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:Â Rashid cleans up Shaheen Afridi. Pakistan is now almost out of the game
Shaheen Shah Afridi 0Â (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.Â
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:Â 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:Â 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
HEAD TO HEAD RECORD:
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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