West Indies v/s Afghanistan: Windies rout Afghans in rain-affected second T20 to clinch series
Another abject batting display by Afghanistan paved the way for the West Indies to complete a series-clinching 29-run win on the Duckworth Lewis System (DLS) in the rain-affected second fixture of the three-match T20 International series. Set a revised target of 123 after the hosts were limited to 112 for three in a match reduced to 15 overs per side, the Afghans were routed for just 93 off 13.3 overs with fast bowler Kesrick Williams leading the demolition with figures of three for 11 to take the “Man of the Match” award.
A day after being restricted to 110 all out off 20 overs on the way to a six-wicket defeat, this effort did little to enhance the visitors’ claims to be elevated to the ranks of the Test-playing nations. They now face the prospect of being whitewashed in the T20 series going into the final match at the same venue on Monday and look set to suffer the same fate in the three One- Day Internationals which follow in St Lucia.
Karim Janat top-scored with 20 as the wickets tumbled around him. As in the first match, much of Afghanistan’s misery was self-inflicted through a series of poor shots compounded by …read more
