Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

Asif Khan
Asif Khan
77(35) 6x4 - 6x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 21 runs
  • 0x4 - 3x6
7 4 0 9 13 8 1 35
Saim Ayub
Saim Ayub
69(38) 7x4 - 4x6
Control %73%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 13 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
7 8 10 13 9 7 2 13

Best performances - Bowlers

Saghir Khan
O4
M0
R44
W3
Eco11
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
Hasan Ali
Hasan Ali
O4
M0
R47
W3
Eco11.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Commentator: Sreshth Shah

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

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