HAMBANTOTA: Haris Rauf’s maiden five-wicket haul propelled Pakistan to register a crushing 142-run victory over Afghanistan in the first ODI of the three-match series on Tuesday.
AFG 59/9 (19.2 Overs)
19.2: Length ball around off, Mujeeb goes big again, but doesn’t time it well and ends up giving an easy catch to Naseem to mid-on.
Haris comes to bowl
AFG 55/8 (19 Overs)
18.5: Shadab bowls it full on middle and off, Rahman wants to go big across the line, but doesn’t get the elevation. Fakhar runs in from midwicket and takes the catch.
Shadab replaces Usama
AFG 55/7 (18 Overs)
Haris again
AFG 54/7 (17 Overs)
Usama continues to bowl
AFG 48/7 (16 Overs)
15.5: Length ball pitched around off stump, straightens up after pitching and hits his off stump before Rashid could get to the ball.
15.3: Rauf bowls a short ball outside off, Nabi lofts it towards short cover without much power and is caught by Agha Salman easily.
Haris continues
AFG 47/5 (15 Overs)
Usama continues
AFG 39/5 (14 Overs)
13.3: Length ball just outside off, Gurbaz is forced to play the shot, gets an outside edge to the keeper.
Haris continues
AFG 33/4 (13 Overs)
Usama Mir comes into the attack
AFG 29/4 (12 Overs)
Haris comes again
AFG 23/4 (11 Overs)
Naseem continues
AFG 21/4 (10 Overs)
Haris continues
AFG 21/4 (9 Overs)
Naseem replaces Shaheen
AFG 18/4 (8 Overs)
7.1: Rauf bowls it on a length and gets it to nip back in ever so slightly. Alikhil hops and looks to defend but gets a tickle. Rizwan dives full length to his right and pouches it.
Haris Rauf comes into the attack
AFG 18/3 (7 Overs)
Shaheen continues
AFG 10/3 (6 Overs)
Naseem bowls again
AFG 8/3 (5 Overs)
Shaheen continues to bowl
AFG 8/3 (4 Overs)
3.3: Absolutely terrific effort from Shadab Khan at forward square leg. Naseem bangs it short, Shahidi looks to pull but fails to control due to the high pace and lift.
Naseem continues
AFG 3/2 (3 Overs)
2.5: Two in two! A full toss on middle and leg, Rahmat fails to control his flick and sends it into Salman’s lap at short midwicket.
2.4: Shaheen bangs it short and Ibrahim goes for the pull but it gets big on him. Only manages a top edge to the on side. Salman manages to hang on.
Shaheen continues
AFG 2/0 (2 Overs)
Naseem Shah to bowl from the other end
AFG 1/0 (1 Over)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran come out to open for Afghanistan. Shaheen Shah Afridi to bowl the first over.
PAKISTAN vs AFGHANISTAN (2nd INNINGS)
HAMBANTOTA: Afghanistan launched a spin attack as they booked Pakistan for a meagre 201 despite Imam-ul-Haq’s half-century in the first ODI of the three-match series.
PAK 201 (47.1 Overs)
47.1: Full ball on the stumps, Haris Rauf goes for a flick on the back foot but misses and the ball thuds into his pads in front.
Rahmat continues
PAK 201/9 (47 Overs)
46.4: Flicked towards deep backward square leg. He wants a second run but Naseem says no. Mujeeb fires in a direct throw, replays confirm that Shadab is well out of the crease.
Farooqi continues
PAK 195/8 (46 Overs)
Rahmat Shah comes into the attack
PAK 189/8 (45 Overs)
Farooqi comes back
PAK 184/8 (44 Overs)
Rahman replaces Azmatullah
PAK 176/8 (43 Overs)
Rashid to bowl his last
PAK 173/8 (42 Overs)
Azmatullah comes back
PAK 170/8 (41 Overs)
Rashid continues
PAK 165/8 (40 Overs)
Mujeeb continues for his last
PAK 163/8 (39 Overs)
Rashid replaces Farooqi
PAK 160/7 (38 Overs)
Mujeeb comes back
PAK 160/6 (37 Overs)
Farooqi comes back into the attack
PAK 152/6 (36 Overs)
Nabi comes to bowl his last
PAK 148/5 (35 Overs)
Rashid replaces Mujeeb
PAK 145/5 (34 Overs)
Nabi replaces Rashid
PAK 142/5 (33 Overs)
Mujeeb continues
PAK 137/5 (32 Overs)
Rashid continues
PAK 131/5 (31 Overs)
Mujeeb comes back
PAK 122/5 (30 Overs)
Rashid replaces Nabi
PAK 118/5 (29 Overs)
Rahman continues
PAK 112/5 (28 Overs)
27.6: Nabi tosses it up, slower through the air around the good-length region, getting it to spin in. But the ball holds a touch on the surface and Iftikhar is early in his attempted flick, chipping it to Shahidi.
Nabi bowls again
PAK 109/4 (27 Overs)
Rahman continues
PAK 105/4 (26 Overs)
Nabi continues
PAK 99/4 (25 Overs)
Abdul Rahman into the attack now
PAK 91/4 (24 Overs)
Nabi bowls again
PAK 86/4 (23 Overs)
Rashid bowls
PAK 83/4 (22 Overs)
Nabi continues for his fifth
PAK 80/4 (21 Overs)
Rashid continues to bowl
PAK 75/4 (20 Overs)
Nabi continues to bowl
PAK 73/4 (19 Overs)
Rashid continues
PAK 65/4 (18 Overs)
Nabi continues from the other end
PAK 63/4 (17 Overs)
16.3: Rashid bowls it quicker on a length outside off, spins in viciously. Salman gets his front pad out but seeing it pitch wide outside off, thinks of leaving it. But the ball comes in and strikes him on the front pad.
Rashid Khan comes into the attack
PAK 61/3 (16 Overs)
Nabi continues
PAK 59/3 (15 Overs)
Azmatullah continues to bowl from the other end
PAK 58/3 (14 Overs)
Mohammad Nabi comes into the attack
PAK 54/3 (13 Overs)
Azmatullah continues
PAK 53/3 (12 Overs)
Mujeeb continues for his sixth
PAK 50/3 (11 Overs)
Azmatullah Omarzai comes into the attack
PAK 46/3 (10 Overs)
Mujeeb continues to bowl
PAK 41/3 (9 Overs)
Farooqi again
PAK 40/3 (8 Overs)
7.5: A full length delivery on off from Mujeeb, turning away from the batter he looks to defend it to legside and the ball hits Rizwan’s back thigh.
Mujeeb continues
PAK 38/2 (7 Overs)
Fazalhaq Farooqi bowls
PAK 27/2 (6 Overs)
Mujeeb bowls his third
PAK 26/2 (5 Overs)
Farooqi continues to bowl
PAK 16/2 (4 Overs)
Mujeeb continues from the other end
PAK 13/2 (3 Overs)
Farooqi continues
PAK 7/2 (2 Overs)
1.6: It was a full delivery on the off stump, Babar Azam looks to defend and gets hit on the front pad as he played the wrong line. Pakistan’s captain is out for a duck.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to bowl from the other end
PAK 4/1 (1 Over)
0.4: Farooqi bowls a fuller ball, pitched wide of off, an outswinger, Fakhar fell for the trap and looks to drive this towards offside, but edges it to the second slip.
Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq come out to bat for Pakistan. Fazalhaq Farooqi to bowl the first over.
PAKISTAN VS NEW ZEALAND (1ST INNINGS)
HAMBANTOTA: Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat first in the first ODI of the three-match series against Afghanistan.
PLAYING XIs
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Azmatullah Omarzai, 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 4, Pakistan 4, Afghanistan 0
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