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WICKET! Shadab run out 11
Rashid starts with a dot before Imad works one. Shadab comes forward to a full one and edges four! Shadab works into the leg side now. It's an easy one...but they push two and the throw is good again! Alikhil whips off the bails and the third umpire confirms that Shadab is short of his ground. Yet. Another. Twist. The new man, Wahab, has come out wearing a cap. He's batting with a fractured finger, too. What a chaotic finish. FOW: 206/7
OVER 46: PAK 200/6 (Imad Wasim 41* Shadab 6*) chasing 228
Gulbadin stays on and he blinks first, sending down a full toss that is swept for four by Imad. The next ball is spooned in the air...and Asghar makes a meal of it. It drops to the turf. Two runs.
Imad drives strongly into the leg side for a couple more. This is the over they are targeting and Imad has some momentum. But he also has some cramp. The physio is out there to help him stretch out.
Eventually he is ready to face Gulbadin again, and picks up another boundary. It's streaky, edged between the 'keeper and third man - who is up in the ring.
Then another four! Gulbadin provides width and is cut hard. Sixteen from the over with a ball remaining! Now the equation comes down to 30 needed from 25 balls.
A leg side wide! Oh no. Gulbadin has cracked here. The last ball goes for a single to bring up Pakistan's 200.
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OVER 45: PAK 182/6 (Imad Wasim 23* Shadab 6*) chasing 228
Two precious, precious dots from Shinwari's leg spin. The first one was almost a caught and bowled opportunity. Make that three dots. Shadab cannot beat backward point. Four dots! Great work at short cover.
Shadab is on the back foot picking up one from the fifth ball of the over. Imad takes a single down to long off now. Five overs remaining. Still 46 runs to win.
OVER 44: PAK 180/6 (Imad Wasim 22* Shadab 5*) chasing 228
Imad is not reading Rashid out of the hand at all. He is waiting and playing from the pitch. Off the first ball he wafts at a googly and gets one.
Shadab soaks up a dot and then works a single to long on before Imad turns his wrists on a back-of-a-length delivery. Single.
Another googly brings a leg bye. Four runs from five balls..and that's a good finish from Pakistan. Imad pushes between long on and deep mid-wicket and the batsmen cross for a couple. The equation now: 48 runs needed off 35 balls.
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OVER 43: PAK 174/6 (Imad Wasim 18* Shadab 4*) chasing 228
Mujeeb begins his ninth and Imad goes to the reverse-sweep. He hits the fielder at short third man. No run.
One off the next ball, a full one that is whacked to long on. Shadab cannot get a quicker ball away but does get off strike with a shovel into the leg side. Then Imad late cuts for a couple. The over is completed with a nudged single. Five from it.
A mini-victory for Afghanistan, but Mujeeb only has one more.
OVER 42: PAK 168/6 (Imad Wasim 14* Shadab 3*) chasing 228
Skipper Gulbadin returns and does a nice job....for four balls. Those go for just three but then a tame full toss is bullied back down the ground for four by Imad.
A single makes it eight off the over, which will do nicely for Pakistan. Eight overs remaining, 59 to win.
OVER 41: PAK 161/6 (Imad Wasim 8* Shadab 1*) chasing 228
Heart in mouth stuff, now, and plenty of noise confusing things. It's bedlam. Pakistan's batsmen trade singles of Shinwari's leg spin before scurrying a couple out to the leg-side sweeper. Imad gets a looping leading edge into the off side off the final delivery but it falls safe.
OVER 40: PAK 157/6 (Imad Wasim 4* Shadab 0*) chasing 228
Mujeeb's eighth is testing and, amazingly given their earlier struggles, Afghanistan's fielders are supporting their bowler. Just a single to Imad from this one thanks to some athletic stops. Ten overs to go. And 71 runs required. Do you reckon England are watching from somewhere in Birmingham?
WICKET! Sarfaraz run out 18
A Rashid googly rears and beats Imad. Another wrong 'un then slides past the left-hander. Two more dots follow. Rashid releases pressure with a full toss but Imad can only push one...and then we have a run out appeal! We're up with the third umpire after Sarfaraz tried to push two...he's gone! Pakistan are six down!
It was an excellent throw from Najibullah on the rope and some tidy glovework from 'keeper Alikhil. That is also the end of the 39th over. FOW: 156/6
OVER 38: PAK 154/5 (Sarfaraz 17* Imad Wasim 3*) chasing 228
The seamer Gulbadin Naib comes back on. Tight bowling. The win predictor thing has Afghanistan 50-50 now! But Sarfaraz Ahmed spots a slower ball last ball of the over and whacks it away, a rare and priceless boundary for the Pakistan side comes from the skipper's bat. This one is set up for a thrilling finish - and here is Charlie Morgan to talk you through to the close after this drinks interval.
OVER 37: PAK 146/5 (Sarfaraz 11* Imad Wasim 1*) chasing 228
Poor umpiring again - this one would have been LBW for all money but sadly for the Afghans they have on reviews left. Rashid Khan to Imad Wasim, pitches lefg stump, he plays across the ball and is hit in front. That should have been out.
No runs off the bat in the over - two balls fizz and hurry down leg, each called a wide.
OVER 36: PAK 144/5 (Sarfaraz 11* Imad Wasim 1*) chasing 228
Mohammad Nabi completes an absolutely superb afternoon's work with the ball. Ten overs no maiden two for 23.
The Afghan team mob round him to say well done and he singles out Rashid Khan, giving him a good gee up as if to say "over to you pal, win us this match."
OVER 31: PAK 129/4 (Sohail 22* Sarfaraz 4*) chasing 228
Samiullah Shinwari. Sarfaraz Ahmed. Skipper has drilled a catch straight back at the bowler! And he has dropped it! Oh, Afghanistan! A huge moment. It was knee high, no such thing as an easy caught and bowled really, but that is certainly one you would want to be taking more often than not. Shame.
OVER 28: PAK 118/3 (Hafeez 17* Haris 17*) chasing 228
Gulbadin Naib to Haris Sohail. Cut for four. I would not bowl with that much width if I were you.
But last ball of the over, slanted across, Haris Sohail flicks at it and the umpire gives nothing for the caught behind. AFG have no reviews left - and woe be unto them! Because it looks like this did flick something on the way through.
OVER 27: PAK 113/3 (Hafeez 17* Haris 13*) chasing 228
Samiullah Shinwari to Haris Sohail. Sohail, one of the players this tournament who has really established himself as a major force, feasts on some width with a typically attractive cut for four. That came off a pie first ball, but the rests of the over is well bowled.
OVER 23: PAK 94/3 (Hafeez 8* Haris 4*) chasing 228
We are going to have an over from Shinwari with Afghanistan under-staffed due to Hassan's injury. He's a leg-spinner, and starts well. Hafeez pushes one back to him and then works one through the off-side off the back foot. That was slightly dangerous - we've seen plenty of deliveries skid on today.
Two dots to Haris follow before Pakistan's left-hander works one. Shinwari drops short on his final ball but gets away with it. Hafeez laps a pull to long on. Just one. Let Alan Tyers take you through the next hour or so.
OVER 19: PAK 84/3 (Hafeez 1* Haris 1*) chasing 228
Poor from Gulbadin at backward point. He allows Hafeez to pick up one after a leg bye from Rashid's first ball. Four dots follow, with a big appeal for lbw on the last.
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OVER 14: PAK 64/1 (Imam 36* Babar 28*) chasing 228
The wicket is still helpful for the spinners and Nabi beats Imam outside off. Nice take from wicket-keeper Alikhil. However, a strong, certain drive adds two the following ball. Four from the over with two earlier singles to either batsman.
Here comes Rashid.
OVER 13: PAK 60/1 (Imam 33* Babar 27*) chasing 228
A square drive brings a single to Babar before Imam adds another two into the leg-side. The sweeper is Rashid Khan, but he cannot release his throw quickly enough. Imam takes one to get Babar back on strike and another out-field mix-up - this time with Mujeeb fumbling - allows Pakistan to accumulate a further couple.
Six from Gulbadin's over.
OVER 12: PAK 54/1 (Imam 30* Babar 24*) chasing 228
There has been some hairy running and some ropey fielding inside the ring today. The latest installment sees Iman call through Babar after dropping the ball into the offside. Despite a yes-no dance, the batsmen make it.
A single Babar is the only other run from Nabi's first over.
OVER 11: PAK 52/1 (Imam 29* Babar 23*) chasing 228
Mujeeb stays on...and so nearly gets a reward. Imam picks up three off the first two balls, bringing up the 50 partnership in the process, but then Babar goes back and almost chips a return catch. It drops just short of the bowler.
Mohammad Nabi is going to have a twirl.
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OVER 8: PAK 42/1 (Imam 22* Babar 20*) chasing 228
Imam works to the leg side and Pakistan pick up two with a mis-field. Afghanistan don't need that...or this. Imam edges Gulbadin through the vacant slip cordon for four.
Consecutive boundaries! That is really sloppy at mid-on from Asghar. A check-drive went straight to him...then through him.
OVER 7: PAK 32/1 (Imam 12* Babar 20*)
Babar steps out and is struck on the pad outside off by Mujeeb. There is a big appeal and the verdict is not out...we have a review, though. And it's a bad one. Babar was a good way outside the line. Paul Wilson does not need to change his decision.
It is a maiden, though.
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OVER 4: PAK 26/1 (Imam 9* Babar 17*)
Hassan is on the spot but Babar plays with soft hands and picks up another four past second slip and down to third man. There is a play and miss outside off but then Babar flicks his third boundary through mid-wicket.
Hassan is struggling here. He finishes the over, Babar steering one towards third man, and limps off.
WICKET! Fakhar lbw b Mujeeb 0
Wow! Mujeeb pins Fakhar in front second ball - zipping one back into the left-hander - and umpire Paul Wilson pulls the trigger! There's a review from the batsman and a number of replays...with suggestion of an inside edge.
But it's out! The carrom ball from Mujeeb takes another victim. FOW: 0/1
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Pakistan need 228 to win
Afghanistan started strongly and could have been aiming at around 260 with a bit more proactivity and perhaps one more good partnership. But Pakistan kept picking up wickets.
Shaheen picked up 4-47 and there were two wickets each for Imad and Wahab.
So much will rest on how much pressure Afghanistan's trio of spinners - Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rehman and Mohammad Nabi - can build.
OVER 50: AFG 227/9 (Shinwari 19* Mujeeb 3*)
Mujeeb misses the first three before edging a boundary down to third man. He swings and misses at the fifth, too. Then it's total carnage!
Amir bowls a full toss that Mujeeb smears to long-on. Shinwari runs two and Pakistan go to the keeper's end because Mujeeb is stuck in treacle. Sarfaraz collects and tries to flick into the stumps. He misses. Mujeeb trips over Pakistan's skipper and goes flying.
It does not cost an extra run.
OVER 49: AFG 221/9 (Shinwari 19* Mujeeb 1*)
Wahab drifts wide and then hits a couple of yorkers. Mujeeb digs out the second one. And that's seriously poor batting.
Shinwari hits the last ball to the cover sweeper and does not run..he moans that the scoreboard was showing that there was still one ball remaining but that error is emblematic of how Afghanistan have fallen away this afternoon.
OVER 48: AFG 218/8 (Shinwari 18* Hassan 1*)
Useful start for Afghanistan. Shinwari attempts a wild club and picks up four with an under-edge that misses the stumps and goes for four. The batsman then cloths one to wide mid-wicket and wants two...but only gets one. That's poor from the new man Hassan, who misses one outside off next up.
He does get off strike next ball with a single, though. Shinwari misses another slower ball and then gets a sweep away for one. Wahab Riaz will take the penultimate over...
WICKET! Rashid c Fakhar b Shaheen 8
Khan comes down the track to Shaheen but is beaten outside off. He connects next ball, whirring a full delivery over extra cover and picking up a couple. That was a slower ball from Shaheen, and he follows it up with a bouncer that Khan ducks.
Another slower ball then completely flummoxes the batsman. Rashid can only chip to mid-off, and Fakhar gobbles up the chance. FOW: 210/8
OVER 46: AFG 208/7 (Shinwari 11* Rashid 6*)
Four dots from Amir to Khan, and then...wow. It's an MS Dhoni special. Khan drops deep into his crease, stepping across to off stump, and whips four! What is more, he stands still and grins cheekily at Amir.
There's a quick single to steal the strike next ball. Good stuff.
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OVER 45: AFG 203/7 (Shinwari 11* Rashid 1*)
Rashid Khan is next up and gets himself into a real mess first ball. He ducks into a short ball that skids on and skims the top off his neck on the way through to Sarfraz. There is a single to end the over, at least.
Thirty balls remaining. Amir will bowl 18 of them. He's back, to a chorus of cheers and horns.
WICKET! Najibullah b Shaheen 42
Shinwari works one and Najibullah evidently decides to take his chances. He swishes wildly at Shaheen's second ball before picking up an important four over point to take Afghanistan over 200.
But then he's gone. It's a drag-on, Najibullah carving at a wide, full ball and inside-edging back onto his stumps. FOW: 202/7
OVER 44: AFG 197/6 (Najibullah 38* Shinwari 10*)
Shadab steps up for the last of his 10-over allocation. Shinwari and Najibullah share five singles, including one attempted reverse-sweep from the former that comes off the back of his bat and somehow travels through mid-on.
Shadab finishes with figures of 10-0-44-1.
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OVER 43: AFG 192/6 (Najibullah 36* Shinwari 7*)
Shinwari is struggling a little out there and Shaheen pins him down with three dots before releasing the pressure slightly with a wide. Then there's a drop! Shinwari panned a slower ball straight back and Shaheen could not hold on.
Shinwari works the penultimate ball for one but Najibullah cannot keep the strike. Seven remain.
OVER 40: AFG 184/6 (Najibullah 33* Shinwari 3*)
Shadab is brought back by Sarfaraz and there is some real turn now. The leg-spinner rags one down the leg-side for a wide. Just two more singles from the over, though. Ten left. Sixty balls. A run a ball would be very useful.
Powerplay three starts, so five players can retreat outside the circle. Shaheen is coming back as well.
Oh dear...
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OVER 36: AFG 164/5 (Nabi 15* Najibullah 19*)
Nabi clips a quick single off the third ball of Imad's return over. Then a crisp, swivelling reverse-sweep from Najibullah picks up four. Lovely shot. Imad responds well, a quicker one yorking the batsman.
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OVER 35: AFG 159/5 (Nabi 14* Najibullah 15*)
Wahab is back and Nabi steers him for two before adding four leg byes to his side's total. That one brushed him on the pads on the way down the leg side and Sarfaraz is very annoyed after a dive to his left.
Seven from the over with another Nabi single. Fifteen overs - 90 balls - to go. Five wickets remaining. Imad has the ball in his hand.
OVER 34: AFG 152/5 (Nabi 11* Najibullah 15*)
What do Afghanistan need to give Pakistan a jittery time against their spinners? At least 230 would be my guess, although the wicket looks very dry.
That will help. Najibullah bangs his second four through the leg-side, waiting on some shape from Amir and powering the ball through straight mid-wicket.
OVER 32: AFG 142/5 (Nabi 9* Najibullah 9*)
The left-handed Najibullah dabs one to third man before Nabi takes a couple more sighters. He will give himself time to launch at the back end of this innings, you would have thought.
Najibullah seems to be seeing it well. He whacks one to mid-off later in the over.
OVER 31: AFG 140/5 (Nabi 8* Najibullah 8*)
Nabi pushes strongly for one and Afghanistan have their first boundary for a long while when Najibullah plays a short-arm pull off Shaheen. Wahab's effort on the boundary isn't particularly dynamic, which riles Sarfaraz.
At the end of the over Nabi plays and misses after getting back on strike.
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OVER 30: AFG 134/5 (Nabi 7* Najibullah 3*)
Some width from Amir and a front-foot slap for one from Najibullah, who slips on the turn. Nabi pushes a comfortable single and Najibullah drives for three in a row.
A powerful pull from Nabi follows. He looks pretty good out there. It's just a single, though. Two dots to Najibullah end Amir's comeback. He's gone for 14 off his five overs so far. Some player.
OVER 29: AFG 130/5 (Nabi 4* Najibullah 0*)
Soclose! Shaheen's first ball is a cutter that holds in the wicket and so nearly kisses Nabi's glvoes on the way through to Sarfaraz. A loud, long appeal is turned down by Nigel Llong.
Nabi cuts one and Shaheen concedes a wide with a bouncer. Then another down the leg side. Najibullah gets off the mark with a back-foot push to end the over. A roar around Headingley tells us that Amir is back.
WICKET! Alikhil c Hafeez b Imad 24
Good cricket from Nabi, who pushes and calls a single early. Alikhil then sweeps Imad out to deep-backward square.
Nabi cuts and Alikhil gets in a tangle attempting a scoop before a pretty tame attempt at going down-town. He's pouched by Hafeez about three metres in from the fence. FOW 125/5
OVER 26: AFG 122/4 (Alikhil 22* Nabi 1*)
Nabi gets away with a controlled cut for one. Alikhil continues to use his feet but misses this one. There's an appeal, a not out call and a review!
Alikhil was a long way down, which obviously doesn't matter any more. Ball-tracking saves him. It's umpire's call on height, so the teenager survives.
WICKET! Asghar b Shadab 42
Big wicket! Sarfaraz keeps the silly point there and Asghar swipes clumsily towards the leg-side. He's clean bowled, a flatter ball from Shadab just clipping the off peg.
Here comes Mohammad Nabi. Afghanistan need something significant from one of their elder statesmen. FOW: AFG 121/4
OVER 23: AFG 114/3 (Alikhil 18* Asghar 40*)
Imad is back, and is irritated when Alikhil picks up one to long-on past a diving Shadab. Asghar and Alikhil trade singles before a big turner squares up the former. Good over for Pakistan with just three from it. Something might just have to give fairly soon as we near the halfway point.
OVER 18: AFG 96/3 (Alikhil 12* Asghar 28*)
Sure enough, Asghar sashays down the wickets and blazes Shadab's second ball after drinks over the off-side for four. He then adds a single.
When Alikhil gets him back on strike, Asghar pans a second six! This one is slightly straighter than his first but in the same general direction - mid-wicketish. A scurried single ends the over. Good batting.
OVER 17: AFG 83/3 (Alikhil 11* Asghar 15*)
Wahab appears to be into his rhythm now. He beats Asghar outside off stump and picks up three further dots before Asghar's prod passes a diving Shadab at point. The batsmen cross for a single. Alikhil survives two short balls to end the over and take Afghanistan to drinks.
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OVER 14: AFG 71/3 (Alikhil 7* Asghar 10*)
A single from Alikhil brings Asghar on strike, who hoiks the first six of the match over mid-wicket! He then slices a top-edge from a sweep and gets lucky, picking up two over the top of short fine leg.
Nine from the over, and Sarfaraz is going to turn to Wahab Riaz.
OVER 13: AFG 62/3 (Alikhil 6* Asghar 2*)
Asghar Afghan is the new man and watches his partner face five balls from Hafeez. Alikhil is staying back, which is dangerous with Pakistan's spinners skidding the ball through.
He does pick up two and then a cut single, though. When the right-handed Asghar does take strike, he sweeps decisively for a couple.
WICKET! Rahmat c Babar b Imad 35
Imad continues, spearing down darts above the 60mph mark. There is a leading edge from Alikhil, who picks up a streaky single past point.
Rahmat scoops brilliantly for four...but is then sent packing! Imad drops his speed slightly and a leading edge pops up to Babar at cover. Another easy catch, another set-back for Afghanistan. FOW AFG 57/3
OVER 11: AFG 51/2 (Rahmat 30* Alikhil 2*)
Off-spinning 38 year-old Mohammad Hafeez joins the game and is milked for five simple singles all around the wicket. Alikhil drops the final ball into the off-side and Hafeez finishes with a dot.
Interesting to hear Wasim Akram on Sky Sports duty suggesting that 250 or 260 would represent a challenging total given the quality of Afghanistan's spinners.
OVER 10: AFG 46/2 (Rahmat 27* Alikhil 0*)
Three dots from Imad forces an iffy shot out of Rahmat. He comes down the wicket and chips down the long-on. He was beaten in the flight there and that was very close to a return catch. Alikhil, who has now faced 10 deliveries without getting off the mark, then comes forward and is beaten by one that skids on past his outside edge.
OVER 9: AFG 45/2 (Rahmat 26* Alikhil 0*)
Composed batting from Rahmat, who waits until Shaheen comes slightly straighter and works away a boundary off his hip. The bowler responds by coming around the wicket and Rahmat picks up another leg-side single.
The left-handed Alikhil, slightly starved of strike so far, is beaten outside off. Imad returns in place of Amir.
OVER 6: AFG 32/2 (Rahmat 13* Alikhil 0*)
Rahmat, who watched the carnage of that last over from the non-striker's end, drives Amir firmly and picks up one despite an athletic stop from Mohammad Hafeez.
Amir raps Alikhil on the pads and is given out by umpire Paul Wilson! The batsman reviews immediately and is reprieved. Big inside edge. Poor decision.
Just one from the over.
WICKET! Hashmatullah c Imad b Shaheen 0
First-baller! Hashmatullah Shahidi comes and goes. This one was drifting down the leg-side but the new man is early on the shot and can only lob a leading edge to Imad at mid-off, who takes one of the easiest catches this tournament will witness. After a good start, Afghanistan are tottering. FOW: AFG 27/2
WICKET! Gulbadin c Sarfaraz b Shaheen 15
A change of bowling for Pakistan sees Shaheen Afridi take the ball...and Gulbadin slaps him between cover and mid-off. He then picks up a couple after Shaheen shies at the stumps before another slapped off-side boundary. Imposing stuff from Gulbadin.
Huge appeal now, though...Shaheen thinks Gulbadin has nicked off to Sarfaraz. Umpire Nigel Llons says no and we go to a review.
Ultra Edge spots a little scratch from a wafting shot outside off-stump - Llong though the noise was bat on ground, I think - and Gulbadin has to go! FOW: AFG 27/1
OVER 4: AFG 17/0 (Rahmat 12* Gulbadin 5*)
Rahmat makes it two off-side boundaries in two balls for Afghanistan, driving Amir through the umbrella. Sky Sports are showing a predicted total of 260, which would set up a very interesting game.
Amir drops short now, and Rahmat is equal to it. He pulls nicely for four. just one bounce and over the rope/cushion. The boundaries are just over 60 metres square on both sides of this wicket. That is...inviting. Eight from Amir's second.
OVER 3: AFG 9/0 (Rahmat 4* Gulbadin 5*)
Patient batting from Gulbadin, and a sign of how trues this wicket is. Imad is full and accurate and the batsman hits mid-off a couple of times in the over.
On the final ball, though, Afghanistan's skipper opens the face slightly and gets a boundary to the right of cover.
OVER 1: AFG 5/0 (Rahmat 4* Gulbadin 1*)
Rahmat is off the mark second ball, using Imad's drift to punch to long-on. Gulbadin also gets away second ball, flicking to deep-backward square.
Rahmat picks up another couple through mid-wicket and finishes the over as he started it, by punching a single down the ground. He keeps the strike. Here comes Mohammad Amir.
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Teams
Pakistan
Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Haris Sohail, Sarfaraz Ahmed (captain and wicket-keeper), Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz, Shaheen Afridi
Afghanistan
Gulbadin Naib (captain), Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Ikram Alikhil (wicket-keeper), Rashid Khan, Hamid Hassan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Gulbadin Naib reckons there might be some turn later on that his spinners, chiefly Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, will be able to capitalise on. Sarfaraz Ahmed admits he would have batted first as well, but says Pakistan have plenty of momentum.
Last time out for Afghanistan
They were unfortunate to come up against the all-round brilliance of Shakib Al Hasan. Here is our report, from Isabelle Westbury.
Michael Vaughan speaks for England fans everywhere...
Good morning!
Hello and welcome to live text commentary of match 36 (THIRTY SIX) pf Cricket World Cup 2019, between Pakistan and Afghanistan at Headingley.
Thanks to a fine run chase against New Zealand, set up by a serene century from Babar Azam, Pakistan have hauled themselves right back into contention for a semi-final berth. In fact, they will leapfrog England with victory today.
Given they have endured three underwhelming defeats, that would be some achievement. Who said this round-robin format would be littered with dead rubbers by the end of June?
Afghanistan remain rooted to the foot of the table after seven straight defeats. However, a win today would provide a welcome boost.
Australia face New Zealand later on today at Lord’s, but this one holds the starkest implications for knockout qualification. England will be desperate for an Afghanistan victory.
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