Afghanistan vs Bangladesh, 1st ODI at Sharjah, AFG v BAN, Nov 06 2024 - Match Result

knocks him over! That will be that! Ghazanfar hammers the final nail in Bangladesh's coffin and finishes with extraordinary figures of 6-26! This is slower and perhaps fuller on off. Shoriful looks at the flight and has only one thing on his mind. Swings for the hills but only swats away a few flies. The ball crashes into off stump and Ghazanfar, the star of the night, leaps into the air in celebration. Smiles, handshakes and embraces in the Afghanistan camp - they have blown Bangladesh away! Bangladesh do not know what has hit them. They were in control until they weren't, and once the wheels fell off, they went nowhere!

full just outside off. Shoriful clears his front leg and tries to smash it into next week. Gets it as far as his back leg

very full just outside off. Mustafizur digs it out into the mid wicket region

full and dipping on the stumps, and pushed to midwicket

length ball wide of off. He goes slashing, but gets a bottom edge

on a length, and turning away to finish outside off. Pulled aerially towards long-on

on a length on the stumps, and slashed to deep point

gone! Another one is bowled! Rashid keeps bowling the googly, and the Bangladesh batters keep misreading him. This lands on the shorter side of a length, and just outside off. Hridoy is down on his back knee to try and paddle sweep, but is beaten by the turn, and the slowness of the ball. It hits off stump, and takes Afghanistan close to a win

on a length on off, and pushed back towards midwicket

on a length, and turning in. It takes his pad as he looks to swipe. Rather, it is a wide

bowled him! He will be on a hat-trick when he starts his next over. But before that, he has already got five! This is another carrom ball, as he angles it in from around the wicket. It lands on a length around fifth stump, and comes back in. Taskin goes defending, but the is beaten, as the ball clicks off stump

a confident appeal for lbw, and given! But Rishad reviews. Ghazanfar bowled another carrom bowled, which he flicked into the batter. It landed on a length around middle and leg, and bounced nicely while also hinting to turn away. Rishad went deep in the crease, and looked to clip by opening his stance up. But he missed, and replays show it as umpire's call on hitting the top of middle

full on off, and he looks to whip but gets an inside edge on to his pad. The ball dribbles towards midwicket, and they pinch a single

on a fullish length, and just outside off. Blocked down by Hridoy

full on middle and leg, and nudged towards square leg

stumped! Mushfiqur beaten by the flight, dip and turn. It is a carrom ball which Ghazanfar angles in, and gets it to drop on a full length around off. Mushfiqur overbalances in trying to flick it away, but the ball turns away to beat him. He is well short of his crease by then, and Alikhil whips the bails off

on a length and turning into the stumps. Whipped to deep square leg

bowled him! Mahmudullah almost looking clueless there. It is the googly again, as Rashid gets it to dip on a length around sixth stump. Mahmudullah pushes at it by leaning, and playing far away from his body. That leaves a big gap between his bat and pad, and the ball turns in to strike the off stump

ohh, this is the googly, as it turns in from a length outside off, and finishes around middle and off. Pushed to midwicket