T20 WC 2016

Scorecard - 2nd Match, Group B, Afghanistan vs Scotland at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India (08 Mar 2016)

Afghanistan

170/5 (20) RR:8.5

Afghanistan won by 14 runs

MOM: Mohammad Shahzad

Scotland

156/5 (20) RR:7.8

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19.3 - Davey to Stanikzai, FOUR, adjusts nicely and times the scoop fine, pinged off the middle and fine leg fence has been kept busy all day

19.0 - Safyaan Sharif to Shafiqullah, FOUR, top-edge and a four! This time he jumps across the stumps, crouches low and aims to clear short fine with the scoop. The ball dips in and grazes the top-edge and flies over the keeper

18.5 - Safyaan Sharif to Shafiqullah, FOUR, streaky but a boundary nonetheless. Very full, almost a yorker, Shafiq clears his front leg and attempts a smite, the ball makes contact with the inside edge and scurries past a diving keeper

18.0 - Alasdair Evans to Shafiqullah, FOUR, that's flat-batted! Stood back and anticipated the length rightly, length and ample width to free his arms, that's bulleted past the bowler

14.0 - Machan to Naib, FOUR, help-me please delivery, down leg and Naib needed to get some wood on that leather, stoops low and middles the sweep, off she goes into the fine leg fence

12.5 - Mark Watt to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, Shahzad is looking to dominate the bowlers here. Gets down on one knee and picks the length early, slog-sweeps it wide of long-on and even a desperate dive from the fielder wasn't good enough

12.2 - Mark Watt to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, deft! Uses the pace of the delivery and executes the reverse-sweep to perfection, wide of the keeper and no one's stopping that

10.4 - Berrington to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, gee! This man packs a fair punch. He nearly stood around the wide tramline and deposited a short of length delivery over short fine. Got it right off the middle, ensured he kept his eyes on the ball till the last instant, he played a pull-scoop but watching the ball was the key there

10.0 - Safyaan Sharif to Stanikzai, FOUR, nice strike by Stanikzai. Low full toss on the stumps, Stanikzai lofts it over the bowler's head and bisects two fielders in the deep with clockwork precision

6.2 - Mark Watt to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, street-smart cricket from Shahzad. He premeditates to reverse sweep a flatter delivery and pierces the gap as the ball races away to the deep backward point fence

2.4 - Alasdair Evans to Ali Zadran, FOUR, a tad fuller and slanted in, Zadran allows for the ball to come onto the bat and then expertly opens the bat face and the ball vrooms to the third man fence

1.3 - Davey to Ali Zadran, FOUR, good length delivery and outside off, with a nice flow of hands, Zadran cracks the drive and it scurries to the deep extra cover boundary. Zadran got his leading elbow nice and high up to play that stroke

0.1 - Mark Watt to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, Afghanistan start on a bright note. Dragged down delivery from wide of the crease, Shahzad cracks the cut past the diving extra cover fielder and into the fence. It was in the air, but no damage done

8.4 - Machan to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, it is raining fours and sixes at the ground. Shahzad again dances down the track, almost takes it on the full and pulverises it with a loft over long-on

8.3 - Machan to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, Shahzad is on fire here. He waltzes down the track, gets close to the pitch of the ball and lofts it high and handsome over the long-off fence

8.0 - Berrington to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, Shahzad shows his class and quality by clubbing this fuller length delivery that is bowled on the stumps over deep mid-wicket. It cleared the rope with ease. The shot was measured at 98 metres

3.4 - Davey to Stanikzai, SIX, yet again Stanikzai waltzes down the track and takes a heavy toll of a length delivery to bury it over the deep mid-wicket fence. Nice connection from Stanikzai there

1.2 - Davey to Ali Zadran, SIX, now that was a crackerjack shot. The former Somerset and Middlesex seamer, Davey drifts it down the leg-side, Zadran stylishly whips it over the mid-wicket fence. It cleared the boundary rope with ease

19.2 - Davey to Stanikzai, wide, out Shafiqullah Run Out!! Another run-out but Shafiqullah has gone for the team cause. It was flung full and down the leg-side. Stanikzai shuffles and fails to lay bat on the attempted ugly, rash, scoop, lap-scoop stroke. Seriously it is very hard to pick the kind of unorthodox shots he's playing. Anyway, he missed it by a country mile and the keeper didn't miss the target. Throws the ball back to the bowler as Shafiqullah left the crease on Sunday. The bowler does the rest. Shafiqullah run out (Matthew Cross/Davey) 14(5) [4s-3]

17.1 - Alasdair Evans to Stanikzai, out Nabi Run Out!! Low full toss at the stumps, Stanikzai gave a good, stubby biff at it. The ball slams hard at the timber at the other end and Nabi was half-way down the track. He was expecting it to go past the umpire but it didn't. The bowler though was alert to the situation, collects the ball and lifts the stump with the ball safely engulfed in his palms. Nabi wasn't even in the frame. Nabi run out (Alasdair Evans) 1(1)

16.0 - Davey to Naib, out Caught by Machan!! Top-stuff from Machan. Diving forward full length and clasping it with both hands. This was on a length and angled into the batsman, Naib was trying to clear cow corner with a big whooosh, didn't middle the stroke. Went nearly off the inside half and deep mid-wicket covered good ground to his left to cling on to a blinder of a catch. Certainly the best catch of the day, for me. Naib c Machan b Davey 12(11) [4s-1]

13.0 - Mark Watt to Mohammad Shahzad, out Caught by MacLeod!! Mohammad Shahzad departs after a splendid knock. This was fired in around off, Shahzad backs away and seeks to send a meaty loft over the bowler's head. Messes up with the connection as the ball dips in quickly. Off the toe-end and to the left of long-on who moves swiftly and accepts gleefully. Mohammad Shahzad c MacLeod b Mark Watt 61(39) [4s-5 6s-3]

2.5 - Alasdair Evans to Ali Zadran, out Caught by Davey!! The first incision has been made. In fact, it was asking to be thumped, but Zadran cracked the cut straight to the man at third man. Short and wide delivery, Zadran looks to cut it hard, but gets more of a top-edge and the fielder at third man, Davey, pouches the catch with both hands. Ali Zadran c Davey b Alasdair Evans 17(12) [4s-2 6s-1]

11.3 - Alasdair Evans to Stanikzai, 3 runs, dropped! Was a very hard one though, the bowler isn't impressed. It was full and zooming in around off, Stanikzai goes hard on the loft, ends up slicing it towards sweeper cover. The ball went high in the air and the fielder from sweeper should have done better there. Backward point ran backwards and dived full length to grab that, could only get a hand

19.2 - Davey to Stanikzai, 2 runs, full and outside off, Stanikzai powers the loft towards long-off, hit it hard but not quite off the middle. Fifty for Stanikzai. Not the typical T20 innings, but he has stuck it out

12.1 - Mark Watt to Stanikzai, 1 run, just wide of the bowler, Stanikzai was looking to drive this on the rise maybe, checked his shot at the last moment and the ball tantalisingly fell in front of extra cover. Mommsen fires at the bowler's end and concedes an extra run. In fact, a direct hit would have had Shahzad short of the crease

11.1 - Alasdair Evans to Mohammad Shahzad, 2 runs, well played Mohammad Shahzad! Fifty for him. Opened the bat face and glided it wide of third man, takes his helmet off and then kisses the badge. Has his hands aloft too.. ohh what a moment!

9.3 - Safyaan Sharif to Mohammad Shahzad, 1 run, low full toss and on the stumps, Shahzad works it to long-on. The stand is now worth 50 runs

8.4 - Shenwari to Coetzer, FOUR, big full toss outside off and unsurprisingly, it's found the ropes. But that's courtesy a bad bounce in front of short third man. Coetzer threw the kitchen sink on the drive, got a thick edge and should have been only a single if not for the outfield's mischief

7.0 - Rashid Khan to Munsey, FOUR, this is audacious stuff. And fetches him the rewards for his bravery. For the fourth consecutive ball, Munsey lines up a reverse sweep, the length is perfect this time and he slots it past a helpless backward point

6.4 - Rashid Khan to Munsey, FOUR, he's ran that very fine off the bottom edge. Again premeditates the reverse-sweep, nearly gets in trouble as the length is full on the stumps, lucky to get some bat

5.3 - Nabi to Coetzer, FOUR, not the way he wanted the boundary, but he'll take it. Rubbish full toss outside off, Coetzer tries to slam it through the covers, gets a thick outside edge and it skims away behind backward point

5.0 - Naib to Munsey, FOUR, not learning. Naib is just not learning. Someone hold a placard reading "keep it away from the pads". The length is full again, and the round the wicket angle makes it even easier to flog it behind square

4.5 - Naib to Munsey, no ball, FOUR, flogged over backward square. Brilliant batting. And I can also hear hooters going off at the stadium which suggests that Naib has overstepped. Angled in on the pads from round the wicket, Munsey whips it well. Free-hit to follow

4.4 - Naib to Munsey, FOUR, flits out of the crease, he came out too early allowing Naib to adjust and shorten his length. Still, Munsey is not flustered. He waits for it and then cuts it through the point region piercing the off-side ring

4.2 - Naib to Coetzer, FOUR, walks towards Naib and puts him off his line. He ends up dishing a length ball down leg. Coetzer whips it in the air deliberately and gets it over backward square leg

3.5 - Dawlat Zadran to Munsey, FOUR, it's all running for Scotland at the moment. Short ball angled across off, hurries Munsey as he tries to pull and he ends up spooning it off the splice to the left of mid-off. The fielder hustles across, dives but still can't get a hand. Once it lands, the outfield does the rest

3.4 - Dawlat Zadran to Munsey, FOUR, now this is a giveaway. A rank bad ball. Low full toss on middle, Munsey rolls his wrists on the ball and whips it wide of mid-on

3.2 - Dawlat Zadran to Munsey, FOUR, Scotland are up and running here. Length ball slanted away outside off, Munsey maintains a firm base without moving his feet much and allows a clean flow of the bat over mid-off. Easily got it over the fielder

2.2 - Amir Hamza to Coetzer, FOUR, oh lovely. Creates his own room, allows the flighted ball to drift in and lofts it smoothly over extra-cover

1.4 - Dawlat Zadran to Munsey, FOUR, fullish and that's an easy put away. Munsey doesn't move his feet much despite the ball angling away from him. But the lack of movement makes his task so much simpler. Just leans across and drives it wide of a diving mid-off

17.5 - Dawlat Zadran to Machan, SIX, that's tonked down the ground! Back-of-the-hand slower ball that picked with ease. Waits on his knees and lifts it ruthlessly over Dawlat Zadran's head

3.0 - Amir Hamza to Coetzer, SIX, oh shot! Another lovely inside out drive and this time it goes all the way. Shuffles towards leg, the flight on the delivery allows him to get under it and lift it

18.5 - Nabi to Machan, out Caught by Stanikzai!! That's not awful cricket, that's nerves. Very ill-timed for Scotland. Low full toss looped ever so slowly, Machan could have butchered it anywhere. Instead swings only to slice it off the outside half and it's been caught comfortably at backward point. Backpedaled and squatted as he pouched it reverse-cupped. Machan c Stanikzai b Nabi 36(31) [6s-1]

12.4 - Rashid Khan to Berrington, out Stumped!! And finally a stumping has been effected. This was fired in outside off. A googly that skidded quicker outside off, Berrington skips out trying to fetch it with a sweep. Drags his back leg far outside the crease, misses and couldn't get back in time. Berrington st Mohammad Shahzad b Rashid Khan 8(10)

10.1 - Shenwari to MacLeod, out MacLeod Run Out!! 1 run completed. That's hara-kiri. Looped up delivery, MacLeod drives it wide of long-off and runs. The throw comes rifling back at the bowler's end, the second was on. But MacLeod slips while Machan was almost halfway down the pitch. Bowler parries the throw to the keeper who whips the bails off. Circus, absolute circus. No way MacLeod was going to turn around and make it back in. MacLeod run out (Naib/Shenwari/Mohammad Shahzad) 2(3)

9.1 - Rashid Khan to Munsey, out Lbw!! And that's the last thing Scotland needed. Their other well set opener making his way back. This approach leaves a lot to be desired really. Almost like they have thrown caution to the wind. Well flighted ball around middle to which Munsey premeditates a big sweep. The length is pretty full to be playing the shot, sneaks under the swinging bat and hits low down on the back thigh. HawkEye shows it hitting a good chunk of off. Munsey lbw b Rashid Khan 41(29) [4s-9]

8.5 - Shenwari to Coetzer, out Caught by Najibullah!! Oh, quite fitting actually. It's a half-tracker which gets the wicket. Is this the indication of the luck finally turning? Sat up to be hit, it was in line with the stumps and Coetzer saw "six" written all over. Slides back in the crease and looks to send the ball miles with a pull. Gets a top edge which offers a dolly to deep backward square. Coetzer c Najibullah b Shenwari 40(27) [4s-4 6s-1]