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Good day for Keemo Paul. 3-17 off 7.

Handy recovery from Afghanistan. Plenty of work for WI here.

Afghanistan 249-7

Asghar 87
Zazai 50
Zadran 50

Paul 3-44
Joseph 2-59

Hope moves to a sedate 43.

Goes past fifty. Foot remains adrift from the accelerator.

Pollard and Chase provide the acceleration. Good win for WI.

West Indies 253-5

Shai 109 not out from 145
Chase 42 not out

Mujeeb 2-49

Evin Lewis got his half century in 26 balls today as West Indies beat Afghanistan in the first T20I.

Karim Janat!

Remember the name!

Afghanistan won the T20 series 2-1 by beating the West Indies by 29 runs in the final match.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz hit 79 from 52 balls to take the Afghans to 156-8, while there were two wickets each for Sheldon Cottrell, Kesrick Williams and Keemo Paul. Naveen ul Haq then took 3-27 to restrict the Windies to 127-7, Shai Hope topscoring with 52 from 46.

West Indians vs Afghans four-day match

WIndians 168 all out

Kraigg 46

Amir Hamza 4-34

Afghanistan 158 all out

Javed Ahmadi 56

Warrican 5-38
Cornwall 4-54

West Indies 297

Ambris 66
Chase 57

Amir Hamza 4-91

Afghanistan 182-3 - match drawn.

A bit surprised the Test is five days.

Five wickets for Cornwall, but Afghanistan resisting a bit now.

Afghanistan 187 all out

Javed Ahmadi 39

Cornwall 7-75
Holder 2-22
Warrican 1-35

Brooks gets his century! Well played young man.

Amir Hanza takes a 5-fer on debut. WI lead by 90.

That was Barbadian Brooks' first ton in his third Test. He's 31, I presumed he was another graduate from the under 19s.