Overview

• The Afghanistan captain’s three-wicket burst against the UAE in Sharjah took his T20I tally to 165, moving him past Southee’s 164.
• Afghanistan won the tri-series match by 38 runs after posting 188/4, powered by Ibrahim Zadran’s 63 and Sediqullah Atal’s maiden T20I fifty.
• Sharafuddin Ashraf delivered 3-24 as the UAE were held to 150/8, with Muhammad Waseem top-scoring in a 37-ball 67.
• Waseem set a separate milestone with 110 sixes as a T20I captain and climbed to second on the overall T20I sixes list with 176.
• Rashid also leads all professional T20 bowling with 664 wickets, and the UAE tri-series advances toward a September 7 final before the Asia Cup starts on September 10.