Afghan cricket team in Canada in 2011

The Afghanistan national cricket team toured Canada from 2 to 9 August 2011. The tour consisted of one ICC Intercontinental Cup match against the Canada national cricket team and a pair of One Day Internationals (ODI) for the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day. Afghanistan won the Intercontinental Cup and both the ODIs.

Afghanistan cricket team in Canada in 2011
 
  Afghanistan Canada
Dates 2 August – 9 August 2011
Captains Nowroz Mangal Jimmy Hansra
One Day International series
Results Afghanistan won the 2-match series 2–0

Intercontinental Cup edit

2–5 August
Scorecard
v
  Canada
293 (81.1 overs)
Samiullah Shenwari 70 (122)
Zahid Hussain 3/56 (25 overs)
130 (38 overs)
Zeeshan Siddiqi 52 (70)
Hamid Hassan 7/61 (21 overs)
69/1 (11.3 overs)
Karim Sadiq 37 (37)
Zahid Hussain 1/16 (4 overs)
231 (85.5 overs) (f/o)
Hamza Tariq 52 (64)
Hamid Hassan 3/24 (6 overs)
Afghanistan won by 9 wickets
Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Ontario, Canada
Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Hamid Hassan (Afg)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain washed out day 2.

Intercontinental Cup One-Day edit

1st ODI edit

7 August 2011
Scorecard
Canada  
230 (44.5 overs)
v
  Afghanistan
213/8 (41.1 overs)
Hiral Patel 62 (85 balls)
Mohammad Nabi 4/31 (9.5 overs)
Shabir Noori 94 (109 balls)
Hiral Patel 4/28 (6.1 overs)
Afghanistan won by 2 wickets (with 11 balls remaining) (D/L method)
Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, Ontario
Umpires: GO Brathwaite (WI) and CB Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Shabir Noori (Afg)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI edit

9 August 2011
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
150 (20 overs)
v
  Canada
133 (20 overs)
Mohammad Nabi 47 (31)
Harvir Baidwan 3/19 (3.3 overs)
Hiral Patel 45 (39)
Samiullah Shenwari 3/16 (3 overs)
Afghanistan won by 17 runs
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afg)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rain delayed the start of the match. When it started, it was reduced to a 20 over match.

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