“Didn’t realise India were going to come that hard, but we managed to get the breakthroughs when we needed,” says Tom Latham
Afghanistan captain hopes the ACB “will try harder to give us opportunities against good teams in the future”
They made one change to the XI that lost the series opener, bringing in Tanzim Hasan for Shoriful Islam
The umpires replaced the ball before the start of the final day in Mackay
Afghanistan were led by four-fors from Naveen and Rashid in a match that had a few rain interventions
It is a hot and humid afternoon to start but there is a chance of some rain in the evening, though it is unlikely to prevent a result
The New Zealand quick crushed it in dry conditions, finishing with three wickets on the first day
Andries Gous made an unbeaten 80 for the co-hosts but in the end it wasn’t enough
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