Afghans capitalize as Canada fall down

ICC Intercontinental Cup

Canada lost a rush of late wickets to let Afghanistan to post a 17-run victory over their hosts in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.

After rain clear in Toronto, the one-day international was reduced to a 20-overs-a-side game.

Afghanistan posted 150 all out in 18.3 overs, and Canada were in a location to push on for victory in the closing overs of their reply.

But from 121 for five after 16.4 overs, they lost four wickets inexpensively and ran out of time to reach their target, finishing stranded on 133 for nine.

Each innins feature two key aid, with Afghanistan first indebted to Karim Sadiq and Mohammad Nabi who scored 34 and 47 correspondingly. Both were swift-scoring, with opener Sadiq cracking four fours and a six in a 23-ball knock, and Nabi club one four and four sixes in an innings lasting 31 balls.

Three Canadian bowlers - Khurram Chohan, Harvir Baidwan and Rizwan Cheema - each claim three wickets.

Hiral Patel conquered the beat in the early stages of Canada's reply, hitting six fours and a six in a 39-ball innings of 43. Cheema, enjoying a fine match on a personal level, then struck three fours and two sixes as he reach 36 in 24 balls.

But neither man found important support, with Jimmy Hansra, who scored 10, the only other Canada batsman to reach double figures.

Spinner Samiullah Shenwari, who built-in Patel among his victims, had outstanding bowling figures of three for 16 from three overs.

The dismissals of Cheema with Canada’s team total on 112 prove a major blow.

Zubin Surkari was then sixth man down on 121, and with the total of 126 three batsman fell, with Usman Limbada, Baidwan and Chohan detached in the space of three balls spanning the 18th and 19th overs.

Victory completed a victorious trip to Canada for the Afghanistan team, after their nine-wicket victory in a four-day match and two-wicket win in the opening one-day international at King City.

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