Al-Amin pegs Afghans back
Afghanistan XI posted 246 for six at the end of the first day of the two-day practice match with off-spinner Al-Amin bagging four wickets for Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) XI at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.
Having won the toss, the visitors went into bat and openers Ihasanullah and Ibrahim Zadran got them off to a solid start each hitting half-centuries. However, both openers opted to retire hurt to provide the other members of the team some match practice ahead of the one-off Test against Bangladesh starting from September 5.
Medium-pacer Sumon Khan then picked up the first of his two wickets before Al-Amin struck four times to peg Afghanistan back to 187 for 5.
Sumon then took the wicket of the reliable Mohammad Nabi two overs prior to stumps as Afsar Zazai and skipper Rashid Khan took the visitors to the end of the day without any further loss.
Promising leg-spinner Jubair Hossain went wicketless in 19 overs, conceding 68 runs while Naeem Hasan did not bowl in the match. All-rounder Al Amin ended up with figures of four for 51 from 18 overs.
SCORES IN BRIEF
AFGHANISTAN XI: 242/6 (Ihsanullah 62 retd, Zadran 52 retd, Nabi 33, Zazai 20 not out; Al-Amin 4-51, Sumon 2-21)
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