Afghanistan Under-19s won a pulsating encounter against Namibia Under-19s by one wicket . Afghanistan chose to field, but could not get an early wicket as the Namibia openers added 49 runs at a steady clip. Thereafter, the Afghan bowlers gradually pulled things back through an incisive spell from Javed Ahmadi that yielded 4 for 35. Merwe Erasmus hit a half-century to lift the score to 208 for 9. Afghanistan's chase struggled to stay afloat as wickets went down every time a partnership seemed to be developing. They seemed down and out at 106 for 6, but Nasir Ahmadzai had other ideas. He battled with the tail and hauled them over the line off the penultimate ball of the chase, after the No. 10 batsman was run out off the previous delivery.
Ahmadzai, who was declared the Man of the Match, said he was "always confident" of reaching the target. "I just kept telling the new batsmen to give me support. We just had to knock a few singles around to get to the target," he said. "I was in a similar situation few months ago, but then I got out early. But this time I managed to keep my cool and reach the target."
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