Afghanistan vs West Indies, 1st T20I, Afghanistan v West Indies in UAE, 2026 - Player Highlights

Noor Ahmad to Forde, out Caught by Darwish Rasooli!! Forde holes out! Was a half-tracker around leg-stump to be honest but it was quick through the air. Forde tried to pull it across but miscued it towards deep mid-wicket. Rasooli in the deep moved to his left and took his third catch of the night, Forde c Darwish Rasooli b Noor Ahmad 25(21) [4s-2 6s-1]

Gulbadin to Forde, no run, close again! Another slower delivery outside off that dips in late, Forde tries to heave it across but misses. That was close to the off-stump again

Gulbadin to Forde, 2 runs, slower full delivery well outside off, Forde uses his feet, reaches out and drives it to the left of long-off. Rashid hares across to cut it off. A couple results

Mujeeb to Forde, 1 run, full delivery around off, driven to deep extra cover

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Forde, 1 run, slower length delivery around off, Forde hammers it to long-on. Just a single

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Forde, FOUR, smartly done! Forde shuffles across his stumps. It's a low full-toss in his arc and he does well to scoop it past the right side of short fine to get the desired result. 100 up for the Windies

Rashid Khan to Forde, 1 run, the googly on a back of a length, punched with the spin to long-on

Noor Ahmad to Forde, 1 run, on the shorter side outside off, Forde reaches out and cuts it straight to Rashid at extra cover. The batters set off for a risky run. The throw is a bit wide and Gurbaz can't collect it properly. If the throw was better, Sampson might have been in trouble

Noor Ahmad to Forde, SIX, smashed! A slot delivery around leg-stump and Noor Ahmad has given this one a lot of air, Forde lines it up, gets low in his stance and heaves it powefully over cow corner for a flat maximum

Noor Ahmad to Forde, 1 run, quicker and flatter outside off, it's the googly, chopped with the spin to covers

Noor Ahmad to Forde, 1 run, Forde uses his feet and drags the heave to deep mid-wicket

Rashid Khan to Forde, 1 run, the googly on a back of a length, punched through extra cover

Rashid Khan to Forde, no run, a chirpy appeal for lbw is turned down! Rashid Khan thinks about it and takes the review before the timer runs out! Was the in-drifter on a fuller length on leg-stump, Forde crouched in his stance a bit and tried to sweep it across but missed to get struck on the pads. UltraEdge shows a flat line. Over to ball-tracking - impact is umpire's call and it's spinning down leg

Noor Ahmad to Forde, no run, quick and flat outside off, it's the googly again and it's turning away, Forde looks to cut through covers but misses

Noor Ahmad to Forde, no run, 92.1kph full delivery around off, tapped with an open bat-face towards point

Noor Ahmad to Forde, FOUR, floated full delivery around leg-stump, Forde crouches in his stance and slog-sweeps it nicely over square leg for a one-bounce boundary

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Forde, 2 runs, skiddy short of length delivery angling in on middle and leg, Forde plays it with soft hands to mid-wicket. Some good running between the wickets allows the batters to take a couple

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Forde, no run, back of a length outside off, punched crisply but straight to point

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Forde, no run, pitched up delivery swinging in on off, Forde covers the line and defends it down the track

Rashid Khan to Forde, no run, quick through the air and on a back of a length outside off, punched to covers. A wicket and only one run off the over

Rashid Khan to Forde, no run, the googly on a back of a length, turning in on off, punched off the inner half towards short mid-wicket