04/09Result
5th Match (N), United Arab Emirates T20I Tri-Series at Sharjah, Sep 4 2025
Pakistan won by 31 runs
Player of the Match
Abrar Ahmed
Abrar AhmedPakistan
04/09Result
5th Match (N), United Arab Emirates T20I Tri-Series at Sharjah, Sep 4 2025
Pakistan won by 31 runs
Player of the Match
Abrar Ahmed
Abrar AhmedPakistan

END OF OVER:
20 | 22 Runs | PAK: 171/5 | RR: 8.55

  • Fakhar Zaman77 (44b)
  • Mohammad Nawaz37 (27b)
  • Muhammad Jawadullah3-0-38-0
  • Junaid Siddique4-0-52-1

Excellent recovery from Pakistan as Fakhar Zaman rose to the occasion and played a very sensible knock. He found the perfect foil in Mohammad Nawaz, who hung around and provided the much-needed impetus to the innings. UAE will rue their fielding lapses and losing their way in the last five overs. They had Pakistan on the hook for most of the innings but the visitors navigated their way through choppy waters to post a defendable total. Haider Ali was phenomenal today as were Muhammad Rohid and Dhruv Parashar but the bowlers were let down by sloppy fielding. Also, too many full-tosses and loose bowling at death tilted the balance of the game in Pakistan's favor. But as we all know, in this format, anything can happen. We'll be back with UAE's reply shortly. Stay tuned!

Mamoon: "Two simple catches and the score could have been 135 i/o 170, that's what really differentiates big teams vs emerging teams, and is something Pakistan will always be tested against when playing against bigger opponents even if they win this match or pump their chest that we scored 170...."

Bilal: "Not sure how to feel about this performance. It was great individual brilliance from Fakhar and Nawaz in an otherwise subpar batting performance against an associate side. Still a lot of work for the "intent" era."

Anjan: "42 runs of the last two overs. Talk about the acceleration!"

Khurram lal : "Definitely experience matters, UAE lost the plot through sloppy fielding and a bit of inexperience. "

Muzammil Shaikh: "Zeeshan Pakistan has scored 180+ 7 times in their last 18 t20 Internationals without RizBa AR compared to 38 matches for the same achievement when RizBabar were part of the t20 squad. They have been faltering along though but given confidence and proper backing like RizBabar were given there are good chances this team of youngsters will flourish"

19.6
4
Muhammad Jawadullah to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR, Five fours in a row! In the slot for Fakhar and he doesn't miss out. Shake of the head from Jawadullah who has been taken to the cleaners. Goes fuller and offers little bit of breathing space outside off, he larrups it up and over cover for a scintillating boundary
19.5
4
Muhammad Jawadullah to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR, nothing much wrong with the delivery but fortune continues to favor Pakistan. Back of a length and shapes back at fourth stump line, he goes hard at it and another outside edge races away to deep third's right. Margin of error is minimal at this stage!
19.4
4
Muhammad Jawadullah to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR, Full-toss outside off, he sashays across off and carts it over keeper's head for a four. Suddenly the score looks quite competitive! UAE losing the plot in the most important phase of the innings, too many loose deliveries
19.3
4
Muhammad Jawadullah to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR, throws the kitchen sink at it and fortune favors him! Fuller length outside off, thick outside edge floated above third man for a four, lucky to find the fence
19.2
4
Muhammad Jawadullah to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR, oh, that is too cute! Goes full on off, jockeys across off and plays a delightful scoop over the keeper's head for a four, what an innings, high impact! Deft touch brings another boundary
19.1
2
Muhammad Jawadullah to Fakhar Zaman, 2 runs, over the wicket, pitched up with some width, smokes it towards deep extra cover, brings the basher on strike

END OF OVER:
19 | 20 Runs | PAK: 149/5 | RR: 7.84

  • Mohammad Nawaz37 (27b)
  • Fakhar Zaman55 (38b)
  • Junaid Siddique4-0-52-1
  • Muhammad Jawadullah2-0-16-0
18.6
6
Junaid Siddique to Mohammad Nawaz, SIX, ends the over with a big exclamation mark! low and slow full-toss wide of off he munches it over deep cover for a six, just lands on the boundary rope. Turns out to be massive momentum shifting over. Pakistan bringing their experience to the fore and have got a decent total with six more balls left in the tank
18.5
4
Junaid Siddique to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR, lousy delivery sent duly to the rope, UAE throwing away all the good work in the last two overs. High full-toss almost hugging the tramline, he flashes and a thick outside edge beats third man as the ball gets acquainted with the rope
18.4
4
Junaid Siddique to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR, persists with the full length ploy and gets too predictable perhaps, he shuffles across and nails the ramp shot to perfection, into the gap at deep fine, lovely footwork, smart thinking! Playing a blinder
18.3
4
Junaid Siddique to Mohammad Nawaz, FOUR, lands it full and wide of off, biffs it out past extra cover for a four, excellent shot, got underneath it and used brute force in his wrists to manufacture a four
18.2
1
Junaid Siddique to Fakhar Zaman, 1 run, wide of the crease, high full-toss wide of off, gets behind and pulverizes it to long-off, fielder in the right position to prevent a four
18.1
1
Junaid Siddique to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, around the wicket, yorker outside off, pushed towards long-off and he sets off for a quick single

END OF OVER:
18 | 11 Runs | PAK: 129/5 | RR: 7.16

  • Fakhar Zaman54 (37b)
  • Mohammad Nawaz18 (22b)
  • Muhammad Jawadullah2-0-16-0
  • Junaid Siddique3-0-32-1

Aftab: "Pakistan cricket knows the art of cliff hanging!"

17.6
0
Muhammad Jawadullah to Fakhar Zaman, no run, thumped a terrific yorker slanting in at middle, he blocks it back to the bowler and he makes an acrobatic diving stop, closes the over well
17.5
1lb
Muhammad Jawadullah to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 leg bye, searing yorker angled into the toes, might have got something on it as the ball caroms over to short fine. UAE really need to work hard on their fielding
17.4
1lb
Muhammad Jawadullah to Fakhar Zaman, 1 leg bye, dishes out a full-toss and it hits him high on the right thigh, fails to put it away, will be admonishing himself, was a gimmie
17.3
4
Muhammad Jawadullah to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries! goes full and offers some room to break free, he slices it away past point and two fielders cannot work well in tandem near the rope
17.2
4
Muhammad Jawadullah to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR, Searching for the yorker, misses it by a fraction and Fakhar watches it very closely, tonking it cruelly at deep midwicket and another poor fielding effort in the deep spills a boundary, brings up his fifty, very important fifty

Zeeshan: "For all the talks of intent and catching up with modern cricket, Pakistan faltering as always and sum it up for all the critics of Babar era Yaad to aati hgi "

17.1
1
Muhammad Jawadullah to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, over the wicket, in the blockhole just outside off, digs it out to long-off.

END OF OVER:
17 | 10 Runs | PAK: 118/5 | RR: 6.94

  • Mohammad Nawaz17 (20b)
  • Fakhar Zaman46 (33b)
  • Junaid Siddique3-0-32-1
  • Haider Ali4-0-17-2
16.6
1
Junaid Siddique to Mohammad Nawaz, 1 run, spears in another wide yorker, belted away to deep third region, excellent bowling at death, kept them quiet
16.5
2
Junaid Siddique to Mohammad Nawaz, 2 runs, around the wicket, rams in a wide yorker and he slams it away to deep cover-point, scampers back for a brace
16.4
0
Junaid Siddique to Mohammad Nawaz, no run, rams the yorker wide of off, he gets down to spank it away and is unable to connect
16.3
0
Junaid Siddique to Mohammad Nawaz, no run, oh, that's a seriously good yorker tailing into the toes, somehow keeps it out to short cover!

U.A.E. 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st41A SharafuMuhammad Waseem
2nd31A SharafuEC D'Souza
3rd12Asif KhanA Sharafu
4th0A SharafuR Chopra
5th18A SharafuH Kaushik
6th11A SharafuD Parashar
7th19Haider AliD Parashar
8th8Junaid SiddiqueD Parashar