12 November,2019 08:46 AM IST | Lucknow | Santosh Suri
Shai Hope
A superlative century (109 not out) by Shai Hope enabled West Indies to sweep the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan with a comprehensive five-wicket win on Monday. This was their first ODI series win as well as sweep since 2014 against Bangladesh.
A target of 250 required West Indies batsmen to be at their best in face of four-pronged spin attack, led by skipper Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mohammad Nabi and Sharafuddin Ashraf. But with opener Hope playing a sheet-anchor role and other batsmen giving him adequate support, West Indies romped home with eight balls to spare.
After being put in to bat, Afghanistan did well to post 249-9, with veteran Asghar Afghan top-scoring with 86. There were half-centuries from Hazratullah Zazai and Nabi.
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