4. Willey gets the prized scalp
One of the reasons why Afghanistan have been so successful was the form of Mohammad Shahzad. Although the target was nowhere near as massive as the one against the Proteas, they still knew that a good start from him and they would be well on their way to a victory. And Shahzad had already scored a boundary off the first ball of the over, although it was an edge and not a great shot.
David Willey has, in his short career, shown that he has what it takes to swing the ball, almost irrespective of the pitch that he is playing on. And it was his swing that got rid of the dangerous Shahzad. The full ball pitched on middle stump and swung in and Shahzad had no answer and was trapped lbw. He was gone for four and inside the first over, Afghanistan's biggest hope of victory was taken care of.
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