Pak score facile win
Sharjah, afp: Younis Khan struck an unbeaten 70 while skipper Misbah-ul-Haq remained undefeated on 40 as Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by seven wickets in a one-day international here on Friday.
Earlier, Shahid Afridi took 5/36 but Afghanistan still managed 195 in their first-ever day-night international at Sharjah Stadium.
Afridi also became the second spinner with the highest one-day wickets (338) behind Muttiah Muralitharan (534).
Score board
AFGHANISTAN
Sadiq c Umar b Afridi 40
Zadran c & b Gul 9
Shahzad c Shafiq b Afridi 20
Mangal b Afridi 11
Nabi (run out) 37
Naib lbw Afridi 7
Shinwari lbw Gul 32
Ashraf lbw Afridi 12
Zadran b Riaz 12
Hamza c Umar b Riaz 0
Zadran (not out) 2
Extras: (B-4, LB-5, W-4) 13
Total (all out, 48.3 overs) 195
Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-54, 3-71, 4-88, 5-101, 6-147, 7-165, 8-193, 9-193.
Bowling: Gul 8-0-30-2, Riaz 9.3-1-37-2, Ajmal 10-1-32-0, Afridi 10-0-36-5, Hafeez 7-1-28-0, Malik 4-0-23-0.
PAKISTAN
Hafeez b Dawlat Zadran 8
Farhat c & b Shenwari 52
Shafiq lbw Zadran 20
Younis (not out) 70
Misbah (not out) 40
Extras (LB-1, W-5, NB-2) 8
Total (for 3 wkts, 37.1 overs) 198
Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-42, 3-99 .
Bowling: Zadran 8-1-49-0, Zadran 9-2-38-2, Ashraf 5-0-27-0, Sadiq 2-0-10-0, Hotak 4-0-22-0, Nabi 5.1-0-29-0, Shenwari 4-0-22-1.
