Cricket Match Highlights: Shoriful Islam and Taskin Ahmed Shine

Overs14.6

Score57 - 2

Shoriful Islam to Shan Masood, Hard length, around off, Shan Masood leans across and looks to work this around mid-wicket but gets a leading edge that falls in front of silly mid off.

1

Overs14.4

Score57 - 2

Shoriful Islam to Babar Azam, Now this was a cracking slap off the back foot from Babar but he finds extra cover who takes the sting out of it by getting a bit of hand to it. Single taken. This was again short and a touch wider from Islam and Babar Azam slaps this flat on the bounce towards extra cover.

4

Overs14.3

Score56 - 2

Shoriful Islam to Babar Azam, FOUR! Edged and away for four. Babar rides his luck. Short and close to the off stump of Babar Azam. The batter gets up on his toes and looks to play the square cut. Gets it edged off the outside edge and the ball flies between the keeper and the fielder at first slip for four towards the third man region.

1

Overs14.2

Score52 - 2

Shoriful Islam to Shan Masood, Back of a length, around off, Shan Masood hops back inside the crease and pushes this through extra cover for one run.

4

Overs13.6

Score51 - 2

Nahid Rana to Babar Azam, FOUR! An expensive start on a fresh morning for Nahid Rana as he gives away 9 off this over. Rana goes full and around the pads of Babar. The experienced head of Babar gets inside the line and flicks this through the mid-wicket region for a boundary.

4

Overs13.1

Score46 - 2

Nahid Rana to Shan Masood, FOUR! Pitched-up delivery, on middle and leg, Shan Masood steps inside the line and rolls his wrists to flick this through the gap at the mid-wicket region for a boundary. Shan is growing in confidence.

0

Overs12.6

Score42 - 2

Shoriful Islam to Babar Azam, Back of a length, on off, Babar Azam looks to play this around the on side but gets squarred up as the ball shapes away and ends up with an outside edge that drops in front of gully.

3

Overs12.5

Score42 - 2

Shoriful Islam to Shan Masood, On a length, around the pads, Shan Masood gets inside the line and flicks this through mid-wicket for three runs. Excellent running between the wickets by Babar and Shan.

4

Overs12.3

Score39 - 2

Shoriful Islam to Shan Masood, FOUR! Crunched off his back foot for four. Short and wide of off, Shan Masood goes deep inside his crease and slaps this through the gap between covers and mid off for four runs. This will give Shan a lot of confidence.

0

Overs12.2

Score35 - 2

Shoriful Islam to Shan Masood, Islam goes full and shapes it back into the batter. Shan Masood pushes this to mid on for a dot.

0

Overs12.1

Score35 - 2

Shoriful Islam to Shan Masood, Back of a length, around off, shaping away from the batter, Shan Masood pushes this back to the bowler.

2

Overs11.4

Score34 - 2

Taskin Ahmed to Shan Masood, Short and into the batter, around middle and leg. Shan gets up on his toes and tucks this through square leg for a couple of runs here.

4

Overs11.2

Score31 - 2

Taskin Ahmed to Babar Azam, FOUR! Babar latches onto a loose delivery and finds the fence. Short and around off, Babar Azam gets up on his toes and cuts this through the point region for a boundary. Babar's first of the game.

0

Overs10.4

Score26 - 2

Shoriful Islam to Babar Azam, Shoriful Islam bends his back and bowls it on a hard length, around off, Babar Azam defends this off his front foot.

2

Overs10.3

Score26 - 2

Shoriful Islam to Babar Azam, Good length, on middle and leg, Babar Azam gets it edged off the inner half of his bat towards deep backward square leg and takes two runs.

0

Overs10.2

Score24 - 2

Shoriful Islam to Babar Azam, Islam goes full against Babar first up, on the pads, Babar Azam goes for a flick but gets it edged off the inside and onto his pads. A loud appeal for LBW but the umpire doesn't entertain it.

1

Overs10.1

Score24 - 2

Shoriful Islam to Shan Masood, Around that nagging length, on middle and off, shaping away from the skipper of Pakistan. Shan looks to nudge this around mid-wicket but closes his bat face early and ends up edging this through the gap towards the right of backward point for a run.

W

Overs9.6

Score23 - 2

Taskin Ahmed to Azan Awais, OUT! CAUGHT! Well, double delight in the morning session already for Taskin Ahmed as he sends both the overnight batters back to the dressing room. Taskin Ahmed continues around the stumps and shapes one back into the batter. Azan Awais looks to block it, but the ball slants into the stumps and gets a good chunk of the inside edge of Azan's bat. The ball deflects off the thigh pad of Azan Awais and lobs towards square leg for a simple catch.

0

Overs9.5

Score23 - 1

Taskin Ahmed to Azan Awais, Back of a length, around off, Azan Awais gets right behind the line of the ball and defends this out.

0

Overs8.1

Score22 - 1

Shoriful Islam to Azan Awais, Short and around off, shaping back into the batter, Azan Awais doesn't offer any stroke at it.

0

Overs7.6

Score22 - 1

Taskin Ahmed to Shan Masood, Back of a length, around off, Shan Masood covers his off pole and leaves it as well. A wicket maiden to start Day 2 for Taskin Ahmed.

0

Overs7.5

Score22 - 1

Taskin Ahmed to Shan Masood, On a length, around off, Shan Masood goes back inside the crease and leaves it all alone.