Pakistan A in command against Afghanistan, 160/1 – 25 over reports
Pakistan A has reached 160 for the loss of one wicket in 25 overs in the first innings of the second unofficial One-day international (ODI) against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Pakistan.
The two openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Amin-c94597 continued with the same momentum and the hosts are all set to post a mighty total on board.
Earlier in the day, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohail-Tanvir-c90665, after winning the toss, choose to bat first on a batting-friendly track.
The batsmen did not let their skipper down and the openers started playing attacking cricket from the very first ball of the game. Sharjeel and Babar batted beautifully in the first 15 overs, nudging the ball around without wasting any opportunity to punish
poor deliveries.
The Afghan captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nabi-c77111 finally provided his team much-needed breakthrough in 16th over. Nabi, who scored a breathtaking innings
of 72 runs in the previous game, demonstrated his fine bowling skills and bowled out Sharjeel when he was batting at 64. The 21-year old left-hander struck 10 boundaries and a huge six in his fascinating innings which set the momentum for the rest of the batsmen.
Sharjeel’s departure brought Umar at the crease who did not take much time to settle-down. Meanwhile, Babar kept on playing good strokes all around the ground and reached his half-century in style.
Currently Babar is batting at 59 while Umar has scored 34 runs. With some talented batsmen like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naved-Yasin-c2081 to come, Pakistan A side is in a strong position to set a grand target.
From Afghan bowling, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shapoor-Zadran-c89730, who proved expensive with the new ball, will look to make a comeback in the death overs.
Pakistan A is currently leading the series by 1-0 as they defeated Afghan side by a comprehensive margin of five wickets in the last game on Wednesday 25, 2011.
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