West Indian cricket team against Afghanistan in India in 2019–20

The Afghanistan cricket team played the West Indies cricket team in India in November and December 2019 to play one Test, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] It was the first Test match that Afghanistan played against the West Indies.[3] The two teams had played each other ten times before, with the majority of matches in the Caribbean, with this being Afghanistan's fourth Test match.[4][5] All the matches were played at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.[6]

Afghan cricket team against West Indies in 2019–20
 
  Afghanistan West Indies
Dates 4 November – 1 December 2019
Captains Rashid Khan Jason Holder (Tests)
Kieron Pollard (ODIs & T20Is)
Test series
Result West Indies won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs Javed Ahmadi (101) Shamarh Brooks (111)
Most wickets Amir Hamza (6) Rahkeem Cornwall (10)
One Day International series
Results West Indies won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Asghar Afghan (124) Shai Hope (229)
Most wickets Mujeeb Ur Rahman (5) Roston Chase (6)
Player of the series Roston Chase (WI)
Twenty20 International series
Results Afghanistan won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Rahmanullah Gurbaz (94) Evin Lewis (106)
Most wickets Karim Janat (6) Kesrick Williams (8)
Player of the series Karim Janat (Afg)

Following the 2019 Cricket World Cup, where Afghanistan lost all of their matches, Rashid Khan was named as the new captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all three formats.[7][8] In September 2019, Kieron Pollard was named as the captain of the West Indies' team for the ODIs and T20Is, taking over the roles from Jason Holder.[9] Holder was retained as the Test captain of the team.[10] Nitin Menon was one of the on-field umpires for the Test match,[11] becoming the 62nd Indian to umpire at this level.[12]

The West Indies won the first two ODIs to take an unassailable lead in the series, and secured their first ODI series win since beating Bangladesh 3–0 in August 2014.[13] The West Indies won the final ODI by five wickets,[14] winning the series 3–0, which was also their first whitewash since the Bangladesh series.[15] Afghanistan won the T20I series 2–1.[16] It was the second time that Afghanistan had won a T20I series against a team in the top ten of the ICC T20I Championship rankings, after whitewashing Bangladesh 3–0 in June 2018.[17] The West Indies won the one-off Test match by nine wickets, with the game finishing early on the third day.[18]

Squads edit

Test ODIs T20Is
  Afghanistan[19]   West Indies[20]   Afghanistan[21]   West Indies[22]   Afghanistan[23]   West Indies[24]

West Indies cricketer Nicholas Pooran was found guilty of ball tampering during the third ODI match.[25] Pooran admitted the charge, and was banned for four T20I matches.[26] Shai Hope was added to the West Indies' T20I squad for the final match, as cover for Denesh Ramdin who was injured.[27]

Tour matches edit

50 over match: Afghanistan XI vs West Indies edit

4 November 2019
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
West Indies  
156 (38.5 overs)
v
  Afghanistan XI
160/6 (34.5 overs)
Roston Chase 41 (52)
Naveen-ul-Haq 3/22 (7 overs)
Rahmat Shah 47 (76)
Romario Shepherd 3/16 (6 overs)
Afghanistan XI won by 4 wickets
Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

Four-day match: Afghanistan XI vs West Indies edit

20–23 November 2019
Scorecard
v
168 (59.3 overs)
Kraigg Brathwaite 46 (135)
Amir Hamza 4/34 (23.3 overs)
158 (67.1 overs)
Javed Ahmadi 56 (120)
Jomel Warrican 5/38 (23.1 overs)
297 (75.2 overs)
Sunil Ambris 66 (69)
Amir Hamza 4/91 (29 overs)
182/3 (54 overs)
Ihsanullah 84* (149)
Alzarri Joseph 2/37 (11 overs)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series edit

1st ODI edit

6 November 2019
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
194 (45.2 overs)
v
  West Indies
197/3 (46.3 overs)
Rahmat Shah 61 (80)
Jason Holder 2/21 (10 overs)
Roston Chase 94 (115)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/33 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 7 wickets
Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Aus) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg)
Player of the match: Roston Chase (WI)

2nd ODI edit

9 November 2019
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
West Indies  
247/9 (50 overs)
v
  Afghanistan
200 (45.4 overs)
Nicholas Pooran 67 (50)
Naveen-ul-Haq 3/60 (9 overs)
Najibullah Zadran 56 (66)
Sheldon Cottrell 3/29 (9 overs)
West Indies won by 47 runs
Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Izatullah Safi (Afg)
Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (WI)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI edit

11 November 2019
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
249/7 (50 overs)
v
  West Indies
253/5 (48.4 overs)
Asghar Afghan 86 (85)
Keemo Paul 3/44 (10 overs)
Shai Hope 109* (145)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/49 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 5 wickets
Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg)
Player of the match: Shai Hope (WI)

T20I series edit

1st T20I edit

14 November 2019
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
West Indies  
164/5 (20 overs)
v
  Afghanistan
134/9 (20 overs)
Evin Lewis 68 (41)
Gulbadin Naib 2/24 (4 overs)
Najibullah Zadran 27 (22)
Kesrick Williams 3/17 (4 overs)
West Indies won by 30 runs
Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg)
Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (WI)

2nd T20I edit

16 November 2019
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
147/7 (20 overs)
v
  West Indies
106/8 (20 overs)
Hazratullah Zazai 26 (15)
Kesrick Williams 3/23 (4 overs)
Denesh Ramdin 24* (27)
Karim Janat 5/11 (4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 41 runs
Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) and Izatullah Safi (Afg)
Player of the match: Karim Janat (Afg)

3rd T20I edit

17 November 2019
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
156/8 (20 overs)
v
  West Indies
127/7 (20 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 79 (52)
Keemo Paul 2/26 (3 overs)
Shai Hope 52 (46)
Naveen-ul-Haq 3/24 (4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 29 runs
Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Izatullah Safi (Afg)
Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afg)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Only Test edit

27 November–1 December 2019[n 1]
Scorecard
v
187 (68.3 overs)
Javed Ahmadi 39 (81)
Rahkeem Cornwall 7/75 (25.3 overs)
277 (83.3 overs)
Shamarh Brooks 111 (214)
Amir Hamza 5/74 (28.3 overs)
120 (43.1 overs)
Javed Ahmadi 62 (93)
Roston Chase 3/10 (3 overs)
33/1 (6.2 overs)
John Campbell 19* (16)
Amir Hamza 1/5 (2.2 overs)
West Indies won by 9 wickets
Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Rahkeem Cornwall (WI)

Notes edit

  1. ^ While five days of play were scheduled for the one-off Test, it result in three days.

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