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. Afg 125-6

    Hasan Ali does well and sends down a yorker that is jabbed away for a single.

    20 off that over!

  2. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special

    We didn't know If these cheers could get any louder but they seem to be. We didn't know there was another decibel they could reach but blimey, the noise around this stadium!

  3. Afg 123-6

    They scamper a single from the final ball and Hasan Ali absolutely rockets the ball at the stumps in rage - thankfully, someone's backing it up.

    And that certainly won't help his frustration. He's bowled a no-ball and given away a free hit.

  4. Afg 122-6

    Another four! Great batting this from Afghanistan, this time Gulbadin crunching the ball straight past the bowler.

  5. Stuart Law
    Former Australia batter & West Indies coach on BBC Test Match Special

    Afghanistan have targeted Hasan Ali. If he's the weaker link then the other two are very, very good.

    He just missed his yorker by a little bit there.

  6. Afg 114-6

    Four more! 10 runs from the first two balls of the over and this is ideal for Afghanistan.

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

    I don't understand it either because these guys can bowl 90mph. The slower ball isn't gripping so just bowl the toe cruncher or a fast bouncer.

  8. Stuart Law
    Former Australia batter & West Indies coach on BBC Test Match Special

    Again it was a slower ball. Just run in and bowl your best ball.

  9. 6 runs

    Afg 110-6

    Crunched over midwicket for six! Hasan Ali attempts a slower ball that sits up nicely to be absolutely hammered into the stands.

  10. Stuart Law
    Former Australia batter & West Indies coach on BBC Test Match Special

    If Afghanistan get to 135 or 140 it would provide them with a bit of a buffer with the two world-class spinners they have. That would at least make it a contest.

    Pakistan would have to play well.

  11. Afg 104-6

    A testing over from Haris Rauf concedes just three runs as he bamboozles Gulbadin with variations of pace.

  12. Stuart Law
    Former Australia batter & West Indies coach on BBC Test Match Special

    It doesn't matter how fast you are, if you don't get the line right it presents a boundary option.

  13. Afg 101-6

    Gulbadin helps himself to four as Shaheen drifts down the leg side. His pace means the ball races away to the boundary and the fielders have no chance.

    Afghanistan bring up their team century in the process.

  14. Boom Boom Afridi is watching on in Dubai...

    And the crowd has also just clocked him and gone absolutely wild!

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

    I remember when Shaheen first came on the scene I was 12th man for England and he was for Pakistan.

    He came over introduced himself and was telling me about everyone he had got out so far.

    He loves the game and is excited. That was three or four years ago and since he has done really well for them.

  16. Here comes Shaheen.

  17. Afg 93-6

    Five overs to go. Two of them will be delivered by Shaheen Shah Afridi. What can Afghanistan manage?

  18. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    If you bowl there Nabi is going to hit you for four. Not a great ball.

  19. Afg 91-6

    Mohammad Nabi is enjoying pace on the ball so far as he smashes Hasan Ali for another boundary past cover. Don't bowl there...

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

    That is a beautiful cricket shot. Nabi is so dangerous if he does get in. He can score a quick fifty if he has to.

    Rauf is disappointed with the length he has bowled. He wants to be bails height.