Pakistan beat United Arab Emirates by 31 runs in the Tri-Nation T20I Series at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
Chasing a challenging 208-run target for victory, UAE reached 176/8 in the allocated 20 overs.
Saim Ayub and Hasan Nawaz’s half centuries lift Pakistan to register second win in T20 tri-series. They powered to a total of 207. Opener Saim Ayub smashed a 38-ball 69. His total includes four sixes, seven fours. Hasan scroed 56 off 26-ball. Pakistan lost Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, and skipper Salman Agha at early stages, leaving Saim and Hasan to rescue the team. Spinner Haider Ali added a hat-trick of sixes. Faheem Ashraf contributed 16 before run out. Pakistan piled up 64 in last five overs.
Pakistan Innings:
Sahibzada Farhan 8, Fakhar 6, Salman Agha 5, Saim 69, Nawaz 25, Haris 1, Hasan Nawaz 56, Hasan Ali 9, Faheem 16, Salman Mirza 3, Sufiyan Muqeem 0 Not Out. Extras 9
Junaid 4––49–3, Parashar 4–34–0, Haider 4–32–2, Jawadullah 4–44–0, Saghir 4–44–3.
UAE Innings:
UAE fell short at 176-8 in 20 overs, despite a brilliant 77 off 35 balls by Asif Khan. He got dismissed in final over. Skipper Muhammad Waseem hit 18-ball 33 before run out in 6th over.
Waseem 33, M. Zohaib 13, E. D’Souza 3, A. Sharafu 3, R. Chopra 11, Asif Khan 77, D. Parashar 15, Saghir Khan 11, Haider Ali 1 Not Out, Junaid Siddique Not Out.
Salman Mirza 4–43–1, Hasan Ali 4–47–3, Muhmmad Nawaz 4–21–2, Saim 2–6–1, Faheem 2–15–0, Sufiyan 4–44–0.
Earlier, Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha has won the toss and elected to bat first against the United Arab Emirates in the second T20I of the Tri-Nation Series at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
Pakistan Playing XI: 1 Sahibzada Farhan, 2 Saim Ayub, 3 Fakhar Zaman, 4 Salman Agha (capt), 5 Hasan Nawaz, 6 Mohammad Nawaz, 7 Mohammad Haris (wk), 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Hasan Ali, 10 Salman Mirza, 11 Sufiyan Muqeem
United Arab Emirates Playing XI: 1 Muhammad Zohaib, 2 Muhammad Waseem (capt), 3 Asif Khan, 4 Alishan Sharafu, 5 Rahul Chopra (wk), 6 Ethan DSouza, 7 Dhruv Parashar, 8 Saghir Khan, 9 Haider Ali, 10 Junaid Siddique, 11 Muhammad Jawadullah
In the Tri-Nation Series opener, Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 39 runs to secure valuable two points. Opting to bat first, Pakistan scored 182/7 in the allocated 20 overs to set a challenging 183-run target. In reply, Afghanistan were bundled out for 143 on the penultimate ball of the match.
