Afghan skipper Rashid Khan

Afghanistan crashed to their third straight World Cup qualifying defeat at the hands of Hong Kong yesterday, while captain Jason Holder led the West Indies to victory over Papua New Guinea. After losses to Scotland and Zimbabwe, new Test side Afghanistan's hopes were hanging by a thread, but they collapsed to 195-9 in pursuit of 242 to beat Hong Kong, with rain ensuring a 30-run defeat on D/L method. Victory for Hong Kong in either of their two remaining Group B matches against Scotland and Nepal would see Rashid Khan's much-fancied Afghan outfit fail to even reach the Super Six stage.