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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Usama Mir to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner length ball, to leg down the track Slog, mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Ahmed.
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Usama Mir to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, to short third man for 1 run, fielded by Afridi.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
40.6
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, down leg side down the track driving, to deep backward point for 2 runs, fielded by Shakeel.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
40.5
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, down leg side down the track working, back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
40.3
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot working, back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
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Shadab Khan to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
40.1
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to point for 1 run, fielded by Mir.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
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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, run save by Shakeel.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
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Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Azam.
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