Pakistan vs Hong Kong, 2nd Match, Group A, Asia Cup 2018
The 2nd match between Pakistan and Hong Kong witnessed a one-sided game as expected. It was newly appointed ICC member Hong Kong who was won the toss but couldn’t give any competition to Pakistan, while batting first Hong Kong posted only 116 runs on board and Pakistan chased the target in 24th over.
Pakistan vs Hong Kong Asia Cup 2018 Analysis : 2nd Match
Toss : Hong Kong won the toss and opted to bat first.
Man of the Match : Usman Khan
| Match | Date | Hong Kong Inns | Pakistan Inns | Result | MoM |
| Pakistan vs Hong Kong |
Sunday, September 16 | 116-10 (37.1) | 120-2(23.4) | Pakistan won by 8 wkts | Usman Khan |
Hong Kong won the toss and choose to bat first against Pakistan. As expected it was Pakistani bowler who didn’t give enough time to Hong Kong batsmen to settle at the crease and they took the wickets in regular interval to all-out Hong Kong at moderate total of 116 runs in 37 overs. For Pakistan Usman Khan was the pick of bowler who took 3 wickets and awarded man of the match also. Kinchit Shah and Aizaz Khan were the top scorer for Hong Kong 26 and 27 runs respectively.
Pakistan batsmen took only 24 overs to chase the target as Imam Ul Kaq scored his first half century and was not out with Soaib Malik. Pakistan chased the target with the loss of two wickets, Ehsan Khan was the Hong Kong bowler who took both the wickets.
Brief Score
Hong Kong Inns : Kinchit Shah – 26(50), Aizaz Khan – 27(47), Usman Khan – 7.3-1-19-3, Hasan Ali – 7.1-19-2.
Pakistan Inns : Imam ul Haq – 50(69), Babar Azam – 33(36), Ehsan Khan – 8-34-2, Tanwir Afzal – 4-2-13.
Teams:
Hong Kong (Playing XI) : Nizakat Khan, Anshuman Rath (c), Babar Hayat, Kinchit Shah, Christopher Carter, Ehsan Khan, Aizaz Khan, Scott McKechnie (wk), Tanwir Afzal, Ehsan Nawaz, Nadeem Ahmed.
Pakistan (Playing XI) : Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed (c & wk), Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Usman Khan.
