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Natwest T20 Blast 2021: Afghanistan genius all-round effort

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 Afghanistan genius Rashid Khan provides another match-winning effort with both bat and ball during the 1 st quarterfinals of Natwest T20 Blast 2021 played at Riverside Ground, Chester E- Street on Tuesday. Yorkshire captain David Willey won the toss and decided to bat first. The left-arm pace bowler Tymal Mills provided early breakthroughs dismissing Adam Lyth and captain David Willey cheaply. Rashid Khan did the job for Sussex Sharks by getting the wicket of Harry Brooks to leave Yorkshire in deep trouble. Kohler Cadmore and Gary Balance provided some stability putting on 85 runs for the 4 th wicket. Rashid Khan did not allow Yorkshire batsmen to score runs easily. He finished with figures of 1 for 25 in 4 overs at an economy of 6.20 runs per over. Cadmore and Balance scored half-centuries each. Rashid Khan also took 2 catches along with a disciplined bowling effort. After a disastrous start, Yorkshire posted 177 for 7 in 20 overs. Chasing 178 runs to win, Philp Salt and ...

This Day That Year: Rashid Khan picks his career best figures in ODIs

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The young teen sensation, Rashid Khan picked his career-best figures in the first One-day international match played against West Indies at Darren Sammy National Stadium, St Islet on 9 th June 2017. Afghanistan captain Asghar Afghan won the toss and elected to bat first. It was not an ideal start as they lost an early wicket of Noor Ali Zadran for 5. At the end of 10 overs, Afghanistan was 24 for 1. Javed Ahmadi played with positive intent while Rahmat Shah struggled with his timing. Shannon Gabriel got the breakthrough getting the wicket of Shah. Shah and Ahmadi added 55 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Afghanistan batsmen struggled with the pitch having pace and bounce. Ahmadi looked solid enough as he completed his fifty off 72 balls. West Indies reduced Afghanistan to 154 for 6 in the 43rd over. Mohammad Nabi and Gulbadin Naib provided the late flurry with an unbeaten partnership of 58 runs for the 7 th wicket. Naib made a quickfire 41 off 28 balls while Nabi scored 27 off...