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Patna : West Indies (WI) defeated Afghanistan by 9 wickets in the one off test on Day3 at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, UP, India, on November 29, 2019. WI spinner Rakheem Cornwall, 26, who took 10 wickets in the match, was declared Player of the Match.
Resuming at their overnight score of 109/7, Afghanistan were all out for just 120 runs in the first session of the play on Day 3 with WI captain Jason Holder taking the last three wickets to finish with 3/20 in 6.1 over.
Afghanistan had scored 187 in their first innings while WI had scored 277 in their first innings with Shamarh Brook scoring 111, his first test century, taking a 90 runs lead. WI scored 33/1 in 6.2 over to seal their victory with opener John Campbell scoring an unbeaten 19 with 4 fours while Shai Hope remained not out on 6. Opener Kraigg Brathwaite fell to spinner Amir Hamza for 8.