On this day, West Indies ended 2019 ICC World Cup campaign with win over Afghanistan
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On this day, West Indies ended 2019 ICC World Cup campaign with win over Afghanistan

On at the present time in 2019, West Indies ended their marketing campaign on the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup with a 23-run victory over West Indies on the Headingley Carnegie.

The ICC took to its official Twitter deal with and knowledgeable its followers that the Caribbean aspect completed their marketing campaign on the showpiece occasion on a excessive be aware, courtesy Shai Hope’s 77 runs and Carlos Brathwaite’s four-wicket haul.

“Shai Hope – 77, Carlos Brathwaite – 4/63, #OnThisDay last year, West Indies finished their #CWC19 campaign with a 23-run win over Afghanistan,” the world’s cricket governing physique stated.

The Caribbean aspect gained the toss and opted to bat first within the 42nd match of the celebrated occasion in Leeds.

West Indies misplaced opener Chris Gayle cheaply for seven runs.

Subsequently, Evin Lewis (78-ball 58) and Shai Hope (92-ball 77) not solely smashed a half-century every, but in addition stitched a 88-run partnership for the second wicket to regular their aspect’s innings.

Shimron Hetmyer (39), Nicholas Pooran (58) and skipper Jason Holder (45) additionally made notable contributions to assist West Indies put up 311 for six of their stipulated 50 overs.

For Afghanistan, Dawlat Zadran bagged two wickets, whereas Sayed Shirzad, Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan additionally chipped in with a wicket every.

In reply, Carlos Brathwaite completed with figures of 4 for 63, whereas Kemar Roach claimed three wickets.Oshane Thomas and Chris Gayle additionally took a wicket every to assist the Caribbean aspect bowl out Afghanistan for 288 runs.

First-drop Ikram Alikhil was the very best scorer for Afghanistan with 93-ball 86 runs.

Opener Rahmat Shah (62) and Asghar Afghan (40) had been different notable contributors for the aspect. Despite respectable performances by the three batsmen, Afghanistan did not cross the mark.

Hope was declared ‘Man of the Match’ for his good present with the bat.

While West Indies completed on the ninth spot within the 10-team group standings with two wins from 9 matches, Afghanistan made a bottom-place end with no vitory.

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Afghanistan vs West IndiesChris GayleICC World Cup 2019Shai Hope