Dhaka: Shoaib Malik and Umar Akmal each scored fifty as Pakistan defeated the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by seven wickets in the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament in Dhaka on Monday.
Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Irfan claimed two wickets each as Pakistan restricted the UAE to 129-6 before they reached 131-3 in 18.4 overs.
Malik made 63 off 49 balls while Akmal added 50 off 46 balls.
Scoreboard of the Asia Cup Twenty20 match between Pakistan and the UAE at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Monday:
UAE
Rohan Mustafa c Afridi b Sami 1
Muhammad Kaleem b Amir 1
Mohammad Shahzad c Sarfraz b Irfan 5
Shaiman Anwar c Sarfraz b Irfan 46
Usman Mushtaq c Nawaz b Afridi 9
Mohammad Usman b Amir 21
Amjad Javed not out 27
Mohammad Naveed not out 10
Extras (lb 2 w7) 9
Total (six wickets; 20 overs ) 129
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Rohan) 2-5 (Kaleem), 3-12 (Shahzad), 4-41 (Mushtaq), 5-72 (Shaiman), 6-118 (Usman)
Did not bat: Swapnil Patil, Fahad Tariq, Ahmed Raza
Bowling: Amir 4-1-6-2, Sami 4-0-28-1 (w2), Irfan 4-0-30-2 (w1), Afridi 4-0-24-1 (w3), Nawaz 3-0-26-0 (w1), Malik 1-0-13-0
Pakistan
Mohammad Hafeez c Fahad b Amjad 11
Sharjeel Khan lbw b Amjad 4
Khurram Manzoor c Patil b Amjad 0
Umar Akmal not out 50
Shoaib Malik not out 63
Extras (w3) 3
Total ( three wickets; 18.4 overs) 131
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Sharjeel) 2-11 (Khurram), 3-17 (Hafeez)
Did not bat: Sarfraz Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Irfan
Bowling: Naveed 3.4-0-28-0 (w1), Amjad 4-0-36-3(w2) Shahzad 4-0-19-0, Raza 3-0-20-0, Rohan 3-0-20-0, Fahad 1-0-8-0
Result: Pakistan won by seven wickets
Toss: UAE
Umpires: Enamul Haque (BAN) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI)
TV umpire: Anil Chaudhary (IND)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ)
AFP
