Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    22.3 much fuller and angling into leg, as he looks to sweep but is hit on his front pad. And after a discussion, Afghanistan review after their leg-before appeal is turned down. This seemed to be the wrong 'un, landing on a full length on leg stump, and just about slightly turning away to strike him on his knee on middle and leg. Replays show there is no bottom edge as he looked to sweep. The ball goes below his bat, and ball tracking shows the ball hitting the top of leg stump. His team-mates mob Noor after watching the decision on the big screen, and a set Shafique departs 110/2
    10.1 First wicket for Afghanistan and it is pace that strikes for them. Banged in short on off, the first time that Imam attempts the pull but is in no position to do so. Miscues straight to midwicket where Naveen takes a simple catch 56/1
    41.5 swatted straight to extra cover! Just after he seemed to have quickened up, Babar falls to give Noor his third. The man at extra cover was standing on the edge of the circle, and took that with a reverse cup over his head. Noor bowled short and wide of off, inviting Babar to have a slash away from his body. He shifted his weight on to his back foot, and went hard, only to give the momentum back to Afghanistan 206/5
    24.4 one sweep too many! Rizwan looked to positive from the first few balls he faced, and falls playing his favourite shot. Noor strikes again, and his cleverness pays off: he bowls a wide length again - perhaps knowing that Rizwan has been after that sweep - and delivers this one from the back of his hand. Rizwan has to reach out to sweep that from wide outside off, and the ball ends up spooning to the man at short fine leg. Afghanistan pulling things back in the middle overs 120/3
    33.6 Miscued straight up and Rashid sprints across from long-on and takes a simple catch. Lovely bowling from Nabi. Gives the length ball generous flight outside off. Shakeel jumps down the track looking to chip the ball away towards midwicket. Instead, gets a top edge that balloons straight up and Rashid was all over it. Catches the ball and flings it away in disgust. 163/4
    49.6 finds the man at long-on! He looked to have a swing, but mistimed this one. The ball was short and wide of off, and so Shadab didn't really end up placing that one where he would have liked. The ball ended up travelling down the pitch - perhaps also because of the slowness of the surface - as Naveen got another wicket in the over 282/7
    49.2 taken at deep extra cover! Ifthikar's party ends, but it did spoil Afghanistan's afternoon. He looked to loft this inside out, seeing that the ball was on a length, and wide of off. He got the elevation - and the ball travelled quickly too - but went right into the lap of the fielder on the boundary to finish a solid cameo 279/6
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    Extras
    17 (lb 4, nb 1, w 12)
    TOTAL
    282/7 (50 Overs, RR: 5.64)
    Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Imam-ul-Haq, 10.1 ov), 2-110 (Abdullah Shafique, 22.3 ov), 3-120 (Mohammad Rizwan, 24.4 ov), 4-163 (Saud Shakeel, 33.6 ov), 5-206 (Babar Azam, 41.5 ov), 6-279 (Iftikhar Ahmed, 49.2 ov), 7-282 (Shadab Khan, 49.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Naveen-ul-Haq705227.42224330
    Mujeeb Ur Rahman805506.87205200
    Mohammad Nabi1003113.10372000
    Azmatullah Omarzai5050110.0094230
    Rashid Khan1004104.10301100
    Noor Ahmad1004934.90271141

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-18.00, Second Session 18.00-21.30

Match days

23 October 2023 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Afghanistan 2, Pakistan 0

Match Notes

Afghanistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st130Ibrahim ZadranRahmanullah Gurbaz
2nd60Rahmat ShahIbrahim Zadran
3rd96Hashmatullah ShahidiRahmat Shah