HAMBANTOTA: Naseem Shah once again proved his mettle as a composed finisher after Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam’s half-centuries as Pakistan came from behind to edge Afghanistan by one wicket in a nail-biter on Thursday.
PAK 302/9 (49.5 Overs)
Farooqi to bowl the final over
PAK 290/8 (49 Overs)
Rahman to bowl his last
PAK 274/8 (48 Overs)
Farooqi comes back
PAK 268/7 (47 Overs)
Rahman returns
PAK 255/6 (46 Overs)
Rashid returns for his last
PAK 245/6 (45 Overs)
Farooqi replaces Rahman
PAK 237/6 (44 Overs)
Mujeeb to bowl his last
PAK 233/6 (43 Overs)
Rahman comes back into the attack
PAK 225/6 (42 Overs)
Rashid comes back
PAK 221/6 (41 Overs)
Mujeeb continues
PAK 220/6 (40 Overs)
Nabi to bowl his last
PAK 212/6 (39 Overs)
Mujeeb returns
PAK 208/5 (38 Overs)
37.5: Length ball around off stump, Usama Mir comes down the track and heaves it across the line to deep midwicket where Zadran takes a comfortable catch.
37.3: Agha goes for a reverse sweep to a full ball outside off, doesn’t time it well and ends up top-edging it to the keeper.
Nabi comes for his ninth
PAK 206/3 (37 Overs)
Rahman returns
PAK 195/3 (36 Overs)
Rashid continues
PAK 187/3 (35 Overs)
Rahman replaces Farooqi
PAK 182/3 (34 Overs)
33.1: Full ball outside off, Imam comes down the track and hits it towards offside. There is a bit of hesitation between the duo. Shahidi fires in a direct throw from cover to striker’s end and Rizwan is gone.
Rashid to bowl his seventh
PAK 176/2 (33 Overs)
Farooqi continues
PAK 173/2 (32 Overs)
Rashid continues
PAK 172/2 (31 Overs)
30.4: Big wicket for Farooqi. Length ball on the pads, angling into the right-hander, Babar goes for a flick towards mid-on and Shahidi completes the catch to dismiss the Pakistan captain.
Farooqi comes back
PAK 169/1 (30 Overs)
Rashid replaces Mujeeb
PAK 163/1 (29 Overs)
Nabi bowls his eighth
PAK 152/1 (28 Overs)
Mujeeb continues
PAK 150/1 (27 Overs)
Nabi continues
PAK 146/1 (26 Overs)
Mujeeb returns, replaces Rashid
PAK 140/1 (25 Overs)
Nabi comes for his sixth
PAK 136/1 (24 Overs)
Rashid bowls again
PAK 130/1 (23 Overs)
Nabi continues
PAK 128/1 (22 Overs)
Rashid continues his opening spell
PAK 120/1 (21 Overs)
Nabi replaces Rahman
PAK 117/1 (20 Overs)
Rashid continues
PAK 115/1 (19 Overs)
Rahman again
PAK 104/1 (18 Overs)
Rashid Khan comes into the attack now
PAK 101/1 (17 Overs)
Rahman continues
PAK 96/1 (16 Overs)
Nabi continues to bowl
PAK 85/1 (15 Overs)
Rahman comes again
PAK 79/1 (14 Overs)
Nabi continues
PAK 77/1 (13 Overs)
Rahman continues
PAK 75/1 (12 Overs)
Mohammad Nabi into the attack now
PAK 72/1 (11 Overs)
Abdul Rahman comes into the attack
PAK 65/1 (10 Overs)
Mujeeb continues his opening spell
PAK 52/1 (9 Overs)
8.6: Farooqi pitches it full outside off, it swung in sharply to take the top of the off stump. Fakhar walks back after a scratchy start.
Farooqi to bowl his fifth
PAK 41/0 (8 Overs)
Mujeeb continues for his fourth
PAK 38/0 (7 Overs)
Farooqi again
PAK 31/0 (6 Overs)
Mujeeb bowls his third
PAK 23/0 (5 Overs)
Farooqi continues
PAK 19/0 (4 Overs)
Mujeeb continues from the other end
PAK 18/0 (3 Overs)
Farooqi continues
PAK 7/0 (2 Overs)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to bowl from the other end
PAK 4/0 (1 Over)
Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman come out to open the innings for Pakistan. Fazalhaq Farooqi to bowl the first over.
PAKISTAN vs AFGHANISTAN (2nd INNINGS)
HAMBANTOTA: Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s marathon 151-run knock, paired up with Ibrahim Zadran’s 80 propelled Afghanistan to post a mammoth 300/5 in the second PAK vs AFG ODI against Pakistan on Thursday.
AFG 300/0 (50 Overs)
Naseem to bowl the final over
AFG 294/4 (49 Overs)
Shaheen to bowl his last
AFG 284/4 (48 Overs)
Naseem returns
AFG 277/4 (47 Overs)
Shaheen continues
AFG 270/3 (46 Overs)
Usama comes to bowl his last
AFG 260/3 (45 Overs)
Shaheen Afridi returns
AFG 255/1 (44 Overs)
Usama continues
AFG 247/1 (43 Overs)
Shadab continues
AFG 237/1 (42 Overs)
Usama continues to bowl
AFG 233/1 (41 Overs)
Shadab replaces Naseem
AFG 237/1 (40 Overs)
Usama Mir continues
AFG 221/0 (39 Overs)
Naseem replaces Haris
AFG 211/0 (38 Overs)
Usama Mir comes in
AFG 206/0 (37 Overs)
Haris comes back
AFG 188/0 (36 Overs)
Naseem continues
AFG 179/0 (35 Overs)
Shaheen replaces Haris
AFG 176/0 (34 Overs)
Naseem replaces Shadab
AFG 173/0 (33 Overs)
Haris bowls again
AFG 165/0 (32 Overs)
Shadab continues
AFG 157/0 (31 Overs)
Haris continues
AFG 148/0 (30 Overs)
Shadab replaces Iftikhar
AFG 145/0 (29 Overs)
Haris Rauf comes back into the attack
AFG 139/0 (28 Overs)
Iftikhar continues
AFG 132/0 (27 Overs)
Usama continues to bowl
AFG 119/0 (26 Overs)
Iftikhar comes to bowl again
AFG 113/0 (25 Overs)
Usama continues
AFG 105/0 (24 Overs)
Iftikhar continues
AFG 104/0 (23 Overs)
Usama Mir changes ends
AFG 101/0 (22 Overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed into the attack now
AFG 91/9 (21 Overs)
Shadab continues
AFG 86/0 (20 Overs)
Usama Mir continues
AFG 81/0 (19 Overs)
18.3: Half-century for Gurbaz, as he gets forward and drives it past the diving cover fielder.
Shadab continues to bowl
AFG 77/0 (18 Overs)
Usama Mir comes into the attack
AFG 75/0 (17 Overs)
Shadab continues
AFG 70/0 (16 Overs)
Haris continues to ball from the other end
AFG 67/0 (15 Overs)
Shadab continues
AFG 64/0 (14 Overs)
Haris returns to bowl
AFG 60/0 (13 Overs)
Shadab continues to bowl
AFG 54/0 (12 Overs)
Shaheen continues
AFG 51/0 (11 Overs)
Shadab Khan comes into the attack
AFG 48/0 (10 Overs)
Shaheen replaces Naseem
AFG 45/0 (9 Overs)
Haris Rauf continues
AFG 38/0 (8 Overs)
Naseem continues
AFG 37/0 (7 Overs)
Haris Rauf comes into the attack
AFG 35/0 (6 Overs)
Naseem continues from the other end
AFG 30/0 (5 Overs)
Shaheen continues to bowl
AFG 14/0 (4 Overs)
Naseem continues
AFG 13/0 (3 Overs)
Shaheen continues
AFG 11/0 (2 Overs)
Naseem Shah to bowl from the other end
AFG 5/0 (1 Over)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran come out to open for Afghanistan.
Shaheen Shah Afridi to bowl the first over.
PAKISTAN vs AFGHANISTAN (1st INNINGS)
HAMBANTOTA: Afghanistan have won the toss and elected to bat first in the second PAK vs AFG ODI of the three-match series against Pakistan.
PLAYING XIs
Riaz Hassan and Shahid Kamal replace injured Rahmat Shah and Azmatullah Omarzai in Afghanistan’s lineup for the second ODI while Pakistan are unchanged.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan , Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahidullah Kamal, Abdul Rahman, Ikram Alikhil.
Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Shadab Khan, Usama Mir, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf.
HEAD TO HEAD
Matches 5, Pakistan 5, Afghanistan 0