FATULLAH, Bangladesh // Afghanistan put up a brilliant performance to upset hosts Bangladesh by 32 runs for their first the Asia Cup victory yesterday.
Afghanistan rode on a brilliant unbeaten career best 90 by Asghar Stanikzai and a punishing 69-ball 81 by Samiullah Shinwari to post a challenging 254-6 before bowling out their rivals for 222 in 47.5 overs.
Afghanistan’s victory marked their first win over a Test playing country in four one-day matches. They previously lost both their one-day internationals against Pakistan and one against Australia.
Afghanistan are playing the Asia Cup for the first time. It was a great shock for the hosts, who were runners-up in the last Asia Cup in 2012 to Pakistan.
Bangladesh, who lost their opening match to India, never looked settled in their run-chase as they lost their openers by the second over with only a single run on the board.
It was a 68-run stand between Mominul Haque (50) and skipper Mushfiqur Rahim (23) that lifted Bangladesh before Afghan captain Mohammad Nabi claimed his counterpart’s wicket. Mominul hit six boundaries in a sedate 72-ball innings but once he was bowled by Shinwari (1-23), all hopes of a home team win evaporated.
Earlier, Afghanistan, put into bat, owed their total to a record sixth wicket stand of 164 runs between Stanikzai and Shinwari who lifted their team from a precarious 90-5.
Stanikzai hit six boundaries and three towering sixes iwhile Shinwari smashed 10 fours and a six as they ran riot in the final 10 overs, adding 107 runs.
Team P W L NR Pts NRR
Sri Lanka 2 2 0 0 8 +0.17
Pakistan 2 1 1 0 5 +0.60
India 2 1 1 0 4 +0.02
Afghanistan 2 1 1 0 4 -0.40
Bangladesh 2 0 2 0 0 -0.38
Common OCD symptoms and how they manifest
Checking: the obsession or thoughts focus on some harm coming from things not being as they should, which usually centre around the theme of safety. For example, the obsession is “the building will burn down”, therefore the compulsion is checking that the oven is switched off.
Contamination: the obsession is focused on the presence of germs, dirt or harmful bacteria and how this will impact the person and/or their loved ones. For example, the obsession is “the floor is dirty; me and my family will get sick and die”, the compulsion is repetitive cleaning.
Orderliness: the obsession is a fear of sitting with uncomfortable feelings, or to prevent harm coming to oneself or others. Objectively there appears to be no logical link between the obsession and compulsion. For example,” I won’t feel right if the jars aren’t lined up” or “harm will come to my family if I don’t line up all the jars”, so the compulsion is therefore lining up the jars.
Intrusive thoughts: the intrusive thought is usually highly distressing and repetitive. Common examples may include thoughts of perpetrating violence towards others, harming others, or questions over one’s character or deeds, usually in conflict with the person’s true values. An example would be: “I think I might hurt my family”, which in turn leads to the compulsion of avoiding social gatherings.
Hoarding: the intrusive thought is the overvaluing of objects or possessions, while the compulsion is stashing or hoarding these items and refusing to let them go. For example, “this newspaper may come in useful one day”, therefore, the compulsion is hoarding newspapers instead of discarding them the next day.
Source: Dr Robert Chandler, clinical psychologist at Lighthouse Arabia
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