Summary

Live Reporting

by Ffion Wynne & Stephan Shemilt

  1. Pak 159-7

    Well bowled. Full, fast and on the toes and Shaheen can only manage a single.

    After a pretty hectic innings, Pakistan set the USA 160 to win.

  2. Ryan ten Doeschate
    Former Netherlands all-rounder on BBC Sounds

    I was really hoping he'd go short again. He's gone full, missed it and Shaheen has put it over the sightscreen.

  3. 6 runs

    Pak 158-7

    Shaheen goes again! High, straight and all the way for six more to spoil Ali Khan's final over.

    Haris Rauf loves that. From the non-striker's end, he whacks his bat in appreciation with a huge grin on his face.

    One ball to come.

  4. Pak 150-7

    Very good start from Ali Khan.

    One run from the first three balls.

  5. Ryan ten Doeschate
    Former Netherlands all-rounder on BBC Sounds

    That was up in the air for a long time. You felt someone should get there.

  6. Pak 149-7

    How bizarre.

    Shaheen Afridi skies one that is in the air for an eternity but somehow, nobody gets anywhere near it and it plugs safely.

    But Pakistan inch towards the 150 mark and with a big last over here, they'll be in a solid position despite the relative calamity of the innings.

  7. Ryan ten Doeschate
    Former Netherlands all-rounder on BBC Sounds

    Going for the yorker, but it's a stump-high full toss. If you'd want to receive a delivery in the 19th over, that would be it.

  8. 6 runs

    Pak 146-7

    Yeah, don't bowl there.

    Shaheen gets another full toss and launches it into the stands. That was big.

  9. Ryan ten Doeschate
    Former Netherlands all-rounder on BBC Sounds

    That's a big wicket. What a start to the 19th over.

  10. wicket

    WICKET

    Iftikhar lbw b Netravalkar 18 (Pak 139-7)

    Huge breakthrough!

    Iftikhar Ahmed is fuming, slamming his bat into his pads as he misses a low full toss and is pinned in front.

    Pakistan have a long tail and it could be exposed here as Haris Rauf joins Shaheen Afridi in the middle.

  11. Nope, looks like a gap between bat and pad.

    Interesting...

  12. Ryan ten Doeschate
    Former Netherlands all-rounder on BBC Sounds

    I thought there was bat on that.

  13. Pakistan review

    Or not! He's given lbw after missing a full toss, but reviews straight away.

    Bat?

  14. Pak 139-6

    Good recovery from Ali Khan. Just two more runs from the over as Shaheen can't get Iftikhar back on strike.

    He needs to face pretty much every ball of these last two overs.

  15. Ryan ten Doeschate
    Former Netherlands all-rounder on BBC Sounds

    If Pakistan get more than 155, they are in the driving seat.

  16. Pak 137-6

    ShaheenGetty Images

    Shaheen Afridi may be better known for his bowling but he certainly can give it a whack, too. He's gifted a full toss and clubs it for a one-bounce four.

  17. How's stat?!

    Iftikhar has a strike-rate of 168 in overs 17-20 in T20 international cricket. Fireworks incoming.

  18. Pak 132-6

    Former New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson trundles through the 17th over, a tidy one other than a four slashed past point by Iftikhar.

  19. Nosthush Kenjige dragged USA back into it with two wickets in two balls earlier. Collectively, they've been very impressive despite periods where Pakistan were threatening to take the game beyond their reach.

  20. Ryan ten Doeschate
    Former Netherlands all-rounder on BBC Sounds

    In the past Babar has been criticised for not keeping up with the modern rate, but in the circumstances that was a very good innings.