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T20 World Cup: Windies blow away Afghans

Published:Monday | June 17, 2024 | 10:54 PM
West Indies' Nicholas Pooran hits a six against Afghanistan during an ICC Men's T20 World Cup cricket match at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia on Monday, June 17, 2024.
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West Indies' Nicholas Pooran hits a six against Afghanistan during an ICC Men's T20 World Cup cricket match at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia on Monday, June 17, 2024.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia (CMC):

West Indies defeated Afghanistan by 104 runs in the final group stage game of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup at the Daren Sammy Cricket Stadium here Monday.

Scores: West Indies 218 for five off 20 overs (Nicholas Pooran 98, Johnson Charles 43, Rovman Powell 26, Shai Hope 25; Gulbadin Naib 2-14).

Afghanistan 114 off 16.2 overs (Ibrahim Zadran 38, Azmatullah Omarzai 23; Obed McCoy 3-14, Akeal Hosein 2-21, Gudakesh Motie 2-28).

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