140-kg-weighing Rahkeem Cornwall puts West Indies on fork of victory

Lucknow: There was a time when a West Indies gait conflict used to widespread apprehension in a opposition camp. Those days are now vanishing memories. At a Ekana Stadium on Thursday, it was a heavyweight off-spinner who was probably unplayable in a one-off Test compare opposite Afghanistan.

Rahkeem Cornwall is all of 140 kgs who bowls his off-spin with hardly 5 steps. Yet, he valid ominous for a opposition batsmen, as after picking adult 7 wickets in a initial innings, he grabbed another 3 on a second day to put a West Indies on a fork of a victory.

After bundling out Afghanistan for 187 on a opening day, a West Indies, interjection to a lass Test century by Shamarh Brooks, managed a 90-run lead, a accessible one in a low-scoring game. Thereafter a Afghan batsmen had really small idea of Cornwall’s harmless looking deliveries. The batsmen were usually secure to their double and bearing their bat or pad some-more in wish than confidence. That led to a top-order batsmen perishing in a jiffy. If during all a compare has left into a third day, it is since of a daring half-century by opener Javed Ahmadi, who was himself propitious to get a postpone usually since of no-ball by Cornwall.

At a other end, a other off-spinner, Roston Chase picked adult 3 wickets during shutting stages, as Afghanistan finished a day during 109-7, usually 19 runs forward going into a third day. The West Indies will wish to hang adult things good before a lunch mangle to finish their month-long debate of Lucknow where they played 3 ODIs, 3 T20s and a sole Test.

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