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Afghan cricket team in the West Indies in 2017
	West Indies	Afghanistan
Dates	30 May – 14 June 2017
Captains	Carlos Brathwaite (T20Is) Jason Holder (ODIs)	Asghar Stanikzai
One Day International series
Results	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Shai Hope (83)	Gulbadin Naib (92)
Most wickets	Ashley Nurse (4)	Rashid Khan (10)
Twenty20 International series
Results	West Indies won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Marlon Samuels (146)	Mohammad Nabi (48)
Most wickets	Kesrick Williams (8)	Shapoor Zadran (3)
Player of the series	Marlon Samuels (WI)

The Afghanistan cricket team toured the West Indies in June 2017 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs), three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and a tour match. It was Afghanistan's second bilateral tour against a full member nation after Zimbabwe. Originally the tour was going to consist of five ODIs and three T20Is. The West Indies won the T20I series 3–0. The ODI series was drawn 1–1 after the final match was washed out with no result.

Squads

ODIs		T20Is
West Indies	Afghanistan	West Indies	Afghanistan
Jason Holder (c) Devendra Bishoo Jonathan Carter Roston Chase Miguel Cummins Shannon Gabriel Shai Hope Alzarri Joseph Evin Lewis Jason Mohammed Ashley Nurse Kieran Powell Rovman Powell	Asghar Stanikzai (c) Farid Ahmad Javed Ahmadi Usman Ghani Amir Hamza Nasir Jamal Rashid Khan Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Shafiqullah Shafaq Samiullah Shinwari Dawlat Zadran Noor Ali Zadran Shapoor Zadran Afsar Zazai Rahmat Shah Zurmatai	Carlos Brathwaite (c) Samuel Badree Ronsford Beaton Evin Lewis Jason Mohammed Sunil Narine Kieron Pollard Rovman Powell Marlon Samuels Lendl Simmons Jerome Taylor Chadwick Walton Kesrick Williams	Asghar Stanikzai (c) Farid Ahmad Javed Ahmadi Usman Ghani Amir Hamza Karim Janat Rashid Khan Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Samiullah Shinwari Shafiqullah Shafaq Dawlat Zadran Najibullah Zadran Noor Ali Zadran Shapoor Zadran

Tour match

Afghanistan  115/9 (20 overs)	v	West Indies Cricket Board President's XI 103/9 (20 overs)
Usman Ghani 33 (34) Miguel Cummins 3/19 (4 overs)		Johnson Charles 53 (44) Rashid Khan 3/11 (4 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

T20I series

1st T20I

Afghanistan  110 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 114/4 (16.3 overs)
Rashid Khan 33 (27) Sunil Narine 3/11 (4 overs)		Marlon Samuels 35 (36) Shapoor Zadran 2/30 (3.3 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• This result ended Afghanistan's eleven match winning streak, a T20I record.

2nd T20I

West Indies  112/3 (15 overs)	v	Afghanistan 93 (13.3 overs)
Chadwick Walton 29 (17) Gulbadin Naib 1/10 (2 overs)		Karim Janat 20 (15) Kesrick Williams 3/11 (2.3 overs)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain with Afghanistan set a revised target of 123 runs.

3rd T20I

Afghanistan  146/6 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 147/3 (19.2 overs)
Mohammad Nabi 38 (30) Kesrick Williams 3/34 (4 overs)		Marlon Samuels 89* (66) Rashid Khan 1/22 (4 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series

1st ODI

Afghanistan  212/6 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 149 (44.4 overs)
Javed Ahmadi 81 (102) Ashley Nurse 2/34 (10 overs)		Shai Hope 35 (63) Rashid Khan 7/18 (8.4 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Roston Chase (WI) made his ODI debut.
• Rashid Khan (Afg) recorded the fourth-best bowling figures in ODIs.
• This was the first win by Afghanistan against the West Indies and their first win against a Test team other than Bangladesh or Zimbabwe in ODIs.

2nd ODI

Afghanistan  135 (37.3 overs)	v	West Indies 138/6 (39.2 overs)
Gulbadin Naib 51 (73) Alzarri Joseph 2/15 (6 overs)		Shai Hope 48* (77) Rashid Khan 3/26 (10 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

Afghanistan	v	West Indies

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain reduced the match initially to 43 overs per side but it continued after the toss, with no play possible.
• Leslie Reifer (WI) stood in his first ODI match as an umpire.

References

1. ^ "Afghanistan, West Indies to play three T20Is, three ODIs in June". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
2. "Afghanistan to play ODIs and T20Is in the West Indies in June". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
3. "Afghanistan set to play first full series against West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
4. "West Indies and Afghanistan confirm 2017 series". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
5. "West Indies to host Afghanistan". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
6. "Samuels' 89* completes West Indies sweep". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
7. ^ "Decider washed out; Law 'not sure' of WI's chances of direct entry into World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
8. "Roston Chase earns maiden ODI call-up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
9. ^ "Afghanistan reveal squad for West Indies tour". 1TV Afghanistan. Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
10. "Beaton earns maiden T20I call-up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
11. "Reckless batting snaps Afghanistan's winning streak". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
12. "Rashid Khan rips the fight out of West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
13. "Gooch sets up history". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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