The West Indies have set a target of 219 runs to Afghanistan in the last match of Group ‘C’ under the ninth edition of ICC T-20 World Cup Cricket.
The West Indies, who were called to bat after losing the toss at the Saint Lucia-based Darren Siam International Stadium, scored 218 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran played an explosive innings for him. He has played 98 run innings with 8 sixes and 6 fours, having faced 53 balls. He was run out today. This is the career high score of Ima Pooran in T20. Earlier, his highest score in this format was 82 runs.
Similarly, against Afghanistan, Johnson Charlesley scored 43, captain Rovmyan Pavel scored 26, Shai Hope scored 25 and Brendan Kingley added seven runs. Andre Russell remained unbeaten by three runs and Sheriff Rutherford by one run.
For Afghanistan, Galbandin Naible took two wickets, Azmatullah Umarzai and Naveen Ulhak took one wicket each. Timka star bowlers Rashid Khan and Fazalhaq Farooqui proved to be expensive in today’s match.
Rashid gave 45 runs without a wicket in four overs. He spent 24 runs in the last over of his spell.
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