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SHARJAH: Pakistan beat Afghanistan by 75 runs to win the final of the tri-series here at the iconic Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
AFG: 66 (15 overs)
15.5: All over for Afghanistan as Pakistan clinch tri-series title
AM Ghazanfar 7 (7b 0x4 1×6 12m) SR: 100
Sufiyan continues
AFG: 65/9 (15 overs)
Abrar to bowl
AFG: 64/9 (14 overs)
Sufiyan to continue
AFG: 57/8 (13 overs)
Nawaz to bowl
AFG: 49/7 (12 overs)
Sufiyan introduced for the first time in the attack
AFG: 47/7 (11 overs)
Abrar comes to bowl
AFG: 44/6 (10 overs)
Nawaz to continue
AFG: 34/6 (9 overs)
Saim to continue
AFG: 32/6 (8 overs)
7.4: Another one for Nawaz. he has now four wickets for one runs in his two overs
Karim Janat 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
7.1: What a ball, and Zadran is out stumped. Hat-trick for Mohammad Nawaz
Ibrahim Zadran 9 (15b 0x4 0x6) SR: 60
Nawaz continues
AFG: 32/4 (7 overs)
Saim returns
AFG: 29/4 (6 overs)
5.5: Rasooli is lbw for a nought. Afhgan
Darwish Rasooli Nawaz 0 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
Mohammad Nawaz comes to bowl
AFG: 28/2 (5 overs)
4.4: A soft dismissal as Atal is caught at covers. Abrar with his first wicket of the match
Sediqullah Atal 13 (15b 2×4 0x6) SR: 86.66
Abrar to bowl
AFG: 22/1 (4 overs)
Saim Ayub comes to bowl
AFG: 17/1 (3 overs)
Shaheen continues
AFG: 16/1 (2 overs)
Spin from the other end. Abrar Ahmed to bowl the second over
AFG: 7/1 (1 over)
0.5: Shaheen gets Gurbaz early as he is caught at first slip
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 5 (4b 1×4 0x6) SR: 125
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sediqullah Atal to open the innings for Afghanistan. Shaheen Afridi with the new ball.
PAKISTAN vs Afghanistan (2nd INNINGS)
SHARJAH: Pakistan set Afghanistan 142 runs to win in the final of the tri-series here at the iconic Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
PAK: 141/8 (20 Overs)
Farooqi to close out the innings
PAK: 130/7 (19 Overs)
18.5: Faheem Ashraf is out
Faheem Ashraf 15 (8b 2×4 1×6) SR: 187.5
Ghazanfar to bowl his final over of the night
PAK: 122/6 (18 Overs)
Nabi to bowl his final over
PAK: 116/6 (17 Overs)
16.5: Rashid has the last laugh. He removes Agha, who hit two sixes in this over.
Salman Agha 24 (27b 0x4 2×6) SR: 88.88
Rashid Khan returns
PAK: 99/5 (16 Overs)
Noor Ahmed to bowl his final over
PAK: 95/5 (15 Overs)
Ghazanfar comes back
PAK: 86/5 (14 Overs)
Nabi returns
PAK: 80/5 (13 Overs)
Rashid continues
PAK: 76/5 (12 Overs)
11.3: Another one bites the dust as Afghanistan leaves Pakistan reeling
Mohammad Haris 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
Noor Ahmad comes to bowl
PAK: 70/4 (11 Overs)
10.5: Nawaz tries to go for another big one, and it’s caught.
Hasan Nawaz 15 (8b 1×4 1×6) SR: 187.5
Rashid to continue
PAK: 61/3 (10 Overs)
Noor continues
PAK: 58/3 (9 Overs)
8.2: Back-to-back blows as Fakhar is trapped in front
Fakhar Zaman 27 (26b 2×4 1×6) SR: 103.84
Rashid Khan to bowl his first over
PAK: 50/2 (8 Overs)
7.5: Noor gets Saim, and it’s a big wicket for Afghanistan at this stage of the game, just when Pakistan were trying to break the shackles.
Saim Ayub 17 (19b 2×4 0x6) SR: 89.47
Noor Ahmad comes to bowl
PAK: 46/1 (7 Overs)
Nabi continues
PAK: 41/1 (6 Overs)
Ghazanfar to continue
PAK: 32/1 ( 5 Overs)
Mohammad Nabi introduced into the attack for the first time
PAK: 19/1 ( 4 Overs)
Change in the bowling. It’s time for the AM Ghazanfar mystery.
PAK: 16/1 ( 3 Overs)
Farooqi continues
PAK: 8/1 ( 2 Overs)
Azmatullah Omarzai will share the new ball from the other end
PAK: 2/1 (1 Over)
0.3: Over the wicket and Farooqi with a beauty to castle Farhan, who tried to play across the line and ended up losing his wicket. First blow for Pakistan.
Sahibzada Farhan 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan to open the innings for Pakistan. Fazalhaq Farooqi will take the new ball for Afghanistan
PAKISTAN vs Afghanistan (1st INNINGS)
SHARJAH: Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat first against Afghanistan in the final of the tri-series here at the iconic Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Playing XIs
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Karim Janat, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan (c), Mohammad Nabi, AM Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Ali Agha (c), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Haris (wk), Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz
Both teams have faced each other in nine T20I matches so far. In this competitive rivalry, Pakistan holds a narrow edge with five victories, while Afghanistan has notched four wins.
Matches 9, Pakistan 5, Afghanistan 4
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