Pakistan bowlers decimated the Hong Kong batting line-up for a paltry 38 before batters displayed combined effort as the Green Shirts outclassed Hong Kong by a massive margin of 155 runs and secured Super Fours berth in Asia Cup 2022.
HKG 38 (10.4 Overs)
10.4: There wasn’t much of a turn there, as he got his front leg out of the way to try and tried to poke at it but missed. Replays show there is an umpire’s call on impact, and also the umpire’s call on clipping the off stump. Hong Kong cleaned up for 38.
10.1: This was tossed up, and was a wrong ‘un. It spent a good few seconds wobbling in, and pitched full outside off, before turning in to strike off stump as Shukla missed his slog.
Shadab comes again
HKG 38-8 (10 Overs)
9.1: Steps out of the crease looking to hit a six, but is not quite to the pitch of it, and the turn away means he doesn’t get enough into the shot. Caught at long-on.
Nawaz comes again
HKG 36-7 (9 Overs)
8.6: Haroon looks to go down for a sweep, sees the length is not quite there, then tries to just guide it behind square on the leg side, and gets too far inside the line. The wrong’un does the rest.
Shadab continues
HKG 32-6 (8 Overs)
7.5: Bowled between the legs, premeditates a sweep and this is really full. The ball squeezes between his legs to knock the stumps over.
7.3: Nawaz is bowling from round the wicket and bowls it full. Shah is beaten on the slog sweep and hit on the pad.
Nawaz replaces Rauf
HKG 29-4 (7 Overs)
6.2: Goes back to look to late-cut this length ball, but it pitches on off and turns back in. Too full to cut anyway, and then the turn in does him completely.
Shadab comes into the attack
HKG 25-3 (6 Overs)
Haris Rauf comes into the attack
HKG 19/3 (5 Overs)
4.5: Dahani gets it head high, and Murtaza manages just a soft top edge. Khushdil charges in from mid-on and dives to take the low catch.
Dahani replaces Naseem
HKG 19-2 (4 Overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed replaces Dahani
HKG 16-2 (3 Overs)
2.5: No foot movement. Deep in the crease and heaves at this length ball. It nips back in a little and kisses the top of off.
2.1: Looks to drive this over square again, but this time he gets just the toe end. Looks like it has arrived before he is through the shot.
Naseem continues
HKG 15-0 (2 Overs)
Shahnawaz Dahani to bowl from the other end
HKG 6-0 (1 Over)
Nizakat Khan and Yasim Murtaza come out to bat for Hong Kong in the run chase. Naseem Shah to bowl the first over.
PAKISTAN vs HONG KONG (2nd INNING)
Khushdil Shah’s late onslaught in the final over bolstered Pakistan to finish at a massive 193/2 in the allotted 20 overs after the important half-centuries from Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman.
PAK 193-2 (20 Overs)
Aizaz to bowl the final over
PAK 164-2 (19 Overs)
Ehsan comes to bowl his last
PAK 156-2 (18 Overs)
Shukla comes back into the attack
PAK 138-2 (17 Overs)
16.1: Slices this to the man placed at the edge of the circle. The ball was a lowish full toss which was angling into him from the angle from around the wicket, as it was also tossed up. Fakhar made room early, and also skipped down. Ended up finding the fielder since he had to play at it once he was down the pitch.
Ehsan comes back into the attack
PAK 129-1 (16 Overs)
Yasim continues
PAK 116-1 (15 Overs)
Ghazanfar continues
PAK 104-1 (14 Overs)
Yasim replaces Aizaz
PAK 93-1 (13 Overs)
Ghazanfar comes again
PAK 83-1 (12 Overs)
Aizaz replaces Yasim
PAK 76-1 (11 Overs)
Ghazanfar continues
PAK 64-1 (10 Overs)
Yasim continues
PAK 58-1 (9 Overs)
Mohammad Ghazanfar comes into the attack
PAK 54-1 (8 Overs)
Yasim Murtaza comes into the attack
PAK 48-1 (7 Overs)
Aizaz Khan comes into the attack
PAK 40-1 (6 Overs)
Ehsan replaces Haroon
PAK 36-1 (5 Overs)
Shukla comes back
PAK 26-1 (4 Overs)
Haroon comes back
PAK 14-1 (3 Overs)
2.5: Slower in the air, Babar goes down the ground but fails to keep it down. Offers a return catch while looking for a single. Ehsan takes a good low catch to his right even as the ball swerves away.
Ehsan Khan replaces Haroon
PAK 7-0 (2 Overs)
Ayush Shukla comes to bowl from the other end
PAK 3-0 (1 Over)
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan come out to bat for Pakistan. Haroon Arshad to bowl the first over.
PAKISTAN vs HONG KONG (1st INNING)
SHARJAH: Hong Kong won the toss and opted to field first against Pakistan in a must-win group fixture of the ongoing Asia Cup 2022.
PLAYING XIs
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani
Hong Kong: Nizakat Khan (c), Babar Hayat, Yasim Murtaza, Kinchit Shah, Scott McKechnie (wk), Haroon Arshad, Aizaz Khan, Zeeshan Ali, Ehsan Khan, Ayush Shukla, Mohammad Ghazanfar
