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Abu Dhabi: Afghanistan skipper Asghar Afghan won the toss and elected to bat in their Asia Cup Super Four match against Pakistan at the Shaikh Zayed Stadium here. Gulf News was covering all the action as it happened with inputs from our Reporter N.D. Prashant:
11:50pm
Shoaib Malik sees Pakistan home with a boundary and three balls to spare. Pakistan win by three wickets.
Scoreboard:
Afghanistan 1st innings
Mohammad Shahzad c Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Nawaz 20
Ihsanullah c&b Mohammad Nawaz 10
Rahmat Shah c&b Mohammad Nawaz 36
Hashmatullah Shahidi Not Out 97
Asghar Afghan b Shaheen Afridi 67
Mohammad Nabi c Hasan Ali b Shaheen Afridi 7
Najibullah Zadran b Hasan Ali 5
Gulbadin Naib Not Out 10
Extras 0b 2lb 2nb 0pen 1w 5
Total (50.0 overs) 257-6
Fall of Wickets: 1-26 Janat, 2-31 Mohammadi, 3-94 Zurmatai, 4-188 Afghan, 5-200 Nabi, 6-212 Zadran
Did Not Bat: Khan, Ur Rahman, Alam
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk
Usman Shinwari 10 1 58 0
Shaheen Afridi 10 0 38 2
Mohammad Nawaz 10 1 57 3
Shoaib Malik 4 0 21 0
Haris Sohail 6 0 30 0
Hasan Ali 10 0 51 1
Pakistan 1st innings
Fakhar Zaman lbw Mujeeb Ur Rahman 0
Imam ul-Haq Run Out Najibullah Zadran 80
Babar Azam st Mohammad Shahzad b Rashid Khan 66
Haris Sohail c Ihsanullah b Mujeeb Ur Rahman 13
Shoaib Malik Not Out 51
Sarfraz Ahmed b Gulbadin Naib 8
Asif Ali c Aftab Alam b Rashid Khan 7
Mohammad Nawaz b Rashid Khan 10
Hasan Ali Not Out 6
Extras 2b 2lb 0nb 0pen 13w 17
Total (49.3 overs) 258-7
Fall of Wickets: 1-0 Zaman, 2-154 ul-Haq, 3-158 Azam, 4-194 Sohail, 5-216 Ahmed, 6-226 Ali, 7-242 Nawaz Did Not Bat : Shinwari, Afridi
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 10 2 33 2
Aftab Alam 9.3 1 64 0
Gulbadin Naib 10 0 61 1
Mohammad Nabi 10 0 50 0
Rashid Khan 10 0 46 3
Umpires: Shaun George and Anil Chaudhary
Match Referee: Andrew Pycroft
11:48pm
It's a six from Malik off a short ball from Aftab. Four needed from four.
11:45pm
Pakistan needs 10 off the last over from Aftab. Everyone on the edge of their seats.
11:43pm
Rashid Khan gets the breakthrough again in his last over. Nawaz bowled for 10 and Pakistan still need 16 off 9balls with three wickets in hand.
11:40pm
Pakistan need 18 to win from 12 balls. Malik is on 40 and Mohammed Nawaz on 9.
11:30pm
Pakistan 229 for 6... Asif Ali tries to repeat the same after hit Khan for a six and gets caught at long-off. They now need 29 off 18. Shoaib Malik is on 37 not out.
11:20pm
Gameon... Pakistan 216 for 5, skipper Sarfraz Ahmed misses a full toss from Gulbadin Naib and it hits the middle stump. They still need 42 off 30 ball.
11:10pm
4th wicket falls, Mujeeb Ur Rahman keeps Afghanistan in the match, Haris Sohail caught at long-on for 13., Pakistan 194 for 4 in 41 overs.
10:55pm
Pakistan reach 183 for 3 in 40 overs, needing 75 more runs from 60 balls to win the match.
10:30pm
Pakistan is 3 down. Rashid Khan has struck again and it's the big wicket of Babar Azam - stumped for 66. Will there be a twist to the tale. Two well set batsmen are out and Pakistan still need 100 from 15 overs at a run rate of 6.66.
10:30pm
The long vigil final comes to an end, the partnership is broken. Imam-ul-Haq (80) run-out and it is 155 for 2 in 33.3 overs.
10:20pm
Babar Azam and Imam Ul Haq have put on a partnership of 153 in 33 over to put Pakistan in the driver's seat. Azam is batting on 80 while Babar is on 63.
10:00pm
Fifty for Imam Ul Haq and Babar Azam. Pakistan going nicely on 130 for 1 after 29 overs.
9:40pm
Pakistan 100 for 1 in 24 overs. Imam Ul Haq and Babar Azam going strong on 48 and 44 runs respectively.
9:25pm
Babar Azam and Imam Ul Haq have put on a partnership of 80 runs in 20 overs. With that Afghanistan have introduced their trump card Rashid Khan into the attack.
8:45pm
Pakistan looking to recover from the early jitter are 36 for 1 after 10 overs with Imam Ul Haq on 27 and Babar Azam on 9.
8:00pm
Pakistan's chase begin: Spin introduced straight away by Afghanistan and rewarded instantaneously in the first over. Disastrous start for Pakistan as they have lost Fakhar Zaman without a run on board. Leg before to Mujeeb Ur Rehman.
7:25pm
Innings break: Afghanistan's Hashmatullah Shahidi tearing the Pakistan bowling apart have scored a brilliant unbeaten 97 not out to post a challenging 257 for 6 in 50 overs.
Half time scoreboard
Afghanistan
Mohammad Shahzad c Sarfraz b Nawaz 20
Ihsanullah Janat c and b Nawaz 10
Rahmat Shah c and b Nawaz 36
Hashmatullah Shahidi not out 97
Asghar Afghan b Shaheen 67
Mohammad Nabi c Hasan b Shaheen 7
Najibullah Zadran b Hasan 5
Gulbadin Naib not out 10
Extras: (lb2, nb2, w1) 5
Total: (for six wkts; 50 overs) 257
Did not bat: Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Aftab Alam
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Ihsanullah), 2-31 (Shahzad), 3-94 (Shah), 4-188 (Asghar), 5-200 (Nabi), 6-212 (Najibullah)
Bowling: Shinwari 10-1-58-0 (1nb), Shaheen 10-0-38-2, Nawaz 10-1-57-3, Malik 4-0-21-0, Sohail 6-0-30-0, Hasan 10-0-51-1 (1nb, 1w)
Umpires: Anil Chaudhry (IND) and Shaun George (RSA)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)
7:20pm
Afghanistan reach 243 for 6 in 49 overs, with the help of a solid batting performance by Hashmatullah Shahidi, who is 84 not out now.
7:10pm
Afghanistan is 232 for 6 in 48 overs.
7:00pm
5th wicket falls, Mohammad Nabi departs caught by Hasan Ali off Shaheen Shah Afridi for 7. Afghanistan is 200 for 5 in 44 overs.
6:55pm
Afghanistan skipper Asghar Afghan's blitz comes to an end for a 56 ball 67. Bowled by Shaheen Shah after being dropped in the same over by Haris Sohail. He has provided the much needed impetus to the total. They are 194 for 4 in 43.2 overs.
6:40pm
Fifty for Shahidi and Asghar. The duo has put Afghanistan on course for that 250 plus mark which they will be confident of defending. They are 170 for 3 in 40 overs.
6:30pm
Nawaz is getting a bit of beating here with Afghanistan trying to stepup the run rate. Skipper Asghar Afghan going after him in the 38th over hammering a six and four in successive deliveries. Score 162 for 3 in 38 overs.
6:05pm
Afghanistan reach 125 for 3 in 33 overs, with Hashmatullah Shahidi playing on 41 not out and Asghar Afghan on 14 not out.
5:30pm
Aghanistan reduced to 94 for 3 in 25.3 overs. A well set Rahmat Shah becoming Mohammad Nawaz's third victim. Skipper Asghar Afghan with a six from the first delivery he faced from Nawaz get the Afghanistan's 100 onboard in 25.4 overs.
5:10pm
Afghanistan are trying to build a partnership here with Hashmatullah Shahidi and Rahmat Shah playing cautiously. They are currently 81 for 2 in 22 overs.
5:00pm
Afghanistan reach 74 for 2 in 20 overs. Rahmat Shah is playing on 23 not out and Hashmatullah Shahidi is at 19 not out.
4:28pm
Pakistan's Nawaz gets another one and this time it is the aggressive Mohammad Shahzad (20). Caught behind as attempting a drive. It's 35 for 2 in 11 overs.
4:15pm
Afghanistan's Ihsanullah (10) couldnt make those two lifelines count. He walks back after handing a simple return catch to Mohammad Nawaz. Score 26 for 1.
4:10pm
Afghanistan have made a steady start and are being helped with some poor fielding. Ihsanullah has been dropped twice in two balls off Shaheen Shah. Fakhar Zaman and Usman Khan were the culprits. Score 26 for no loss after 8 overs.
3:15pm
Afghanistan skipper Asghar Afghan won the toss and as expected will bat in their Asia Cup Super Four match against Pakistan at the Shaikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Both teams have opted for changes.
Afghanistan, who are looking to build on their upset wins over Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in the first round, brought in big-hitting batsman Najibullah Zadran for Samiullah Shenwari.
Pakistan brought in Haris Sohail, Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Nawaz after losing to India by eight wickets on Wednesday, leaving out Mohammad Amir, Shadab Khan and Faheem Ashraf. Shaheen is making his one-day international debut.
Playing XIs:
Pakistan: 1 Imam-ul-Haq, 1 Fakhar Zaman, 3 Babar Azam, 4 Shoaib Malik, 5 Sarfraz Ahmed (capt, wk), 6 Asif Ali, 7 Haris Sohail, 8 Mohammad Nawaz, 9 Hasan Ali, 10 Usman Khan, 11 Shaheen Afridi
Afghanistan: 1 Mohammad Shahzad (wk), 2 Ihsanullah Janat, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi, 5 Asghar Afghan (capt), 6 Mohammad Nabi, 7 Najibullah Zadran, 8 Gulbadin Naib, 9 Rashid Khan, 10 Aftab Alam, 11 Mujeeb Ur Rahman
