Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Babar Azam
Babar Azam
51(47) 4x4 - 0x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 10 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
12 1 6 8 9 3 3 9
Mohammad Nabi
Mohammad Nabi
35(32) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 8 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
8 0 2 1 9 1 2 12

Best performances - Bowlers

Imad Wasim
Imad Wasim
O4
M0
R25
W2
Eco6.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan
O4
M0
R26
W2
Eco6.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: @PeterDellaPenna

Right, what a contest that was. Peter and I had so much fun covering this, and an absolutely huge number of you joined us. We appreciate each one of you, and hope you join us again for the double-header tomorrow! Good night.

"The bowlers bowled brilliantly at the start, but I think we gave 10-15 runs too many away. We didn't quite use the Powerplay as well as we hoped but Asif and Shoaib Malik at the death were brilliant. The way Asif's played many innings at the PSL, I was very confident he'd get us out of any trouble we find ourselves in.

"We had to bowl according to the situation and see how to bowl to each batter. The bowlers deserve credit for executing those plans brilliantly. The spinners were getting a lot of help, and because Afghanistan have some of the best pinners, they were getting a lot of help and bowling really well. I wanted to stay till the end but got out, unfortunately. So credit to Asif Ali," concludes a relieved Babar Azam.

"We didn't start really well - the total on the board was decent but maybe not enough," Muhammad Nabi says. "We discussed that 150 was a decent score on the pitch, and we did manage to take the game deep. I thought Rashid bowled at the right time because at 10 overs, they still needed about 8 runs an over, but Asif Ali played that 19th over really well. There are many positives to take from this. We fought to the end and it's given me more motivation to win games."

Muhammad Faisal: "President Asif Ali not Zardari

END OF OVER:
19 | 24 Runs | PAK: 148/5 | RR: 7.78

  • Asif Ali25 (7b)
  • Shadab Khan0 (1b)
  • Karim Janat4-0-48-0
  • Naveen-ul-Haq3-0-22-1

9.36 pm What a tremendous match. So much energy, so many momentum swings from start to finish. Afghanistan would've felt like they had the upper hand after that 18th over, and yet the chase never made it to the 20th. Pakistan firm up their place at the top of the table with three wins from three.

Asif Ali is the Player of the Match after that rousing finish (translated from Urdu): "The boundary was small from this end so I told my partner I'd go for it this over. Thank God we pulled it off. I look at the situation and what it demands and which bowler has overs remaining, and the field setting. I told Shoaib that Naveen was bowling well, and from this end I could even score 25 in an over. So I planned for it."

18.6
6
Karim Janat to Asif Ali, SIX, Pakistan do it in style! Asif Ali with four sixes in the 19th to seal the match! The game-clinching blow sails over extra cover! Now we know why Asif turned down a single off the final ball of the 18th. This one is in the slot again wide outside off stump. Karim went for yorker every ball of the over, succeeded 33% of the time. If this were baseball, he'd be in the hall of fame. But in cricket, he's just served up four balls of cannon fodder to Asif, who made him pay in the most devastating way every single time.

Pakistan one shot away from victory.

18.5
6
Karim Janat to Asif Ali, SIX, yep! You betcha! Six, yorker, six, yorker, six... Janat misses the length going for wide yorker again, sits up as a half-volley on fifth stump and is annihilated over long-off.

Is another six on the way now to follow the pattern?

18.4
0
Karim Janat to Asif Ali, no run, wide yorker that Asif plays over the top of once more.

5th bowler letting Afghanistan down in a massive way right now.

18.3
6
Karim Janat to Asif Ali, SIX, length ball on sixth stump, Asif spanks Karim over midwicket off the facade of the first row of seats.
18.2
0
Karim Janat to Asif Ali, no run, wide yorker, Asif swings over the top of it.

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12Mohammad RizwanBabar Azam
2nd63Babar AzamFakhar Zaman
3rd22Mohammad HafeezBabar Azam
4th25Shoaib MalikBabar Azam
5th2Shoaib MalikAsif Ali
6th24Asif AliShadab Khan

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

First Round Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33063.754
NAM3214-0.523
IRE3122-0.853
NED3030-2.46
First Round Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SCOT33060.775
BAN32141.733
OMA3122-0.025
PNG3030-2.655
Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG54182.464
AUS54181.216
SA54180.739
SL5234-0.269
WI5142-1.641
BAN5050-2.383
Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
PAK550101.583
NZ54181.162
IND53261.747
AFG52341.053
NAM5142-1.89
SCOT5050-3.543