Afghanistan vs West Indies, Match 42 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Cottrell 0-43(7 ov)
38.6
Cottrell to Asghar Afghan, 1 run, thought about a brace again but this time, it won't happen. Afghan hung back to the slower ball and worked it towards wide long-on where the fielder is brisk to get to the ball
38.5
Cottrell to Asghar Afghan, 2 runs, two was the call from Afghan and they get it quite easily. Worked this through mid-wicket and the placement ensured that the deep fielder had some ground to cover
38.4
Cottrell to Asghar Afghan, no run, shortish cutter outside off and Afghan went hard on the cut once more, probably got a feather on it but well short of Hope
38.3
Cottrell to Asghar Afghan, FOUR, more runs! Afghan is certainly finding the right chords here. Gets a bit of width and there was pace on it, he just delayed the cut to bisect short third man and backward point with precision. Races away
38.2
Cottrell to Asghar Afghan, SIX, mauled into the stands! Slower ball alright but Afghan probably expected it. Sat deep in the crease and delayed the slog before absolutely clouting it. Full-blooded hit over deep backward square leg
38.1
Cottrell to Shinwari, 1 run, banged in short and Shinwari pulls it away to deep backward square leg
36.6
Cottrell to Nabi, 1 run, another slower ball, Cottrell is dealing with them in this over, worked away down to long-on
36.5
Cottrell to Asghar Afghan, 1 run, slower and quite fuller as well, Afghan delays the drill-drive and gets it straight back past the bowler. Long-on gets around to cut it off. 200 up for Afghanistan. Afghan and Nabi have a handshake to acknowledge it but the veterans know that there is a lot more work left
36.4
Cottrell to Asghar Afghan, no run, fuller and straighter in line, Afghan looks to work it away but gets an inside edge onto the pads
36.3
Cottrell to Nabi, 1 run, fullish and around off, Nabi drives it towards mid-off and takes on the fielder successfully for the single
36.3
Cottrell to Nabi, wide, erratic line as Cottrell strays well down the leg-side
36.2
Cottrell to Asghar Afghan, 1 run, a bit too straight in line this time and it's worked past square leg
36.1
Cottrell to Asghar Afghan, no run, slower cutter outside off, dabbed softly towards the off-side
34.6
Cottrell to Najibullah, 2 runs, slower and fuller angling in on middle and leg, Zadran works this away towards wide long-on for an easy brace
34.5
Cottrell to Ikram Ali Khil, 1 run, makes room but Cottrell follows him with a slower ball, worked through mid-wicket
34.4
Cottrell to Ikram Ali Khil, no run, swing and a miss! Back to the slower one this time and Khil was setting himself up for the slog sweep. Doesn't make contact
34.3
Cottrell to Ikram Ali Khil, no run, shortish and outside off, punched off the back foot towards cover
34.2
Cottrell to Najibullah, 1 run, uppish but safe! Snorter from Cottrell as he banged this short at his usual pace and surprised Zadran who was late into trying to fend at it. One hand came off the bat as well but luckily, the miscue fell in no man's land, well wide of short fine leg and down towards the deep
34.1
Cottrell to Ikram Ali Khil, 1 run, slower one dug onto the pitch and Khil loses timing on the pull. Finds deep mid-wicket
6.6
Cottrell to Rahmat, FOUR, admirable. Very minimal effort, just gets in-line and puts his wrists into it to place it wide of mid-on
6.5
Cottrell to Rahmat, no run, delivers a pitched up delivery that Shah goes hard on the defence, clumsily timing it to mid-on
6.4
Cottrell to Rahmat, no run, short of length on middle, turned to mid-wicket
6.3
Cottrell to Rahmat, no run, length, defended from the crease
6.3
Cottrell to Rahmat, wide, bumper barrage, too high reckons the umpire
6.2
Cottrell to Rahmat, no run, fuller outside off, gentle push to mid-off
6.1
Cottrell to Rahmat, FOUR, Shah is one of the stylish players in this Afghan batting unit and shows why. Rising on the back foot, flows into a elegant punch that threads the gap at cover
6.1
Cottrell to Rahmat, wide, gun bouncer, the line is down leg and Shah looked to help it fine but can't make any connection
4.6
Cottrell to Ikram Ali Khil, no run, throws it a mile outside off, asking Khil to fetch and he still goes after it only to miss it by a fair margin
4.5
Cottrell to Ikram Ali Khil, no run, resorts to a full-fledged bouncer which Khil wanted to hook. It flies past over his head
4.4
Cottrell to Ikram Ali Khil, FOUR, glanced past short fine leg. Khil gets a freebie from Cottrell, too straight and fine leg was inside the line. Nicely got across and helped it past the fielder in the ring
4.3
Cottrell to Rahmat, 1 run, gets onto the back foot, waits for the ball to arrive and guides it to backward point. Diving half-stop from Allen, can't stop them from stealing the single
4.2
Cottrell to Rahmat, no run, punched to extra cover
4.1
Cottrell to Rahmat, no run, beaten by the away-curler. In the teasing zone outside off, Shah goes after it but fails to combat the movement
2.6
Cottrell to Ikram Ali Khil, 1 run, pitched up and moving away just outside off, squares up Khil and the outside edge runs away to third man
2.5
Cottrell to Rahmat, 1 run, skiddy short ball, gets big on Shah. Pulled wide of mid-on
2.4
Cottrell to Rahmat, no run, back of a length just outside off, Shah softens his grip and defends it to point
2.3
Cottrell to Ikram Ali Khil, 1 run, shorter outside off, guided to third man
2.2
Cottrell to Ikram Ali Khil, no run, pacy, in-ducker but gets the line wrong. Khil was hoping to get a bat on the tickle but it scraps the pad before rolling to the right of Hope
2.1
Cottrell to Ikram Ali Khil, no run, zeroing at the stumps, Khil takes his front leg out of the way and wrists it to mid-wicket
0.6
Cottrell to Rahmat, no run, takes it away from the right-hander, mere push to point
0.5
Cottrell to Rahmat, no run, now comes the outswinger. On a yorker length outside off, Shah's squeeze in vain. Before he could blink his eyes, it sneaks under his bat
0.4
Cottrell to Rahmat, no run, low full toss, at 131kph. Blocked to cover
0.3
Cottrell to Naib, 1 run, not the most pleasing way to open your account but Naib won't mind. Three incoming balls on the trot, Naib with a lazy waft and inside-edges it to square leg
0.2
Cottrell to Naib, no run, zippy bounce catches Naib by surprise as he fails to counter it. Tried to flick it but ends up missing it and gets hit high on the pad
0.1
Cottrell to Naib, no run, inswinger on a short of length, Naib skips back and defends it to extra cover
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