Buderim, John Blanck Oval: Pakistan on Saturday sets 253 runs target against Afghanistan in International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup.
Afghanistan won the toss and put Pakistan into bat first. Pakistan’s opener Babar Azam played a great knock of 75 runs on just 103 balls while middle order Mohammad Nawaz made a 66 for the green shirts.
Afghanistan’s Sayed Shirzad took 2 wickets for 43.
In other matches, England sets 143 (38.3 ov) runs target against Australia while in another match Bangladesh sets 249 (50.0 ov) runs target against Sri Lanka. In the last match today Zimbabwe sets 249 (50 ov) runs target against Papua New Guinea.
Match 1st Inning Brief (Pak vs Afghanistan)
Pakistan U-19 253/6 (50.0 ov)
Did not bat: Zafar Gohar, Ehsan Adil, Zia-ul-Haq
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Sami Aslam, 13.6 ov), 2-122 (Imam-ul-Haq, 31.1 ov), 3-142 (Babar Azam, 35.1 ov), 4-147 (Saad Ali, 35.6 ov), 5-148 (Salman Afridi, 36.2 ov), 6-251 (Mohammad Nawaz, 49.4 ov)
Updated at: 19 May 2013
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