MUMBAI, March 23: Fast bowler Hafti Gulabid claimed the prize wicket of Mike Gatting as an Afghanistan side won their first ever match against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on Thursday. Gulabid, a 22-year-old from Jalalabad, induced an edge from the former England captain’s bat, and his brother Karim Khan Sadiq, 20, took the catch behind the stumps.

“I am so happy, he’s a senior player.” said the bowler. “I’m 22 — and he has probably been playing for longer than that.”

Gatting was philosophical about his dismissal.

“I got a decent ball,” he said. “This isn’t a game you just go out and play. If you don’t have practice you don’t do as well as you should.”

The Afghanistan side posted a formidable 356-7 in their 40 overs against a team predominantly made up of minor counties cricketers from England. Mohammed Nabi top scored with 116.

In reply, the MCC were all out for 185. The match was played at a club ground here as part of the MCC’s mission to popularise the game.—Agencies