Moths intrude Windies’ party
West Indies beat Afghanistan by 47 runs Saturday to claim their first ODI series win in more than five years as their bowlers took control amid an invasion of moths.
Sheldon Cottrell, Roston Chase and Hayden Walsh each took three wickets as the visitors won the three-match series with a game to spare. Afghanistan have now lost 11 ODIs in a row.
Dark clouds of insects rose up every time the ball hit a boundary rope and several West Indies fielders wore masks and Pollard twice spoke to the umpires about the nuisance.
“I’ve never played with so many flies around,” said the West Indies captain. “Health is very important, so something’s got to be done about that.”
SCORES IN BRIEF
WEST INDIES: 247 for nine (Hope 43, Lewis 54, Pooran 67; Naveen 3-60)
AFGHANISTAN: 200 all out in 45.4 overs (Zadran 56; Cottrell 3-29, Chase 3-30, Walsh 3-36)
Result: West Indies won by 47 runs.
Player-of-the-match: Nicholas Pooran
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