Afghanistan Under-19 Team Wins ACC Elite Cup

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The Afghanistan National Under-19 team won the ACC Elite Cup for the second continued time.

In the final match of ACC Elite Cup, Afghanistan Under-19 team defeated the United Arabic Emirates by 10 wickets and won the Elite Cup.

The UAE won the toss and was elected to bat first. The Afghan bowlers took all the UAE’s wickets in 27.2 overs with a target of 58 runs.

Afghanistan Under-19 team won all its matches and defeated Malaysia in the semi final of the matches.

Afghanistan reached the target in 11.1 overs with 10 wickets to spare.
Hashmatullah Shahidy and Rahim Mangal opened and closed the batting, with Hashmatullah making his fifty and being named Player of the Match.

The wicket takers from Afghanistan were Ziaurahman with 4 wickets, Hashmatullah Shahidy with 3, Sayed Shirzad and Zahir Shehzad with 1 each.

In the meantime, they have also qualified for the ICC U19 World Cup 2014.

The Asian Cricket Council Elite Cup took place in Malaysia.

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