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
1.4
FOUR! Hasan Ali to Ibrahim Zadran. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control past deep point for 4 runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
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Hasan Ali to Ibrahim Zadran. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Shakeel.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
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Hasan Ali to Ibrahim Zadran. In-swinging back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to silly mid on for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
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NEW BALL. Hasan Ali to Ibrahim Zadran. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot shoulders arms, shoulders arms for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
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Shaheen Afridi to Ibrahim Zadran. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, to backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Shakeel.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
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FOUR! Shaheen Afridi to Ibrahim Zadran. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep cover for 4 runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
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Shaheen Afridi to Ibrahim Zadran. In-swinging length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by ul-Haq.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
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Shaheen Afridi to Ibrahim Zadran. In-swinging length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, hit pad to short leg for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
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Shaheen Afridi to Rahmanullah Gurbaz. In-swinging length ball, to leg on the front foot working, mis-timed to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by ul-Haq, fielded by Rauf.
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