Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    1.3 miscued - and it's Haris Rauf who takes the catch! Zazai falls early; it's that drift away from the left-hander that seals his fate. The ball scooped up past short third, and Haris Rauf - what a tournament he's having - takes a smart diving catch 7/1
    2.4 scooped straight to mid-on! If Shaheen doesn't get you in his first, he'll get you in his second!. That was a tame, tame dismissal. He placed it straight into mid-on's hands, and Pakistan are off to the perfect start 13/2
    5.1 The mad energy and vibe to this game continues. Gurbaz slashed Hasan Ali's first ball high to mid-on, for no apparent reason than a rush of blood, and Babar Azam had the easiest of catches to take. Afghanistan lose their fourth; they're crumbling here 39/4
    4.3 practice catch for Haris Rauf, and Afghan falls!. Seemed to rush onto the batsman who was so late on it he just scooped it back tamely into the ether of Haris Rauf's run-up, who had time to regain his balance and take the simplest of catches 33/3
    9.1 straight to Fakhar Zaman in the deep!. Fetched it from wide outside off stump to swipe it over long-on, but picked out Fakhar Zaman perfectly. The easiest catch you could hope for on the boundary brings Pakistan their fifth wicket 64/5
    12.5 googly again, but this time pitched to perfection! The line was way better here, on off/fourth stump, and gets Najibullah prodding forward on the length too. Thin edge behind. Afghanistan slip further. 76/6
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    109.37
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    140.00
    Extras
    12 (lb 3, nb 3, w 6)
    TOTAL
    147/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.35)
    Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Hazratullah Zazai, 1.3 ov), 2-13 (Mohammad Shahzad, 2.4 ov), 3-33 (Asghar Afghan, 4.3 ov), 4-39 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 5.1 ov), 5-64 (Karim Janat, 9.1 ov), 6-76 (Najibullah Zadran, 12.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Shaheen Shah Afridi402215.50122031
    Imad Wasim402526.25141210
    Haris Rauf403719.2595110
    Hasan Ali413819.50125112
    Shadab Khan402215.50152100
  • BATSMEN
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    2.3 he's holed out to Naveen-ul-Haq at square leg! Rizwan falls early and Afghanistan explode with joy! That fielder was stationed specifically for that swipe by the Pakistan wicketkeeper, and the plan comes off! 12/1
    16.6 googly again finally does in Babar! The dropped chance only costs one run. Bizarre shot from Babar considering they'd already gotten double-digit runs in the over, but rather than see off Rashid's final ball, got greedy and a hubristic heave for midwicket winds up with his leg stump knocked back as Rashid's trademark googly gives him T20I wicket #101. 122/4
    11.1 huge shout! This time it looks stone dead! Fakhar misses a sweep and given lbw. He's gone for the review! He is hit on the back thigh in front of middle stump missing a sweep to a full ball but was crouched so low. Will be hard to see this being overturned. Ball-tracking shows three reds lighting up. Pakistan lose a review. It was smashing leg stump below the bails. 75/2
    14.1 Gulbadin takes the catch and flexes his bodybuilding muscles for the fans behind him at long-on. Tosses this up with a lot of air for Rashid's standards, Hafeez picked the right ball to sweep with the turn coming in on a googly, but the extra bounce does him in as it pops up skewed off a top edge to Gulbadin who settles under this 10 yards inside the rope. That's Rashid Khan's 100th T20I wicket, the fastest to do it. 97/3
    17.5 edge behind chasing a wide ball! Naveen goes for the wide yorker and Shoaib's footwork lets him down. Reaches out with his arms for this and no feet, toe edge behind and Shahzad goes bonkers after clasping on. 124/5
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    Extras
    5 (lb 2, nb 1, w 2)
    TOTAL
    148/5 (19 Overs, RR: 7.78)
    Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Mohammad Rizwan, 2.3 ov), 2-75 (Fakhar Zaman, 11.1 ov), 3-97 (Mohammad Hafeez, 14.1 ov), 4-122 (Babar Azam, 16.6 ov), 5-124 (Shoaib Malik, 17.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Mujeeb Ur Rahman401413.50120000
    Mohammad Nabi403619.0073101
    Naveen-ul-Haq302217.3363000
    Karim Janat4048012.0042400
    Rashid Khan402626.5091110

Match Notes

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12Mohammad RizwanBabar Azam
2nd63Babar AzamFakhar Zaman
3rd22Mohammad HafeezBabar Azam
4th25Shoaib MalikBabar Azam
5th2Shoaib MalikAsif Ali
6th24Asif AliShadab Khan

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

First Round Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33063.754
NAM3214-0.523
IRE3122-0.853
NED3030-2.46
First Round Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SCOT33060.775
BAN32141.733
OMA3122-0.025
PNG3030-2.655
Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG54182.464
AUS54181.216
SA54180.739
SL5234-0.269
WI5142-1.641
BAN5050-2.383
Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
PAK550101.583
NZ54181.162
IND53261.747
AFG52341.053
NAM5142-1.89
SCOT5050-3.543