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
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Shaheen Afridi to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Full toss, off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Shafique.
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Shaheen Afridi to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
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Usama Mir to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, to leg on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by ul-Haq.
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Usama Mir to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner full toss, down leg side down the track Slog, mis-timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Afridi.
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Usama Mir to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
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Usama Mir to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, to leg on the back foot cutting, to deep cover for 2 runs, fielded by Shafique.
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Wide Usama Mir to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan.
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FOUR! Usama Mir to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the back foot cutting, top edge past third man for 4 runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
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Usama Mir to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner full toss, down leg side on the front foot working, to long on for 1 run.
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