Afghanistan vs Japan , Match 1 at Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin , Asian Games Men’s T20I, 2026 , Sep 24, 2026 Scorecard

19.6: Shoma Sugaya-Slater to Ismat Alam, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! A wicket to end the innings. Afghanistan finish on 129/6. Another off-pace ball, on a good length, on middle. Ismat has a heave across the line, but a top edge is found. It goes up behind the wicket, where the keeper, Shirai-Patmore, calls for it and makes no mistake, taking the catch close to his chest before falling on his back.

19.5: Shoma Sugaya-Slater to Mohammad Ishaq, Slanting in on a back of a length, on middle. Ishaq mistimes the slog to deep mid-wicket for a single.

19.4: Shoma Sugaya-Slater to Ismat Alam, DROPPED! Benjamin Ito-Davis shells it. Off-cutter, fuller and on off. Alam does not pick the change of pace and swings early in his bid to go down the ground. Skies it towards long on, where Benjamin runs in off the ropes and tries to take the catch close to his chest, but it bursts through his grasp. A single taken.

19.3: Shoma Sugaya-Slater to Ismat Alam, Angles in a short ball at the right shoulder of the batter. Alam goes for the pull. He gets top edge before the ball sails over the keeper's head for a couple of runs.

19.3: Shoma Sugaya-Slater to Ismat Alam, Wide! Full and moving away in the air but this is too wide. That is left alone for the keeper to collect.

19.3: Shoma Sugaya-Slater to Ismat Alam, Wide! Beyond the tramline on off, on a back of a length. Alam lets it be.

19.2: Shoma Sugaya-Slater to Darwish Rasooli, OUT! CAUGHT! A fine catch by Wataru Miyauchi. Pitched up, around off. Rasooli puts his head down and swings hard but loses his shape and slices it off the outer half. Miyauchi runs in off the ropes, bends and takes a safe catch. Ismat Alam is the new batter.

19.1: Shoma Sugaya-Slater to Mohammad Ishaq, Hits the good length, on off. Ishaq has a swing at it but mistimes it down to long on for a single.

19.1: Shoma Sugaya-Slater to Mohammad Ishaq, Wide. Harsh call. That seemed to be within the guideline, on a length. Ishaq lets it go.

18.6: Charlie Hara-Hinze to Mohammad Ishaq, Keeps it short but this is wider on off. Ishaq carves it to deep cover for one. Another good over for Afghanistan, 13 runs off the over. 37 runs off the last 3 overs.

18.5: Charlie Hara-Hinze to Mohammad Ishaq, Short and on off, that is punched off the back foot, but straight to cover.

18.4: Charlie Hara-Hinze to Mohammad Ishaq, SIX! Clean strike. Fires it in full, on middle and leg. It is right in the hitting arc. Ishaq clears the front leg and smokes it over long on for half a dozen.

18.3: Charlie Hara-Hinze to Mohammad Ishaq, In the air...but safe. Darted in on a length, on middle and leg. Ishaq goes for the slog sweep but does not quite get hold of it. It lands safely right between the two men converging in the deep mid-wicket region. Two taken.

18.2: Charlie Hara-Hinze to Mohammad Ishaq, Slower through the air, fuller and around off. Ishaq reaches across for the sweep but is beaten due to the turn.

18.1: Charlie Hara-Hinze to Mohammad Ishaq, FOUR! Hammered away. Fractionally short, on off. Ishaq rocks on the back foot in a flash and rides the bounce to spank it wide of cover. The fielder in the deep sprints and dives to his right but in vain.

17.6: Declan Suzuki to Darwish Rasooli, Very full, on off. Rasooli digs it out back to the bowler. 14 runs off the over, 24 off the last 2. 

17.5: Declan Suzuki to Darwish Rasooli, FOUR! In the gap! Pace off and into the wicket. Rasooli pivots on the back foot and gets on top of the bounce. Pulls it right between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket for another boundary.

17.4: Declan Suzuki to Darwish Rasooli, FOUR! Untidy in the field. Bowled on a length, on off. Rasooli has a swing at the ball. Slices it off the outer half towards deep cover, where the fielder fails to read the spin and overruns the ball. He slips as well and cannot recover to prevent the boundary.

17.3: Declan Suzuki to Mohammad Ishaq, On off, another slower one, on a length. Ishaq pushes it wide of point for one. The 100 is up for Afghanistan.

17.2: Declan Suzuki to Darwish Rasooli, Nearly went to hand! Back-of-the-hand slower one, on a good length, on middle. Rasooli does not pick the change of pace and just pushes at the ball. Chips it back towards the bowler but it sails past the outstretched right hand of the bowler. They cross.

17.1: Declan Suzuki to Darwish Rasooli, FOUR! Nicely done. Full and angled in at the sicks. Rasooli brings his bottom hand into play and whips it between long on and deep mid-wicket for a boundary.