Afghan cricket team in Scotland in 2019

The Afghanistan cricket team toured Scotland in May 2019 to play two One Day International (ODI) matches.[1] In April 2019, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) named Gulbadin Naib as the team's new ODI captain, replacing Asghar Afghan.[2][3]

Afghan cricket team in Scotland in 2019
 
  Scotland Afghanistan
Dates 8 – 10 May 2019
Captains Kyle Coetzer Gulbadin Naib
One Day International series
Results Afghanistan won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs Calum MacLeod (100) Rahmat Shah (113)
Most wickets Alasdair Evans (1)
Tom Sole (1)
Brad Wheal (1)		 Gulbadin Naib (3)

Afghanistan last visited Scotland in July 2016,[4] winning a rain-affected two-match series 1–0.[5] The two teams last played each other in an ODI in March 2018, during the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe, with Scotland winning by seven wickets. The ODI fixtures were part of Afghanistan's preparation for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[6][7] As per the previous series in 2016, this series was also impacted by the weather, with Afghanistan winning 1–0, after the first match was abandoned.[8]

Squads
ODIs
 Scotland[9]  Afghanistan[10]

Prior to the second ODI, Mujeeb Ur Rahman was added to Afghanistan's squad.[11]

ODI series

1st ODI
8 May 2019
11:00
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
The Grange Club, Edinburgh
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Allan Haggo (Sco)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

2nd ODI
10 May 2019
11:00
Scorecard
Scotland 
325/7 (50 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
269/3 (44.5 overs)
Calum MacLeod 100 (89)
Gulbadin Naib 3/72 (10 overs)
Rahmat Shah 113 (115)
Alasdair Evans 1/45 (7.5 overs)
Afghanistan won by 2 runs (DLS method)
The Grange Club, Edinburgh
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Alex Dowdalls (Sco)
Player of the match: Rahmat Shah (Afg)

References
  1. "Scotland to play Afghanistan". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. "Asghar Afghan removed as Afghanistan announce split captaincy". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. "Rahmat, Rashid given leadership roles in Afghanistan revamp". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  4. "Scotland to host Afghanistan in May 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  5. "Afghanistan beat Scotland to clinch rain-affected one-day series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  6. "Scotland to host Afghanistan for two ODIs before World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  7. "Afghanistan's proposed tour of Zimbabwe called off". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  8. "Scotland beaten by Afghanistan under DLS in Shane Burger's first match". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  9. "Scotland Squad Announced for Afghanistan Series". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  10. "Hamid Hassan winds back the clock in return for Afghanistan in Scotland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  11. "Scotland's Mark Watt in a hurry to see some action against Afghanistan after washout". The Herald Scotland. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  12. "Rain ruins first Scotland v Afghanistan ODI". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  13. "Afghanistan regroup under new leadership with eye on World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  14. "Kyle Coetzer creates new record for Scotland cricket". India Today. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
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