That hung in the air for a while before descending towards deep midwicket who pouches the skier safely into the his bucket hands, he didn't get enough power nor the elevation, and that brings an end to Hong Kong's resistance on this rank turner
Pakistan vs Hong Kong, 2nd Quarter-Final at Hangzhou, Asian Games (M), Oct 03 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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Pakistan outgunned Hong Kong by 68 runs after being invited to bat first. It was not an easy pitch to bat on, where spinners feasted and got plenty of assistance. Aamer Jamal brought his experience to the fore and his rearguard action towards the end swung the momentum in Pakistan's favor as he cranked through the gears and pulled them out of trouble, lifting them to 160, which proved enough on this devilish track.
Hong Kong had a decent enough powerplay, but once the likes of Arafat Minhas, Sufiyan Muqeem, and Khushdil Shah came to bowl, the game headed in one direction and it became difficult to contend with the prodigious turn and bounce. Wickets continued to fall at regular intervals and the asking rate kept ballooning, making it cumbersome for Hong Kong batters to thrive amidst overcast conditions and fading light. Pakistan stemmed the run-flow with their potent spin attack and sealed the game with ease in the end. Hong Kong bowled well at the start but lost their way towards the end when Jamal went all guns blazing at them and that proved to be a major turning point in this game. That being said, Hong Kong should give themselves a pat on the back for putting up a valiant fight against an experienced Pakistan side that had plenty of players who have some handy international and league cricket experience
Mustafa Moudi: "Contrasting results from the 2 International Pakistani Bowling Attacks that were bowling together around the same time - One got all but 1 wickets by the time their opposition scored 83 while this side has picked just 1 wicket by the time Australia reached the score of 83 !!"
Atif : "Sufyan muqeem in CWC23 suqad. Anyone??"
Raman: "HKG has only players from India , Pak , Aff origin… what's the point of the team?"
LAK: "What is the official status of these games? T20I or T20" T20I
Sajjad Akbar : "Feels like Pakistan domestic cricket match, too many Pakistani players in HK11."
Tossed up on middle and it skids through the surface and bounces steeply, caught on the crease, not moving forward or backward
Shorter and holds its line outside off, can't get much out of the shot
Round the wicket, drops short and turning away from off, tries to squirt it but gets beaten
Lands it on a shorter length outside off, drifting towards leg stump, goes back and plays with the spin to short fine leg
Searching for the yorker, ends up spearing a low full toss on the pads, he makes room and plinks it out to long on's right
Round the wicket, angling it from outside off, once again goes big and finds a genuine edge that flies away to deep third
Fullish length tailing into the stumps, played it late and into the gaps at deep midwicket
Goes full and there is room to work with, wanders down the leg side and the outside edge skews away to deep third
Round the wicket, good length and zinging it back at him from outside off, he steps away to the leg side and absolutely woofs it up and over cover for a brilliant hit.
Pitched up on the pads, heaved away into the leg side, deep midwicket runs across to hunt it down
Finally manages to get one right of the middle of the bat and away she goes whistling to the boundary past cover. A touch too short and too far outside off stump, not much turn on this occasion and he butchers it away with disdain
Round the wicket, tossed up outside off, massive turn again, he tries to play an expansive loft over midwicket but can't connect
Chopped it back onto the stumps! Slinks back and tries to power this through square leg and midwicket but once again the ball skids through the deck and rises viciously as he gets a bottom edge
Tossed up on a full-length outside off, makes room and chops it away to backward point
Tossed up on middle, waits for it to turn and pushes it into the onside
Gets down on one knee and helps this full and fast delivery on the pads to fine leg boundary, beautiful lap shot
Lunges forward to smother the spin, smears it to the leg side off the inside edge