Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka 1st Match at Dubai, 27 Aug, 2022

Toss: Afghanistan, who chose to bowl
Sri Lanka 105/10 (19.4)
Afghanistan 106/2 (10.1)
Afghanistan won by 8 wickets
Man of the Match: Fazalhaq Farooqi
  • Najibullah Zadran 2 * (2)
  • Hazratullah Zazai 37 * (28)

Over 3.1 Naveen-ul-Haq bowls a good length delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, moves across in the crease and clipped away in front of square on the on-side

Over 3.3 Naveen-ul-Haq bowls a pitched up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,Six!  Gets latches onto it. Spots the change of pace, gets under it and swings through the line to loft it over long-off

Over 3.4 Naveen-ul-Haq bowls a back of length delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, gets inside the line on the back foot and defends it back to Naveen-ul-Haq

Over 3.5 Naveen-ul-Haq bowls a back of length delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, opens his bat-face and guides this length ball towards short third man

Over 4.1 Mujeeb Ur Rahman tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run,  comes down the track and goes hard on the drive only to miscue it to mid-off

Over 4.2 Mujeeb Ur Rahman tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, gets forward and  nudged towards short fine leg

Over 4.5 Mujeeb Ur Rahman tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, gets forward and fails to make contact with his cut shot as the ball bounces over the edge

Over 4.6 Mujeeb Ur Rahman bowls it flat in the air to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, gets forward and worked with the angle to square leg

Over 5.1: Wide ball. Azmatullah Omarzai to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 

Over 5.1 Azmatullah Omarzai bowls a good length delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, gets forward and drives it through point and picks up a single.

Over 5.5 Azmatullah Omarzai bowls a pitched up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Boundary! Stays back in his crease and flicks it nonchalantly in front of square on the on-side

Over 5.6 Azmatullah Omarzai bowls a good length delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Boundary! Picks the length early, gets into a strong position and swivel-pulls for yet another boundary 

Over 6.2 Mohammad Nabi tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, gets forward and defends into the leg-side

Over 6.3 Mohammad Nabi tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run, , nudged to short fine leg and the batters set off for a sharp single. It was Gunathilaka's call and a good one too

Over 6.5 Mohammad Nabi tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Boundary! Bends his back leg, gets under the ball and classily lifts it inside-out over extra cover for four.

Over 6.6 Mohammad Nabi bowls it flat in the air to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, gets forward and catches it down leg and immediately appeals for caught behind. Ahsan Raza signals wide and Afghanistan review. It was a non-turner down the leg-side

Over 7.6 Mujeeb Ur Rahman tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Boundary! Stays inside the crease and cuts hard off the back foot. The man at the backward point fails to stop it with a dive to his left and the ball has the legs to hit the fence

Over 8.3: Wide ball. Rashid Khan to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 8.3: Two runs. Rashid Khan to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 8.4: Single. Rashid Khan to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 9.1: Single. Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 9.3: No runs. Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 9.4: Boundary!. Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 9.5: No runs. Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 9.6: No runs. Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,

Over 10.3 Mohammad Nabi bowls it flat in the air to Chamika Karunaratne, no run, gets forward and wants to nudge it into the on-side and gets a leading edge that dies down on the off-side

Over 10.5 Mohammad Nabi bowls a slower one to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run,  defends with soft hands and outside-halves towards short third man for a quick single

Over 11.1 Rashid Khan tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, steered to short third man and Rajapaksa sets off for a non-existent single, gets rightly sent back by Karunaratne

Over 11.2 Rashid Khan tossed up delivery to Bhanuka Rajapaksa,1 run,  gets down low and miscues the sweep to deep square leg

Over 11.4 Rashid Khan bowls it flat in the air to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, no run, comes on to the front foot and defends it on the off-side.

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