HONG KONG: Pakistan has thrashed Australia in a thrilling semi final of the Hong Kong semifinal to reach final of the tournament.
As per details, the green team restricted Australia to 120 after scoring 121 on the loss of two wickets in their six overs.
Pakistan’s striker Samad smashed 34 off just 13 balls, hitting two fours and four sixes, while Nafay played a sensational knock of 50 from 14 deliveries, featuring one four and seven sixes.
Chasing the target, he Aussies struggled early after losing wickets in the opening over and were unable to recover despite some late fireworks.
Earlier, India on defeated Pakistan by 2 runs under the DLS method in the Super Sixes match played in Hong Kong. The match was stopped for some time due to rain, after which the result was decided according to the DLS formula.
Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first. Both the teams are in Group C of the Super Sixes tournament.
Pakistan is led by Abbas Afridi, while the national team defeated Kuwait in its first match.
Pakistan Squad:
Abbas Afridi (captain), Abdul Samad, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Shahzad, Saad Masood and Shahid Aziz
Non-traveling reserves:
Danish Aziz and Mohammad Faiq
What is Hong Kong Sixes?
The Sixes is the fastest format of cricket, with the key difference between the traditional game being that each match takes just 45 minutes to complete.
As the name suggests the game is six players per side compared with the usual 11, which means once the bowler and wicket-keeper are in position there aren’t many fieldsmen that the batting team need to evade to hit lots of ball to an over the boundaries.
Each team faces five overs each, and everyone (except for the wicketkeeper) is required to bowl one over each.
Batsmen are forced to retire at 31, but can come back in once all other batsmen have been dismissed or have retired. This can make for some interesting situations at the end of the innings with the lower-order taking risky singles knowing that if they are out, their in-form batsman can come back in.
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