In the second One-Day International at Hambantota, Pakistan beat Afghanistan by one wicket tonight, winning the three match series.
Batting first, Afghanistan scored 300 runs for loss of 5 wickets in allotted 50 overs. In reply, Pakistan achieved the target in last over for the loss of nine wickets. Pakistan leads three match series by two nil. The third and final match will be played in Colombo on Saturday.
Pakistan have already won the series with wins in the first match by 142 runs and one wicket in the second — both played in Hambantota.
The Rizwan-Azam pair added 110 runs for the third wicket to steady the innings after pacer Gulbadin Naib removed openers Fakhar Zaman (27) and Imamul Haq (13) to hit Pakistan at the start.
Pakistan stuttered in the middle overs with four wickets lost in the space of just 27 runs, including Azam’s wicket who scored his 28th half-century.
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