Afghanistan vs West Indies Highlights, World Cup 2019: West Indies beat Afghanistan by 23 runs

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WEST INDIES BEAT AFGHANISTAN BY 23 RUNS AT HEADINGLEY
Shai Hope | Player of the match:
It's important we got that score on the board. It's not where we would've liked it to be but it's a learning experience and lot to learn from this. It's nice to finish on a high and hopefully I can carry on this form for the next series as well.

WEST INDIES BEAT AFGHANISTAN BY 23 RUNS A

Most consecutive losses in World Cups:
18 Zimbabwe (1983-92)
14 Scotland (1999-15)
12 AFGHANISTAN (2015-19) *
11 Canada (2003-11)
OVERS 50: WICKET! Thomas removes Shirzad for 25. Afghanistan are 288 all out. West Indies win by 23 runs.
OVERS 49.5: SIX! Shirzad smashes Thomas for a huge one.
Afghanistan 278/9, need 34 in 6 balls.
End of OVER 49: 3 runs off Brathwaite's over.
OVERS 46.5: SIX! Shirzad smashes Brathwaite for a huge one towards long off. Afghanistan 267/9
OVERS 46.3: WICKET! Carlos Brathwaite takes his fourth wicket, Rashid Khan departs for 9. Afghanistan 260/9
OVERS 46: FOUR! Shirzan drills it down towards long on fence. Afghanistan 260/8
OVERS 45: WICKET! Carlos Brathwaite takes his third wicket, removes Dawlat Zadran for 1. Afghanistan 255/8

OVERS 44.4: SIX! Rashid Khan clubs this over long off.
OVERS 44.2: WICKET! Carlos Brathwaite ends Asghar Afghan's stay at 40. Big wicket for Windies. Afghanistan 244/7
OVERS 42.2: FOUR! Asghar Afghan shifting gears now. He uses the pace and flicks the ball towards fine leg for a boundary. Afghanistan 238/6
OVERS 42.1: FOUR! Asghar Afghan smashes Jason Holder towards deep extra cover.
OVERS 41.4: WICKET! Kemar Roach takes his third wicket, Shinwari departs for 6. Afghanistan 227/6

10 overs to go! Afghanistan need 92 runs to win

OVERS 38.3: FOUR! Asghar Afghan smashes Cottrell Afghan for a mammoth six and then for a boundary. Afghanistan 212/5
OVERS 37.4: WICKET! Kemar Roach removes Mohammad Nabi for 2. Afghanistan 201/5
OVERS 35.5: WICKET! Afghanistan lose fourth wicket, Najibullah (31) is run out. Afghanistan 194/4
OVERS 35.3: WICKET! Chris Gayle breaks the stand. Ikram Ali Khil departs for 86. Excellent bowling from the Universe Boss.

End of OVER 35: Five runs from the Cottrell over. AFG 187/2
Cottrell is back into the attack
Time for Drinks!
End of OVER 34:Gayle continues his good run with the ball as he gives away just 2 runs. AFG 182/2
End of OVER 33: Brathwaite concedes 13 runs from the over. AFG 180/2
OVERS 32.1: SIX! Najibullah dispatches Brathwaite for a six straight down the ground. AFG 173/2
End of OVER 32: Another good over from Gayle with just three runs coming from it. AFG 167/2
End of OVER 29: 8 runs off Brathwaite's over. Afghanistan 154/2
OVERS 28.2: FOUR! Khil sends Brathwaite for a boundary. Afghanistan 151/2
Najibullah Zadran comes to the crease
OVERS 26.2: WICKET! Carlos Brathwaite ends Rahmat Shah's stay at 62. Afghanistan 138/2
OVERS 24.1: DROPPED! Cottrell drops a sitter. Rahmat Shah gets a reprieve on 58 runs. Afghanistan 129/1
OVERS 22.2: FOUR! Rahmat Shah smashes Carlos Brathwaite towards long on for a boundary. Afghanistan 122/1
OVERS 20.2: FOUR! Ikram Khil sends Jason Holder towards long on for a boundary. Afghanistan 114/1
OVERS 20.3: FIFTY! Ikram Ali Khil brings up his maiden ODI half-century off 57 balls. Afghanistan 109/1

End of OVER 17: 6 runs off Fabian Allen's over. Afghanistan 80/1

OVERS 15.6: FOUR! Rahmat plays a superb cut shot off Jason Holder towards deep backward point. Afghanistan 74/1
OVERS 13: FOUR! Second boundary for Rahmat in the over. He drives Thomas though cover. What a shot from the right-hander. Afghanistan 65/1
OVERS 10.5: FOUR! Short from Oshane Thomas. Rahmat goes on backfoot and smashes this towards square of the wicket. Afghanistan 49/1
OVERS 9.1: FOUR! What a shot from Roach. Roach starts his fifth over. Khil welcomes him with a superb boundary straight down the ground. Afghanistan 41/1
OVERS 7.4: FOUR! Rahmat picks the length and flicks the ball towards deep square leg. Not a good line from Roach. Afghanistan 34/1
OVERS 7: FOUR! What a way to end the over. Great wrist work from Rahmat towards mid on. Afghanistan 29/1
OVERS 6.1: FOUR! Rahmat plays Cottrell beautifully towards square of the wicket for a boundary. Afghanistan 24/1
OVERS 4.4: FOUR! Excellent shot from Khil. He uses the pace and flicks the ball towards fine leg for a boundary. Afghanistan 16/1
Ikram Ali Khil comes to the crease.
OVERS 1.3: WICKET! Kemar Roach strikes, removes Gulbadin Naib for 5. Sloppy shot from Naib. Easy catch for Evin Lewis at mid-wicket. Afghanistan 5/1
End of OVER 1: Just 1 run off Cottrell's over. Afghanistan 1/0
West Indies are in a huddle. Afghanistan openers Rahmat Shah and Gulbadin Naib are making their way to the middle. Sheldon Cottrell is ready with the ball.
Welcome back!
Shai Hope (77 runs off 92 balls:
Pleased to see a score of 300 and more, must say thanks to the guys at the end to get us there. Basically just tried to get some runs under the belt in the last match of the World Cup. The pitch was a bit slow to start; they bowled well in the middle overs and it was important to keep wickets in hand to give us a launching pad at the back end. [Was he the glue?] Yes (laughs). [What the key lengths are now] I don't think I should be telling you that right now.


WEST INDIES POST 311/6 AGAINST AFGHANISTAN AT HEADINGLEY
Shai Hope 77
Nicholas Pooran 58
Evin Lewis 58
Dawlat Zadran 2/73

OVERS 50: SIX! FOUR! FOUR! What a way to finish the innings. Brathwaite finishes in his own style. West Indies post 311/6
OVERS 49.2: WICKET! Sayed Shirzad removes Jason Holder for 45. West Indies 297/6
OVERS 49.1: WICKET! Nicholas Pooran is ru out/. West Indies lose their fifth wicket. West Indies 297/5
End of OVER 49: 20 runs off Dawlat Zadran's over. West Indies 297/4
OVERS 48.4: SIX! What a shot from Pooran. He picks the length and smashes the ball over long on.
OVERS 48.1: SIX! Low full toss from Dawlat Zadran. Jason Holder tonks this one over deep mid wicket.
OVERS 48: FIFTY! Nicholas Pooran brings up his 2nd ODI half-century off 40 balls

OVERS 47.5: FOUR! Holder guides Mujeeb towards third man for a boundary. West Indies 276/4
End of OVER 47: 15 runs off Dawlat Zadran's over. West Indies 267/4
OVERS 46.5: SIX! Holder smashes ZAdran over deep mid wicket fence for a huge one. Beautiful shot from him. West Indies 265/4
OVERS 46.3: FOUR! Nicholas Pooran finds the gap and sends Zadran between long on and deep mid wicket. West Indies 258/4
4 overs to go! West Indies 252/4. Can Pooran take West Indies past 300?
End of OVER 45: FOUR! Pooran is on fire. Two boundaries for him in Mujeeb's over. 16 runs off Mujeeb's over. West Indies 246/4

OVERS 44.2: SIX! Jason Holder whacks the ball over deep mid wicket fence off Mujeeb Ur Rahman. West Indies 237/4
OVERS 43.5: SIX! Jason Holder picks the length and smashes the ball over long off fence. West Indies 228/4
OVERS 42.1: FOUR! Pooran smashes Mujeeb towards extra cover. West Indies 216/4
OVERS 40.3: FOUR! Pooran sends Shirzad towards backward square leg for a boundary. West Indies 206/4
200 comes up for West Indies in 39.4 overs
Jason Holder 2*, Nicholas Pooran 12*
Jason Holder comes to the crease.
OVERS 37.4: WICKET! Mohammad Nabi ends Shai Hope's stay at 77. A fine innings from Hope comes to an end. Rashid Khan takes an easy catch at deep mid wicket. West Indies 192/4

OVERS 37.2: FOUR! Same shot, same region. Shai Hope is dealing in boundaries here. West Indies 192/3
OVERS 37.1: FOUR! Shai Hope moves to 73 with a superb boundary off Nabi.
Nicholas Pooran comes to the crease.
OVERS 34.5: WICKET! Dawlat Zadran removes Shimron Hetmyer for 39. West Indies 174/3

OVERS 34.2: SIX! Zadran to Shai Hope. The West Indies batsman launches this over the bowler's head.
OVERS 34: DROPPED! Shimron Hetmyer gets a top edge and the ball is miles up in the air. Shinwari runs and drops it. Rashid isn't happy with this. West Indies 165/2
OVERS 33: 7 runs off Sayed Shirzad's over. West Indies 160/2
OVERS 29.3: SIX! Hetmyer dispatches Mohammad Nabi into deep mid wicket stands. West Indies 147/2
OVERS 29.2: FIFTY! Shai Hope 13th ODI half-century off 65 balls

OVERS 28.5: FOUR! Third boundary for Hetmyer.
OVERS 27.4: FOUR! Cracking shot from Hetmyer off Nabi. He clears his front leg and sends the bowler towards long off. West Indies 131/2
OVERS 27.1: FOUR! Hetmyer blasts this straight down the ground for a boundary. Nabi concedes a boundary off the first delivery of his 7th over. West Indies 125/2
OVERS 26.4: FOUR! Shai Hope goes on back-foot and cuts the ball towards deep backward point for a boundary. West Indies 121/2
OVERS 25.5: SIX! Hetmyer lofts this beautifully towards long-off for a six. Poor delivery from Nabi. West Indies 117/2
Shimron Hetmyer comes to the crease
OVERS 24.5: WICKET! Rashid ends Evin Lewis' stay at 58. Lewis goes for a pull but fails to connect it. Nabi takes a good running catch at long on. West Indies 109/2

OVERS 24.2: FOUR! Another one from Shai Hope. This time he smashes Rashid towards deep mid wicket for a boundary. West Indies 108/1
OVERS 24.1: FOUR! Shai Hope goes on back-foot and cuts the ball towards third man for a boundary.
OVERS 24: REVIEW! A loud lbw appeal from Mujeeb against Lewis. Umpire says NOT OUT. Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib has asked for a review. It's NOT OUT.
OVERS 22.2: FOUR! Lewis sends Rashid towards square leg for a boundary. West Indies 96/1
20 overs gone!
West Indies 86/1
Lewis 50*, Hope 27*
OVERS 19.5: FIFTY! Evin Lewis brings up his fifth ODI half-century off 62 balls. West Indies 86/1 in 19.5 overs

End of 16th over: Tidy over from Gulbadin Naib comes to an end. Just three singles off his third over. WI 76/1
13.5 overs: SIX! Short-pitched delivery from Gulbadin Naib and Evin Lewis pounces onto that one. Hits it through deep mid wicket region to collect his second six of the match.
50 comes up for West Indies! Evin Lewis takes a quick single off a mis-field as fifty comes up for Windies in 11.2 overs. Lewis is batting on 30 alongside Shai Hope on 11.
Afghanistan skipper Gulbadin Naib comes into the attack for the first time. WI 47/1 after 11 overs
End of 10th over: First powerplay comes to an end and Windies have 43 runs on the board for the loss of one wicket. Evin Lewis (25) and Shai Hope (9) are out in the middle for West Indies. Chris Gayle (7) is back in the hut.

8.2 overs: SIX! Huge strike from Evin Lewis. Sayed Shirzad drifts down the leg side and Lewis pulls the ball in style to the right of deep square leg to collect his first six of the match. WI 42/1
7.1 overs: Dropped! Rashid Khan drops a sitter at short mid wicket. Shai Hope flicks the ball straight into his hands but Rashid fails to hold on. Hope survives!

5.3 overs: OUT! Dawlat Zadran strikes as he removes Chris Gayle for 7. Universe Boss' final innings of the World Cup comes to an end. He takes the long walk back. WI 21/1
3.4 overs: FOUR! Chris Gayle shows first signs of aggression. Hits the ball straight down the ground off Dawlat Zadran to collect four runs. WI 15/0
End of 2nd over: FOUR! Boundary to end the over from Dawlat Zadran. He drifts it down the leg side and Lewis flicks his wrists and places the ball fine. No fine leg and the ball races to the fence. Lewis is off the mark as well. WI 6/0
End of 1st over: Chris Gayle is off the mark with a single on the last ball of Mujeeb's first over. Dawlat Zadran will share the new ball with Mujeeb from the other end. WI 1/0
Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis are at the crease. Gayle will take the strike for the last time in a World Cup match. Mujeeb ur Rahman will start the proceedings for Afghanistan. Here we go!
Both teams are out in the middle along with the match officials for the national anthems. We are just minutes away from the start.
Playing XI for both teams
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder(c), Carlos Brathwaite, Fabian Allen, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Kemar Roach
Afghanistan: 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
Captains at the toss
Gulbadin Naib: I would have wanted to bat first as well. It gets good for the spinners later on. We played really well in the last few games. We will try to play hard. We ahve two changes. Hamid Hassan and Shahidi are not playing. Dawlat Zadran and Shirzad are playing.
Jason Holder: We are gonna bat first. Seems to be a pretty good wicket. It tends to slow down as the game goes on. Just look at this game and try to finish the competition well. We have one last oppurtunity and need to get a perfect game together. Two changes for us. Evin Lewis and Kemar Roach come in for and Sunil Ambris and Shannon Gabriel.
Team news: A couple of changes for both the teams. Hamid Hassan and Hashmatullah Shahidi miss out as Dawlat Zadran and Sayed Shirzad come in for Afghanistan. Evin Lewis and Kemar Roach come in for Sunil Ambris and Shannon Gabriel in Windies playing XI.

Toss news: West Indies skipper Jason Holder wins the toss and opts to bat first against Afghanistan in Leeds.

Hello and welcome to the live updates of Match 42 of the ICC Cricket World Cup between Afghanistan and West Indies.