By CricketCountry Staff
Afghanistan will take on West Indies in a warm-up match of the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup 2012 at Colombo on Monday.
Published: Sep 17, 2012, 02:06 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 17, 2012, 02:06 PM (IST)
The West Indies have been drawn in Group B alongside Australia and Ireland and both teams first round matches will be at the Premadasa Stadium © Getty Images
By CricketCountry Staff
Colombo: Sep 17, 2012
Afghanistan will take on West Indies in a warm-up match of the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup 2012 at Colombo on Monday.
Afghanistan captain Nawroz Mangal earlier won the toss and chose to bat first against West Indies in the warm-up match at Colombo on Monday.
The West Indies have been drawn in Group B alongside Australia and Ireland and both first round matches will be at the Premadasa Stadium.
Their opening match will be against the Aussies Saturday, Sep 22 followed by a clash with the Irish Monday, Sep 24.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan were adjudged winners of the Asia versus the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament after three teams won the same number of matches.
The win is expected to boost the confidence of the Afghan players ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 tournament starting in Sri Lanka Sep 18.
Teams
Afghanistan: Nawroz Mangal(c), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Dawlat Zadran, Hamid Hassan, Javed Ahmadi, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shenwari, Shapoor Zadran, Asghar Stanikzai, Gulbodin Naib, Izatullah Dawlatzai, Karim Sadiq, Mohammad Nasim Baras, Shafiqullah Shafiq
West Indies: Darren Sammy(c), Denesh Ramdin(wk), Samuel Badree, Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Ravi Rampaul, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Smith, Dwayne Bravo, Fidel Edwards, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Lendl Simmons, Darren Bravo
Catch the live score & ball-by-ball commentary of the warm-up match here
ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012: Match time table with group details
