PAK vs AFG Live Cricket Score

0.3 OUT! BOWLED! Over the wicket, around the wicket, over the wicket - does the trick! Not quite sure whether Fazalhaq Farooqi was able to adjust to either angle but he has struck on the very third delivery of the match. On a length, around middle, this one does not swing while Farhan goes for the big swing over the leg side. He misses the straight ball and it cannons into the middle and off sticks! A 3-baller for Farhan in the final and Pakistan are 0/1 after 0.3 overs! 0/1

7.5 OUT! CAUGHT! It is just not easy to read Noor and Ayub has been dismissed on the very first ball he faces! Landed outside off, Ayub is not sure whether the ball will come in or spin away and just hangs his bat outside off. The ball lands, spins away, takes the face of the bat and lobs tamely to the player in his 100th T20I. Rashid Khan takes a dolly at cover. The 49-run stand is broken and Ayub departs for 17 (19). Pakistan are 49/2 after 7.5 overs! 49/2

8.2 OUT! LBW! Noor took 5 balls for his first strike. Rashid takes 2! A proper leg spinner, tossed up around leg stump, Fakhar Zaman is unable to pick whether it is the googly or the conventional ball and is late in his flick. Misses his shot and the ball hits him right in front of the sticks. Rashid puts in a huge appeal for LBW and the only problem was where was the ball pitching. The umpire raises his finger and the replays seem to suggest that the ball pitched around leg and could have clipped the leg stump. Fakhar departs for 27 (26) and from 49/1, Pakistan are now 51/3! 51/3

16.5 OUT! TAKEN! Rashid Khan has the last laugh here! He pushes this one through quicker and flatter, shorter, on middle. Salman Agha moves back to pull it away, but gets a bit hurried this time. The ball takes the top edge and flies towards short third, where Allah Mohammad moves to his left and pouches it safely. Agha walks back for 24 off 27, and Pakistan are 112/6! 112/6

10.5 OUT! CAUGHT! Rashid has the last laugh! Wow, he could have actually had Nawaz on three occasions in 3 balls in this over and has eventually struck gold on the third ball. One more googly, around off, Hasan Nawaz goes for the big slog this time but is undone by the googly yet again. Gets a massive leading edge which goes high up in the air but barely has any distance. Darwish Rasooli is cool as a cucumber at cover and takes the catch. Hasan Nawaz departs for 15 (8) and from 49/1, Pakistan are now 69/4! 69/4

11.3 OUT! CASTLED! Noor Ahmad has two now! Mohammad Haris' lean patch continues and Pakistan lose half their side now. Tossed up, full and on middle, tempting the batter. Mohammad Haris goes down and goes for the big slog sweep but swings all over a straight ball as it goes through to rattle the stumps. Pakistan are reeling at 72/5 now! 72/5

19.2 OUT! TAKEN! Fazalhaq Farooqi strikes back here! He goes pace off, into the pitch and angling into the batter. Mohammad Nawaz clears his front leg to slog it across the line but has to generate the pace on his own. He fails to do so and hits it aerially towards deep mid-wicket. Ibrahim Zadran judges it well and takes a fine reverse cup above his head. Nawaz departs for a handy 25 off 21, and Pakistan are 136/8 now! 136/8

18.5 OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Faheem Ashraf's little cameo comes to an end now! Allah Mohammad bowls this slower through the air, full and on off, turns away a shy bit. Ashraf looks to push it away but only manages to get a thin outside edge behind, where Rahmanullah Gurbaz makes no mistake. He goes back for 15 off 8, and Pakistan are 130/7! 130/7

0.5 OUT! CAUGHT! Ohhh.. that is just catching practice. On a length, outside off, angling away, Rahmanullah Gurbaz actually plays a nothing shot. He wants to steer it towards deep third but perhaps forgets that Pakistan have kept a slip in place. Ends up guiding it straight to Sahibzada Farhan at wide first slip and he makes no mistake. Gurbaz departs for 5 (4) and Afghanistan are 7/1, needing another 135 from 115 balls! 7/1

4.4 OUT! CAUGHT! That's such a tame dismissal. Almost a replica of the way Saim Ayub got out earlier in the match, against Noor. A touch short of full, outside off, Atal looks to ease this through the off side, but neither does the drive go in the gap, nor is it hit aerially over the fielders. It ends up going straight to Faheem Ashraf at cover, who takes the dolly. Atal departs for 13 (15) and Afghanistan are 28/2, needing another 114 from 92 balls! 28/2

7.1 OUT! STUMPED! HAT-TRICK FOR MOHAMMAD NAWAZ! Becomes the third bowler after Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Hasnain and first spinner from Pakistan to take a hat-trick in T20Is! Flighted, outside off, Ibrahim Zadran lunges to defend but the ball pitches and spins away, past the outside edge. The keeper, Mohammad Haris, collects and straightaway starts to appeal and celebrate. Nearly half the Pakistan side is at the umpire, appealing for the caught behind, but he calmly shakes his head. But here comes another twist. After collecting the ball, Haris has actually dislodged the bails and appealed for a stumping as well! The square leg umpire refers it upstairs and the side-on angle, from the off side, shows that Ibrahim's foot is outside the crease! History for Nawaz as Ibrahim Zadran departs for 9 (15) and Afghanistan are 32/5, needing another 110 from 77 balls! 32/5

5.5 OUT! LBW! This is turning out to be a 'power-less' play for Afghanistan! Beautifully bowled by Nawaz, from around the wicket, using a wide angle and starting to flight the ball from around leg stump. The ball pitches and then straightens, to catch the batter in his crease as he comes half forward to flick. He misses and is hit right in front of the stumps. Nawaz appeals for LBW and the umpire thinks for a while, primarily regarding the pitching of the ball. Eventually, he concludes that the ball pitched in line and raises his finger! Rasooli departs for 0 (5) and Afghanistan are 29/3, needing another 113 from 85 balls! 29/3

6 OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Two in two for Mohammad Nawaz! Afghanistan are derailing pretty early in this chase here. Quicker and shorter, outside off, Azmatullah Omarzai goes back for the cut but only manages a thick outside edge. The keeper, Mohammad Haris, is pretty efficient and takes a sharp catch and immediately starts to celebrate. This time, the umpire raises his finger straightaway and that is the second duck of the innings! Afghanistan end their Powerplay on 29/4! 29/4

10.4 OUT! CAUGHT! That should be the final straw. Landed outside off, Mohammad Nabi backs away to the leg side and looks to force this through the covers. But he does not keep it down and hits it straight to Salman Agha at cover. Nabi departs for 3 (10) and Afghanistan are 46/7, needing another 96 from 56 balls! It is all upto Rashid Khan now, whether he can do a Glenn Maxwell or not. 46/7

7.4 OUT! LBW! And Nawaz has 4 wickets in just 10 balls! Tossed up delivery, around middle and off, Karim Janat goes for the sweep but misses and is hit right in front of the sticks. That was a dead duck and the umpire raises his finger immediately on the appeal! Third duck in the innings and Afghanistan are 32/6, needing another 110 from 74 balls! 32/6

12.2 OUT! STRAIGHT UP AND GONE! All going Pakistan's way in the finale! Nawaz is smart as he dishes out a flighted delivery, on a tad fuller length this time. But on this occasion, he keeps the ball well away from the batter's reach, and invites Rashid to go big on the flight. Rashid falls prey on the flight. Takes a good stride forward and tries to hoist it over long off, but due to the ball holding and gripping off the deck, he mistimes it and slices it high up, just over the cover region. Now, this should have been a straightforward catch for Salman Agha stationed at cover, but Mohammad Haris rushes forward and there is a late call from Salman for the catch, but Haris keeps running. They both collide, but somehow, Salman maintains his cool and takes it despite colliding with the keeper. Both seem to be in some pain but eventually get on their feet. Mohammad Nawaz has his five-for and what a sensational spell of bowling this has been from him. Rashid Khan departs for 17 (18) and Afghanistan are 55/8. 55/8

13.1 OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Just the final rites being read now. Muqeem too, joins the wicket-taking bandwagon for Pakistan! He keeps it slow, full and just outside the off stump line. Noor Ahmad without much footwork, tries to go for a big-booming golfer's swing, to sail it over long off. Only manages to slice it off the toe end of the bat. The ball sails over backward point and Sufiyan's spin mate, Abrar Ahmed, takes a good running catch to his left. 57/9

15.5 OUT! GONE! CAUGHT! Pakistan have absolutely decimated Afghanistan in the final. Muqueem bowls it flat and just outside off, a googly it seems, off the hand. The ball skids through the surface and arrives quicker than Allah Mohammad would have anticipated. Swings his bat wildly at it, to hit it over the off side, but gets a thick outside edge and the ball travels flat towards Abrar Ahmed who is stationed at short third. Abrar just crouches low and takes the catch around the chest. Sufiyan Muqeem finishes off with 2 wickets to his name. And with that, PAKISTAN WIN THE TRI-SERIES IN THE UAE BY 75 RUNS! 66/10