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Salman Ali Agha’s quick-fire half-century and an all-round bowling performance powered Pakistan to a comprehensive 39-run win in the opening match of the tri-series here at the iconic Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday.
AFG143/10( 19.5 Over)
19.5: Haris Rauf gets Fareed to end the match
Fareed Ahmad 1 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 16.66
Rauf to bowl the last over of the match
AFG143/9 ( 19 Over)
18.1: Shaheen castles Mujeeb’s stump for his second wicket.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 44.44
AFG141/8 ( 18 Over)
17.6: Haris has the last laugh as he gets dangerous Rashid Khan who is out after playing a fine knock
Rashid Khan 39 (16b 1×4 5×6) SR: 243.75
AFG122/7 ( 17 Over)
Muqeem continues
AFG 108/7 ( 16 Over)
Shaheen to bowl the 16th over
AFG 99/7 ( 15 Over)
14.1: Sufiyan Muqeem gets Mohammad Nabi, who is caught at long off
Muqeem continues
AFG 97/6 ( 14 Over)
13.3: Azmatullah tries to go big but gets a long way out of the crease. Haris dislodges the bail, and it’s another wicket for Pakistan.
Azmatullah Omarzai 0 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
Nawaz back in the bowling attack
AFG 94/5 ( 13 Over)
12.1: Rasooli is caught courtesy of an excellent catch from Sufiyan Muqeem
Darwish Rasooli 21 (13b 1×4 1×6) SR: 161.53
Muqeem continues
AFG 93/4 ( 12 Over)
11.6: Rauf with another excellent delivery as Karim Janat is caught for a nought.
Karim Janat 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
11.3: Haris Rauf gets Atal with a beautiful slower delivery.
Sediqullah Atal 23 (19b 0x4 2×6) SR: 121.05
Haris Rauf comes to bowl
AFG 93/2 ( 11 Over)
Sufiyan Muqeem to bowl the 11th over.
AFG 85/2 ( 10 Over)
Saim Ayub brought back
AFG 74/2 (9 Over)
Salman Ali Agha to bowl the ninth over
AFG 68/2 (8 Over)
7.6: Nawaz gets dangerous Gurbaz
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 38 (27b 3×4 1×6) SR: 140.74
Nawaz is back
AFG 60/1 (7 Over)
Saim Ayub into the attack
AFG 50/1 (6 Over)
Haris Rauf to bowl the last over of the powerplay
AFG 38/1 (5 Over)
Change in the bowling as Faheem comes to bowl
AFG 23/1 (4 Over)
Nawaz continues
AFG 17/1 (3 Over)
2.6: Shaheen rattles Ibrahim Zadran with a beautiful delivery. First blow for Afghanistan.
Ibrahim Zadran 9 (11b 2×4 0x6) SR: 81.81
Shaheen continues
AFG 11/0 (2 Over)
Nawaz to bowl from the other end
AFG 5/0 (1 Over)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran to open the innings for Afghanistan. Shaheen Shah Afridi to bowl the first over.
PAKISTAN vs Afghanistan (2nd INNINGS)
Salman Ali Agha’s quick-fire half-century powered Pakistan to 182-7 in the opening match of the tri-series here at the iconic Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday.
PAK 182/7 (20 Over)
19.2: Haris tries to go big but is caught at deep mid-wicket
Mohammad Haris 15 (13b 1×4 0x6) SR: 115.38
Fareed Ahmed to bowl the last over
PAK 166/5 (19 Over)
Fazalhaq Farooqi to bowl the 19th over
PAK 156/5 (18 Over)
Rashid Khan comes to bowl
PAK 147/5 (17 Over)
Fareed Ahmad to bowl his third over
PAK 137/5 (16 Over)
15.4: Nawaz is caught at deep mid-wicket as Mujeeb strikes to give Afghanistan a vital breakthrough.
Mohammad Nawaz 21 (11b 1×4 2×6) SR: 190.9
Mujeeb to bowl his last over
PAK 131/4 (15 Over)
Omarzai back into the attack
PAK 117/4 (14 Over)
Nabi to bowl his third over
PAK 112/4 (13 Over)
Rashid Khan to bowl the 13th over
PAK 95/4 (12 Over)
11.1: Fareed Ahmad gets dangerous Nawaz, who was trying to go over long, but the ball went straight into Sediqullah Atal’s hands.
Hasan Nawaz 9 (13b 1×4 0x6) SR: 69.23
Fareed Ahmad continues
PAK 83/3 (11 Over)
Mujeeb comes back to bowl
PAK 76/3 (10 Over)
Fareed Ahmad to bowl his first over
PAK 67/3 (9 Over)
Rashid Khan continues
PAK 63/3 (8 Over)
7.3: Fakhar Zaman tries to go big, and he is caught at long on.
Fakhar Zaman 20 (17b 1×4 1×6) SR: 117.64
Mohammad Nabi to continue
PAK 56/2 (7 Over)
6.5: Rashid Khan gets Saim Ayub as he holes out to cover
Saim Ayub 14 (16b 2×4 0x6) SR: 87.5
Rashid Khan comes to bowl
PAK 54/1 (6 Over)
Mohammad Nabi to bowl the last over of the powerplay
PAK 48/1 (5 Over)
Fazalhaq Farooqi is back in the attack
PAK 35/1 (4 Over)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman continues
PAK 32/1 (3 Over)
2.3: Sahibzada Farhan was looking so good, but unfortunately, he is caught on fine leg.
Sahibzada Farhan 21 (10b 1×4 2×6) SR: 210
Early change in the bowling as Azmatullah Omarzai comes into bowl
PAK 18/0 (2 Over)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to bowl the second over
PAK 10/0 (1 Over)
Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan come out to open the innings. Fazalhaq Farooqi to bowl the first over of the tri-series.
PAKISTAN vs AFGHANISTAN (1st INNINGS)
SHARJAH: Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat first against Afghanistan in the opening match of the tri-series here at the iconic Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday.
Pakistan: Salman Agha (capt), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem
Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (capt), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, AM Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Pakistan and Afghanistan have faced each other in seven T20I matches so far. In this competitive rivalry, Pakistan holds a narrow edge with four victories, while Afghanistan has notched three wins.
Matches 7, Pakistan 4, Afghanistan 3
