Afghanistan vs Scotland ICC World Twenty20, 2021

OUT! TIMBER! Rashid Khan gets rid of Brad Wheal on a golden duck. Afghanistan have won the game by a huge margin. Floated, full and on off. Wheal looks to defend it out but misses. The ball goes through the gap between the bat and the pad. The ball shatters the stumps behind and it is lights out for Scotland. AFGHANISTAN WIN THE GAME BY 130 RUNS.

Brad Wheal is the last man in for Scotland.

Scotland have taken the review for an LBW decision. UltraEdge shows that there is no bat involved and Ball Tracker confirms that the ball is going onto hit the leg stump. Chris Greaves has to depart and Scotland lose the review.

OUT! LBW! Rashid Khan picks up his third wicket. Scotland are nine down now. This has been a brutal performance by the Afghan spinners. They did not let the batters breathe here. Loopy ball, around leg. Davey looks to play the reverse sweep but misses. He gets rapped on his pads. Khan appeals and the umpire raises his finger in a flash. Davey decides to use the review. The UltraEdge shows no bat is involved. The Ball Tracker shows three reds and Davey has to walk back to the dressing room.

DRINKS! Well, it's all but over for Scotland and the first half of this innings has completed belonged to one man, Mujeeb Ur Rahman. The Scottish batters have had no answer for the Afghan spin as Rashid Khan has picked up a couple of wickets as well. With just 2 wickets remaining, Afghanistan will be looking to end this one soon.

Drags the length back, on off. Davey pulls it to mid-wicket for one more. 131 needed in 60 balls.

A length ball, slanting on the pads. Davey misses his flick and gets hit on the pads.

Full and on off. Sharif hits it off the inner half to mid-wicket and takes a single.

WIDE! Another one angling down the leg side. Sharif misses his tuck.

Full and angling down, whipped to deep square leg for one.

WIDE! Angles it way down the leg side. Davey misses his flick.

On a length, outside off. Sharif punches to covers for one run.

A length ball, angling on the pads, flicked to mid-wicket.

Karim Janat comes into the attack now.

A full ball, spinning back in, on middle. Sharif nudges it to mid-wicket for a single.

Safyaan Sharif is in at number 10.

OUT! LBW! Rashid Khan gets his second wicket and Scotland's struggle continues against the spinners. They have gotten a bitter taste of the bigger stage, not how they wanted to start their campaign. Floated, full and around off. Greaves lunges forward and looks to defend it out but misses. He gets rapped on the pads and that's is plumb. Khan appeals and the umpire raises his finger in a flash.

Flatter and on off. Davey works it to mid-wicket off the inner half. A single now.

LEG BYE! Loopy ball, on the pads. Chris Greaves looks to flick it away but misses. The ball takes the pads and rolls out. The batters collect another leg bye.

FOUR! Nicely played. Full and on off. Chris Greaves reverse-sweeps it past point for a boundary.

LEG BYE! Flatter and on the pads. Davey misses his flick. The ball takes the pads and rolls to the leg side. The batters collect a leg bye.

On middle. Josh Davey reverse sweeps it through point for a single.

Josh Davey is the new man in.

OUT! TIMBER! Five-fer for Mujeeb Ur Rahman! What a player! Scotland are just unable to pick the spinners tonight. Flatter and on middle. Mark Watt looks to drive but gets beaten as this one spins back in. Leaves a big gap and the ball travels through to disturb the stumps.

FIVE RUNS! OVERTHROWS! On middle. Chris Greaves tucks it to the right of the bowler and takes a quick single. Mujeeb Ur Rahman has a shy at the bowler's end but misses and the ball rolls to the fence as there was no one backing up.

Flatter and on off. Chris Greaves tries to reverse sweep. He does not middle it and the ball lobs to the left of leg stump.

Now goes for the sweep but finds short fine leg.

Full and on off. Chris Greaves lunges to defend it out.

Flatter and outside off. Chris Greaves shuffles and tucks it to square leg for one more. 151 needed in 78 balls.

Short and outside off, pushed to sweeper cover for a single.

Very full, on middle. Watt blocks it out.

Mark Watt is in at number 8.

Scotland have taken the review for an LBW decision. Will it be third time lucky for them? No is the short answer. UltraEdge shows that clearly there's no bat involved. Ball Tracker shows that the impact is umpire's call and the ball is going onto hit the middle stump. All three LBW decisions have been close and have gone Afghanistan's way.

OUT! LBW! Of course, Rashid Khan joins the party as well! You just can't keep this guy away from the wickets column. A tossed up ball, full on middle. Michael Leask looks to defend but misses and gets hit plumb on the front pad. An appeal and up goes the finger. Scotland though take the review. Ultra Edge shows no bat. Ball Tracker shows impact was umpire's call but wickets were hitting.

A flighted ball, on middle. Chris Greaves looks to sweep but seems to miss and they take a single as the ball rolls to leg side. Given as a run means there might be some bat on it.

Starts with a googly, outside off. Chris Greaves prods to defend and gets an inside edge back on the pads.

Rashid Khan comes into the attack now.

Straight attacking the stumps. Leask pushes it back to the bowler. Pheww! That was some Powerplay, Scotland are 37/5.

Darted on the pads, worked to square leg for a single.

A loopy ball, just around off. Chris Greaves gets low and looks to sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads. The impact was outside off.

Chris Greaves is the new man in.

OUT! TIMBER! The pressure is back on Scotland as Mujeeb Ur Rahman has his tail up. He is picking wickets for fun here! Serves another short ball, flatter and on middle. George Munsey backs away and looks to cut but fails to get any bat on it. The ball sneaks through and rattles the stumps. Half of the Scotland team is back in the hut. 155 needed in 87 balls.

SIX! Releases some pressure piling up on Scotland! Sees a full ball, on off and Musey slog-sweeps it over square leg for a maximum.

Serves a short ball, angling around leg. George Munsey makes room and looks to cut but misses.

Slower, length ball, outside off. Leask punches it to point and shouts 'WAITT".

A length ball, way outside off. Michael Leask fails to chase this wayward delivery.

Very full and on off. Leask squeezes it out to cover.

Michael Leask comes in at number 6.

OUT! STUNNER! Take a bow, Mohammad Shahzad! He has taken an acrobatic catch behind the stumps and another Scottish player walks out on his very first ball. Naveen-ul-Haq hurls and serves it on a length and was outside off. Cross looks to play away from the body but manages an outside edge to the right of the keeper. Mohammad Shahzad there puts a full stretch dive and takes an absolute stunner. Just brilliant. Scotland are 4 down now.

Slower ball, on a length on middle, drilled down to long on for a single.

WIDE! A full ball, down the leg side. Munsey makes room and looks to flick but misses. The keeper does well to dive to his right and stop it.

A length ball, on middle. Munsey blocks it on the off side.

Matthew Cross comes in with his team in a spot of bother.

Scotland have to go for the review and have done so with just 2 seconds left on the timer. The review is for an LBW decision and UltraEdge confirms that there is no bat involved. Just like the previous decision, Ball Tracker shows that the ball is going on to clip the leg stump. Richie Berrington has to depart as well.

OUT! LBW! Mujeeb Ur Rahman gets his third wicket of the over. This is huge. He has taken away the game in just a single over. How many tricks does he have under his sleeve? Googly, around leg. Richie Berrington looks to flick it away but misses. He gets rapped on the pads. Mujeeb Ur Rahman appeals and the umpire raises his finger. Richie Berrington has a chat with his partner and decides to take the review. The UltraEdge shows the bat is absent. The Ball Trackers shows it is umpire's call on ball hitting the wickets and Scotland lose another wicket but not the review. So unlucky, and Mujeeb's second over caused absolute havoc.

BEATEN! Googly, around off. Berrington looks to defend it out but misses, as the ball spins away.

Full and on off. Richie Berrington defends it out safely to deny the Hat-Trick.

Richie Berrington comes in to face the hat-trick ball as two slips are now in place.

Scotland now take a review for an LBW decision. There's no spike on UltraEdge as the ball goes past the bat. The Ball Tracker shows that the ball is just going on to clip the leg stump and hence, the onfield decision of OUT will stay. However, Scotland will not lose the review.

OUT! LBW! Two wickets in two balls. Calum MacLeod goes back on a golden duck. Mujeeb Ur Rahman has a lot of tricks under his sleeve. Floated, around leg. Calum MacLeod hangs back and looks to flick it away but misses. He gets rapped on the pads. Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mohammad Shahzad appeal, the umpire takes some time but raises his dreaded finger. Calum MacLeod isn't happy and takes the review. The UltraEdge confirms there no spike as the ball passes the bat. The Ball Tracker shows the wickets are hitting on the umpire's call. The decision stands and Mujeeb Ur Rahman is on a Hat-Trick.

Calum MacLeod comes in at number 3.

OUT! TIMBER! Mujeeb Ur Rahman draws the first blood. The skipper, Kyle Coetzer has to depart now after some good hitting. Loopy ball, around off. Kyle Coetzer comes forward and looks to heave it away but misses. The ball goes through the gap between the bat and the pad to disturb the furniture behind. Mujeeb Ur Rahman is delighted.

Flatter and on leg. Munsey goes back and cuts it towards point for a single.

FOUR Kyle Coetzer gets the second boundary of the over. Short and around off. Kyle Coetzer stays on the back foot and pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary.

Fuller and outside off. Kyle Coetzer comes across and digs it out safely.

Full-length ball, outside off. Kyle Coetzer looks to heave it away but misses.

FOUR! A nice reply by Kyle Coetzer. On a length, outside off. Kyle Coetzer drives it past mid off and bags a boundary. Wonderful shot.

Mohammad Nabi has decided to take the review for an LBW decision. UltraEdge confirms that there is no bat involved. Ball Tracker shows that the impact is well outside the line of off stump and the onfield decision of NOT OUT stays. Afghanistan do lose the review.

NOT OUT! Afghanistan lose a review here. A length ball, outside off. Kyle Coetzer comes across and looks to defend it but misses. The bounce on the ball though dies after pitching hence the failure to defend it out. Coetzer gets rapped on the pads. Naveen-ul-Haq appeals but the umpire says no. Mohammad Nabi though decides to take it upstairs. The UltraEdge shows no bat is involved. The Ball Tracker shows the impact is outside the line. Kyle Coetzer survives.

A couple to start the over! A length ball, outside off. Kyle Coetzer threads it towards third man for a brace.

A bowling change straightaway as Naveen-ul-Haq is brought into the attack.

Full and around off. Munsey looks to heave it across the line but misses.

On middle, worked to mid-wicket.

Floated, full and on off. Munsey reverse-sweeps it over cover. The batters pick couple before the fielder cuts it out.

FOUR! Nicely played. Tossed up, around middle. Munsey makes room and flicks it through mid-wicket for a boundary.

Reverse sweeps comes out again, but he does not connect this time.

Tossed up, around off. Munsey looks to reverse sweep it but misses. The ball hits the pads.

It's going to be spin from both ends as Mujeeb Ur Rahman comes in from the opposite end.

Full and on middle. Munsey sweeps it to short fine leg and gets a single. A great start by Scotland. 11 runs off it.

Flatter and on leg. Munsey makes room and looks to cut it away but misses.

Tossed up, around off. Munsey reverse-sweeps it to cover. The ball lands a bit short of Rashid Khan there.

SIX! All the way! Scotland need a solid start in the Powerplay and Munsey is giving them that. Full and on off. Mansey reverse-hits it again. The ball takes the top edge and clears the point fence for a biggie.

FOUR! George Munsey gets off the mark with a reverse hit. Full and on off. Munsey changes his stance and reverse sweeps it past point and bags a boundary.

A dot to start with! Floated, outside off. Munsey stays back and pushes it to point.

OUT! CAUGHT! And 190 is what Afghanistan end with. This is their best ever tally in T20 World Cup. A length ball, around off. Zadran looks to go big again, but this time he finds the fielder in the deep. He heaves it across the line towards deep square leg. Brad Wheal moves to his right and takes a sharp catch. Safyaan Sharif bags his second wicket. AFGHANISTAN END THEIR INNINGS AT 190/4.

SIX! Zadran is making sure his side finishes on a high. Full and on off. Zadran hangs back, gets under the ball and muscles it over the long on fence for a biggie. In fact, the ball is outside the ground yet again. Why bother running for these shots. 190 is up for Afghanistan. What a start to their campaign.

A length ball, on off. Nabi works it towards long on for a single.

FOUR! Nabi is on the charge. Slower bouncer, on off. Nabi stays inside the crease and pulls it towards deep square leg and bags a boundary.

On a length, around off. Zadran lifts it over cover and gets a single.

A length ball, on off. Zadran flicks it through mid-wicket for a couple.

Safyaan Sharif (3-0-20-1) has been entrusted with the final over.

Full and outside off. Nabi guides it above the point fielder. The fielder leaps but the ball goes over him. The batters get a couple.

FOUR! Nabi goes straight down the ground. He certainly has calm nerves. Fuller and on off. Nabi stands tall and slaps it over the bowler's head. The ball races away into the boundary at long off. The fielder puts in a dive but in vain.

Short and on off. Zadran pulls it through mid-wicket and gets a single. This also brings up his FIFTY. What an innings by the man.

The skipper, Mohammad Nabi is in at number 5.

OUT! CAUGHT! Josh Davey gets himself into the wicket's column. The leading wicket-taker for Scotland has struck at the biggest stage. He would be relieved after leaking a few too many runs. A full-length ball, outside off. Gurbaz comes across and throws his bat on it. The ball skies in the air and goes towards extra cover. Kyle Coetzer comes forward and pouches it comfortably.

A length ball, on the pads. Zadran clips it through square leg for a single.

Full-length ball, on middle. Zadran flicks it through square leg for a couple for runs.

Josh Davey (3-0-31-0) to bowl the nineteenth over.

On off, pushed to cover for a single.

SIX! All the way. Full and on off. Zadran powers it over the long off fence for a maximum.

LEG BYE! NOT OUT! Scotland took the review in hope, but it goes against them. Loopy ball, full and on leg. Gurbaz looks to sweep it away but misses. The ball goes towards fine leg off the pads. The batters sneak a leg bye. Although, Mark Watt wants his skipper to take it upstairs even though the keeper mentioned it is going down leg. In the end, the skipper, goes with the bowler. The Ultra Edge shows the bat was absent. The Ball Tracker showed the ball was missing the wickets. Scotland lose a review here.

After much convincing from the bowler, Kyle Coetzer does go for the review for an LBW decision. UltraEdge confirms that there is no bat involved. Ball Tracking shows the impact is in line but it's going down leg. Rahmanullah Gurbaz survives and Scotland lose a review.

On off, Zadran lifts towards long off for a single.

FOUR! Down the ground. Floated, full and on off. Zadran makes room and lifts it towards long on. The ball goes into the boundary on a bounce.

WIDE! Full and down leg. Zadran looks to flick it away but misses. Wide called.

Flighted, full and on middle. Zadran hangs back and pushes it to cover.

Mark Watt (3-0-10-1) is back into the attack.

Short ball, on the bodyline. Zadran tucks it to the leg side and takes off for a quick single. Another great over from Afghanistan's prespective. 16 runs coming off it.

A length ball, around off. Gurbaz whips it across the line through mid-wicket for a single.

SIX! BANG! 150 comes up for Afghanistan in some style. A full-length ball, on off. Gurbaz steps forward and smokes it over the long on fence for a biggie.

Is that a Run Out? The umpires have gone upstairs to check for a short run as well as for the run out. This is the second short run of the day, so, it'll be just a single as is signalled by the onfield umpire. However, Rahmanullah Gurbaz did make it in time and it is NOT OUT on the big screen.

A length ball, on off. Gurbaz comes across and whips it across the line through mid-wicket. The batters decide to take two. The fielder in the deep collects the ball and throws is to the keeper who clips the bails. The batter puts in a dive to safe himself and it looks to is inside the crease. The umpire decides to take it upstairs to check a short run first and then the run out. The replays show there is a short run by Gurbaz and the replays show Gurbaz was well inside the crease to mark himself save. In the end, the batters get a single.

SIX! Out of here! It is raining sixes in Sharjah. The balls are just going out of the park here. Gurbaz has turned to attack now. Full and on off. Gurbaz comes forward and lifts it over the long on fence for a maximum.

LEG BYE! Full and on the pads. Zadran misses his flick. The ball goes towards the leg side. The batters collect a leg bye.

Brad Wheal is back into the attack now. He replaces Josh Davey.

Full and straight, heaved towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Sharif does get the yorker in this time. It's on middle and Zadran can't get underneath it.

Full but on the pads. Zadran flicks it straight to the man at short fine leg.

SIX! This is probably the biggest hit of the tournament so far! Sharif tries going into the wicket again and Zadran reads it well. Zadran swings through the line of the ball and dispatches this one on the roof over the long on fence.

It's now seven singles in a row for Afghanistan. Slower one, on the hips. Rahmanullah Gurbaz nudges it towards backward square leg for a single.

Full, on off and driven down to long off for one.

Slower ball, banged in around the ribs. Zadran looks to pull but is through his shot early. The ball comes off the inside edge and onto the thigh pads before rolling onto the off side. They do take a quick single though.

Full and straight, worked nicely around the corner on the leg. The batters race back for the second and make it in time. The replay shows that while running the first run, Zadran didn't have his bat behind the crease and hence it will only be a single.

Full again and outside off stump. Rahmanullah Gurbaz heaves it off the inner half of the bat towards wide long on for another one.

Davey bowls this one into the pitch, outside off and angling across the left-hander. Zadran dabs it down towards long on and rotates the strike.

Full and wide, driven towards wide long off for one.

Josh Davey comes back into the attack. He replaces Chris Greaves.

SIX! WOW! This is an unreal shot, almost like the helicopter shot. In the slot and Rahmanullah Gurbaz with a flick of the wrists. The ball sails over the square leg fence for a biggie.

FOUR! A gift from Mark Watt as he angles this one in quick and on the pads. Najibullah Zadran just helps it over short fine leg and the ball races away into the fence.

On middle and leg, turned through square leg for a single.

Fourth dot on the trot! Watt fires in a yorker this time, on the off stump. Rahmanullah Gurbaz digs it to the left of the bowler, who dives and makes a good stop.

Watt fires this one in full and wide. Rahmanullah Gurbaz watchfully leaves it alone.

Quicker and flatter, around off. Rahmanullah Gurbaz can't get it through covers again.

Slightly shorter, on off and this is crunched off the back foot but straight to cover.

Mark Watt (2-0-5-1) is back into the attack. He replaces Brad Wheal.

FOUR! This is a poor delivery from Chris Greaves as he drifts down the leg side with fine leg inside the circle. Zadran gets low and just paddles it fine into the fine leg boundary. 13 off that over.

Flatter one, around off and this is punched off the back foot towards wide long off for one.

SIX! The timing was perfect on that one. Fullish ball, around off. Rahmanullah Gurbaz gets down on one knee and plays a slog sweep over the square leg fence for a biggie.

Nicely flighted, very full and wide of the off stump. Rahmanullah Gurbaz leaves it alone.

Quicker and shorter, around the leg stump. Zadran pulls it to deep square leg for a single. The 100 is up for Afghanistan.

Full, on middle, pushed down to long on for a single.

FOUR! Boundary to end the over! Short of a length, outside off. Zadran frees his arms as he cuts it through point for another boundary.

Around off, pushed to covers for a single.

A back-of-a-length ball, around off. Rahmanullah Gurbaz looks to pull but misses it completely. The ball hits his waist and lobs in the hands of the point fielder.

Length ball, outside off. Zadran punches it through point for a single.

Good running between the wickets! On middle. Zadran flicks it with soft hands to deep mid-wicket and takes a quick couple.

Length ball, on middle. Gurbaz tucks it to mid on for a single.

Brad Wheal (2-0-18-0) comes in to replace Mark Watt.

NOT OUT! Short, flatter and around off. Zadran backs away and cuts it to sweeper cover. The fielder throws it to the keeper who flashes the bails off. Zadran had to put in a dive to make his ground and he makes it on time. The third umpire is called to check it and it shows Zadran was well in. Two taken.

Is that a Run Out? No, it isn't! The third umpire checks the replay and we can see that Najibullah Zadran made his ground with ease as he put in the dive.

Around off. Zadran steers it to short third man.

FOUR! Up and Over! Zadran is off the mark! It was the googly but Zadran reads it nicely. Times it perfectly over extra cover for a boundary.

Flatter and on off. Zadran works it to point.

Full and on off. Zadran drives it nicely but straight to covers.

Another bowling change as Chris Greaves (1-0-10-0) comes back into the attack.

Quick single! A flatter ball, outside off. Gurbaz hits it back to his fellow partner. The ball hits his bat and deflects to mid off and the batters take a single.

Serves a flatter ball, on middle. Defended out.

DRINKS! The Afghanistan opening pair of Mohammad Shahzad and Hazratullah Zazai got them off to an absolute flier. Shahzad fell but Zazai still went after the bowlers and now, with him being dismissed at the halfway mark, it's an opportunity for Scotland to make further inroads. The innings is set up for a mouth-watering second half. Also, Najibullah Zadran is the new man in.

OUT! TIMBER! Scotland needed that very badly as the dangerous Zazai goes back! Watt who actually is a spinner serves it on 107 clicks and nails his yorker angling on middle. Hazratullah Zazai gets beaten by the pace. He gets an inside edge as he looks to jam it out and the ball ricochets it back on the wooden sticks behind.

Tossed up on middle. Zazai mistimes his hit back to the bowler.

Full and slanting on middle. Zazai heaves it to deep mid-wicket for another couple.

Full again, on middle. Gurbaz skips down and nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Mark Watt (1-0-2-0) is brought back into the attack.

Full and on middle, pushed to mid-wicket.

In the air but safe! A short ball, on middle, another slower ball. Hazratullah Zazai is too early on his pull shot and gets a top edge to deep backward square leg. The fielder runs to his right, runs over but does well to stop it. Two runs taken. 12 coming of it.

A length ball, slower and on middle. Zazai reads the pace and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

On a length, on off, drilled down to long on for one.

WIDE! Full and way outside off. Left alone.

Easy two! A length ball, on off, pushed down to wide long off for a brace.

FOUR! Now Gurbaz attacks! A short ball, on middle. Gurbaz attacks as he comes down the pitch, pulls it wide of deep mid-wicket and bags himself a boundary.

Josh Davey (1-0-8-0) is back into the attack.

A slower length ball, on middle. Gurbaz defends it out.

Touch short and outside off. Gurbaz cuts it to point for a single.

On the pads, tucked to mid-wicket for a brace. Good running.

Tossed up, full and on off. Gurbaz looks to defend it out. The ends up chipping back to the bowler, but it lands just short of Chris Greaves.

Short and on off. Zazai pulls it to mid-wicket for a single. The fielder collects the ball, but does not realise the batters are taking a single, unless he gets a shout from his keeper. In the end, the batter was well inside the crease.

SIX! BANG! But this time he connects well. Full and around off. Zazai gets low and slog-sweeps it over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

Flatter and outside off, spinning away. Zazai hangs back and looks to cut it away but misses.

Change. Chris Greaves is into the action.

Tossed up, full and on off. Gurbaz defends it out watchfully. A great over by Mark Watt just two runs off it.

WIDE! Floated, sliding down leg. Gurbaz looks to flick but misses. Wide called.

Flatter and on off. Gurbaz tucks it to mid-wicket.

Three dots on the trot! Full and on middle. Gurbaz comes forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Flighted, full and on off. Gurbaz defends it onto the pitch.

A dot now! Loopy ball, full and on off. Gurbaz pushes it to mid on. The fielder there moves to his left and makes a good stop.

Floated, full and on off. Zazai pushes it to long on for a single.

Spin into the action as Mark Watt rolls his fingers now.

LEG BYE! Full and on the pads. Zazai looks to flick but misses. The ball goes towards square leg off the pads. The batters collect a leg bye. A nice over by Safyaan Sharif. Afghanistan are 55/1, at the end of the Powerplay.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz walks out at number 3.

OUT! CAUGHT! A good come back by Safyaan Sharif. He draws the first blood. This is the breakthrough they were looking for and what a time to strike. A full-length ball, on off. Shahzad flicks it uppishly towards deep mid-wicket looking to deal in boundaries, but this time he finds the man in the deep. Chris Greaves settles under it in the deep and grabs the catch. Scotland will look to make inroads with the momentum.

A length ball, around off. Zazai pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Good-length ball, on leg. Shahzad makes room and flicks it to mid-wicket for a single.

Full length, on off. Shahzad stays inside the crease and throws his bat at it. The ball goes over point. The batters take two before the fielder cuts it out.

FOUR! Shahzad is racing with his partner it seems. A length ball, outside off. Shahzad looks to chase it. The ball takes the outside edge and goes past the keeper into the boundary at third man. 50 is up for Afghanistan.

Safyaan Sharif changes the ends.

Back of a length, on off. Shahzad stays back and pulls it off the top end of the blade towards mid-wicket. The batters take a single. 16 runs coming of this over. Afghanistan have the upper hand now.

FOUR! Nicely played. A full-length ball, on off. Shahzad comes across and heaves it across the line. The ball goes through mid-wicket and into the boundary. Both the openers are on the attack now.

Shortish, around off. Zazai pulls it to deep mid-wicket and rotates the strike.

A length ball, around middle and leg. Zazai defends it back to the bowler.

FOUR! CRACKED! On a length, outside off. Zazai hangs back and punches it through the gap between point and cover. The fielder gives it a chase but is despair. Boundary.

SIX! All the way! Zazai is on a roll. Fuller and around off. Zazai stays inside the crease and smokes it over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. This is also the longest boundary. He made that look so easy.

Change. Brad Wheal is back on.

On middle and this is heaved towards deep mid-wicket for one.

FOUR! This time Davey goes full and wide, allowing Hazratullah Zazai to free his arms a bit. Zazai slices this one over backward point and the ball trickles into the vacant third man fence.

Slower one this time, on off stump. Mohammad Shahzad works it through mid-wicket and gets a single.

Length again, on off and angled in from around the stumps. Zazai is cramped for room again but manages to dab it down towards mid on for a quick single.

Davey hurls across a length ball from wide off the crease and bowls it outside off. Zazai looks to cut but is unable to reach it.

A length ball, on off and angled in. Shahzad whips it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Change. Josh Davey to bowl now.

Excellent finish to the over from Safyaan Sharif. A yorker, on off and Zazai can't get it away as he just manages to dig it out. Just 2 coming off the over.

WIDE! This one is angled down the leg side, Zazai looks to flick but misses. Wided.

Short of a length, on middle. Shahzad manages to pull it down towards deep mid-wicket and picks up a single.

Shahzad shuffles across his stumps trying to target the short leg side boundary but Sharif follows him a bit and cramps him for room. In the end Shahzad mistimes it towards short mid-wicket.

Right on the money. A length ball, on top of off and Shahzad keeps it out watchfully.

Well bowled from Sharif. Sharif bowls a slower one, slightly fuller and just outside the off stump. Mohammad Shahzad throws the kitchen sink at it but is unable to make a connection.

Good-length ball, outside off and swinging away a bit. Mohammad Shahzad tries to go a bit too hard at it but ends up mistiming it towards covers.

Safyaan Sharif is into the attack.

SIX! That sounded so good off the bat! In the slot again and this time Hazratullah Zazai gets on one knee and slog sweeps this one way over the mid-wicket fence for a huge hit. 18 off Leask's first over and Afghanistan already in fifth gear.

Quicker and flatter, around middle and leg. Shahzad rocks back and turns it on the leg side for a single.

SIX! WOW! Mohammad Shahzad has been watching Zazai for the past nine deliveries and when his opportunity comes he starts off with a maximum. Full and wide, Shahzad lifts this one over the cover fence with ease.

Tossed up, on middle and pushed down to long on for a run.

FOUR! Leask tries to bowl full and straight but tosses this one up right in the slot. Hazratullah Zazai punches it straight back and finds the fence for the first boundary of the innings.

Loopy ball, around off. Zazai pushes it to mid off.

Who will bowl from the other end? It is Michael Leask.

Short of a good length, around middle. Hazratullah Zazai rocks back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket and picks up a single to get off the mark. Just 2 runs off the first over.

An action replay of the previous ball as Zazai is cramped for room again.

No run off the bat yet. Back of a length, around middle and leg, allowing no room to Zazai to free his arms. Zazai dabs it down towards short mid on.

On off again and Zazai caresses it towards point.

Slightly pitched up, on middle and angling across the left-hander. Zazai stays solid in defense.

WIDE! Wheal looks to swing it into the pads but drifts down the leg side. Zazai misses the flick and a wide is signalled.

Wheal starts with a length ball, hurled across on off stump. Zazai watchfully keeps it out on the off side.

The players walk out on the field for their respective national anthems. It is Scotland's first followed by Afghanistan's. Done with the proceedings. It is time for the action as the openers of Afghanistan, Mohammad Shahzad and Hazratullah Zazai walk out to the middle. The players take the knee for their support to Black Lives Matter. Brad Wheal to start with the ball.

Kyle Coetzer, the skipper of Scotland, says that they were going to bowl anyway looking at how other games went. Says that the players have a chance to enjoy themselves and in their mind, they have a belief to pass the group stages. Informs that there are no changes as the team is playing brilliantly at the moment.

The Afghanistan skipper, Mohammad Nabi says that they will bat first and says that the wicket is dry and good for batting, so, will look to put on a big score. Adds that in the warm-up match against West Indies, the boys played really well and will look to continue the same. Mentions the pitches look good for batting and will look to restrict the opposition later on.

Afghanistan (Playing XI) - Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad (WK), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi (C), Najibullah Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

Scotland (Playing XI) - George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer (C), Matthew Cross (WK), Richie Berrington, Calum MacLeod, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Josh Davey, Safyaan Sharif, Brad Wheal.

TOSS – Both the skippers stride out to the middle for an all-important toss. The coin goes up and lands in favour of Afghanistan. They have opted to BAT first.

PITCH REPORT - Anjum Chopra, is down near the pitch. She says, there are a few patches on the surface. Bazid Khan joins her down there. He says, the dimensions of the boundary come into the context here, as you will have to put up a plan to protect the shorter boundaries.

Afghanistan had a mixed outing in the warm-ups but they made sure to take down the defending champions, West Indies in the second warm-up game. The game set up by their openers, Hazratullah Zazai and Mohammad Shahzad, as both the batters knocked half-centuries to give their side a solid start. Their skipper, Mohammad Nabi led from the front and returned with some incredible figures of 4-2-2-3 while defending the chase of 190 runs and Afghanistan got over the line pretty comfortably. With the winning momentum on their side, Afghanistan will be hoping to put the right foot forward. Who will come out on top? We shall find out soon. Stay tuned for toss and more updates.

This campaign has been full of surprises and record-breaking events. West Indies and India lost their reign against England and Pakistan respectively. Can Scotland also turn it around in their favour? Well, the Scottish side has been on a roll, coming into the Super 12s. They ended as the table-toppers with three wins on the trot in the qualifiers. Scotland has a potential group of players, who have shown their abilities in their win against the Bangla Tigers. The players to watch out for is Josh Davey, Richie Berrington etc. They would be looking forward to extend their winning run in the campaign.

Hello and a warm welcome to all. The Super 12 fixtures of the T20 World Cup, are up in full swing, it is now time for game number 17 where Afghanistan will be locking horns against Scotland. Scotland have a lot to prove at the biggest stage of them all. Also, Afghanistan have an upper hand against Scotland, as they have beaten the side six times in the past but the last time they faced each other was 5 years ago.

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