AFG beat NED Highlights: Afghanistan clean sweep Netherlands – Afghanistan sealed a series whitewash of the Netherlands on Tuesday in the third one-day international in Doha, boosting their 2023 World Cup qualifying bid. Najibullah Zadran smashed a 59-ball 71 as the Afghans beat the Netherlands by 75 runs in the third ODI and clean sweep the series 3-0.
Thanks to Najibullah Zadran’s quickfire knock, Afghanistan posted 254/5 from their 50 overs, before their spinners induced a Dutch collapse from 103/0 to 179 all out.
AFG beat NED Highlights: Najibullah Zadran stars again as Afghanistan thrash Netherlands by 75 runs to clean sweep ODI series 3-0
Victory: @imqaisahmadd took the last two wickets to help AfghanAtalan beat the @KNCBcricket by 75 runs and complete the clean sweep (3-0) in the series.
Congratulations 🎉 #AfghanAtalan | #AFGvNED pic.twitter.com/AYrO3P3D3m
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) January 25, 2022
The 75-run victory was Afghanistan’s sixth win from as many matches and moves them up to fifth in the 13-team 2023 World Cup Super League table. The top eight nations will earn automatic qualification for next year’s global showpiece in India. Afghanistan have played in each of the last two ODI World Cups.
Batting first for the third successive game in the series, Hashmatullah Shahidi’s men made a solid start, with Riaz Hussan and Rahmat Shah making 50 and 48 respectively. Najibullah provided the impetus to set a challenging total, smashing eight fours and three sixes in his innings.
AFG beat NED Highlights: Najibullah Zadran stars again as Afghanistan thrash Netherlands by 75 runs to clean sweep ODI series 3-0
The Netherlands made a brilliant start to their chase with a 103-run opening stand between Scott Edwards and Colin Ackermann.
But leg-spinner Qais Ahmad, making his ODI debut, trapped Tonga-born wicket-keeper Edwards lbw for 54 to start a procession of wickets. Rashid Khan dismissed Ackermann for 81 and the Netherlands offered very little other resistance.
The 21-year-old Qais, who has starred in T20 franchise cricket around the world, took the last two wickets to finish with figures of 3-32.
AFG beat NED Highlights: Najibullah Zadran stars again as Afghanistan thrash Netherlands by 75 runs to clean sweep ODI series 3-0
Netherlands Innings: 179 all out, lost by 75 runs
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Edwards (WK) | 54 | 74 | 5 | 1 | 72.97 | |
| Colin Ackermann | 81 | 96 | 7 | 2 | 84.38 | |
| Pieter Seelaar (C) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Boris Gorlee | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Bas de Leede | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| Saqib Zulfiqar | 13 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 46.43 | |
| Aryan Dutt | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Clayton Floyd | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Philippe Boissevain | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 | |
| Vivian Kingma | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Brandon Glover | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extra | 12 (b 0, w 7, nb 0, lb 5) | |||||
| Total | 179/10 (42.4) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | 6 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 5.00 |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 7 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 4.14 |
| Fareed Malik | 7 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 3.33 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | 6 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 3.83 |
| Qais Ahmad | 7.4 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 4.20 |
| Rashid Khan | 9 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 4.10 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| S Edwards | 1-103 | 22.2 |
| PM Seelaar | 2-106 | 23.3 |
| Boris Gorlee | 3-123 | 26.5 |
| BFW de Leede | 4-151 | 33.4 |
| Colin Ackermann | 5-153 | 34.3 |
| Aryan Dutt | 6-159 | 36.5 |
| Clayton Floyd | 7-168 | 39.2 |
| Philippe Boissevain | 8-178 | 41.5 |
| Saqib Zulfiqar | 9-178 | 42.2 |
| VJ Kingma | 10-179 | 42.4 |
AFG beat NED Highlights: Najibullah Zadran stars again as Afghanistan thrash Netherlands by 75 runs to clean sweep ODI series 3-0
Afghanistan Innings: 254/5 (50)
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK) | 12 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| Riaz Hassan | 50 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 66.67 | |
| Rahmat Shah | 48 | 81 | 3 | 2 | 59.26 | |
| Hashmatullah Shahidi (C) | 28 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 70.00 | |
| Najibullah Zadran | 71 | 59 | 8 | 3 | 120.34 | |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Rashid Khan | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 216.67 | |
| Extra | 12 (b 0, w 7, nb 3, lb 2) | |||||
| Total | 254/5 (50) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Farid Malik, Qais Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vivian Kingma | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 5.00 |
| Clayton Floyd | 8 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2.13 |
| Brandon Glover | 10 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 6.40 |
| Philippe Boissevain | 7 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 5.29 |
| Pieter Seelaar | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 |
| Saqib Zulfiqar | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4.33 |
| Aryan Dutt | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 4.83 |
| Colin Ackermann | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | 1-22 | 9.1 |
| Riaz Hassan | 2-108 | 27.3 |
| R Shah | 3-128 | 32.4 |
| Hashmatullah Shahidi | 4-191 | 43.2 |
| Najibullah Zadran | 5-236 | 48.4 |
AFG beat NED Highlights: Najibullah Zadran stars again as Afghanistan thrash Netherlands by 75 runs to clean sweep ODI series 3-0
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