Kandahar Knights vs Nangarhar Leopards, 2nd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Cutting to Tymal Mills, FOUR, steered behind square on the off-side off the outside edge

Cutting to Shirzad, out Caught by Shahidi!! Ben Cutting bags a hat-trick! A fifer too. Full ball wide of off, Shirzad throws the kitchen sink at it and can only slice it off the outside half. A straightforward catch for Shahidi at deep backward point. Shirzad c Shahidi b Cutting 7(9) [4s-1]

Cutting to Karim Janat, out Caught by Naveen-ul-Haq!! Wide yorker, Janat could have let it go. He moves across to lift it downtown. Was the slower ball from Cutting and Janat could only toe-end the loft. Long-off sprints forward to complete a good catch. Wicket number four for Cutting. Karim Janat c Naveen-ul-Haq b Cutting 39(39) [4s-3 6s-1]

McClenaghan to Shirzad, FOUR, fullish ball, Shirzad clears his front leg and clubs it over wide mid-on. Devcich at long-on ran across and tried to flick the ball into play. He had already gone out of the boundary rope. A boundary off the first ball of the over

Cutting to Amir Hamza, out Caught by Naveen-ul-Haq!! Gone! The extra ball gives Cutting his third wicket. It was a normal-paced fullish ball outside off. Hamza wafted his bat at it and the ball flew off the blade. Goes straight into the hands of Naveen at backward point. Amir Hamza c Naveen-ul-Haq b Cutting 1(4)

Cutting to Najibullah, out Caught by Devcich!! Full ball, Najibullah stands tall and goes hard on the lofted off-drive. Made decent contact, but not good enough to clear long-off. Devcich takes a calm catch. Held his ground as he collected it on the first attempt. He knew that the momentum was taking his right leg outside the ropes. Had the presence of mind to throw the ball up, came back in and took it cleanly. The TV umpire makes the right call after looking at it a couple of times. Najibullah c Devcich b Cutting 17(12) [4s-3]

Mujeeb to Karim Janat, SIX, put down off the previous ball, and now a six for Janat. Low full toss, Janat stands tall and bludgeons it over wide long-on. Excellent contact

Mujeeb to Karim Janat, 1 run, Naveen has put down a sitter! Janat gets down on a knee and fetches this flat ball from outside off to slog-sweep. Got it off the bottom part of the bat. Doesn't get the desired distance and Naveen at deep mid-wicket settled under it. Tried to reverse-cup it, in the end dropped

Zahir Khan to Karim Janat, FOUR, shuffles back and across to broom this full ball fine of the man at deep backward square leg. The fielder in the deep ran across and put in the dive, but in vain. An expensive over that from Zahir Khan - 14 off it

Zahir Khan to Najibullah, FOUR, fuller ball with room on offer outside off, Najibullah slightly bends his back knee and hammers the drive through extra cover

Zahir Khan to Karim Janat, FOUR, slow, full and outside off. Janat waits for the ball and thumps it downtown. Long-off couldn't get there. A one-bounce four. That was hit firmly

McClenaghan to Najibullah, FOUR, slower ball, loopy and full outside off. Najibullah picks it late and takes full toll of it. Drilled through wide mid-off

Mujeeb to Najibullah, FOUR, stunning shot! It's just his second ball and he employs the reverse sweep. Gets down on a knee, reverses his stance and brooms it between backward point and short third man

Rahmat to Kevin O Brien, out Caught by Naveen-ul-Haq!! One shot too many. Flighted leg-break just outside off, Kevin O Brien goes through with his premeditated slog sweep. Mistimes off the toe end and holes out at deep mid-wicket. Naveen ran in, jumped and gobbled it. Kevin O Brien c Naveen-ul-Haq b Rahmat 22(14) [4s-3]

Rahmat to Kevin O Brien, FOUR, stays leg-side of the ball and batters this overpitched delivery through extra cover. No need to run for those

Rahmat to Karim Janat, FOUR, tossed up delivery outside off, too full, reverse-swept fine of the man at short third man. Cheeky and effective

Cutting to Kevin O Brien, FOUR, easily done. Too straight from Cutting and Kevin O Brien closes his bat-face to clip it through mid-wicket. Superb timing

Naveen-ul-Haq to Kevin O Brien, FOUR, slower delivery outside off and the batsman waited that bit longer to open the face of the bat on the carve. Got it to the right of point for a four. Much needed four

Zahir Khan to Asghar Afghan, out Caught by Najeeb Tarakai!! Further chaos for Kandahar. That was a rank long hop and the batsman has muscled the pull away to find the man at deep square leg. Not the best of deliveries but it strikes gold for Nangarhar. Asghar Afghan c Najeeb Tarakai b Zahir Khan 3(6)

Cutting to Brendon McCullum, out Caught by Rahmat!! Short ball and that does the trick. Brendon McCullum was getting into the boundary hitting mode but the short ball surprises him as he is late on it for the top-edge to go straight up. The man at mid-wicket ran towards the square leg region to take it with ease. Brendon McCullum c Rahmat b Cutting 19(15) [4s-2]

Cutting to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, a full and widish ball as a free-hit delivery and Brendon McCullum slapped it over the inner circle for the ball to land once before going over the cover fence

Cutting to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, length ball and dismissed from the sight. Hacks the ball between mid-on and mid-wicket for a four. Didn't time it but got enough to take it away

Naveen-ul-Haq to Sadiq, out Caught by Shafiqullah!! Soft dismissal. Trying to employ the steer after dancing out, he managed a feather on the ball to edge it to the keeper. The bowler did not spot the edge and the keeper was half-hearted in his appeal but the batsman decided to walk. Kandahar in trouble. Sadiq c Shafiqullah b Naveen-ul-Haq 0(3)

Mujeeb to Stirling, out Caught by Devcich!! And the theatrics have been brought to a halt here. Backed away, slapped it but did not get enough elevation to clear the man at extra cover. Devcich at the edge of the circle took it easily and that is the first breakthrough for Nangarhar. Stirling c Devcich b Mujeeb 18(15) [4s-2 6s-1]

Mujeeb to Stirling, FOUR, shuffles a tad, kneels down and fetches the flighted ball from the sticks to get it behind square for a four

McClenaghan to Stirling, FOUR, lifts the ball away off the pads and gets it behind square for a four. A few bounces and into the fence

McClenaghan to Stirling, leg byes, FOUR, that was close! For me, it was out. Misses the clip off a slower ball and he was pretty much shuffling across a long way. The ball trimmed the pads to run away into the fine leg fence. The loud shout from the bowler fell on deaf ears

McClenaghan to Stirling, SIX, stay leg-side of the ball, open your arms and just lift the ball. Recipe of baking a sixer! Stroked it on top of the bounce and that landed on the boundary cushion. The third umpire had a look before signalling it