Pakistan A sweep series with hard-fought win


Afghanistan got off to a reasonable start after choosing to bat, with opener Noor Ali Zadran holding up one end with a steady half-century. Pakistan A's bowlers managed wickets at regular intervals, though, and had the visitors in trouble at 187 for 6 in the 42nd over. The lower order came good, with Mohammad Nabi, Karim Sadiq and Samiullah Shenwari scoring 87 off the last 53 deliveries of the innings to carry their side to 274. Legspinner Yasir Shah was the pick of the bowlers, taking three wickets in a miserly spell.
Pakistan A's chase began in similar fashion to the Afghanistan innings, with a number of top order cameos taking the side to 120 for 3. Opener Sharjeel Khan's 44 came off 31 balls, making sure Pakistan A were well placed after 20 overs. But Afghanistan pulled things back with two wickets off four balls, reducing the hosts to 120 for 5 in the 22nd. The lower-middle order offered tough resistance after that, slowly rebuilding the chase. A patient 63-run stand between Sarfraz Ahmed and Sohail Tanvir was followed by a quick fire, unbeaten 95-run partnership between Sarfraz and Saad Nasim, which carried their side home with 11 balls to spare. 

Afghanistan 274/9 (50 ov)
Pakistan A 278/6 (48.1 ov)
Pakistan A won by 4 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)









Afghanistan innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal Noor Ali Zadran b Mohammad Talha 51 117 72 6 0 70.83
View dismissal Javed Ahmadi c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Sadaf Hussain 11 24 16 2 0 68.75
View dismissal Mirwais Ashraf st †Sarfraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah 31 48 38 4 1 81.57
View dismissal Nawroz Mangal* c Babar Azam b Saad Nasim 18 24 21 0 1 85.71
View dismissal Shabir Noori c Umar Amin b Sadaf Hussain 31 65 43 2 1 72.09
View dismissal Asghar Stanikzai c Sharjeel Khan b Yasir Shah 25 64 48 3 0 52.08
View dismissal Mohammad Nabi run out (Mohammad Talha) 29 38 24 1 3 120.83

Karim Sadiq not out 42 50 26 7 0 161.53
View dismissal Samiullah Shenwari c Sharjeel Khan b Yasir Shah 19 20 11 3 0 172.72
View dismissal Dawlat Zadran c & b Sohail Tanvir 0 4 1 0 0 0.00

Izatullah Dawlatzai not out 1 3 2 0 0 50.00

Extras (lb 4, w 9, nb 3) 16











Total (9 wickets; 50 overs; 233 mins) 274 (5.48 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-22 (Javed Ahmadi, 5.4 ov), 2-73 (Mirwais Ashraf, 15.6 ov), 3-108 (Nawroz Mangal, 22.4 ov), 4-123 (Noor Ali Zadran, 25.5 ov), 5-174 (Shabir Noori, 37.5 ov), 6-187 (Asghar Stanikzai, 41.1 ov), 7-232 (Mohammad Nabi, 44.6 ov), 8-264 (Samiullah Shenwari, 48.3 ov), 9-264 (Dawlat Zadran, 49.1 ov)










Bowling O M R W Econ

View wicket Sohail Tanvir 10 1 55 1 5.50 (5w)
View wickets Sadaf Hussain 9 0 68 2 7.55 (1w)
View wicket Mohammad Talha 10 0 58 1 5.80 (2nb, 2w)
View wickets Yasir Shah 10 1 29 3 2.90

View wicket Saad Nasim 10 0 57 1 5.70 (1w)

Umar Amin 1 0 3 0 3.00










Pakistan A innings (target: 275 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal Shan Masood c & b Mohammad Nabi 9 29 17 1 0 52.94
View dismissal Sharjeel Khan run out (Mirwais Ashraf) 44 49 31 7 1 141.93
View dismissal Babar Azam b Mohammad Nabi 38 61 53 3 0 71.69
View dismissal Umar Amin lbw b Nawroz Mangal 7 12 11 1 0 63.63
View dismissal Rameez Raja (2) lbw b Samiullah Shenwari 15 24 18 1 0 83.33

Sarfraz Ahmed not out 61 126 73 3 0 83.56

Sohail Tanvir* c Asghar Stanikzai b Samiullah Shenwari 31 62 49 3 0 63.26

Saad Nasim not out 50 59 41 7 0 121.95

Extras (lb 12, w 7, nb 4) 23











Total (6 wickets; 48.1 overs; 214 mins) 278 (5.77 runs per over)
Did not bat Mohammad Talha, Yasir Shah, Sadaf Hussain
Fall of wickets1-48 (Shan Masood, 5.4 ov), 2-72 (Sharjeel Khan, 10.3 ov), 3-86 (Umar Amin, 14.5 ov), 4-120 (Rameez Raja, 20.5 ov), 5-120 (Babar Azam, 21.2 ov), 6-183 (Sohail Tanvir, 35.3 ov)










Bowling O M R W Econ


Izatullah Dawlatzai 8 0 48 0 6.00 (3nb, 2w)

Dawlat Zadran 6 0 46 0 7.66


Mirwais Ashraf 1 0 11 0 11.00 (1nb)
View wickets Mohammad Nabi 10 1 44 2 4.40 (1w)
View wicket Nawroz Mangal 7 0 30 1 4.28 (1w)

Javed Ahmadi 6 0 28 0 4.66 (1w)
View wickets Samiullah Shenwari 10 0 59 2 5.90


Asghar Stanikzai 0.1 0 0 0 0.00

Match details
Toss Afghanistan, who chose to bat
Series Pakistan A won the 3-match series 3-0
Player of the match Sarfraz Ahmed (Pakistan A)
Umpires Ahsan Raza and Ghaffar Kazmi
TV umpire Ahmed Shahab
Match referee Mussadaq Rasool
Reserve umpire Akmal Hayat

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