Pakistan thrashed Afghanistan by three wickets in the Asia Cup’s Super-4 match, with Shoaib Malik takin them to victory in the last over with back-to-back boundaries.
Malik scored 51, not out, with Imam-ul-Haq chipping in with 80 and Babar Azam with 66.
Batting first, Afghanistan scored 257-6 with Hashmatullah Shahidi, finishing at a brilliantly-paced 118-ball 97 not out, and added 94 for the fourth wicket with his skipper Asghar Afghan, who smashed five sixes and two fours in his 56-ball 67.
But it was Shahidi who held one end against Pakistan’s bowling in an innings which featured seven boundaries after left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz (3-57) had put the brakes on Afghanistan’s early progress.
Pakistani fielders dropped four catches — three off debutant paceman Shaheen Shah Afridi who finished with 2-38.
Spinner Rashid Khan scored a fifty and took two wickets as Afghanistan maintained their winning run in the tournament.
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