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#4 Bilateral ODI Series, 2010 - Afghanistan vs Canada at Sharjah - Afghanistan won by 1 run

Mohammad Shahzad, the star in yesterday's tie, was as less known as his team during 2010.

In a relatively insignificant ODI, cricket-crazy fans in Sharjah were treated by some blistering batsmanship from Afghanistan opener Noor Ali Zadran and young wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Shahzad.

Both scored centuries, which took Afghanistan to 289 for 6 in 50 overs. Canada's opening bowlers Harwir Baidwan and Khurram Chohan finished with six wickets between them.

Canada got off to a flying start with a 59-run opening stand off just 40 balls. While Bastiampillai got out lbw to leg-spinner Samiullah Shenwari, the second opener Rizwan Cheema was playing at T20 pace - having scored 61 off 34 balls, before getting bowled by Shenwari with the team score at 105.

Shenwari trapped the next batsman Sandeep Jyoti, and Canada were struggling at 107 for 4. A steady 109-run partnership between captain Ashish Bagai and Sunil Dhaniram took Canada to 216, before Dhaniram was bowled by Mohammad Nabi.

Usman Limbada supported Bagai, who took the fight to Afghanistan. After Limbada was gone, Bagai single-handedly took his team within 22 runs of the target. But Bhatti's run-out complicated things further.

Bagai faced the last ball, with his team needing three. The ball hit his pads, they completed one, but the non-striker Khurram Chohan was slightly slow and was run out by Mohammad Shahzad and Aftab Alam to register a thrilling one-run victory for Afghanistan.