Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    4.5 and he castles him with a slower one. A length ball around off and middle, bowled at 119kph. Zazai failed to spot it early, and ended up pushing at it to work it towards short midwicket. But the ball sneaked through the gap between bat and pad to uproot the leg stump 43/2
    3.5 Rauf provides the breakthrough. A length ball at 144kph, pitching around off and slightly coming in with the angle. Gurbaz moves across and looks to smash through midwicket. No contact and the ball crashes into the off stump 36/1
    16.3 Edged and yet another bowling change does the trick! This is back of a length, quick and rushes Ibrahim who is looking to punch this down the ground off the back foot. The extra bounce surprises him though, and he can only manage a thick edge through to Rizwan. 104/6
    11.2 This is high and straight down the throat of Fakar at long-on! The pressure has paid off, as Janat looks for the big slog sweep against the spin, but only ends up top-edging this high into the Sharjah sky 78/3
    13.6 And now Shadab gets his man! The pressure being imparted by Pakistan has meant Afghanistan were forced to target Shadab, and the spinner responds to that early six with all his variations. This is the pick of the punch as it's quicker, seam up, and Zadran is unable to get the distance on this loft over long-on. It goes high, but straight down the gullet of the man in the deep! 91/4
    14.1 And strikes immediately! This is chopped on, as Nabi just hangs his bat out to this back of a length delivery in the channel. The ball crashes into the base of the stumps off the inside edge. 91/5
    not out
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    100.00
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    15
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    120.00
    Extras
    3 (nb 1, w 2)
    TOTAL
    129/6 (20 Overs, RR: 6.45)
    Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 3.5 ov), 2-43 (Hazratullah Zazai, 4.5 ov), 3-78 (Karim Janat, 11.2 ov), 4-91 (Najibullah Zadran, 13.6 ov), 5-91 (Mohammad Nabi, 14.1 ov), 6-104 (Ibrahim Zadran, 16.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Naseem Shah401914.75132000
    Mohammad Hasnain403418.50102221
    Haris Rauf402626.50154100
    Mohammad Nawaz(3)402315.7572000
    Shadab Khan402716.7590200
  • BATSMEN
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    8.4 given lbw but Rizwan wants to review this. Another googly from Rashid, pitching outside off and hurrying the batter. Rizwan was on the back foot, looking to flick it but missed and was struck in front of middle. The ball-tracking shows it would have gone on to hit the leg stump. That's a huge wicket 45/3
    0.2 A first-ball duck for Babar. A length ball, pitching around middle and just straightening to beat the inside edge and hit on the front pad. There's no doubt in the umpire's mind. Celebrations in the Afghanistan camp 1/1
    3.1 full length around off, drops it towards extra cover and sets off. Najibullah charges at the ball, swoops low, picks it up with his right, turns around and nails a direct hit at the bowler's end... and Fakhar is short of his ground. Pakistan 18 for 2 18/2
    15.3 Short and pulled straight into gleeful hands of deep midwicket! This was the slower ball, and it sounded clean off Iftikhar's bat, but he just couldn't get the distance 87/4
    16.2 But Rashid has the last laugh! This is again tossed up outside off - brave from Rashid considering the result last ball - but this time it's the leg spinner. Shadab looks to smash this down towards long-off, but only manages a thick looping outside edge to short third man 97/5
    17.1 Traps him lbw! It's a gorgeous slower ball, it's the off cutter. Pitches on off, and nips in. The batter looks to work this onside and looks to have been struck in front of off on the back foot. Pakistan review, but this looks dead on. Yes, that is a wasted review, as this is shown to be crashing into middle. 105/6
    18.5 And Ali is gone! Is this the game!? This was the slower bouncer, and Asif goes for a hook he was never really set for. He can only manage a top edge to short fine leg, who runs backwards and takes the catch 118/9
    17.6 Chopped on! Game on! Another fuller length ball outside off, not quite a yorker and Khushdil goes for the drive. But a little deviation off the pitch catches the inside edge on the way to the base of the stumps! What an over from Farooqi 109/7
    18.2 And it's another one! Chopped on again! This is wide outside off, almost sixth stump line, back of a length. Rauf just looks to swing at this and only ends up getting a thick inside edge on to the stumps. 110/8
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    Extras
    5 (lb 4, w 1)
    TOTAL
    131/9 (19.2 Overs, RR: 6.77)
    Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Babar Azam, 0.2 ov), 2-18 (Fakhar Zaman, 3.1 ov), 3-45 (Mohammad Rizwan, 8.4 ov), 4-87 (Iftikhar Ahmed, 15.3 ov), 5-97 (Shadab Khan, 16.2 ov), 6-105 (Mohammad Nawaz, 17.1 ov), 7-109 (Khushdil Shah, 17.6 ov), 8-110 (Haris Rauf, 18.2 ov), 9-118 (Asif Ali, 18.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Fazalhaq Farooqi3.203139.30102300
    Mujeeb Ur Rahman401203.00170100
    Fareed Ahmad403137.75103110
    Rashid Khan402526.25100200
    Mohammad Nabi302207.3361100
    Azmatullah Omarzai10606.0010000

Match Notes

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1Mohammad RizwanBabar Azam
2nd17Mohammad RizwanFakhar Zaman
3rd27Mohammad RizwanIftikhar Ahmed
4th42Iftikhar AhmedShadab Khan
5th10Mohammad Nawaz (3)Shadab Khan
6th8Mohammad Nawaz (3)Asif Ali
7th4Asif AliKhushdil Shah
8th1Asif AliHaris Rauf
9th8Asif AliNaseem Shah
10th13Naseem ShahMohammad Hasnain

Men's T20 Asia Cup

Super Four
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33060.701
PAK3214-0.279
IND31221.607
AFG3030-2.006
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND22041.096
PAK21123.811
HKG2020-4.875
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
AFG22042.467
SL2112-2.233
BAN2020-0.576