Summary

  • Pakistan win by five wickets for third straight victory

  • Pak 148-5 (19 overs): Babar 51 (47), Fakhar 30 (25), Asif 25 (7); Rashid 2-26

  • Afg 147-6 (20 overs): Nabi 35 (32), Gulbadin 35 (25); Imad 2-25

Live Reporting

Ffion Wynne and Callum Matthews

  1. Pak 136-5

    Need 12 from 8 balls

    Dot ball.

    Another yorker finds its way through to Mohammad Shahzad.

  2. 6 runs

    Pak 136-5

    Need 12 from 9 balls

    Six more!

    Absolutely whacked over mid-wicket this time.

    Asif Ali is single-handedly winning this game for Pakistan.

  3. Pak 130-5

    Need 18 from 10 balls

    Dot ball.

    A good wide yorker is well executed by Karim Janat.

  4. Liam Plunkett
    England 2019 World Cup winner on BBC Test Match Special

    That is as clean a strike as you'll ever see!

  5. 6 runs

    Pak 130-5

    Need 18 from 11 balls

    What. A. Shot!

    Asif Ali won the game for Pakistan against New Zealand on Tuesday and he carts Karim Janat over long-off for a massive six.

    That is a pressure reliever.

  6. Liam Plunkett
    England 2019 World Cup winner on BBC Test Match Special

    This game is like a final for Afghanistan now.

  7. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    We haven't had any close games in the tournament but we've been treated to two crackers today.

  8. Not out

    No. His foot and bat are grounded. A waste of time that.

    Pakistan need 24 from 12 balls.

  9. Umpire review

    Surely not?

    Has Shadab Khan been run out after being sent back looking to take a single?

  10. Liam Plunkett
    England 2019 World Cup winner on BBC Test Match Special

    That is a massive wicket at this stage. Two new batters at the crease makes this much, much harder for Pakistan.

  11. wicket

    WICKET

    Shoaib c Shahzad b Naveen 19 (Pak 124-5)

    Game on?

    Naveen-Ul-Haq goes full again but pace on this time and Shoaib Malik gets a thick edge on a big booming drive and Mohammad Shahzad takes a good catch behind the stumps.

    Pakistan need 24 from 13 balls with two new batters at the crease.

  12. Pak 124-4

    Need 24 from 14 balls

    Brilliant from Naveen.

    He absolutely nails a slower ball yorker and Shoaib Malik has to wait an absolute age to block it out.

  13. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    That was a really, really tough chance. Those ones either stick or they don't.

  14. dropped catch

    Shoaib dropped on 19

    Need 24 from 15 balls

    It would have been sensational.

    Shoaib Malik drills one back at Naveen-Ul-Haq and sticks out his right mitt but the ball pops out. He looks to take it on the rebound but it has looped too far out of his reach.

  15. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    I do love watching Asif Ali bat.

  16. Asif Ali, who combined with Shoaib Malik to get Pakistan over the line in their previous game against New Zealand, is the new batter.

  17. Liam Plunkett
    England 2019 World Cup winner on BBC Test Match Special

    He'll be so disappointed with that. He wanted to finish it off by himself. I'm not sure whether that shot was needed, they've got three overs left and all they had to do was see off Rashid.

  18. wicket

    WICKET

    Babar b Rashid Khan 15 (Pak 122-4)

    Hello!

    This feels like a rush to the head from Babar Azam. They had already taken 12 from the over and it is the last all of Rashid Khan's night and he tries to slog sweep but is bowled.

    Does that open the game up? Pakistan need 26 from 18 balls. Still strong favourites.

  19. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    Is that the moment?

  20. Liam Plunkett
    England 2019 World Cup winner on BBC Test Match Special

    Oh no. Oh no.