The Afghanistan cricket team toured the West Indies in June 2017 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs), three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and a tour match.[1][2] It was Afghanistan's second bilateral tour against a full member nation after Zimbabwe.[1] Originally the tour was going to consist of five ODIs and three T20Is.[3][4][5] The West Indies won the T20I series 3–0.[6] The ODI series was drawn 1–1 after the final match was washed out with no result.[7]

Squads

ODIs T20Is
 West Indies[8]  Afghanistan[9]  West Indies[10]  Afghanistan[9]

Tour match

30 May 2017 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
115/9 (20 overs)
v
Usman Ghani 33 (34)
Miguel Cummins 3/19 (4 overs)
Johnson Charles 53 (44)
Rashid Khan 3/11 (4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 12 runs
Warner Park, Basseterre
Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Nigel Duguid (WI)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

T20I series

1st T20I

2 June 2017 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
110 (20 overs)
v
 West Indies
114/4 (16.3 overs)
Rashid Khan 33 (27)
Sunil Narine 3/11 (4 overs)
Marlon Samuels 35 (36)
Shapoor Zadran 2/30 (3.3 overs)
West Indies won by 6 wickets
Warner Park, Basseterre
Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Nigel Duguid (WI)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (WI)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This result ended Afghanistan's eleven match winning streak, a T20I record.[11]

2nd T20I

3 June 2017 (D/N)
Scorecard
West Indies 
112/3 (15 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
93 (13.3 overs)
Chadwick Walton 29 (17)
Gulbadin Naib 1/10 (2 overs)
Karim Janat 20 (15)
Kesrick Williams 3/11 (2.3 overs)
West Indies won by 29 runs (DLS method)
Warner Park, Basseterre
Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Joel Wilson (WI)
Player of the match: Kesrick Williams (WI)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain with Afghanistan set a revised target of 123 runs.

3rd T20I

5 June 2017 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
146/6 (20 overs)
v
 West Indies
147/3 (19.2 overs)
Mohammad Nabi 38 (30)
Kesrick Williams 3/34 (4 overs)
Marlon Samuels 89* (66)
Rashid Khan 1/22 (4 overs)
West Indies won by 7 wickets
Warner Park, Basseterre
Umpires: Leslie Reifer (WI) and Joel Wilson (WI)
Player of the match: Marlon Samuels (WI)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series

1st ODI

9 June 2017 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
212/6 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
149 (44.4 overs)
Javed Ahmadi 81 (102)
Ashley Nurse 2/34 (10 overs)
Shai Hope 35 (63)
Rashid Khan 7/18 (8.4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 63 runs
Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet
Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) and Joel Wilson (WI)
Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Afg)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Roston Chase (WI) made his ODI debut.
  • Rashid Khan (Afg) recorded the fourth-best bowling figures in ODIs.[12]
  • This was the first win by Afghanistan against the West Indies and their first win against a Test team other than Bangladesh or Zimbabwe in ODIs.[13]

2nd ODI

11 June 2017 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
135 (37.3 overs)
v
 West Indies
138/6 (39.2 overs)
Gulbadin Naib 51 (73)
Alzarri Joseph 2/15 (6 overs)
Shai Hope 48* (77)
Rashid Khan 3/26 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 4 wickets
Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet
Umpires: Nigel Duguid (WI) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Shai Hope (WI)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

14 June 2017 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rain reduced the match initially to 43 overs per side but it continued after the toss, with no play possible.[7]
  • Leslie Reifer (WI) stood in his first ODI match as an umpire.

References

  1. ^ a b "Afghanistan, West Indies to play three T20Is, three ODIs in June". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Afghanistan to play ODIs and T20Is in the West Indies in June". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Afghanistan set to play first full series against West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  4. ^ "West Indies and Afghanistan confirm 2017 series". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  5. ^ "West Indies to host Afghanistan". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Samuels' 89* completes West Indies sweep". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Decider washed out; Law 'not sure' of WI's chances of direct entry into World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Roston Chase earns maiden ODI call-up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Afghanistan reveal squad for West Indies tour". 1TV Afghanistan. Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Beaton earns maiden T20I call-up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Reckless batting snaps Afghanistan's winning streak". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  12. ^ "Rashid Khan rips the fight out of West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Gooch sets up history". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2017.


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