Stanikzai and Rashid propel Afghanistan forward

The captain made his fourth century of the season while the legspinner wreaked havoc over the UAE batting line-up

Match Centre

Match Details

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Series

ICC Intercontinental Cup 2015

Toss

United Arab Emirates , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Rashid Khan

Series result

Afghanistan won the 2015-2017/18 ICC Intercontinental Cup

Season

2017/18

Match days

29,30 November, 1,2 December 2017 (4-day match)

Points

Afghanistan 20, United Arab Emirates 0

Scorecard Summary

AFGHANISTAN 510/9d(147 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

Asghar Afghan114 (163)
Ihsanullah124 (242)

Ahmed Raza5/148 (53)
Mohammad Naveed3/112 (33)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 197(64.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

Shaiman Anwar*85 (158)
Ahmed Raza28 (33)

Zahir Khan3/30 (11)
Rashid Khan3/69 (23)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 331 f/o(100.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Rohan Mustafa68 (152)
Chirag Suri81 (149)

Mohammad Nabi2/24 (12)
Rashid Khan5/83 (36.3)

AFGHANISTAN 21/0(5.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Javed Ahmadi*2 (17)
Ihsanullah*18 (16)

Ahmed Raza0/11 (2.3)
Amir Hayat0/10 (3)

5.3

Ahmed Raza to Ihsanullah, FOUR,

5.2

Ahmed Raza to Ihsanullah, no run,

5.1

Ahmed Raza to Javed Ahmadi, 1 run,

END OF OVER:
5 | 4 Runs | AFG: 16/0

Ihsanullah14 (14b)
Javed Ahmadi1 (16b)

Amir Hayat3-0-10-0
Ahmed Raza2-0-6-0

4.6

Amir Hayat to Ihsanullah, FOUR,

4.5

Amir Hayat to Ihsanullah, no run,

4.4

Amir Hayat to Ihsanullah, no run,

Match Coverage

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