Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Afghanistan ease to nine-wicket win over Scotland
AYR, Scotland: Afghanistan rubberstamped their dominance over Scotland here on Monday as they cruised to victory by nine wickets in the first of two one day internationals.
Afghanistan, who had beaten the Scots by 229 runs in a four day match that finished on Saturday, made 225-1 after the hosts had scored 224-9 off their 50 overs.
Mohammad Shahzad and Karim Sadiq both made unbeaten centuries after Noor Ali Zadran had been dismissed early on for six.
However, Sadiq and Shahzad never let up as they scored 114 and 100 respectively in a stunning stand of 218.
The only Scottish batsman to give the Afghan attack any trouble was opener Fraser Watts, who scored 55
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