- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.3 Would you believe it? Hong Kong have got rid of Butt for a duck. After bringing two deliveries in to the batsman, Haider took this one away and Salman stretched across to cover drive but edged it behind. The fielders are over joyed and why not. 0/111.4 Wicket no 2. Malik goes. Malik went back and across to cut a short of length delivery low to left of backward point where it's held smartly. Fab catch that. He had to go low to his left and lunge forward as well. 67/221.6 Nadeem has another wicket. What a game he is having. Despite being slog swept and paddled for boundaries he kept bowling slow and has been rewarded. He sucked Younis Khan down the track with a flighted delivery before turning it past him and leaving him stranded 135/419.2 Yousuf is gone. Big wicket for the left-arm spinner Nadeem. Flighted delivery outside the off stump and Yousuf top edged the sweep shot to backward square leg 121/323.2 Watch out for that man Nadeem. Does Misbah in by an arm-ball. Misbah's bat came outside the line, playing for the turn but the ball went on straight. Plumb. 140/525.4 What a day Nadeem has had. He must be thinking this ODI cricket is too easy. Afridi in the bag now. He flighted it on the middle and leg stump, slow and dipping, Afridi didn't quite lean forward and checked his drive as the ball dipped rapidly on him and couldn't keep it down. Nadeem swooped low to his right-ankle height to pouch it. 150/629.2 A run out now. What a strange day this has been for Pakistan. Nothing has gone right,. It was pushed to midwicket, yes... no ..yes no and gone. Sarfraz couldn't get back in time to beat the throw at the non-striker's end from Butt. 161/746.2 full and on the off stump, driven straight to long-off. But it has been a very good knock from Sohail Tanvir. He stitched together a 100-run partnership with Fawad Alam to get Pakistan out of the hole. 261/849.2 moves outside leg stump and digs out a low full toss, an attempted yorker, to long-on where a tumbling catch is held 283/9Extras12 (lb 2, w 10)TOTAL288/9 (50 Overs, RR: 5.76)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Salman Butt, 0.3 ov), 2-67 (Shoaib Malik, 11.4 ov), 3-121 (Mohammad Yousuf, 19.2 ov), 4-135 (Younis Khan, 21.6 ov), 5-140 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 23.2 ov), 6-150 (Shahid Afridi, 25.4 ov), 7-161 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 29.2 ov), 8-261 (Sohail Tanvir, 46.2 ov), 9-283 (Umar Gul, 49.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Afzaal Haider 7 0 51 1 7.28 22 8 0 3 0 Irfan Ahmed 10 0 59 2 5.9 32 7 0 1 0 Zain Abbas 6 0 56 1 9.33 14 7 0 2 0 Nadeem Ahmed 9 1 51 4 5.66 29 5 1 0 0 Najeeb Amar 10 0 35 0 3.5 31 1 0 0 0 Munir Dar 8 1 34 0 4.25 25 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR29.2 loopy spinning delivery from middle and leg, Tabarak misses a sweep and is hit on the pad in front of middle 102/67.4 banged in short, just outside leg and he top-edged the pull shot straight to fine leg 28/18.1 Strikes the timber first ball. It came in from short of length towards the middle and off stump line and went through the defenses. The bat came down in an angle, he was squared up as well and that combo usually doesn't work out well. 28/212.3 The middle stump has been pegged back. Another nip backer and he doesn't get behind the line, neither does he bring the bat in line in time. Crash. 45/49.2 yorked him! It crashes into the base of the middle stump. He tried to bring the bat down but couldn't close the gate in time. 32/327.5 tossed outside off stump, scooped hard and it bounds off Younis Khan at silly point and over covers. Younis must be hurt there as it ricocheted of his head. he was not wearing a helmet. 92/521.2 timber! He bowls the flighted legbreak on line with the offstump, Atkinson fails to read the flight and plays all around it as the ball straightens and pegs the offstump back 76/533.5 Munir Dar is run out. He had nudged close on the leg side and kept running. No response from Amar, though. Meanwhile, Sarfraz rushes across, picks the ball and gets back to break the stumps. Munir was livid with his partner 126/736.6 it lands full on the middle stump, the batsman doesn't connect with the sweep shot and is struck in front 133/837.2 Nadeem Ahmed swings a flighted delivery on the legs to deep midwicket. And it's all over. Abbas won't come out to bat and the game is done. 133/9Extras16 (b 1, lb 2, w 13)TOTAL133 all out (37.2 Overs, RR: 3.56)Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Skhawat Ali, 7.4 ov), 2-28 (Irfan Ahmed, 8.1 ov), 3-32 (Courtney Kruger, 9.2 ov), 4-45 (Hussain Butt, 12.3 ov), 5-76 (Jamie Atkinson, 21.2 ov), 5-92* (Zain Abbas, retired not out ), 6-102 (Tabarak Dar, 29.2 ov), 7-126 (Munir Dar, 33.5 ov), 8-133 (Najeeb Amar, 36.6 ov), 9-133 (Nadeem Ahmed, 37.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Umar Gul 6 1 19 0 3.16 27 3 0 0 0 Sohail Tanvir 6 1 20 2 3.33 29 2 0 5 0 Iftikhar Anjum 6 1 18 2 3 26 2 0 1 0 Shahid Afridi 8 0 31 2 3.87 29 2 0 3 0 Shoaib Malik 8 0 31 0 3.87 30 3 0 1 0 Fawad Alam 2.2 0 8 1 3.42 10 1 0 1 0 Younis Khan 1 0 3 1 3 4 0 0 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Pakistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
16.00 start, First Session 16.00-19.30 Interval 19.30-20.15, Second Session 20.15-23.45
Match days
24 June 2008 - night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Pakistan 2, Hong Kong 0
Match Notes
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 8.6 overs (57 balls), Extras 4
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (Shoaib Malik 22, Younis Khan 25, Ex 4)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 14.4 overs (91 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: Pakistan - 101/2 in 15.0 overs (Younis Khan 46, Mohammad Yousuf 16)
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Younis Khan: 50 off 51 balls (7 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (Younis Khan 25, Mohammad Yousuf 27, Ex 0)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 25.3 overs (156 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: Pakistan - 161/7 in 29.2 overs (Fawad Alam 14)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 38.5 overs (236 balls), Extras 4
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls (Fawad Alam 18, Sohail Tanvir 33, Ex 0)
- Sohail Tanvir: 50 off 50 balls (5 x 4)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 45.3 overs (277 balls), Extras 6
- 8th Wicket: 100 runs in 103 balls (Fawad Alam 34, Sohail Tanvir 59, Ex 7)
- Fawad Alam: 50 off 70 balls (2 x 4)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 288/9 in 50.0 overs (Fawad Alam 63, Iftikhar Anjum 3)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Drinks: Hong Kong - 45/3 in 12.0 overs (KH Butt 4, Zain Abbas 9)
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Hong Kong: 50 runs in 16.1 overs (103 balls), Extras 10
- Tabarak Dar retired hurt on 15* from 27/0 (6.6 ov) to 76/5 (21.6 ov)
- Zain Abbas retired hurt at 92/5 (26, 27.5 overs)
- Hong Kong: 100 runs in 28.6 overs (184 balls), Extras 14
- Drinks: Hong Kong - 102/6 in 29.2 overs (Munir Dar 8)
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