Pakistan vs Afghanistan LIVE: ICC Cricket World Cup result and reaction as minnows earn surprising win
Pakistan’s up-and-down Cricket World Cup campaign continued today as they were beaten by Afghanistan in Chennai. Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bat first but his team failed to assert their dominance on the associate nation.
Afghanistan’s quartet of spin options restricted Pakistan to ones and twos while continuously taking wickets through the middle of the innings. Babar scored a fine 74 and some late innings hitting from Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed took the team to 282-7 at the halfway stage.
It seemed to be a challenging total but the Afghanistan batters made light work of it. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran put on 130 for the first wicket with both openers scoring over 50 before being dismissed. Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi then combined through the middle overs, taking advantage of loose bowling and poor fielding to guide the team over the line with an over to spare.
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Pakistan vs Afghanistan LIVE: ODI World Cup updates
Babar Azam won the toss and chose to bat first
Pakistan set target of 283 runs to win for Afghanistan
Afghanistan defeat Pakistan by eight wickets!
Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi
18:08 , Mike Jones
“Yes, this win tastes nice!
“The way we chased was very professional and the way we did that will help us going into our other games now.
“We are playing quality cricket. We have always had belief and at the start of the tournament I told my team I wanted to make it a historic one for our country and our people. We did that against England and now today against Pakistan.
“We are looking forward to playing positive cricket in our next games.
“Our bowling was very good, especially our spinners. We gave Noor a chance and trusted his talent. But with the bat, the way we started the innings gave us a lot of confidence and momentum.
“We had the game in our hands from the beginning until the end and the partnership between myself and Rahmat was also very good.”
Reaction from Ibrahim Zadran
18:00 , Mike Jones
Afghanistan’s Ibrahim Zadran was awarded the Player of the Match trophy and had this to say after guiding his team to their second win of the tournament:
“I wanted to go out with positive intent and with a positive mind.
“Me and Gurbaz have put on a lot of good partnerships together. We have played together since we were 16 so we always have good communication.
“The support from him at the other end was very important and gave the team good momentum. In this kind of event, this is so big for me. I am feeling very proud of myself and for my country.”
Reaction from Pakistan captain Babar Azam
17:54 , Mike Jones
”That really hurt us. We got a good total. Our bowling is not up to the mark.
“In World Cups you need all three departments firing and we haven’t done that. Afghanistan played very well but we gave them a lot of runs and it cost us.
“We stuck to our plan in the middle overs but we needed wickets and we couldn’t get them.
“We were backing ourselves to win today. But they played well in all three departments and we didn’t. We have got to put that right in our next match.
“We didn’t hit the right lengths, especially with our spinners. We would bowl a few dot balls and build pressure but then a bad ball would give them a boundary.”
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:30
Afghanistan win by 8 wickets
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:30
48.6
FOUR! Shaheen Afridi to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Full toss, off stump on the front foot Slog, well timed in the air under control past deep backward square leg for 4 runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:29
48.5
Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to mid on for 1 run, shy attempt by Azam, fielded by Khan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:28
48.4
Shaheen Afridi to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, outside off stump down the track driving, thick edge in the air uncontrolled to third man for 1 run, fielded by Ali.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:28
48.3
Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:27
48.2
Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:27
48.1
Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Rauf.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:25
47.6
Hasan Ali to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to point for no runs, fielded by Khan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:24
47.5
Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot glancing, to fine leg for 1 run.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:24
47.4
Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by ul-Haq.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:23
47.3
SIX! Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control over long off for 6 runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:22
47.2
Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump down the track Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to mid on for no runs, fielded by Rauf.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:22
47.1
Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to mid on for no runs, fielded by Rauf.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:21
46.6
Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to short extra cover for 1 run, run save by ul-Haq.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:20
46.5
Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep cover for 2 runs, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:19
46.4
FOUR! Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, thick edge past third man for 4 runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:18
46.3
Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:18
46.2
Shaheen Afridi to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Full toss, off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:17
46.1
Shaheen Afridi to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:16
45.6
Usama Mir to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, to leg on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by ul-Haq.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:15
45.5
Usama Mir to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner full toss, down leg side down the track Slog, mis-timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Afridi.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:14
45.4
Usama Mir to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:14
45.3
Usama Mir to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, to leg on the back foot cutting, to deep cover for 2 runs, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:13
45.3
Wide Usama Mir to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:13
45.2
FOUR! Usama Mir to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the back foot cutting, top edge past third man for 4 runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:12
45.1
Usama Mir to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner full toss, down leg side on the front foot working, to long on for 1 run.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:10
44.6
Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, thick edge to third man for 1 run, fielded by Rauf.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:09
44.5
Shaheen Afridi to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, mis-timed to mid on for 1 run.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:09
44.4
Shaheen Afridi to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:08
44.3
Shaheen Afridi to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to mid off for 2 runs, overthrow by Mir, fielded by Rizwan, fielded by Ahmed.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:07
44.2
Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to mid off for 1 run, shy attempt by Mir, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:06
44.1
Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:05
43.6
Haris Rauf to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot cutting, to deep backward point for 2 runs, run save by Mir.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:04
43.6
Wide Haris Rauf to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Short, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:03
43.4
APPEAL! Haris Rauf to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot glancing, hit pad for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan, appeal made for Caught.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:02
43.3
Haris Rauf to Rahmat Shah. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Mir.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:01
43.2
Haris Rauf to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
17:00
43.1
Haris Rauf to Rahmat Shah. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot glancing, Gloved to short fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:58
42.6
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep extra cover for 2 runs, fielded by Afridi.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:57
42.5
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, missed for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:57
42.4
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly back of a length, to leg on the back foot pulling, bottom edge to short leg for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:56
42.3
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Quicker length ball, middle stump on the front foot flick, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:55
42.1
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, middle stump on the front foot sweeping, in the air under control to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, run save by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:54
41.6
Usama Mir to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to mid off for no runs, fielded by ul-Haq.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:53
41.5
Usama Mir to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:53
41.4
Usama Mir to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to extra cover for no runs, fielded by ul-Haq.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:52
41.3
Usama Mir to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep cover for 2 runs, fielded by Shakeel.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:52
41.2
Usama Mir to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner length ball, to leg down the track Slog, mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Ahmed.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:51
41.1
Usama Mir to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, to short third man for 1 run, fielded by Afridi.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:49
40.6
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, down leg side down the track driving, to deep backward point for 2 runs, fielded by Shakeel.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:49
40.5
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, down leg side down the track working, back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:48
40.3
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the front foot working, back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:48
40.2
Shadab Khan to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:47
40.1
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to point for 1 run, fielded by Mir.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:46
39.6
Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep cover for 2 runs, run save by Shakeel.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:44
39.5
Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Azam.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:44
39.4
Shaheen Afridi to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot dropped, to short extra cover for 1 run.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:43
39.3
Shaheen Afridi to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Full toss, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep cover for 2 runs, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:42
39.2
Shaheen Afridi to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Shakeel.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:39
38.6
Haris Rauf to Rahmat Shah. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:39
38.5
Haris Rauf to Rahmat Shah. Reverse Swing-Out length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:38
38.4
Haris Rauf to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot glancing, to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Ali.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:37
38.3
Haris Rauf to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Shakeel.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:36
38.1
Haris Rauf to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to point for no runs, fielded by Khan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:35
37.6
Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Azam.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:34
37.5
SIX! Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Reverse Swing-In length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control over long on for 6 runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:33
37.4
Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Azam.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:32
37.2
Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by ul-Haq.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:32
37.1
Hasan Ali to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:29
36.6
Shadab Khan to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot sweeping, missed for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:29
36.5
FOUR! Shadab Khan to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, well timed in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:28
36.4
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, to leg on the back foot working, to leg gully for 1 run, fielded by Ali.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:27
36.2
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, to leg down the track working, hit pad to silly mid on for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:26
36.1
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:26
35.6
APPEAL! Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, hit pad to point for no runs, fielded by Khan, appeal made for L.B.W.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:24
35.5
Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, hit pad to gully for no runs, fielded by Khan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:23
35.4
Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to mid on for no runs, fielded by Azam.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:23
35.3
Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by ul-Haq.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:22
35.2
Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed to mid on for no runs, fielded by Azam.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:22
35.1
Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to mid on for no runs, fielded by Azam.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:21
34.6
Iftikhar Ahmed to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, thick edge to point for no runs, run save by Azam.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:20
34.5
Iftikhar Ahmed to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, inside edge to silly point for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:20
34.3
Iftikhar Ahmed to Rahmat Shah. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Khan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:19
34.2
Iftikhar Ahmed to Rahmat Shah. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to deep square leg for 2 runs, fielded by Rauf.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:18
34.1
Iftikhar Ahmed to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, mis-timed to mid on for 1 run, fielded by Afridi.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:17
33.6
Hasan Ali to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:17
33.5
Hasan Ali to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, to leg on the front foot driving, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by ul-Haq.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:16
33.4
Hasan Ali to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, to leg on the back foot defending, to point for no runs, fielded by Khan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:15
33.3
OUT! Caught. Hasan Ali to Ibrahim Zadran. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, outside edge, caught by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:14
33.2
Hasan Ali to Ibrahim Zadran. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to extra cover for no runs, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:13
33.1
Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to short extra cover for 1 run, shy attempt by ul-Haq, mis-fielded by Ahmed.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:12
32.6
Iftikhar Ahmed to Ibrahim Zadran. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:11
32.4
Iftikhar Ahmed to Ibrahim Zadran. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:11
32.2
Iftikhar Ahmed to Rahmat Shah. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Scoop, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to fine leg for 2 runs, fielded by Rauf.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:10
32.1
Iftikhar Ahmed to Rahmat Shah. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by ul-Haq.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:09
31.6
Hasan Ali to Ibrahim Zadran. Length ball, outside off stump down the track working, hit pad to silly point for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
16:08
31.5
Hasan Ali to Ibrahim Zadran. Reverse Swing-In length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
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