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
49.6
OUT! Caught. Naveen-ul-Haq to Shadab Khan. Slower ball short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on, caught by Nabi.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
49.5
Naveen-ul-Haq to Shaheen Afridi. Slower ball half volley, outside off stump down the track working, mis-timed to silly point for 1 run.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
49.4
Naveen-ul-Haq to Shaheen Afridi. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed for no runs, shy attempt by Khil.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
49.3
Naveen-ul-Haq to Shaheen Afridi. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed to long on for 2 runs, fielded by Zurmatai.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
49.2
OUT! Caught. Naveen-ul-Haq to Iftikhar Ahmed. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep cover, caught by Omarzai.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
49.1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Iftikhar Ahmed. Yorker, wide outside off stump moves in front driving, missed for no runs, fielded by Khil.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
48.6
Azmatullah Omarzai to Shadab Khan. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to extra cover for 2 runs, mis-fielded by Shahidi, fielded by Zurmatai.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
48.5
Azmatullah Omarzai to Shadab Khan. Full toss, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Nabi.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
48.4
Azmatullah Omarzai to Iftikhar Ahmed. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot Late Cut, to short third man for 1 run, fielded by Murid, fielded by Zadran.
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