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Historic win for Afghanistan

───   17:30 Thu, 26 Feb 2015

Historic win for Afghanistan | News Article

It was a historic day for Afghanistan cricket as the world cup debutants won their first ever match at the sports flagship event.

The cricketing minnow beat Scotland by 1 wicket in Dunedin this morning to stamp their mark on a tournament which all their players consider a dream coming true.
 
Afghanistan bowled the Scots out for 210 runs this morning at the University Oval after winning the toss and elected to field first.
 
Matt Machan top score for the Scottish with 38 runs, while Shapoor Zadran took four wickets for 38 runs and Dawlat Zadran claimed three for 28.
 
The Afghans chased down the target with 3 balls to spare, with Javed Ahmadi scoring 51 and Samiullah Shenwari scoring 96 which earned him the man of the match award.
 
Shenwari said that cricket has meant a lot to the war-torn nation which had nothing 10 years ago.
 
While the side still dream of playing test cricket one day, their next task will be facing Australia on Wednesday at the WACA in Perth.
 
Meanwhile, the Proteas have wrapped up their preparations before facing the West Indies tomorrow in their third match of the tournament.
 
With a scratchy win over Zimbabwe and a 130 run loss to India to their name, the pressure in on South Africans big time.
 
Furthermore the side are rocked with the news that all-rounder JP Duminy has joined Vernon Philander on the injury list.
 
While the Proteas have beaten the Windies 16 times in their last 18 matches, captain AB de Villiers says they will have to apply the pressure to the Caribbean’s.
 
He conceded that they haven’t been firing on all cylinders and they will need to push the right button tomorrow.
 
The Windies camp in their turn are full of confidence after two big wins over Pakistan and Zimbabwe, which is an indication that their put their shock loss to Ireland behind them.
 
Captain Jason Holder is positive that they can turn in another good performance and beat the Proteas.
 
Tomorrow morning’s match at the picturesque Sydney Cricket Ground gets underway at 5:30.
 
In today’s other result Tillakaratne Dilshan scored 161 not out and Kumar Sangakkara 105 not out as Sri Lanka hammered Bangladesh by 92 runs in Melbourne.
 
Morgan Piek / OFM News 

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