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Afghan cricket team in Scotland in 2016
 
  Scotland Afghanistan
Dates 4 July 2016 – 6 July 2016
Captains Preston Mommsen Asghar Stanikzai
One Day International series
Results Afghanistan won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs Craig Wallace (33) Rahmat Shah (126)
Most wickets Bradley Wheal (4) Mohammad Nabi (3)

The Afghanistan cricket team toured Scotland in July 2016 to play two One Day Internationals (ODIs) matches at The Grange, Edinburgh.[1][2][3] Afghanistan won the series 1–0, with the first match being washed out.[4]

Squads

ODIs
 Scotland[5]  Afghanistan[6]

Nasir Jamal, Imran Janat and Afsar Zazai were named as reserve players for Afghanistan.[6]

ODI series

1st ODI

4 July 2016
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
283/4 (47.2 overs)
v
Rahmat Shah 100* (123)
Bradley Wheal 2/51 (9 overs)
No result
The Grange Club, Edinburgh
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Ian Ramage (Sco)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain stopped play during the 48th over of Afghanistan's innings with no further play possible.
  • Con de Lange and Ruaidhri Smith (both Sco) made their ODI debuts.
  • Rahmat Shah (Afg) scored his first century in an ODI.[7]

2nd ODI

6 July 2016
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
178/6 (37.2 overs)
v
 Scotland
132 (27.1 overs)
Mohammad Shahzad 84 (91)
Bradley Wheal 2/31 (8 overs)
Afghanistan won by 78 runs (DLS method)
The Grange Club, Edinburgh
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Ian Ramage (Sco)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rain stopped play during Afghanistan's innings with Scotland being set a total of 211 runs to win from 36 overs.

References

  1. ^ "Scotland to host Afghanistan for two ODIs". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Scotland to host Afghanistan in Edinburgh". Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Scotland to host Afghanistan in two ODIs - CricInfo - Sports News". Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Afghanistan beat Scotland to clinch rain-affected one-day series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Ruaidhri Smith named in Scotland squad for Afghanistan ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Uncapped Ihsanullah in Afghanistan's Intercontinental Cup squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Rain spoils Rahmat's ton, Najib's blitz". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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