UAE vs AFG – The News Desk

UAE 166 for 7 (Lakra 63, Waseem 53, Qais 2-15, Omarzai 2-35) beat Afghanistan 155 (Nabi 47, Zazai 36, Naseer 4-24, Jawadullah 4-26) by 11 runsIt was a complete all-round show from the UAE side who delivered their third win in T20Is over Afghanistan in 11 attempts. Batting first, Waseem and Lakra added 72 for the opening stand in 8.3 overs. Captain Waseem was the aggressor in the stand, scoring 53 off 32 balls with four fours and three sixes.Qais Ahmad, however, struck twice in quick time removing Waseem and Vriitya Aravind to stem UAE's progress. Lakra, who had been subdued in the first ten overs of the innings, then took charge, but UAE still kept losing wickets at the other end. They failed to form any partnership of note in the middle order before No. 9 Akif Raja and Lakra gave the inn...

Afghanistan 203 for 3 (Gurbaz 100, Ibrahim 59, Aayan 1-26) beat UAE 131 for 4 (Aravind 70*, Farooqi 2-19, Naveen-ul-Haq 1-25) by 72 runsRahmanullah Gurbaz cracked his maiden T20I century, helping Afghanistan to 203 and eventually a 72-run win in the first T20I against UAE in Sharjah. The hosts were never quite in the chase after being reduced to 56 for 4 in the first ten overs.Gurbaz's knock of 100 came off just 52 deliveries, with seven fours and as many sixes. He dominated a second-wicket stand of 137 off 77 balls with Ibrahim Zadran, who was appointed the stand-in captain for the series.The boundaries kept flowing regularly from the bat of Gurbaz, who got to his fifty off 24 balls with a six off Ali Naseer in the ninth over. He went 4, 6, 4 against Basil Hameed in the 16th, reaching hi...

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Recent Match Report – U.A.E. vs Afghanistan 2nd T20I 2023/24

Recent Match Report – U.A.E. vs Afghanistan 1st T20I 2023/24