2.2 goes straight up, and Gurbaz bites the dust! Ayush is pumped, and Hong Kong are on the board! Hard length outside off and this seems to just move away slightly. A bit of hold in the surface too and Gurbaz, having hared down the track, swishes at it wildly. The ball skews up and Nizakat, running back from mid off, makes no mistake. Gurbaz's torrid recent run in the UAE continues! 25/1

3.2 nicked and gone! And Zadran does not review! Back of a length outside off. Zadran goes chasing after it away from his body and gets a feather. Zeeshan gobbles up the chance standing up to the stumps and that is a terrific catch. Afghanistan lose their second and Hong Kong, all of a sudden, are turning the screw! 26/2

10.1 holes out to long off, and the drinks break works a charm for Hong Kong! Darted across on a length outside off. Nabi sits deep in his crease and wants to smash this into next week. Cuts across it a little too much, though, and that brings Nizakat into play. He runs in off the fence and completes the catch in front of his face. Vital wicket for Hong Kong! 77/3

12.6 miscued a mile into the air, and taken! Kinchit has two! Takes all the pace off and dangles this on a length just outside off. Naib, like Nabi earlier in the evening, tries to smash the cover off the ball and makes a hash of it. Only gets height and Murtaza, settling under it in the short extra cover region, does the rest! 95/4

18.5 goes high into the night sky, and into long on's palms! Slower ball on a length outside off. Omarzai continues swinging because, well, why not. This time, though, he is too early into the stroke and the ball balloons off the toe-end. Aizaz runs in off the fence and snares the chance, much to Ayush's delight. Top knock by Omarzai, though, and his knock, in all probabilty, will take Afghanistan past 180! 177/5

19.4 Janat falls trying to up the ante! This is fired in full. Seems like a slot ball just outside off but Janat cannot get under it enough. Off the bottom part of the bat and Nizakat, stationed at long on, makes no mistake. Ehsan is on the board finally, and this has been a good over so far! 184/6

1.6 soft, soft dismissal! Full on middle and leg, and Omarzai gets this to curve away very late. By then, though, Zeeshan is looking to work to leg and gets a tame leading edge. The ball pops up towards mid on, where Nabi, running around to his left, snaffles up the chance. Hong Kong under early strife! 12/2

0.2 edged and gone! Rath bags a golden duck, and this is just the start Farooqi would have wanted! Back of a length outside off and this seems to shape away late. Rath goes feeling for it without any constructive footwork and feathers it through to Gurbaz. Rath, though, is not sure he has nicked this and walks down puzzled towards his partner. Does not opt for the review ultimately, and Afghanistan have made early inroads. Oh wow - replays show that there was an enormous gap between bat and ball. Seemed like he wanted to review, but was either talked out of it or ran out of time! 1/1

12.5 holes out to deep mid wicket, and Hayat's vigil comes to an end! Banged into the track just outside off and this seems to skip through. Climbs onto Hayat and he splices his pull, with the ball getting big on him. He picks out Atal to perfection and Naib, who was in the middle of a tidy spell, has something tangible to show for it too! 63/6

2.2 oh, hello - what has happened here?! Full outside off. Hayat plants his front foot and stabs it towards mid off. Rashid then has a shy at the bowler's end and hits his mark. Nizakat made an attempt to slide his bat back, but was just a little too lackadaisical in doing so. The bat is on the line when the bails are dislodged, and this wicket has come out of the blue. Afghanistan did not seem very interested initially, and Nizakat looked confident, only for replays to spin a different story! 13/3

4.3 very sharp work by Omarzai, and Challu could be in trouble here! Targets the channel just outside off again on a fullish length. Challu stabs it back at the bowler and sets off for the single, hoping the ball would get past the bowler.. Omarzai, though, collects and then in one motion, hurls a throw at the batter's end. Hits the stumps and Challu, scrambling and sprawling, is caught out, with the bat over the line but in the air. Wow, another very close call, and Afghanistan, after a few minutes of sloppy fielding, pull off a moment of brilliance! 22/4

9.5 catch it is the cry, and that is exactly what Janat does! A much better outcome for the all-rounder than when he last tried to take a catch. This is on a length in and around off. Kinchit gets down on the sweep and makes a good connection. The only problem, though, is that he hits it too close to deep backward square leg, and Janat tracks the ball all the way to pouch it smartly to his right. Hong Kong five down now! 43/5

18.4 Naib begs for the decision, and the finger finally goes up! Murtaza reviews because, well, why not! Slower ball on a length on middle and off. Comes in further with the angle and Murtaza is too early into his swipe. Gets pinned on the back leg and the only thing that could save him here is the height. No bat involved, says UltraEdge. Ball Tracking comes up now and it returns with three reds, with the ball crashing into leg stump. Murtaza has to go! 91/8

16.2 shanked and taken! Given a bit of air on a fullish length on middle and leg. Holds in the surface slightly and that meddles with Aizaz's timing as he slogs across the line. The ball swirls towards long on. Nabi seems to run in too much initially but then adjusts to take the catch over his head. Hong Kong seven down! 78/7

19.2 has that carried?! Looks like it has! Hard length on leg stump. Sticks in the surface slightly and bounces up like a tennis ball. Ehsan cannot control it and bunts it uppishly towards the bowler, who stoops down low in his follow-through and snaffles it up inches off the turf! 93/9