Naib's one-man show

Jun 12, 2017

Coming off an emphatic win in the first ODI, Afghanistan suffered a sluggish start and a top-order collapse that began when they lost both their openers in the eighth over•AFP

Shannon Gabriel got into the act and sniped out Rahmat Shah and Samiullah Shenwari in consecutive overs•WICB Media/Brooks LaTouche Photography Ltd

Naib's fifty - his third in ODIs - helped Afghanistan into triple digits. They finished with 135•AFP

Rashid Khan troubled the hosts, once again, with his legbreaks and googlies, accounting for both openers•AFP

After snaffling a return-catch of Noor Ali Zadran, Jason Holder completed a run-out to end Javed Ahmadi's stint at the crease•AFP

With his side reeling at 51 for 6 in the 17th over, the only resistance of note came from No. 8 batsman Gulbadin Naib•AFP

With Evin Lewis brisk from the outset, West Indies looked on course to close out the chase without much trouble•WICB Media/Brooks LaTouche Photography Ltd

Naib's two wickets threw the chase off track midway, but the hosts averted a second successive loss as Shai Hope closed the game out, in Holder's company, with an unbeaten 48•AFP

Bits of sharp fielding did help West Indies keep the pressure on•WICB Media/Brooks LaTouche Photography Ltd

Lewis and Kieran Powell added 40 runs for the opening wicket, but neither managed to convert their starts•WICB Media/Brooks LaTouche Photography Ltd