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
44.5
Shaheen Afridi to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, mis-timed to mid on for 1 run.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
44.4
Shaheen Afridi to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
44.3
Shaheen Afridi to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to mid off for 2 runs, overthrow by Mir, fielded by Rizwan, fielded by Ahmed.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
44.2
Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to mid off for 1 run, shy attempt by Mir, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
44.1
Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
43.6
Haris Rauf to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot cutting, to deep backward point for 2 runs, run save by Mir.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
43.6
Wide Haris Rauf to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Short, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
43.4
APPEAL! Haris Rauf to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot glancing, hit pad for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan, appeal made for Caught.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
43.3
Haris Rauf to Rahmat Shah. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Mir.
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