Asian Games Update: Afghanistan Outshine http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in Semifinal
To everyone’s surprise, cricket has been incorporated in the Asian Games, for the very first time. Undoubtedly, this inclusion has further strengthened the Asian Cricket Council, which can now focus on spreading this grand game to other great Asian nations. However, for Pakistan, it was utter disappointment as they were out-played by perilous Afghanistan. The Pakistan Cricket Board, unhappily, had to send in their weakest assortment, as the primary and secondary groups were busy with the South African and Caribbean tours, respectively. Pakistan’s hopes were high as they easily defeated http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rashid-Latif-c84084, Afghanistan was considered favorites for the Asian Games Cricket Tournament.
It was at the Guangzhou International Cricket Stadium, where all the action took place. The Pakistan squad was commanded by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 fizzled out and were smacked all around the arena.
Pakistan commenced their run-chase with a steady 31 run partnership, thanks to Khalid Latif and s****.Khan. However the dismissal of both these batsmen brought the whole team under considerable pressure. The middle order completely crumpled, failing to score a modest 65 runs in ten overs. Pakistan scored a disappointing 103 runs for the loss of 7 wickets thus loosing the clash by 22 runs. It was Afghanistan’s spinners, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamid-Hassan-c1524 and Karim Sadiq,who tightened-the-screws on Pakistan, each taking two wickets. It was because of them that run dried-up for Pakistan and they started playing loose shots. In the end the pressure and intensity was too much and Pakistan lost miserably.
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