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
10.2
FOUR! Azmatullah Omarzai to Babar Azam. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, well timed past deep cover for 4 runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
10.1
OUT! Caught. Azmatullah Omarzai to Imam ul-Haq. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to short mid wicket, caught by Murid.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
9.6
Mohammad Nabi to Abdullah Shafique. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Zadran.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
9.5
Mohammad Nabi to Abdullah Shafique. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
9.4
Mohammad Nabi to Imam ul-Haq. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Khan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
9.3
Mohammad Nabi to Imam ul-Haq. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
9.2
Mohammad Nabi to Abdullah Shafique. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Murid.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
9.1
Mohammad Nabi to Abdullah Shafique. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
8.6
Azmatullah Omarzai to Imam ul-Haq. Short, down leg side ducked Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Khil.
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