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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Hasan Ali to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to point for no runs, fielded by Khan.
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Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot glancing, to fine leg for 1 run.
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Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by ul-Haq.
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SIX! Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control over long off for 6 runs.
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Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump down the track Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to mid on for no runs, fielded by Rauf.
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Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to mid on for no runs, fielded by Rauf.
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Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to short extra cover for 1 run, run save by ul-Haq.
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Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep cover for 2 runs, fielded by Shafique.
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FOUR! Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, thick edge past third man for 4 runs.
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