Afghanistan won the toss and chose to field
Squads
Afghanistan
| Javed Ahmadi |
| Nowroz Mangal |
| Asghar Stanikzai |
| Samiullah Shenwari |
| Mohammad Nabi (C) |
| Najibullah Zadran |
| Afsar Zazai (W) |
| Gulbadin Naib |
| Dalwat Zadran |
| Hamid Hassan |
| Shapoor Zadran |
Scotland
| Calum MacLeod |
| Kyle Coetzer |
| Hamish Gardiner |
| Matthew Machan |
| Preston Mommsen (C) |
| Richie Berrington |
| Matthew Cross (W) |
| Josh Davey |
| Majid Khan Haq |
| Alasdair Evans |
| Iain Wardlaw |
Afghanistan are playing in their first WC match, Scotland in their third WC match
Samiullah Shenwari (96 Runs)enable Afhanistan register first WC Win
Scorecard
Scotland 210/10 in 50 Overs
Afghanistan 211/9 in 49.3 Overs
Match Result - Afghanistan won by 1 wicket
After being set a modest target of 211 - and even this was courtesy
Scotland's best batting effort in a World Cup match - Afghanistan began
strongly as Javed Ahmadi and Nawroz Mangal put on 42 runs for the 1st wicket
Afghanistan's Samiullah Shenwari came to bat at 47 for 2 in a chase of 210 Vs Scotland and Samiullah Shenwari was witness to a procession as five Afgan batsmen walked past him to make it 97 for 7 and with Hamid Hasan his partner Samiullah Shenwari slowly began turning the tempo knob towards maximum, which is when the Scots started looking at the scoreboard repeatedly. In that crucial partnership of 60 for the eighth wicket, Shenwari contributed 48, but Hasan's 11 will remain equally close to Afghanistan hearts whenever they recall this historic day - their first World Cup win.
Afghanistan still needed 19 when Shenwari got out for 96 Runs(in 147 Balls with 4x7 and 6x5) in the 47th Over but Shapoor Zadran and Hassan batted with a lot of sense to make sure the Scots remained winless in three matches.
Afghanistan, making their World Cup debut, secured a nail-biting one-wicket win over the Scots in Dunedin, chasing down the 211 target with just three balls to spare. (Match Report)
The "Blue Tigers" had slumped to 97-7, but a brilliant 96 by Samiullah Shenwari took the Afghans to the brink of a sensational victory.
Man-of-the-match Samiullah Shenwari -- who like many of the side learned cricket in a refugee camp in Pakistan -- said the win was only an appetiser and the side were relishing the prospect of taking on the mighty Australia, joint World Cup hosts with New Zealand, in their next outing.
Afghan Cricket Board chairman Nasimullah Danish congratulated the team for their victory, hailing their efforts keeping themselves calm under pressure.
Afghanistan's Samiullah Shenwari came to bat at 47 for 2 in a chase of 210 Vs Scotland and Samiullah Shenwari was witness to a procession as five Afgan batsmen walked past him to make it 97 for 7 and with Hamid Hasan his partner Samiullah Shenwari slowly began turning the tempo knob towards maximum, which is when the Scots started looking at the scoreboard repeatedly. In that crucial partnership of 60 for the eighth wicket, Shenwari contributed 48, but Hasan's 11 will remain equally close to Afghanistan hearts whenever they recall this historic day - their first World Cup win.
Afghanistan still needed 19 when Shenwari got out for 96 Runs(in 147 Balls with 4x7 and 6x5) in the 47th Over but Shapoor Zadran and Hassan batted with a lot of sense to make sure the Scots remained winless in three matches.
Afghanistan, making their World Cup debut, secured a nail-biting one-wicket win over the Scots in Dunedin, chasing down the 211 target with just three balls to spare. (Match Report)
The "Blue Tigers" had slumped to 97-7, but a brilliant 96 by Samiullah Shenwari took the Afghans to the brink of a sensational victory.
Man-of-the-match Samiullah Shenwari -- who like many of the side learned cricket in a refugee camp in Pakistan -- said the win was only an appetiser and the side were relishing the prospect of taking on the mighty Australia, joint World Cup hosts with New Zealand, in their next outing.
Afghan Cricket Board chairman Nasimullah Danish congratulated the team for their victory, hailing their efforts keeping themselves calm under pressure.
Celebrations in Afghanistan
Hundreds of jubilant Afghan cricket fans flooded onto the streets of major cities Thursday, dancing, waving flags and firing AK-47s in celebration at their team's historic World Cup win over Scotland.
In Kandahar, the southern city once famous as the Taliban heartland and now a bastion of cricket, ecstatic fans danced in the streets and fired off their weapons -- a traditional Afghan gesture of celebration.
Scotland fined for slow over-rate in Afghanistan loss
Scotland`s misery over their one-wicket loss to Afghanistan on Friday when they were fined for a slow over rate, the ICC announced.
Match referee David Boon imposed the fine after Preston Mommsen`s side were ruled to be one over short of their target in Thursday`s match at Dunedin`s University Oval.Captain Preston Mommsen was fined 20% of his match fee, while his players received 10 % fines.
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