Gurbaz, Zadran on the attack

Thu, 19 February 2026

19:21

Afghanistan 37-0 (4 ovs) vs Canada | Scorecard

Kaleem Sana with his second over and Ibrahim Zadran flicks a full delivery on leg to deep square and gets off the strike.

A wide down the leg and a dot follow.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz then flicks one to short third and gets a couple.

Four! Width on offer and Gurbaz pounces on it and cuts it firmly through wide of deep backward point for a boundary.

Two dots to end the 8-run over.

Dilon Heyliger continues and Zadran greets him with back-to-back boundaries; first one through third man and the next through extra cover.

Follows it up with a single through mid-on.

Four! Short and outside off and Gurbaz slaps it through the gap in cover and the ball races away to the boundary.

A quick single through short third man gets Zadran back on strike.

A single through third man to finish the over. 15 runs came off it.

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