PAK VS HK - 6th Match, Group A, Asia Cup 2022

Pakistan vs Hong Kong

Pakistan won by 155 runs

HK -38/10 (10.4)

PAK -193/2 (19.6)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Mohammad Rizwan

Batter

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B
4s
6s
SR
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1
0
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0

Bowler

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M
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ECO
2.4
0
8
4
3

Pakistan are through to the next round with this massive win. Hong Kong were no match for them today. So that rounds off the group stages and we have the Super Four starting tomorrow. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. See you next time!

Rizwan, Player of the Match: Most important thing for us is to assess conditions. Our effort is to forget the format and assess conditions. Plan in the first 10 overs was to play with straight bat. Ball was keeping low. Being the main player, you have to take responsibility. You look at what the team demands.

Azam, Pakistan captain: Very good win for us. Weren't able to get our shots away initially with the bat. Our plan is for batters at the top to play at the end. Becomes easier for those coming in. Naseem and Dahani are performing really well having made debuts very recently.

Nizakat, HK captain: Lots of learning from these two games. Must give credit to Pakistan. Their bowling was phenomenal. Our shot making was poor.

Mohammad Nawaz: The plan was simple - bowl wicket-to-wicket and bowl on a good length as the ball kept a bit low. We were eyeing a 170+ score. The fast bowlers started well and our (spinners) plan was simple. We try to build pressure with dot balls.

Lowest T20I totals vs Pakistan:
38 Hong Kong Sharjah 2022 *
60 West Indies Karachi 2018
80 New Zealand Christchurch 2010
82 Scotland Edinburg 2018

Lowest T20I totals for Hong Kong:
38 vs Pak Sharjah 2022 *
69 vs Nepal Chattogram 2014
87/9 vs Uganda Bulawayo 2022
87 vs Oman Abu Dhabi 2017

Biggest margin of win by runs in T20Is (Full Members)
172 SL vs Ken Johannesburg 2007
155 Pak vs HK Sharjah 2022 *
143 Ind vs Ire Dublin 2018
143 Pak vs WI Karachi 2018
137 Eng vs WI Basseterre 2019

20:55 Local Time, 16:55 GMT, 22:25 IST: Blown away by pace, ripped apart by spin, Hong Kong have been rolled over for 38. It's Pakistan's biggest T20I win and what a way to go into the clash with India that's confirmed now for Sunday. Just took them 64 balls to wrap up the Hong Kong innings after putting 193 on the board earlier in the evening. Rizwan and Zaman set the stage, before Khushdil came in with the fireworks, and then Naseem, Shadab and Nawaz just toyed with the opposition. Hong Kong showed some fight against India the other day chasing a near-identical target, but it's been a very different story here in Sharjah.

10.4

W

Shadab Khan to Mohammad Ghazanfar, out Lbw!! Ghazanfar has been given out LBW, and he has gone for a review! It's definitely pad first, but has that turned enough to miss off stump? It's a flat length ball around off, Ghazanfar's choice of shot is poor. Doesn't have any width on offer, still looks to cut, and he's gone as it's umpire's call on both impact and hitting. Just 10.4 overs in, Hong Kong have been bowled out. Mohammad Ghazanfar lbw b Shadab Khan 0(3)

Shadab Khan to Mohammad Ghazanfar, THATS OUT!! Lbw!!

10.3

Shadab Khan to Mohammad Ghazanfar, no run, googly outside off, Ghazanfar goes for a big slog-sweep and misses

10.2

Shadab Khan to Mohammad Ghazanfar, no run, defended forward

Mohammad Ghazanfar, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Don't think Shadab is aware he's on a hattrick. The field is spread and there's only one catching fielder in place - at slip

10.1

W

Shadab Khan to Ayush Shukla, out Bowled!! It's almost too easy for Shadab! They aren't picking his googly. He tosses it up generously, Shukla tries lofting it down the ground, it rips through the gate and crashes into the stumps. Shadab on a hattrick now! Ayush Shukla b Shadab Khan 1(5)

Shadab Khan to Ayush Shukla, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Drinks are on the field now!

END OF OVER 10

2 Runs

HK: 38 - 8

W Wd 0 0 0 1 0

Ehsan Khan

0 (1)

Ayush Shukla

1 (4)

Mohammad Nawaz

2-0-5-3

9.6

Mohammad Nawaz to Ehsan Khan, no run, fuller than a length around off, Khan defends forward

9.5

Mohammad Nawaz to Ayush Shukla, 1 run, knocks this wide of short cover