00:00West Indies were put into bat in the third and final T20 international against Afghanistan in Dubai
00:05with the men in maroon hoping to avoid a whitewash.
00:08Stand-in captain Brandon King and Johnson Charles put on an opening partnership of 27.
00:14Charles was bowled by Shai Dula for 17.
00:21King and Casey Carty then put on 35 for the second wicket.
00:25Carty fell for 10 and Justin Graves went for 12 with Abdullah Ahmed Zai removing both batters.
00:35Brandon King was out for a top score of 47 giving opposite number Rashid Khan the wicket.
00:43Khan then got rid of the mercurial Shimon Hattmeyer cheaply to end with impeccable figures of 2 for 13.
00:49Matthew Ford played a cameo scoring 27 of 11 balls.
00:55Ford was out to Ziao Rahman who picked up 2 wickets as West Indies closed on 151 for 7.
01:03When Afghanistan responded, Ramunullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran opened the innings for their side.
01:10They put on a useful partnership of 72 in 10.1 overs.
01:17Zadran was caught for 28 giving Matthew Ford the scalp.
01:20Wickets kept falling and it was soon 127 for 5 with Gurbaz gone for 71.
01:31Shama Springer was the one who did major damage with the White Cherry.
01:37Springer was lethal and parsimonious finishing with figures of 4 for 20 from 4 overs including this hat-trick.
01:44Six battles were dismissed for single-digit scores including two ducks.
01:50In the end, Afghanistan were restricted to 136 for 8 and lost by 15 runs.
01:56But they won the series 2-1.
01:58For Afghanistan, West Indies are finishing things quite strongly.
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