World Cricket League Division 5:Afghanistan v Jersey

Afghanistan claim title in Jersey

May 31, 2008

Afghanistan 81 for 8 (Gul 29*) beat Jersey 80 (Gough 23, Hasan 4-27) by two wickets
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The victorious Afghanistan team after claiming their Division 5 title © CricketEurope

A fine all-round performance from Hasti Gul guided Afghanistan to the World Cricket League Division 5 title, with a tense two-wicket victory, in a low-scoring thriller against hosts Jersey. Gul hit an unbeaten 29, as Afghanistan slumped to 62 for 8 chasing just 81 for victory, to follow his three wickets.

Jersey were bundled out in less than 40 overs, but didn't give up the chance of claiming a trophy in front of their home crowd without a real fight. Ryan Driver, the former Lancashire and Worcestershire batsman, took four wickets with his medium-pace. However, Gul didn't take a backward step and launched the only two sixes of the match - over long-on and deep square-leg - to take Afghanistan within touching distance.

The tension was too much for Gul's team-mates, who raced onto the field after he clipped Matt Hague to fine leg, only to realise the scores were only levelled. Four balls later they could really start to celebrate and the result continues a remarkable story of progression for Afghanistan cricket. The major achievement was reaching the final, thereby earning a place in the WCL Division 4 event, but claiming the trophy caps a memorable week for one of cricket's rising outposts.

Afghanistan's bowlers took early control of the match as Jersey found it almost impossible to score. Abed took the first two wickets before Hamid Hassan decimated the middle order. There was also a wicket for Mohammad Nabi, the allrounder who has been an MCC Young Cricketer, as he produced a miserly seven-over burst.

Jonny Gough top-scored with 23, but Gul was always in the thick of the action and also produced a run out to remove Bradley Vowden. It was fitting that he was at the crease to see his team home.

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Afghanistan v Jersey

Grainville, 31 May 2008
World Cricket League, Division 5 Live coverage provided by CricketEurope LiveScore®

Result	Afghanistan beat Jersey by 2 wickets
Current Match State	Match Over
Toss	Jersey
Match Referee	DT Jukes
Umpires	PK Baldwin (Germany), M Hawthorne (Ireland)
MoM	Hasti Gul Abed (Afghanistan)
Latest update at	4:43 PM GMT

Jersey

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
PW Gough	bowled Hasti Gul Abed	5	22	0	0	22.73
SR Carlyon	c Karim Khan b Mohammad Nabi	17	84	1	0	20.24
*MR Hague	c Karim Khan b Hasti Gul Abed	0	6	0	0	0.00
RC Driver	c Asghar Stanikzai b Dawlat Ahmadzai	1	5	0	0	20.00
ASJ Dewhurst	c Hamid Hassan b Hasti Gul Abed	4	10	0	0	40.00
JM Gough	bowled Hamid Hassan	23	56	1	0	41.07
C Jones	bowled Hamid Hassan	0	17	0	0	0.00
SM Patidar	bowled Hamid Hassan	4	33	0	0	12.12
TP Carlyon	lbw b Hamid Hassan	0	2	0	0	0.00
BM Vowden	run out (Hasti Gul Abed)	0	0	0	0
+RD Minty	not out	1	8	0	0	12.50
Extras	b 2, lb 2, nb 4, w 17, p 0	25
Total	all out, 39.5 overs	80	(2.01 runs per over)

Bowler O M R W Wd NB Econ Dawlat Ahmadzai 10 3 17 1 3 0 1.70 Hasti Gul Abed 10 3 17 3 2 0 1.70 Hamid Hassan 9.5 1 27 4 6 3 2.75 Mohammad Nabi 7 3 9 1 0 1 1.29 Ahmad Shah Ahmadi 3 0 6 0 1 0 2.00

Fall of Wickets 1 13 PW Gough (7.1 overs) 2 13 MR Hague (9.1 overs) 3 17 RC Driver (10.4 overs) 4 25 ASJ Dewhurst (14.0 overs) 5 67 SR Carlyon (28.4 overs) 6 71 JM Gough (31.3 overs) 7 74 C Jones (33.5 overs) 8 78 TP Carlyon (36.0 overs) 9 78 BM Vowden (36.1 overs) 10 80 SM Patidar (39.5 overs)

Afghanistan

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
+Karim Khan	run out (S Carlyon/Jones)	3	3	0	0	100.00
Ahmad Shah Ahmadi	c R Minty b Driver	8	34	1	0	23.53
Noor Ali Noori	c Patidar b Driver	0	2	0	0	0.00
*Nowroz Mangal	c R Minty b T Carlyon	14	33	1	0	42.42
Asghar Stanikzai	lbw b Hague	10	65	0	0	15.38
Mohammad Nabi	bowled Driver	2	12	0	0	16.67
Samiullah Shenwari	lbw b Driver	0	3	0	0	0.00
Raees Ahmadzai	c R Minty b T Carlyon	2	18	0	0	11.11
Hasti Gul Abed	not out	29	40	2	2	72.50
Dawlat Ahmadzai	not out	3	16	0	0	18.75
Extras	b 0, lb 1, nb 0, w 9, p 0	10
Total	8 wkts, 37.4 overs	81	(2.15 runs per over)

Bowler O M R W Wd NB Econ Driver 10 2 26 4 5 0 2.60 Jones 6 1 19 0 1 0 3.17 T Carlyon 10 4 13 2 1 0 1.30 Hague 9 6 8 1 1 0 0.89 Dewhurst 1 0 11 0 0 0 11.00 S Carlyon 1.4 0 3 0 0 0 1.80

Fall of Wickets 1 11 Karim Khan (1.3 overs) 2 11 Noor Ali Noori (2.2 overs) 3 28 Nowroz Mangal (11.3 overs) 4 28 Ahmad Shah Ahmadi (12.3 overs) 5 37 Mohammad Nabi (16.5 overs) 6 38 Samiullah Shenwari (18.2 overs) 7 42 Raees Ahmadzai (24.0 overs) 8 62 Asghar Stanikzai (32.1 overs)

To Bat: Hamid Hassan.