Afghanistan’s male spinners restricted Pakistan to 141-8 in the Twenty20 International Crick Tri-Series final at Sharjah on Sunday.
Captain Salman Ali Agha had chosen to hit first after winning the raffle and the green shirts had a change since their last match against Afghanistan on Tuesday, with Spinner Ahmed Ahmed playing instead of the pacemaker Haris Rauf.
Pakistan suffered an early blow when they lost the first Sahebzada Farhan game against a Fazalhaq Farooqi’s unclean who made a disaster of his stumps.
Fazalhaq, along with the left arm spinner Noor Ahmad, continued his good shape with the ball against the green shirts when the Rashid Khan pattern grabbed three wickets.
Fakhar Zaman hit the first maximum of the Muhammad Nabi bowling match when he danced for the Wickt and deposited the ball in the stands.
Pakistan was 41-1 at the end of the power game, with Afghan bowling players following scoring under control.
The Saim Ayub opener was the next Wickt for green shirts, since it produced a length delivery of Spinner Noor Ahmed, which resulted in a regulatory capture for the Afghan pattern Rashid Khan in the roofs.
Fakhar did not last long after that, taking out his leg before the wickt to a more straight delivery of rashid in the next.
In the middle of the tickets, the green team achieved 61-3 while the Afghan yarn continued causing problems.
The batter Hasan Nawaz tried to increase the impulse, but came up to a aerial shot of Rashid, being fired trying too many after hitting a six before in the end.
Muhammad Haris was next time, since his problems against the turn continued in the series. Noor defeated it, everything ends while trying an aerial shot in a flying delivery.
Tickets serpent until Nawaz hit six from the newcomer Am Ghazanfar in 15 to recover some impulse.
Captain Salman hit two six of Rashid in 17 before the best top-edges to a short third man, being fired for 24 of 27 balls.
Faheem Ashraf and Nawaz reached a couple of limits before being fired when Pakistani tickets ended in 141-8 at the end of 20 overs.
Pakistan had assured his place in the final of T20 Tri-Series for a second victory of 31 races over the United Arab Emirates, while Afghanistan defeated the EAU in an end closed by 4 races on Friday.
In the tournament that is played as a warm -up before the Asia Cup, which begins on September 9, both teams have faced twice in the period before the final, and both have won one meeting each.
Pakistan beat Afghanistan thoroughly for 39 races in the first game in the series, while Afghanistan won the last match on Wednesday by 18 races.
Teams:
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Ali Agha (Captain), Hasan Nawaz, Muhammad Haris (Wickt-Keepper), Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Abar Ahmed and Muhammad Nawaz.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Karim Janat, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan (C), Mohammad Nabi, Am Ghazar, Noor Ahmad and Fazalhaq Farooqi.
