Scotland register ODI victory over Afghans
Josh Davey's 5 wicket haul put Scotland on track to level their home ODI series against Afghanistan with a six-wicket victory at Ayr. Josh Davey's heroics demolished the Afghans for 120. Fraser Watts guided the run chase with an unbeaten 55 as Scotland won the second ODI match with ease to level the series.
Afghanistan had stormed to a nine-wicket success in the previous match but found batting much tougher this time around after losing Karim Sadiq first ball and the innings quickly subsided to 49 for loss of 6 wickets. Davey's memorable day started when Nawroz Mangal gave a return catch and Mohammad Nabi gave him his fourth when he chipped to mid-wicket. Noor-ul-Haq and Samiullah Shenwari tried to revive the innings with a stand of 46 but the final three wickets fell for just four runs and Davey completed his 5-wicket haul when Shenwari flicked to square leg.
Afghanistan struck early in reply when Mirwais Ashraf removed Gavin Hamilton for 2 and debutant Ryan Flannigan was caught behind for a duck as Scotland were 15 for loss of 2 wickets. Ten overs later, Davey was bowled by Hamid Hassan but Fraser Watts found a stable partner in Richie Berrington as the pair added 60 for fourth wicket to take Scotland to the brink of victory. Although Berrington was bowled attempting a sweep Watts was able to complete his victory before he and Moneeb Iqbal finished the job with more than 16 overs to spare.
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