What a game yesterday. Afghanistan had Scotland 8 down at 142, but the
Scots tail wagged and stretched it to 210. Still, it seemed
Afghanistan's day. Watched them until 85 for 2, seemed like smooth
sailing so took a break. Come back 30 minutes later it is 95 for 7!!!!!
How did that happen? Thought it is all over and switched off in the
living room, but something did not feel right so switched on the bedroom
TV and watched again, and stayed watching until the end!! What an end!
Oh Shenwari!! Oh Hamid Hassan! Just kept plugging away. 76 from 85, 72
from 72, chipping away, Shenwari turning down easy singles to stay on
strike and shield Hassan until with 40 more to get from 30, Hassan
started to ask for singles. What fantastic fielding by the Scots!! Best I
have seen thus far in the tournament. Berrington, Evans, McLeod,
Coetzer!! Every hard hit was stopped, 4s converted to singles, singles
converted to zeros. Then THAT over. Shenwari takes 19 off Majid Haq and
its 19 from 19. But oh no!! Shenwari hits one right into the hands of
Berrington in cow corner, and it is just one wicket remaining. Shapoor!!
The Zadran! So cool, while Hassan was visibly nervous. 19 from 18, 18
from 16, 13 from 11, 10 from 8, the Afghans hanging on by a thread. Last
over, 5 from 6, 4 from 4. And finally the Scots blinked. One bad ball,
played off the hips by Shapoor for a 4 and its over. What a match!
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