Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam turned in a solid half-century against some tight Afghanistan bowling to lead Pakistan to 268-8 in the third and final one-day international in Colombo on Saturday.
Rizwan scored 79 balls, 67 with a boundary six and six, while Azam knocked off four boundary six in his 86 60-ball innings to anchor Pakistan’s innings after they won the toss and batted.
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Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam turned in a solid half-century against some tight Afghanistan bowling to lead Pakistan to 268-8 in the third and final one-day international in Colombo on Saturday.
Rizwan scored 79 balls, 67 with a boundary six and six, while Azam knocked off four boundary six in his 86 60-ball innings to anchor Pakistan’s innings after they won the toss and batted.
Pakistan have already won the series with wins in the first match by 142 runs and a wicket in the second, both played at Hambantota.
The Rizwan-Azam pairing added 110 runs for the third wicket to steady the innings after pacer Gulbadin Naib took out openers Fakhar Zaman (27) and Imam-ul-Haq (13) to batter Pakistan early.
Pakistan stuttered at the middle with four wickets lost in the space of just 27 runs, including the wicket of Azam, who scored his 28th half-century.
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Saud Shakeel was left without nine goals and Shadab Khan just three as Pakistan battled 189-6.
Agha Salman (38 not out) and Mohammad Nawaz (30) added 61 for the seventh wicket as Pakistan added 80 in the last ten overs.
Salman hit four bounds and six on his quick 31-ball strike.
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Naib was the Afghanistan Bowlers’ Choice at 2-36.
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