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Azmatullah Omarzai came agonisingly close to being Afghanistan’s second batter with a World Cup ton but the right-hander was left stranded on 97 not out in their final pool fixture against South Africa at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad yesterday. Even though Omarzai failed to clinch his maiden ODI ton, his 107-ball knock that included seven boundaries and three maximums guided the Afghans to 244 despite a middle-order wobble.