Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom Alsop	lbw b Rashid Khan	40	46	-	5	0	86.95
Nick Gubbins	b Rashid Khan	26	60	-	4	0	43.33
Tom Westley	c Hashmatullah Shahidi b Mohammad Nabi	84	172	-	8	0	48.83
Joe Clarke	b Rashid Khan	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Liam Livingstone	c †Afsar Zazai b Yamin Ahmadzai	6	33	-	0	0	18.18
Ben Foakes †	lbw b Mohammad Nabi	70	137	-	9	0	51.09
Sam Curran	lbw b Rashid Khan	17	41	-	2	0	41.46
Tom Curran	not out	18	43	-	3	0	41.86
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	c †Afsar Zazai b Yamin Ahmadzai	3	30	-	0	0	10.00
Ollie Rayner	lbw b Karim Janat	1	4	-	0	0	25.00
Jack Leach	lbw b Yamin Ahmadzai	2	13	-	0	0	15.38
Extras	(b 7, lb 3, nb 1, w 1)	12
Total	96.4 Ov (RR: 2.88)	279
Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Tom Alsop, 15.1 ov), 2-85 (Nick Gubbins, 22.2 ov), 3-85 (Joe Clarke, 22.4 ov), 4-97 (Liam Livingstone, 30.4 ov), 5-222 (Ben Foakes, 68.5 ov), 6-252 (Tom Westley, 81.2 ov), 7-252 (Sam Curran, 82.2 ov), 8-266 (Toby Roland-Jones, 92.3 ov), 9-269 (Ollie Rayner, 93.4 ov), 10-279 (Jack Leach, 96.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Yamin Ahmadzai	14.4	4	40	3	2.72	68	5	0	1	0
30.4 to LS Livingstone, . 97/4 92.3 to TS Roland-Jones, . 266/8 96.4 to MJ Leach, . 279/10
Karim Janat	18	3	72	1	4.00	79	11	0	0	0
93.4 to OP Rayner, . 269/9
Mohammad Nabi	26	5	75	2	2.88	113	8	0	0	0
68.5 to BT Foakes, . 222/5 81.2 to T Westley, . 252/6
Rashid Khan	26	9	48	4	1.84	132	6	0	0	0
15.1 to TP Alsop, . 67/1 22.2 to NRT Gubbins, . 85/2 22.4 to JM Clarke, . 85/3 82.2 to SM Curran, . 252/7
Javed Ahmadi	5	0	8	0	1.60	22	0	0	0	0
Rahmat Shah	7	0	26	0	3.71	23	1	0	0	1

Afghanistan 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Javed Ahmadi	c †Foakes b Roland-Jones	9	14	-	1	0	64.28
Ihsanullah	c Rayner b Roland-Jones	25	80	-	1	0	31.25
Rahmat Shah	c Westley b Rayner	33	78	-	6	0	42.30
Nasir Jamal	c TK Curran b Roland-Jones	9	21	-	1	0	42.85
Asghar Afghan (c)	b Roland-Jones	51	91	-	2	2	56.04
Hashmatullah Shahidi	lbw b Rayner	40	95	-	5	0	42.10
Mohammad Nabi	b TK Curran	51	86	-	4	2	59.30
Karim Janat	c Livingstone b Roland-Jones	0	3	-	0	0	0.00
Afsar Zazai †	lbw b TK Curran	18	45	-	3	0	40.00
Rashid Khan	not out	25	43	-	4	0	58.13
Yamin Ahmadzai	c Livingstone b Roland-Jones	0	8	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 5, nb 7)	12
Total	92.5 Ov (RR: 2.94)	273
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Javed Ahmadi, 4.5 ov), 2-74 (Rahmat Shah, 27.3 ov), 3-74 (Ihsanullah, 28.2 ov), 4-101 (Nasir Jamal, 34.5 ov), 5-175 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 61.6 ov), 6-175 (Asghar Afghan, 62.1 ov), 7-175 (Karim Janat, 62.4 ov), 8-226 (Afsar Zazai, 81.2 ov), 9-261 (Mohammad Nabi, 87.4 ov), 10-273 (Yamin Ahmadzai, 92.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	21.5	2	73	6	3.34	101	7	0	0	6
4.5 to Javed Ahmadi, . 26/1 28.2 to Ihsanullah, . 74/3 34.5 to Nasir Jamal, . 101/4 62.1 to Asghar Afghan, . 175/6 62.4 to Karim Janat, . 175/7 92.5 to Yamin Ahmadzai, . 273/10
Tom Curran	18	4	63	2	3.50	80	8	0	0	1
81.2 to Afsar Zazai, . 226/8 87.4 to Mohammad Nabi, . 261/9
Sam Curran	12	4	22	0	1.83	57	2	0	0	0
Jack Leach	20	6	55	0	2.75	100	6	2	0	0
Ollie Rayner	19	6	48	2	2.52	89	3	2	0	0
27.3 to Rahmat Shah, . 74/2 61.6 to Hashmatullah Shahidi, . 175/5
Liam Livingstone	2	1	7	0	3.50	10	1	0	0	0

England Lions 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom Alsop	c Rahmat Shah b Yamin Ahmadzai	6	15	-	1	0	40.00
Nick Gubbins	c †Afsar Zazai b Rashid Khan	53	152	-	5	0	34.86
Tom Westley	lbw b Rashid Khan	27	61	-	3	0	44.26
Joe Clarke	b Rashid Khan	1	13	-	0	0	7.69
Liam Livingstone	lbw b Rashid Khan	4	6	-	1	0	66.66
Ben Foakes †	not out	89	154	-	9	1	57.79
Sam Curran	c †Afsar Zazai b Rashid Khan	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Tom Curran	lbw b Rashid Khan	4	25	-	0	0	16.00
Toby Roland-Jones (c)	b Karim Janat	11	56	-	1	0	19.64
Ollie Rayner	c †Afsar Zazai b Rashid Khan	2	14	-	0	0	14.28
Jack Leach	c Hashmatullah Shahidi b Rashid Khan	0	7	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 8)	13
Total	84 Ov (RR: 2.50)	210
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Tom Alsop, 4.3 ov), 2-54 (Tom Westley, 22.6 ov), 3-62 (Joe Clarke, 26.3 ov), 4-68 (Liam Livingstone, 28.3 ov), 5-134 (Nick Gubbins, 53.4 ov), 6-134 (Sam Curran, 53.5 ov), 7-152 (Tom Curran, 59.6 ov), 8-203 (Toby Roland-Jones, 78.3 ov), 9-208 (Ollie Rayner, 81.5 ov), 10-210 (Jack Leach, 83.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Yamin Ahmadzai	12	4	29	1	2.41	61	5	0	0	0
4.3 to TP Alsop, . 10/1
Karim Janat	10	1	33	1	3.30	41	3	0	0	0
78.3 to TS Roland-Jones, . 203/8
Rashid Khan	35	11	74	8	2.11	173	8	0	0	0
22.6 to T Westley, . 54/2 26.3 to JM Clarke, . 62/3 28.3 to LS Livingstone, . 68/4 53.4 to NRT Gubbins, . 134/5 53.5 to SM Curran, . 134/6 59.6 to TK Curran, . 152/7 81.5 to OP Rayner, . 208/9 83.6 to MJ Leach, . 210/10
Mohammad Nabi	20	6	27	0	1.35	104	1	0	0	0
Javed Ahmadi	6	0	27	0	4.50	24	2	1	0	0
Rahmat Shah	1	0	7	0	7.00	2	1	0	0	0

Afghanistan 2nd Innings (T: 217 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Javed Ahmadi	lbw b TK Curran	0	7	-	0	0	0.00
Ihsanullah	c Rayner b TK Curran	9	26	-	0	0	34.61
Rahmat Shah	c Rayner b TK Curran	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Afsar Zazai †	lbw b SM Curran	8	16	-	1	0	50.00
Nasir Jamal	c Leach b SM Curran	24	44	-	4	0	54.54
Asghar Afghan (c)	b Livingstone	43	59	-	4	1	72.88
Hashmatullah Shahidi	c Livingstone b SM Curran	2	5	-	0	0	40.00
Mohammad Nabi	st †Foakes b Leach	11	26	-	2	0	42.30
Rashid Khan	st †Foakes b Leach	52	73	-	5	0	71.23
Karim Janat	c TK Curran b Roland-Jones	12	36	-	0	1	33.33
Yamin Ahmadzai	not out	0	3	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, nb 3)	7
Total	49 Ov (RR: 3.42)	168
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Javed Ahmadi, 1.2 ov), 2-3 (Rahmat Shah, 1.4 ov), 3-17 (Afsar Zazai, 6.2 ov), 4-27 (Ihsanullah, 11.3 ov), 5-48 (Nasir Jamal, 17.3 ov), 6-54 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 19.2 ov), 7-76 (Mohammad Nabi, 25.6 ov), 8-129 (Asghar Afghan, 35.5 ov), 9-168 (Rashid Khan, 47.3 ov), 10-168 (Karim Janat, 48.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Toby Roland-Jones	14	5	44	1	3.14	64	4	0	0	2
48.6 to Karim Janat, . 168/10
Tom Curran	15	3	54	3	3.60	67	6	0	0	1
1.2 to Javed Ahmadi, . 3/1 1.4 to Rahmat Shah, . 3/2 11.3 to Ihsanullah, . 27/4
Sam Curran	6	1	13	3	2.16	28	1	0	0	0
6.2 to Afsar Zazai, . 17/3 17.3 to Nasir Jamal, . 48/5 19.2 to Hashmatullah Shahidi, . 54/6
Jack Leach	5	2	25	2	5.00	22	4	1	0	0
25.6 to Mohammad Nabi, . 76/7 47.3 to Rashid Khan, . 168/9
Ollie Rayner	2	0	3	0	1.50	9	0	0	0	0
Liam Livingstone	7	0	25	1	3.57	29	1	1	0	0
35.5 to Asghar Afghan, . 129/8

Unlocking the magic of Statsguru

Close of Play

Wed, 07 Dec - day 1 - Eng Lions 1st innings 279/9 (Tom Curran 18*, Jack Leach 2*, 96 ov)

Thu, 08 Dec - day 2 - Afghanistan 1st innings 273/9 (Rashid Khan 25*, Yamin Ahmadzai 0*, 92 ov)

Fri, 09 Dec - day 3 - Afghanistan 2nd innings 18/3 (Ihsanullah 8*, Nasir Jamal 1*, 7 ov)

Sat, 10 Dec - day 4 - Afghanistan 2nd innings 168 (49 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss	England Lions, elected to bat first
Series	England Lions tour of United Arab Emirates Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates
Season	2016/17
Series result	England Lions (England A) won the one-off match
Match days	7,8,9,10 December 2016 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Karim Janat Rashid Khan
Umpires	Ahmad Shah Pakteen Khalid Elahi
Reserve Umpire	Rizwan Shah
Match Referee	Ian Dixon

Match Coverage

All Match News

Curran brothers help Lions hold off Afghanistan

Tom and Sam Curran teamed up to bring England Lions a 48-run win against Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi

Lions finish strongly after Rashid stars for Afghanistan

Ben Foakes passed another searching examination from Afghanistan's exciting legspin talent, Rashid Khan, to set up a fascinating fourth-day finish in Abu Dhabi

Roland-Jones keeps Lions in the hunt

Toby Roland-Jones led from the front as England Lions battled for a first-innings lead on the second day of their first-class match against Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi

Westley and Foakes revive England Lions

Tom Westley and Ben Foakes relished an absorbing contest with Afghanistan's spinners on a hard-fought first day of England Lions' first-class match in Abu Dhabi

Instant answers to T20 questions

Ask a question

Afghanistan Innings

Player Name		R	B
Javed Ahmadi	lbw	0	7
Ihsanullah	caught	9	26
Rahmat Shah	caught	0	2
Afsar Zazai	lbw	8	16
Nasir Jamal	caught	24	44
Asghar Afghan	bowled	43	59
Hashmatullah Shahidi	caught	2	5
Mohammad Nabi	stumped	11	26
Rashid Khan	stumped	52	73
Karim Janat	caught	12	36
Yamin Ahmadzai	not out	0	3
Extras	(b 4, nb 3)
Total	168(10 wkts; 49 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TS Roland-Jones	14	5	44	1	3.14 (2 nb)
TK Curran	15	3	54	3	3.6 (1 nb)
SM Curran	6	1	13	3	2.16
MJ Leach	5	2	25	2	5
OP Rayner	2	0	3	0	1.5
LS Livingstone	7	0	25	1	3.57

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	3	Javed Ahmadi	Ihsanullah
2nd	0	Rahmat Shah	Ihsanullah
3rd	14	Afsar Zazai	Ihsanullah
4th	10	Nasir Jamal	Ihsanullah
5th	21	Asghar Afghan	Nasir Jamal
6th	6	Asghar Afghan	Hashmatullah Shahidi
7th	22	Mohammad Nabi	Asghar Afghan
8th	53	Asghar Afghan	Rashid Khan
9th	39	Rashid Khan	Karim Janat
10th	0	Yamin Ahmadzai	Karim Janat

<1 / 3>