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Canada Take First Innings Lead

Afghanistan have to come up with something very spectacular on the final day if they have to match the Canada challenge. Chasing an improbable target of 494, Afghanistan were 40 for no loss in 13 overs in their second innings when stumps were drawn.

Earlier, Afghanistan with an overnight score of 110 for 3 never looked to reach anywhere near Canada’s first innings total of 566 as wickets tumbled at regular intervals. Shabir Noori topscored with 60 while Mohammad Nabi (48 not out) Karim Sadiq (32) were the other contributors, which helped Afghanistan finish at 264 in 79 overs.

Canada with a huge first innings lead of 302 runs kept the run flow at a faster pace in the second innings as opener TC Bastiampillai scored 73 off 93 balls, while S Jyoti stroked an unbeaten 35 off just 33 balls. They declared their innings at 191 for four in 40 overs.

Afghanistan made a positive start with openers Karim Sadiq (29 not out) and Noor Ali (11 not out) at the crease.

Scoreboard: Canada (1^st innings): 566. Afghanistan (1^st innings / overnight 110-3): Shabir Noori c Bagai b Kumar 60, Noor Ali c Kumar b Bhatti 16, Asghar Stanikzai b Rizwan Cheema 24, Nowroz Mangal c Dhaniram b David 17, Mohammad Shahzad c Bagai b Bhatti 23, Karim Sadiq c sub (Baidwan) b Kumar 32, Raees Ahmadzai c Bagai b Jyoti 24, Mohammad Nabi (not out) 48, Samiullah Shenwari c Hansra b Kumar 8, Mirwais Ashraf lbw b Jyoti 8, Shapoor Zadran run out (sub Usman Limbada) 0. Extras: (lb-1, nb-3) 4. Total: (all out; 79 overs) 264. Fall of Wickets: 1-30, 2-70, 3-105, 4-139, 5-143, 6-194, 7-208, 8-230, 9-245. Bowling: Khurram Chohan 14-6-29-0, U Bhatti 15.5-4-61-2, Rizwan Cheema 14.1-5-33-1, H Patel 5-2-21-0, S Jyoti 11-2-45-2, R David 3-1-8-1, N Kumar 13-1-58-3 (2nb), S Dhaniram 3-2-8-0.

Canada (2^nd innings): TC Bastiampillai c Samiullah Shenwari b Nowroz Mangal 73, Rizwan Cheema b Mirwais Ashraf 27, H Patel c Mohammad Shahzad b Shapoor Zadran 19, A Bagai (retired hurt) 2, S Dhaniram b Shapoor Zadran 4, S Jyoti (not out) 35, R David (not out) 28. Extras: (lb-1, w-2) 3. Total (for 4 wickets dec; 40 overs) 191. Fall of Wickets: 1-45, 2-86, 3-108, 4-140. Bowling: Shapoor Zadran 16-0-85-2 (2w), Mirwais Ashraf 12-2-26-1, Mohammad Nabi 6-0-35-0, Nowroz Mangal 5-0-34-1, Samiullah Shenwari 1-0-10-0. Afghanistan (2^nd innings): Karim Sadiq (batting) 29, Noor Ali (batting) 11. Total (for no loss; 13 overs) 40. Bowling: Rizwan Cheema 4-0-13-0, Khurram Chohan 5-1-10-0, N Kumar 2-0-12-0, S Jyoti 1-0-5-0, H Patel 1-1-0-0.