Windies beat Afghanistan by 23 runs, end ICC CWC 2019 campaign on a high

West Indies put 311-run target aided by fifties by Lewis, Hope and Pooran. Afghanistan's reply was equally aggressive as Rahmat and Ikram put 132-run stand for the second wicket

3:53 PM

Over 12

Over Summary:  0 0 2 0 1 0    WI 50/1

Gulbadin into the attack, Lewis picks two after two dot balls, a single brings up 50-up for Windies 

3:48 PM

Over 11

Over Summary: 1 0 1 0 1 1       WI 47/1

Shirzad into his second over, the batsmen resort to singles only, four singles off the over

3:43 PM

Over 10

Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 0     WI 43/1

Dawlat remains on attack from one end and Windies are on a good position, there is an appeak for caught behind but it seems it was pad only adn the umpire is not convinced, too. No runs are scored off the first five balls and the last ball remaisn dot too.

3:38 PM

Over 9

Over Summary: 1 6 0 1 0 0     WI 43/1

Sayed Shirzad, the left hand pacer, is into the attack in his maiden World Cup match, Evin Lewis greets him with a SIX!! The bowler returns with two fine deliveries but singles still flow 

3:32 PM

Over 8

Over Summary: 0 0 2 0 1 4     WI 35/1


Rashid Khan spoils it for Afghanistan as he drops Shai Hope as he pulls Dawlat's short ball, and the batsman thanks Rashid by picking two runs adn Lewis picks a boundary fof the last ball to fine-leg

3:28 PM

Over 7

Over Summary: 0 Wd 1L 0 0 0 1      WI 28/1

Mujeeb continues and Hope remains cautious this time by not hitting big, just three off the over

3:21 PM

Over 6 Gayle falls early

Over Summary: 1 0 W 4 0  0       WI 25/1

Dawlat continues, WICKET!! Gayle looks to smash the ball but gets an edge off his bat and Ikram takes a clean catch behind the stumps! Shai Hope is the new batsman, and he begins with a boundary!! 

3:18 PM

Over 5

Over Summary: 0 4 0 1 0 0 WI 20/0

Lewis continues to pick boundaries as Mujeeb look to restric tthe batsmen who have been watchful so far

3:14 PM

Over 4

Over Summary: 0 0 0 4 0 0  WI 15/0

Dawlat begins with three dots and smacks the fourth straight down the ground for his maiden boundary

3:11 PM

Over 3

Over Summary: 1 0 0 4 0 0   WI 11/0

Mujeeb continues, Gayle picks one and Lewis continue ti pick boundaries, this time Mujeeb is the victim

3:08 PM

Over 2

Over Summary: 1 0 0 0 0 4    WI 6/0

Dawlat Zadran with the ball, Gayle picks one, Lewis flicks the last ball to fine-leg for the first boundary of the match

3:03 PM

Over 1

Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 1   WI 1/0

Chris Gayle and  Evin Lewis open for Windies and Mujeeb starts the bowling attack, just a single from the over

2:53 PM

National anthems underway, match begins shortly, stay tuned

2:36 PM

West Indies Playing 11:

Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder(c), Carlos Brathwaite, Fabian Allen, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Kemar Roach

2:36 PM

Afghanistan Playing 11

Afghanistan Playing 11: Rahmat Shah, Gulbadin Naib(c), Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Samiullah Shinwari, Najibullah Zadran, Ikram Ali Khil(w), Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Sayed Shirzad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman