Afghan national cricket team in the West Indies in the 2017 season

The Afghan national cricket team's tour of the West Indies in the 2017 season took place from June 2 to 14, 2017. The international cricket tour was part of the 2017 international cricket season and includes three ODIs and three Twenty20s . The West Indies won the Twenty20 series 3-0, while the ODI series 1-1 ended in a draw.

prehistory

Since both teams could not qualify for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 , they contested this tour as the first tour of the season in parallel to the tournament. It was the first tour that Afghanistan played against the West Indies. Originally, two more ODIs were planned, but they were not included in the final program.

Stages

Basseterre Gros Islet

Tour venues

The following stages were scheduled for the tour and announced on March 29, 2017.

city	country	Stadion	capacity	Games
Basseterre	St. Kitts and Nevis	Warner Park	8,000	1st - 3rd T20
Gros Islet	Saint Lucia	Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium	20,000	1st - 3rd ODI

Squad lists

Afghanistan named its roster on May 11, 2017. The West Indies named their ODI roster on May 19, 2017.

ODI		Twenty20
West Indies	Afghanistan	West Indies	Afghanistan
Jason Holder ( K ) Devendra Bishoo Jonathan Carter Roston Chase Miguel Cummins Shannon Gabriel Shai Hope ( wk ) Alzarri Joseph Evin Lewis Jason Mohammed Ashley Nurse Kieran Powell Rovman Powell	Asghar Stanikzai ( K ) Farid Ahmad Javed Ahmadi Noor Ali Usman Ghani Hamza Hotak Nasir Jamal Rashid Khan Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Shafiqullah Shafaq Samiullah Shenwari Dawlat Zadran Shapoor Zadran Afsar Zazai ( wk ) Rahmat Shah Zurmatai	Carlos Brathwaite ( K ) Samuel Badree Ronsford Beaton Evin Lewis Jason Mohammed Sunil Narine Kieron Pollard Rovman Powell Marlon Samuels Lendl Simmons Jerome Taylor Chadwick Walton ( wk ) Kesrick Williams	Asghar Stanikzai ( K ) Farid Ahmad Javed Ahmadi Noor Ali Usman Ghani Hamza Hotak Karim Janat Rashid Khan Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Samiullah Shenwari Shafiqullah Shafaq ( wk ) Dawlat Zadran Najibullah Zadran Shapoor Zadran

Tour match

May 30th scorecard	Basseterre	Afghanistan 115-9 (20)	-	WICB President's XI 103-9 (20)
		Afghanistan wins with 12 runs

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Basseterre

June 2nd scorecard	Basseterre	Afghanistan 110 (20)	-	West Indies 114-4 (16.3)
		West Indies wins with 6 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Basseterre

June 3 scorecard	Basseterre	West Indies 112-3 (15/15)	-	Afghanistan 93 (13.3 / 15)
		West Indies wins with 29 runs ( D / L method )

Third Twenty20 in Basseterre

June 5th scorecard	Basseterre	Afghanistan 146-6 (20)	-	West Indies 147-3 (19.2)
		West Indies wins by 7 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Gros Islet

June 9th scorecard	Gros Islet	Afghanistan 212-6 (50)	-	West Indies 149 (44.4)
		Afghanistan wins with 63 runs

The 18-year-old Afghan bowler Rashid Khan achieved the fourth best bowling performance ever achieved in an ODI with 7 wickets and 18 runs.

Second ODI in Gros Islet

June 11th scorecard	Gros Islet	Afghanistan 135 (37.3)	-	West Indies 138-6 (39.2)
		West Indies wins with 4 wickets

Third ODI in Gros Islet

June 14th scorecard	Gros Islet	West Indies	-	Afghanistan
		Game canceled

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Afghanistan set to play first full series against West Indies ( English ) Cricinfo. 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
2. ↑ Afghanistan, West Indies to play three T20Is, three ODIs in June ( English ) Cricinfo. 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
3. ↑ Experienced Afghan side to tour West Indies ( English ) Antigua Daily Observer. 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
4. ↑ Ronsford Beaton called up for Afghanistan T20Is ( English ) Cricinfo. 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
5. ↑ Shashank Kishore: Rashid Khan rips the fight out of West Indies ( English ) Cricinfo. June 9, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2017.