Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
20 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | UAE: 176/8 (32 runs required, RR: 8.80)

  • Junaid Siddique0 (2b)
  • Haider Ali1 (1b)
  • Hasan Ali4-0-47-3
  • Salman Mirza4-0-43-1

11pm So that's all from today. Pakistan with two commanding victories in their two games so far. A perfect start. But can they maintain that? And can UAE come back strong? There will be a break tomorrow and then Afghanistan take on UAE on Monday. Join us for that game. On behalf of everyone at ESPNcricinfo, it's Sreshth Shah signing off.

10.50pm Time for the presentation ceremony.

Pakistan captain, Salman Agha: "It was a perfect batting game. First 15 overs with the bowling we were good, but the last five overs we need to work on. It's something we have been working on but yeah we need to get better. [On the middle order contributions] I have been saying that [Hasan Nawaz] is a generational talent and has a great future. He has to keep working on his game and keep improving. I think our death bowling is something we are working on and it's concerning. We need to be better in the next game, but overall we have been playing really well and this is how we want to continue playing."

UAE captain, Muhammad Waseem: "I would say it's a good game. I think we gave them 15-20 runs extra, otherwise I would say it was a good game. [On Asif Khan's knock] He has played so many innings like this, we were confident in him. We missed someone scoring 30-40 runs for us in the middle [to support him]. [On their bowling] I think we were doing well in the powerplay but then gave too many runs so we'll take lessons."

Saim Ayub, the MOTM: "It's good that different players are different matches. That's what we want. Actually, I don't like individual awards. They are pretty overrated. It's a team game and the team winning matters. It's about the execution, waiting for the bad balls and which lengths are easy to hit on according to the pitch. Working on my bowling with the coach and getting better at it. [On consistency] It's difficult. It's challenging. But if you keep your thought process, it helps you."

10.40pm Pakistan continue their perfect start to this tri-series with a commanding win over UAE. Asif Khan played a blinder to bring down the margin of defeat, but this was a comprehensive performance from Pakistan. Saim Ayub set up the platform with his 38-ball 69 before Hasan Nawaz also chipped in with a quick fifty. Mohammad Nawaz and Faheem Ashraf were the only other batters to go into double-figures but it was enough for Pakistan to cross 200. Then, Muhammad Waseem was run out and Hasan Ali bagged a wicket next ball in the sixth over as UAE lost their momentum and then some quick wickets took the game out of their reach, even despite Asif's late assault.

Ahmed : "I think the only negative from Pakistan's side was that they leak a lot of runs in death overs and just before death overs. They usually come in a good position and randomly leak runs."

19.6
0
Hasan Ali to Junaid Siddique, no run, Another slower ball, full and angled across the stumps. Junaid backs away and looks to whip it away but misses and Pakistan confirm their second win in two days
19.5
0
Hasan Ali to Junaid Siddique, no run, Full outside off, Junaid Siddique very early into the shot as he is beaten by the lack of pace there
19.4
W
Hasan Ali to Saghir Khan, OUT, Hasan Ali picking up some final-over wickets here. Goes full around off and Saghir Khan looks to go big down the ground, but can only go as far as long-on

Saghir Khan c Mohammad Nawaz b Hasan Ali 11 (18m 7b 1x4 1x6) SR: 157.14

19.3
1
Hasan Ali to Haider Ali, 1 run, Full and angled into Haider Ali, who looks to whip it leg side and gets a leading edge to deep third
19.2
W
Hasan Ali to Asif Khan, OUT, Asif's stunning knock comes to an end He walks off having played a blinder, even if it wasn't enough. This was a bouncer outside off and he went for the pull but got it off the top edge. And it's the bigger side and Farhan takes a good catch. Hasan gives Asif a pat for that innings as the UAE batter walks back

Asif Khan c Sahibzada Farhan b Hasan Ali 77 (49m 35b 6x4 6x6) SR: 220

19.1
4
Hasan Ali to Asif Khan, FOUR, Full outside off, Asif backs away and slashes hard to get it over short third! UAE may be out of the game but Asif is trying to bring down the deficit as much as possible

Of course, if Asif Khan can hammer six sixes, we are going to a Super Over... Hasan Ali to bowl

END OF OVER:
19 | 18 Runs | UAE: 171/6 (37 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.00, RRR: 37.00)

  • Saghir Khan11 (6b)
  • Asif Khan73 (33b)
  • Salman Mirza4-0-43-1
  • Sufiyan Muqeem4-0-44-0
18.6
0
Salman Mirza to Saghir Khan, no run, Full on off and Saghir misses out, meaning UAE mathematically are out of this unless Pakistan bowl extras
18.5
6
Salman Mirza to Saghir Khan, SIX, Swivelled and pulled for six! Saghir Khan's previous boundary was lucky, but there was no fortune involved here, pure skill. Waits on this short ball angled across and nails the shot over square leg
18.4
1
Salman Mirza to Asif Khan, 1 run, Low full toss outside off, drilled down the ground to long-off

AJ: "This brother Asif was picking the bones of the Bangladeshi bowlers, particularly the spinners, when the two sides met. A real enforcer in the middle that franchises can take note of."

18.3
0
Salman Mirza to Asif Khan, no run, Slower ball, full and angled across, Asif again wants to go downtown but mistimes his shot
18.2
6
Salman Mirza to Asif Khan, SIX, Hammered down the ground and it lands in front of the sight screen! Full and angled across him, he clears his front leg and uses those long levers to muscle it down the ground
18.1
4
Salman Mirza to Asif Khan, FOUR, Asif shows he's not just about the power but has finesse too! Goes across the stumps and scoops this full ball outside off over fine leg. Cheeky stuff
18.1
1w
Salman Mirza to Asif Khan, 1 wide, Goes wide and across him, Asif can't connect. But it's too wide

END OF OVER:
18 | 17 Runs | UAE: 153/6 (55 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.50, RRR: 27.50)

  • Saghir Khan5 (4b)
  • Asif Khan62 (29b)
  • Sufiyan Muqeem4-0-44-0
  • Salman Mirza3-0-25-1
17.6
0
Sufiyan Muqeem to Saghir Khan, no run, Dropped short and angled across him, looks to slap it away on the off side and can only get it to cover on the bounce off the bottom half of the bat
17.5
1
Sufiyan Muqeem to Asif Khan, 1 run, Short again, Asif again looks to slap it away on the off side but miscues it to long-off on the bounce
17.4
4
Sufiyan Muqeem to Asif Khan, FOUR, Another boundary for Asif as Muqeem misses his length again. Too short and it's slapped over cover with authority
17.3
0
Sufiyan Muqeem to Asif Khan, no run, Tossed full around off, squeezed out through cover
17.2
6
Sufiyan Muqeem to Asif Khan, SIX, Another huge hit! This is out of the ground too! This time Muqeem drags it down and he rocks back and finds the same road outside the stadium! Muscled over deep midwicket!

Umpires pick out a new ball and throw it to Sufyan Muqeem

17.1
6
Sufiyan Muqeem to Asif Khan, SIX, Asif brings up his fifty in fantastic style! He's hit this out of the park! Makes great connection with this slot ball and sends it flying over midwicket and out of the stadium

Muqeem to bowl out

END OF OVER:
17 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | UAE: 136/6 (72 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.00, RRR: 24.00)

  • Saghir Khan5 (3b)
  • Asif Khan45 (24b)
  • Salman Mirza3-0-25-1
  • Sufiyan Muqeem3-0-27-0
16.6
0
Salman Mirza to Saghir Khan, no run, Nails the yorker outside off and Saghir can't connect with an attempted swipe across the line
16.5
4
Salman Mirza to Saghir Khan, FOUR, Skies it but manages to clear the infield. Salman Agha looks to have put in a good effort to stop the boundary. On a length on leg, he looks to hammer it down the leg side but it takes a top edge and flies over mid-off instead. Agha ran back to try and stop the ball and it looks like he may have touched the rope while pulling the ball back. And it's given four
16.4
1
Salman Mirza to Asif Khan, 1 run, Looks for the wide yorker, and it ends up as a full toss that Asif is only able to squeeze away through point
16.3
1
Salman Mirza to Saghir Khan, 1 run, Mirza starts with a wide yorker and Saghir starts off looking to slash it away hard and it flies to backward point

Saghir Khan the new batter

16.2
W
Salman Mirza to Parashar, OUT, Great catch behind the stumps! Full and wide, angled across Parashar who looked to muscle it away on the off side but manages just a thick outside edge and Haris dives and takes a one-handed grab high to his right

D Parashar c †Mohammad Haris b Salman Mirza 15 (24m 19b 0x4 1x6) SR: 78.94

16.2
1w
Salman Mirza to Parashar, 1 wide, Goes for the wide yorker but overcooks it. He'll have to bowl that again

U.A.E. 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st39Muhammad WaseemMuhammad Zohaib
2nd15Muhammad WaseemEC D'Souza
3rd0A SharafuEC D'Souza
4th14A SharafuR Chopra
5th8Asif KhanR Chopra
6th54Asif KhanD Parashar
7th45Asif KhanSaghir Khan
8th1Haider AliSaghir Khan
9th0Haider AliJunaid Siddique

United Arab Emirates T20I Tri-Series

TeamMWLPTNRR
PAK32140.867
AFG32140.283
UAE2020-1.725