. One bounce and into the ropes

32.5 - Bradley Wheal to Najibullah, FOUR, a rank long hop from Wheal, Zadran seizes onto it, rocks back quickly and pulls it away towards the cow corner fence with utter disdain

31.3 - Alasdair Evans to Najibullah, FOUR, edged and four!Good length delivery straightening a touch after pitching, Zadran pushes it away from his body sans any feet movement, gets a thick outside edge which runs away into the third man fence

26.0 - M A Leask to Stanikzai, FOUR, streaky! Back of a length delivery outside off, Stanikzai opens the face deliberately, the ball finds an outside edge, beats Cross and runs away to the third man

24.4 - Safyaan Sharif to Stanikzai, FOUR, gets to the pitch of the delivery and lofts it just over mid-off's diving fingers to the fence to bring up his side's 100.

18.5 - Alasdair Evans to Rahmat, FOUR, unfortunate for Evans, continues to pitch it in that nagging line just outside off and draws the edge on this occasion. Flies through the slip cordon, and to make matters worse concedes a boundary against his name

17.0 - Ruaidhri Smith to Rahmat, FOUR, continues with this poor line down the leg and Shah times his glance to perfection to get the ball past the man at short fine leg for a boundary

16.3 - Ruaidhri Smith to Javed Ahmadi, FOUR, streaky but Javed Ahmadi would take it, gets a thick outside edge as he looks to poke at a widish delivery and it flies just past a diving slip fielder all the way into the ropes

10.0 - Safyaan Sharif to Javed Ahmadi, FOUR, overpitched and Ahmadi pounces on it to drive it crisply to the cover boundary. Half-century of the Afghan innings comes up!

8.5 - Bradley Wheal to Javed Ahmadi, FOUR

7.5 - Alasdair Evans to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, and another! This time crunched through point. Alasdair Evans gets it short and wide outside off, Shahzad rocks back and cuts it over the fielder into the fence

7.4 - Alasdair Evans to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, too full on the pads and MS is too good a player to miss out on these, flicked away to the fence

7.1 - Alasdair Evans to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, is dished out a nice juicy half volley and Shahzad presses forward to drive it to the long-on fence

6.1 - Bradley Wheal to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, and three in a row! Bradley Wheal pitches it up and Mohammad Shahzad drills it back past the bowler to the fence. Went like a bullet

6.0 - Alasdair Evans to Javed Ahmadi, FOUR, short and pulled away in style, Ahmadi rocks onto his back foot and pulls it over the short mid-wicket fielder to notch up consecutive boundaries

5.5 - Alasdair Evans to Javed Ahmadi, FOUR, elegant! Just the hint of width offered and Javed Ahmadi goes on one knee to drive it through the covers to bring up a boundary

0.3 - Bradley Wheal to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR

47.0 - Alasdair Evans to Najibullah, SIX, brilliant hitting from Zadran. Short and asking to be hit, Zadran goes back and hammers the pull over the mid-wicket fence

46.0 - Safyaan Sharif to Najibullah, SIX, Zadran takes full toll of the free-hit. Full and in the swinging arc, Zadran clears his front leg and dispatches it over the long-off fence for a maximum

44.4 - Bradley Wheal to Rahmat, SIX, bang! Rahmat is getting into the act now. Bumper, sat up nicely for Shah, who swivels and muscles the pull over the deep mid-wicket fence

43.5 - Ruaidhri Smith to Najibullah, SIX, he's picked the bones out of it!. A full toss again, it's like a gift wrapped and delivered to Zadran who gets hold of it and launches it over the long-off. A clean swing of the bat

43.1 - Ruaidhri Smith to Najibullah, SIX, Zadran is playing a blinder here. A nice juicy full toss from Smith, Zadran bends his knee and crunches it over the deep cover fence. Sailed a long way into the stands

41.4 - Alasdair Evans to Najibullah, SIX, smacked! Full and in the slot for Zadran, he gets underneath of it and dismisses it over the long-off fence.

30.2 - Bradley Wheal to Stanikzai, out Caught by Con de Lange!! This is a big wicket for Scotland. The Afghan skipper has been chugged down. Stanikzai mistimes a drive, ends up hitting in the air towards mid-wicket where Con de Lange snaffles a good running catch. Stanikzai c Con de Lange b Bradley Wheal 20(20) [4s-2]

22.5 - Safyaan Sharif to Javed Ahmadi, out Bowled!! The pressure built with the dot balls pays off. Fired in full and straight on the sticks, Ahmadi looks to defend it but is late to get his bat down in time and the timber is dislodged to end a flourishing stand. Javed Ahmadi b Safyaan Sharif 39(61) [4s-5]

8.0 - Alasdair Evans to Mohammad Shahzad, out Lbw!! Ohh what a comeback from Evans! Gets it on a good length and nips back into Shahzad to strike him on the front pad bang in front of middle. Brings an end to an aggressive innings. Mohammad Shahzad lbw b Alasdair Evans 26(25) [4s-5]

2.1 - Bradley Wheal to Ali Zadran, out Caught by Matthew Cross!! Ali Zadran c Matthew Cross b Bradley Wheal 1(4)

38.1 - Ruaidhri Smith to Rahmat, 1 run, dropped! Leask has shelled a dolly at cover. Shah miscues a loft and skies it in the air, Leask at cover, steadies himself, got both hands but spills it.

47.1 - Safyaan Sharif to Rahmat, 1 run, a fine hundered from Shah. Brings up his maiden ODI ton. Clips this fullish delivery towards mid-on and gets to his landmark

42.5 - Bradley Wheal to Najibullah, 1 run, eased down to long-off. 50-run stand comes up!

42.3 - Bradley Wheal to Najibullah, 1 run, fifty for Zadran! straying on the pads, Zadran gets inside the line and tucks it to fine leg