• Afghanistan reach 186 for six,their highest Twenty20 total
• Join England in Group 1 of World Twenty20Afghanistan reached the main draw of the World Twenty20 with an emphatic 59-run victory over Zimbabwe in their first-round Group B match. Mohammad Shahzad (40) gave Afghanistan a flying start before Mohammad Nabi (52) and Samiullah Shenwari (43) added 98 runs off 64 balls to power them to 186 for six, their highest total in this format. The associate nation then bowled out Zimbabwe for 127 to register a memorable victory over a full-member nation and join England, and South Africa,West Indies and Sri Lanka in Group 1 of the Super 10 stage of the tournament.“This was a very important match for us. People in Afghanistan are crazy approximately cricket. They fancy the game, so it [winning] was very important for us, and ” the victorious captain,Asghar Stanikzai, said.
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Source: theguardian.com