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All-round bowling performance helped Afghanistan beat Pakistan by 18 runs in the fourth match of the tri-series here at the iconic Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
PAK 151/9 (20 Overs)
Omarzai to bowl the final over
PAK 136/9 (19 Overs)
Farooqi to bowl the penultimate over
PAK 127/9 (18 Overs)
Rashid to continue
PAK 111/9 (17 Overs)
Noor to bowl his final over
PAK 106/8 (16 Overs)
15.2: Rashid cleans up Shaheen Afridi. Pakistan is now almost out of the game
Shaheen Shah Afridi 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
15.1: Nawaz departs after a sluggish knock
Mohammad Nawaz 12 (16b 0x4 0x6) SR: 75
Rashid comes to bowl
PAK 103/6 (15 Overs)
Noor to continue
PAK 97/6 (14 Overs)
Nabi to continue
PAK 93/6 (13 Overs)
Noor continues
PAK 86/6 (12 Overs)
Nabi continues
PAK 81/5 (11 Overs)
Noor comes back
PAK 75/4 (10 Overs)
Nabi to continue
PAK 70/4 (9 Overs)
Rashid to continue
PAK 64/3 (8 Overs)
Fakhar Zaman 25 (18b 3×4 1×6) SR: 138.88
Nabi comes to bowl
PAK 57/2 (7 Overs)
Rashid Khan comes to bowl
PAK 52/2 (6 Overs)
Azmatullah Omarzai to bowl the final over of the powerplay
PAK 37/2 (5 Overs)
Ghazanfar to continue
PAK 31/2 (4 Overs)
3.2: What a delivery from Farooqi. Another one for Afghanistan. Dangerous Farhan goes.
Sahibzada Farhan 18 (13b 1×4 2×6) SR: 138.46
Farooqi continues
PAK 28/1 (3 Overs)
Ghazanfar continues
PAK 18/1 (2 Overs)
1.1: Saim Ayub falls for a duck.
Saim Ayub 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
Fazalhaq Farooqi will take the new ball from the other end
PAK 8/0 (1 Over)
Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan come out to bat for Pakistan. Debutant AM Ghazanfar has the new ball.
PAKISTAN vs Afghanistan (2nd INNINGS)
Sediqullah Atal and Ibrahim Zadran composed half-centuries, taking Afghanistan to a competitive total of 169-5 in 20 overs against Pakistan in the fourth match of the tri-series here at the iconic Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
AFG 169/5 (20 Overs)
19.2: An excellent four-wicket haul for Faheem Ashraf
Mohammad Nabi 6 (5b 1×4 0x6 9m) SR: 120
AFG 161/4 (19 Overs)
Shaheen to bowl the penultimate ove
AFG 150/4 (18 Overs)
17.5: Another wicket for Pakistan
Ibrahim Zadran 65 (45b 8×4 1×6) SR: 144.44
17.3: Caught and bowled. Faheem takes a good catch
Azmatullah Omarzai (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
AFG 143/2 (17 Overs)
Haris Rauf back into the attack
AFG 125/2 (16 Overs)
15.2: Faheem Ashraf provides Pakistan with a much-needed breakthrough as Sediqullah Atal departs after playing a measured knock.
Sediqullah Atal 64 (45b 3×4 3×6) SR: 142.22
Faheem back to bowl
AFG 122/1 (15 Overs)
Shaheen back to bowl
AFG 116/1 (14 Overs)
13.3: Back-to-back half-centuries for Atal, and he reaches it in style with a boundary
Sediqullah Atal 51 (37b 2×4 3×6)
Sufiyan continues
AFG 96/1 (13 Overs)
Saim Ayub to bowl his last over.
AFG 90/1 (12 Overs)
Sufiyan back to bowl
AFG 83/1 (11 Overs)
Haris Rauf comes back to bowl
AFG 73/1 (10 Overs)
Change in the bowling. Faheem Ashraf into the attack
AFG 64/1 (9 Overs)
Nawaz continues
AFG 55/1 (8 Overs)
Sufiyan Muqeem comes to bowl
AFG 49/1 (7 Overss)
Mohammad Nawaz to bowl his first over of the night
AFG 34/1 (6 Overs)
Saim to continue
AFG 29/1 (5 Overs)
Change in the bowling. Haris Rauf into the attack for the first time.
AFG 18/1 (4 Overs)
Saim continues
AFG 17/1 (3 Over)
Shaheen continues
AFG 10/1 (2 Overs)
1.6: Wow.. Saim gets Gurbaz after being hit for a six. Hasan Nawaz takes a good catch at deep square leg.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 8 (10b 0x4 1×6) SR: 80
Saim Ayub to bowl from the other end
AFG 4/0 (1 Over)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sediqullah Atal to open the innings for Afghanistan. Shaheen Shah Afridi to bowl the first over.
PAKISTAN vs Afghanistan (1st INNINGS)
SHARJAH: Afghanistan have won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan in the fourth match of the tri-series here at the iconic Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Playing XIs
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Karim Janat, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan (capt), Mohammad Nabi, AM Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha (capt), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Haris (wk), Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Sufiyan Muqeem
Both teams have faced each other in eight T20I matches so far. In this competitive rivalry, Pakistan holds a narrow edge with five victories, while Afghanistan has notched three wins.
Matches 8, Pakistan 5, Afghanistan 3
For context, the tri-series serves as a launching pad for the teams to prepare for and acclimatise to the conditions ahead of the eight-team ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup, scheduled to take place in the UAE from 9 to 28 September.
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