United Arab Emirates (UAE) registered a 69 run win over Afghanistan in the second and last 50-over League match at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium on Wednesday.Batting first, UAE was restricted to 221 for eight in its 50 overs. In its reply, Afghanistan was bowled out for 152 in 44.4 overs to hand UAE a handsome win.Earlier, UAE lost early wickets. The side was struggling at 127 for five. It required a fine rearguard action from skipper Khurram Khan (43: 49b, 4x4) to stem the rot.Khurram added a crucial 52 runs for the sixth wicket with Ahmed Raza (35). This partnership revived the innings and ensured that UAE have a decent total to work with.For Afghanistan the key wicket-takers were Hamza Hotak (3-43) and Samiullah Shenwari (2-35)In the chase, Afghanistan lost wickets at regular intervals. Opener Karim Sadiq (31) led the charge early on, but there were no partnerships in the Afghanistan line-up.Asghar Stanikzai (33) held the innings together in the middle-order but got no support from the lower-half of the line-up. For UAE, it was skipper Khurram who once again starred, this time with the ball with a spell of 3-24. The other key wicket-takers were Shadeep Silva (2-34), Ahmed Raza (2-12) and Vikrant Shetty (2-16).
