Balkh Legends vs Kandahar Knights, T20, 5th Match, October 7, 2018 - Match Info

That's all we have from today's double header. A day off tomorrow and we'll be back on Tuesday for Kabul Zwanan vs Nangarhar Leopards. Until then, it's goodbye.

Mohammad Nabi: It (165) is enough for that kind of wicket. We did some mistakes in the batting but in the bowling we did well. We bowled a lot of dots and stuck to good lines. We stuck to our plans. We knew one mistake from them will help us.

Gulbadin Naib, Man of the Match: They bowled really well at the death and I got an idea to bowl my variations. So, I bowled my variations and got my wickets. In T20s, you will have to rely on variations. Our dressing room is pretty positive even if we don't do well.

Asghar Afghan: The opponents played really. We dropped some catches and played poor shots. They bowled very well and they had nice variations. But especially, they fielded well. We have to forget about these two and look ahead for the rest of the 6 games.

Chasing was supposed to be the mantra for the entire tourney but Balkh have belied that. Led by Gulbadin Naib, 4 wickets for 12 runs, Balkh produced a masterclass to defend a total which looked chaseable at the half-way mark. Aftab Alam, Ben Laughlin, Mohammad Nabi, all of them chipped in with effective spells to bring about the victory. Balkh now top the points table where as the bottom place is occupied by Kandahar. The Knights did not have anyone shining tonight and their armour seems to have too many cracks on it. Skipper of Kandahar - Asghar Afghan - though tried his best but his quick 45 went in vain as none other in the middle order stood up to support him. Hang on for the presentation ceremony.

19.6 Laughlin to Amir Hamza, 1 run, pulls that one on the on-side and that is it! Kandahar lose two on the bounce and Balkh do exactly the opposite.

19.5 Laughlin to Amir Hamza, SIX, that was good connection! Won't matter but that sails just over the man at long-off for a sixer. Length delivery and was put away. 15 needed off the final ball. 16 off this over already though

19.4 Laughlin to Shirzad, 1 run, slogs the ball away into the on-side but will only get a single

19.3 Laughlin to Shirzad, FOUR, backs away and forehands it almost from over his head to beat the man at deep mid to his right for another four

19.2 Laughlin to Shirzad, FOUR, slammed down the ground as the low full toss was delivered. That will be a four

19.1 Laughlin to Amir Hamza, 1 run, charges out to a very full ball and toe-ends it away into the off-side for a single before the man at point could get to it

18.6 Aftab Alam to Shirzad, FOUR, slower length delivery and has been creamed away on the on-side for a four as there was no one at cow corner

18.5 Aftab Alam to Amir Hamza, 1 run, length delivery and has been slammed away to long-on

18.4 Aftab Alam to Amir Hamza, FOUR, short ball, the batsman pulls and it goes over the keeper for a four. Lucky one

18.3 Aftab Alam to Shirzad, 1 run, full ball and has been slapped down the ground only for the man at mid-off to intercept it with a dive

18.2 Aftab Alam to Shirzad, no run, full and at the base of the sticks, driven back to the bowler

18.1 Aftab Alam to Amir Hamza, 1 run, quicker length ball outside off and has been dragged away to long-on for a single

18.1 Aftab Alam to Amir Hamza, wide, short, wide and wided by the umpire

17.6 Naib to Amir Hamza, leg byes, 1 run, another slower ball and the batsman was through with his pull even before the ball arrived. The ball hit the batsman's back before rolling away besides the keeper for a single. The keeper did pick it up and had a shy at the batter's end only to miss