Read the highlights of Afghanistan vs Scotland 2nd T20I - 2013 Afghanistan & Scotland tour of United Arab Emirates (UAE) 2-match T20I series - The second and final Twenty20 International cricket match between Afghanistan and Scotland played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on March 04, 2013.
Hamid Hasan's career-best four-for and Top-order batsmen helped to Afghanistan comfortable seven-wicket victory over Scotland and clinch the two-match series with 2-0 whitewash in the second & final T20I.
Afghanistan chased 140 for 3 (Shahzad 46, Wardlaw 2-32) Scotland scored 139 for 7 (Machan 39, Hassan 4-22)
This match reported by ESPNcricinfo Staff (Third Party Reference from ESPNcricinfo)
Afghanistan wrapped up the Twenty20 series against Scotland 2-0 with another thumping win in Sharjah. Hamid Hassan picked up four wickets to restrict Scotland to 139, then Mohammad Shahzad produced another impactful innings to help the team achieve the target with 15 balls to spare.
Scotland chose to bat and lost opener Richie Berrington in the first over. They produced a better batting performance than the first match as Matt Machan and Calum McLeod steered the team to 74 for 2 in the 11th over. But once Machan was out to Samiullah Shinwari, regular wickets kept tumbling. Only Moneeb Iqbal's late runs helped them to 139, before Hassan collected two wickets off the last two balls.
Afghanistan started their chase at a frenetic pace with Karim Sadiq taking 15 runs off the second over. Sadiq put up a half-century stand with Nawroz Mangal, and once they were out, Shahzad continued his form from the previous match by scoring 46 off 25 balls. his innings included three boundaries and two sixes and though he was out in the 15th over, he had taken the team only 15 runs short of the win, which the other batsmen completed easily.
The two teams are now scheduled to play two ODIs in Sharjah followed by an ICC Intercontinental Cup match in Abu Dhabi.
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