Pakistan vs Afghanistan LIVE: ICC Cricket World Cup result and reaction as minnows earn surprising win
Afghanistan defeat Pakistan by eight wickets to claim second victory of the tournament
Pakistan’s up-and-down Cricket World Cup campaign continued today as they were beaten by Afghanistan in Chennai. Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bat first but his team failed to assert their dominance on the associate nation.
Afghanistan’s quartet of spin options restricted Pakistan to ones and twos while continuously taking wickets through the middle of the innings. Babar scored a fine 74 and some late innings hitting from Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed took the team to 282-7 at the halfway stage.
It seemed to be a challenging total but the Afghanistan batters made light work of it. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran put on 130 for the first wicket with both openers scoring over 50 before being dismissed. Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi then combined through the middle overs, taking advantage of loose bowling and poor fielding to guide the team over the line with an over to spare.
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Pakistan vs Afghanistan
14.4
Usama Mir to Ibrahim Zadran. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving, back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
14.3
Usama Mir to Ibrahim Zadran. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Azam.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
14.2
FOUR! Usama Mir to Ibrahim Zadran. Leg spinner half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep point for 4 runs, mis-fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
14.1
Usama Mir to Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Leg spinner full toss, to leg on the front foot driving, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Afridi.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
13.6
Haris Rauf to Ibrahim Zadran. Back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by ul-Haq.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
13.6
Wide Haris Rauf to Ibrahim Zadran. Short, outside off stump swayed away Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
13.5
Haris Rauf to Ibrahim Zadran. Short, outside off stump swayed away Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
13.4
Haris Rauf to Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to mid on for 1 run, shy attempt by Afridi, fielded by ul-Haq.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
13.3
FOUR! Haris Rauf to Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control past deep backward square leg for 4 runs.
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