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
43.1
Haris Rauf to Rahmat Shah. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot glancing, Gloved to short fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
42.6
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep extra cover for 2 runs, fielded by Afridi.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
42.5
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, missed for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
42.4
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly back of a length, to leg on the back foot pulling, bottom edge to short leg for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
42.3
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Quicker length ball, middle stump on the front foot flick, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
42.1
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, middle stump on the front foot sweeping, in the air under control to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, run save by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
41.6
Usama Mir to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to mid off for no runs, fielded by ul-Haq.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
41.5
Usama Mir to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
41.4
Usama Mir to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to extra cover for no runs, fielded by ul-Haq.
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