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    "excerpt": "Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets in the third one-day international to register a series win.",
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    "editor1": "<p>Rahmanullah Gurbaz hit a cracking century and Azmatullah Omarzai showed allround skills on Monday to give Afghanistan a five wicket victory in the third one-day international and a series win over Bangladesh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-livescore\/scorecard\/13071999642\/afghanistan-v-bangladesh-1\">SCORECARD<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Omarzai took four wickets before hitting an undefeated 77-ball 70 and Opener Gurbaz hit a 120-ball 101 as Afghanistan chased down a 245-run target in 48.2 overs in Sharjah.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Bangladesh were lifted to 244-8 by Mohammad Mahmudullah, run out off the last ball of the innings for run-a-ball 98, and a solid 66 by stand-in skipper Mehidy Hasan Miraz.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The victory gave Afghanistan a 2-1 win in the series in Sharjah. Afghanistan won the first match by 92 runs while Bangladesh took the second by 68 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The series win is Afghanistan&#39;s third successive this year, having also beaten Ireland (2-0) and South Africa (2-1) following their wins over England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in last year&#39;s World Cup in India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Bangladesh pacers Mustafizur Rahman (2-50) and Nahid Rana (2-40) had jolted Afghanistan to 84-3 before Gurbaz and Omarzai added 100 for the fourth wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Gurbaz, who hit seven sixes and five boundaries in his eighth ODI century, fell in the 39th over with 61 needed as Bangladesh pressed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Omarzai hit five sixes and three boundaries added 58 runs with Mohammad Nabi (27-ball 34) to avoid any turnaround, hitting the winning six.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi said he was proud of his team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I am very happy as a captain,&quot; said Shahidi. &quot;When we lost the toss we were a bit worried because it&#39;s tough to bat second in Sharjah but our batters did very well.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Miraz praised Afghanistan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I think credit goes to Afghanistan the way they played in this series,&quot; said Miraz. &quot;Gurbaz and Omarzai did very well and we couldn&#39;t get wickets to win the match.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Earlier, Bangladesh, without injured skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto, were given a sound 53-run start by Soumya Sarkar (24) and Tanzid Hasan (19) before four wickets fell in for 19 runs in 38 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mahmudullah and Miraz repaired the innings with a 155-run fifth wicket stand as they blunted Afghanistan spinners, who managed just two wickets between them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Miraz became one of Omarzai&#39;s victim in the 46th over but Mahmudullah continued to bat solidly till he was run out off the last ball, trying to sneak a second run.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mahmudullah hit three sixes and seven fours while Miraz&#39;s 119-ball knock contained four fours.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/tagging\/highest-tax-paying-cricketers\">Highest tax paying cricketers<\/a><\/p><p>Omarzai took a career best 4-37, improving on his 3-56 against Sri Lanka at Pallekele earlier this year.<\/p>\r\n",
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