Pakistan beat Afghanistan in tri-series final

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

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD:

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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