LUCKNOW, India, Nov 29, CMC – West Indies defeated Afghanistan by nine wickets on the third day of the one-off Test at Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Stadium on Friday.
The Caribbean side took just an hour on the third morning to wrap up the one-off Test against Afghanistan, recording a very comfortable nine-wickets.
Resuming the day on 109 for 7 in their second innings - under floodlights due to poor visibility - Afghanistan could last only 7.1 more overs as Jason Holder picked up the remaining three wickets. Rashid Khan fell to Holder's first ball of the day with Shane Dowrich taking a wobbling catch diving to his right.
SCORES
AFGHANISTAN 187 (Javed Ahmadi 39, Amir Hamza 34, Afsar Zazai 32; Rahkeem Cornwall 7-75, Jason Holder 2-22) and 120 (Javed Ahmadi 62, Ibrahim Zadran Zadran 23; Roston Chase 3-10, Jason Holder 3-20, Rahkeem Cornwall 3-41)
WEST INDIES 277 (Shamarh Brooks 111, John Campbell 55, Shane Dowrich 42; Amir Hamza 5-74, Rashid Khan 3-114, Zahir Khan 2-53) and 33 for one.
(CMC)