Afghanistan vs West Indies, 2nd T20I, Afghanistan v West Indies in UAE, 2026 - Player Highlights

Shamar Joseph to Azmatullah, 1 run, 119.1kph, slower ball on a short of length outside off, Omarzai waits and slaps it over cover. The man in the deep takes it on the bounce

Shamar Joseph to Nabi, 1 run, yorker, a shuffling Nabi jams it through midwicket and has to settle for a single

Shamar Joseph to Nabi, wide, slower ball on a length outside off, Nabi shuffles across to heave across the line, misses. Wided and Joseph isn't happy as the batter had moved across

Shamar Joseph to Azmatullah, 1 run, dropped! Slower ball into the deck, Omarzai flat-bats the pull to long-on. Khary Pierre runs in from long-on and puts it down. Misjudges, hits his wrists and then cops a blow on the groin area. Pierre is in pain and the physio is out to tend to him. The batsmen, meanwhile, sip a drink

Shamar Joseph to Azmatullah, FOUR, short and wide, Omarzai stands tall and throws his arms to slap it over extra cover. A couple of bounces and into the fence

Shamar Joseph to Azmatullah, 2 runs, fullish outside off, Omarzai gets low to flay it through the outside edge and gets a thick outside edge which takes it to third man. The man in the deep sprints across and dives to his left to make a fine stop

Shamar Joseph to Azmatullah, no run, 122.4kph, slower ball on a length outside off, Omarzai stays leg-side of the ball to flay it through the off-side and misses as he doesn't spot the change of pace

Shamar Joseph to Azmatullah, wide, sprays this full ball well outside off, nothing doing from the batter

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, 122.3kph, pace-off shortish ball, Atal fetches it from outside off to play a wristy pull. Gets a top-edge and it falls short of the forward-running deep square leg fielder

Shamar Joseph to Darwish Rasooli, 1 run, slower ball bouncer, pulled to deep square leg. The man in the deep attacks and fails to gather it cleanly but the batters don't risk the second

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, fuller than a length outside off, Atal shuffles and miscues the loft. A single to long-off

Shamar Joseph to Darwish Rasooli, 1 run, shortish ball and that's been pulled to deep midwicket

Shamar Joseph to Darwish Rasooli, no run, slower ball into the deck, Rasooli is early to pull and misses

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, fullish outside off, Atal reaches out to slice it over point. The single brings up Sediqullah Atal's 4th T20I fifty. The left-hander raises his bat

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, FOUR, big over, 15 runs. Not a bad delivery - good length ball outside off, Atal had the width and he didn't miss out, drives it on the up through extra cover and the ball has enough to trickle into the longest part of the ground

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, 2 runs, tight second. But Atal makes it in. Back of a length around off, Atal angles it behind square on the off-side and races back before Hetmyer hunts it down from deep backward point

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, no run, short of length angled across, Atal rides the bounce and drops it into the off-side

Shamar Joseph to Ibrahim Zadran, 1 run, back of a length close to off, Ibrahim jams it onto the pad and the ball drops next to the pitch, off go the duo

Shamar Joseph to Ibrahim Zadran, FOUR, "catch" shouted Shamar. But this is nowhere close to the fielder. Short of length delivery, but the pitch does not have the pace or bounce to trouble Ibrahim, he gets into a superb position and nails the pull flat, places it in front of square and evades the fielder comfortably

Shamar Joseph to Ibrahim Zadran, FOUR, this is classic Ibrahim. Too straight from Shamar - on off and middle, Ibrahim brings the bottom hand into play and whips it over mid-wicket, no big followthrough of the bat, just a short-arm jab and the ball flies away

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, no run, on a length and outside off, Atal lifts his bat and lets it go

Shamar Joseph to Ibrahim Zadran, 1 run, 138ks fullish delivery, Ibrahim pushes it off the inner half to mid-on and races to other end. Motie scores a direct hit but Ibrahim was in

Shamar Joseph to Ibrahim Zadran, no run, back of a length delivery, Ibrahim gets behind the line and defends it back

Shamar Joseph to Ibrahim Zadran, wide, once again Shamar sprays it down leg, he's searching for the inswinger, but does not get it right, much easier take by Charles

Shamar Joseph to Ibrahim Zadran, wide, stunning take by Charles. Strays way down leg, no chance for Ibrahim to reach that, Charles dives full length to his left and gloves it with one hand. He's not a very agile man but he got across and saved four

Shamar Joseph to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, good length ball, hint of inswing, Atal knocks it in front of mid-off and quickly crosses over

Shamar Joseph to Gurbaz, out Caught by Khary Pierre!! Gurbaz goes cheaply! Shamar strikes with his second ball. The plan and execution was perfect. They had a deep backward point instead of a third man. Gurbaz saw the fullish delivery and throws his bat on the drive, the ball swings away and flies off the outer half, Pierre settles under and pouches it safely. West Indies have once again got an early wicket.. Gurbaz c Khary Pierre b Shamar Joseph 1(4)

Shamar Joseph to Gurbaz, no run, uhhh! Now Shamar starts with an outswinger. The length is pretty full and Gurbaz's feet don't move, he looks to drive but the ball shapes away and beats the outside edge