COLOMBO: A collective bowling effort, followed by Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan’s half-centuries, led Pakistan to the top of the ODI Rankings with a clean sweep victory in the PAK vs AFG ODI series.
AFG 209 (48.4 Overs)
Shaheen to bowl the penultimate over
AFG 209/9 (48 Overs)
Nawaz returns
AFG 202/9 (47 Overs)
Wasim Jr bowls again
AFG 199/9 (46 Overs)
Shaheen continues
AFG 192/8 (45 Overs)
Wasim Jr continues
AFG 187/8 (44 Overs)
Shaheen comes back
AFG 175/8 (43 Overs)
Wasim Jr bowls again
AFG 170/8 (42 Overs)
Nawaz replaces Shadab
AFG 161/8 (41 Overs)
Wasim Jr continues
AFG 156/8 (40 Overs)
Shadab continues
AFG 154/7 (39 Overs)
Wasim Jr back into the attack
AFG 153/7 (38 Overs)
Shadab replaces Faheem
AFG 140/7 (37 Overs)
Nawaz continues to bowl
AFG 132/7 (36 Overs)
Faheem continues
AFG 113/7 (35 Overs)
Nawaz continues
AFG 106/7 (34 Overs)
Faheem replaces Shadab
AFG 99/7 (33 Overs)
Nawaz again
AFG 97/6 (32 Overs)
Shadab continues
AFG 88/6 (31 Overs)
Nawaz continues
AFG 83/6 (30 Overs)
Shadab replaces Shaheen
AFG 76/6 (29 Overs)
28.4: That was angled just on off. Nabi backs away looking to go inside out, but can’t get the elevation. Imam stretches forward and grabs the ball.
Nawaz bowls again
AFG 74/5 (28 Overs)
Shaheen continues for his seventh
AFG 71/5 (27 Overs)
Nawaz continues
AFG 68/5 (26 Overs)
Shaheen continues
AFG 67/5 (25 Overs)
Mohammad Nawaz into the attack now
AFG 64/5 (24 Overs)
Shaheen Afridi returns
AFG 63/5 (23 Overs)
Shadab again
AFG 62/5 (22 Overs)
21.4: Pitches it full and wide of off, Naib doesn’t move his feet much as he tries to poke at it and ends up getting caught behind.
Agha continues
AFG 61/4 (21 Overs)
20.4: Length ball on middle and off, Shahidi looks to pull this away but only manages to get the toe end of the bat to it as the ball goes straight into Imam’s hands at midwicket.
20.1: Tossed up on middle, spun away just a moment, Hassan goes for a slog sweep to but doesn’t time it well and top edges to Fakhar at deep square leg
Shadab continues
AFG 60/2 (20 Overs)
Salman Ali Agha into the attack
AFG 58/2 (19 Overs)
Shadab bowls
AFG 58/2 (18 Overs)
Wasim Jr continues
AFG 56/2 (17 Overs)
Shadab continues to bowl
AFG 55/2 (16 Overs)
Wasim Jr again
AFG 52/2 (15 Overs)
Shadab continues
AFG 47/2 (14 Overs)
Wasim Jr continues
AFG 42/2 (13 Overs)
Shadab Khan into the attack now
AFG 39/2 (12 Overs)
Faheem continues to bowl
AFG 35/2 (11 Overs)
Wasim Jr continues
AFG 30/2 (10 Overs)
Faheem continues
AFG 27/1 (9 Overs)
Mohammad Wasim Jr comes into the attack
AFG 26/1 (8 Overs)
Faheem continues
AFG 22/1 (7 Overs)
Shaheen continues
AFG 17/1 (6 Overs)
5.2: Faheem bowls straighter on the middle, Gurbaz misses, is rapped on the pads and given out by the on-field umpire.
Faheem Ashraf again
AFG 17/0 (5 Overs)
Shaheen bowls
AFG 14/0 (4 Overs)
Faheem continues from the other end
AFG 11/0 (3 Overs)
Shaheen continues
AFG 10/0 (2 Overs)
Faheem Ashraf to bowl from the other end
AFG 6/0 (1 Over)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Riaz Hassan come out to bat for Afghanistan. Shaheen Shah Afridi bowls the opening over.
PAKISTAN vs AFGHANISTAN (2nd INNINGS)
COLOMBO: Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan’s anchoring half-centuries propelled Pakistan to a commendable total of 267/8 in the third PAK vs AFG ODI against Afghanistan.
PAK 268/8 (50 Overs)
Fareed to bowl the final over
PAK 252/7 (49 Overs)
Farooqi bowls penultimate over
PAK 242/6 (48 Overs)
Fareed again
PAK 236/6 (47 Overs)
Rashid continues
PAK 229/6 (46 Overs)
Fareed continues
PAK 215/6 (45 Overs)
Change of ends for Rashid
PAK 207/6 (44 Overs)
Fareed replaces Rashid
PAK 200/6 (43 Overs)
Mujeeb continues
PAK 194/6 (42 Overs)
Rashid from the other end
PAK 189/6 (41 Overs)
Mujeeb replaces Nabi
PAK 188/5 (40 Overs)
39.2: Fareed bowls a length ball, angling in on middle and Rizwan is caught in the crease as he misses a flick.
Fareed comes back
PAK 180/4 (39 Overs)
38.3: On a length on the middle stump, Saud works it with soft hands to the on-side and sets off. Gurbaz scrambles across, picks the ball and in one swift motion nails a direct hit at the striker’s end.
Nabi replaces Rashid
PAK 179/3 (38 Overs)
Mujeeb replaces Naib
PAK 166/3 (37 Overs)
36.6: Legbreak floated outside off. Babar stays back and feebly pats it without moving his feet much. Spins and catches Babar’s outside edge with Gurbaz completing a simple catch.
Rashid again
PAK 162/2 (36 Overs)
Naib continues
PAK 150/2 (35 Overs)
Rashid continues
PAK 141/2 (34 Overs)
Naib replaces Mujeeb
PAK 131/2 (33 Overs)
Rashid replaces Nabi
PAK 124/2 (32 Overs)
Mujeeb replaces Fareed
PAK 113/2 (31 Overs)
Nabi again
PAK 103/2 (30 Overs)
Fareed continues
PAK 96/2 (29 Overs)
Nabi continues
PAK 93/2 (28 Overs)
Fareed again
PAK 76/2 (27 Overs)
Mohammad Nabi comes into the attack
PAK 86/2 (26 Overs)
Fareed continues to bowl
PAK 80/2 (25 Overs)
Naib bowls again
PAK 77/2 (24 Overs)
Fareed continues
PAK 76/2 (23 Overs)
Naib continues
PAK 76/2 (22 Overs)
Fareed Ahmad comes into the attack now
PAK 73/2 (21 Overs)
Naib replaces Farooqi
PAK 72/2 (20 Overs)
Rashid again
PAK 72/2 (19 Overs)
Farooqi continues
PAK 64/2 (18 Overs)
Rashid continues
PAK 61/2 (17 Overs)
Farooqi returns
PAK 59/2 (16 Overs)
Rashid continues
PAK 58/2 (15 Overs)
Naib again
PAK 55/2 (14 Overs)
Rashid Khan into the attack now
PAK 52/2 (13 Overs)
12.5: Naib bowls a short ball outside off stump, Imam goes for a wild swing after coming down the track and gets a thick edge to the keeper.
Naib bowls again
PAK 49/1 (12 Overs)
Mujeeb continues
PAK 44/1 (11 Overs)
Naib continues
PAK 42/1 (10 Overs)
Mujeeb continues his opening spell
PAK 36/1 (9 Overs)
8.6: On a length outside off away from his hitting arc. Fakhar jumps down the track and swings through the line. But gets it off the bottom of the blade, miscuing it straight up. Riaz Hassan takes a good catch running back.
Gulbadin Naib into the attack now
PAK 34/0 (8 Overs)
Mujeeb bowls his fourth
PAK 33/0 (7 Overs)
Farooqi bowls again
PAK 24/0 (6 Overs)
Mujeeb again
PAK 16/0 (5 Overs)
Farooqi continues to bowl
PAK 6/0 (4 Overs)
Mujeeb continues
PAK 6/0 (3 Overs)
Farooqi continues
PAK 2/0 (2 Overs)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman bowls from the other end
PAK 2/0 (1 Over)
Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq to open the innings for Pakistan. Fazalhaq Farooqi to bowl the first over.
PAKISTAN vs AFGHANISTAN (1st INNINGS)
COLOMBO: Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat first in the third PAK vs AFG ODI of the three-match series against Afghanistan.
PLAYING XIs
Pakistan make four changes to their lineup as Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Wasim Jr replace Usama Mir, Iftikhar Ahmed, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf while Afghanistan make two changes.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahidullah Kamal, Gulbadin Naib, Fareed Ahmad.
Pakistan:Â Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim Jr.
HEAD TO HEAD
Matches 6, Pakistan 6, Afghanistan 0
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