A Pakistan batter in motion in a U19 tri-series match towards Afghanistan on the Harare Sports activities Membership in Harare on December 27, 2025. — PCBUsman Khan takes 4/37; Sayyam and Daniyal two wickets every.Pakistan chase 227, shedding 9 wickets, profitable with 3 balls to spare.Farhan (65), Ahmed (31) added 89 runs; Hamza completed 68* to seal win.
HARARE: A four-wicket spell by Usman Khan, backed by half-centuries from captain Farhan Yousaf and Hamza Zahoor, powered Pakistan to a tense one-wicket win over Afghanistan within the second match of the Zimbabwe-hosted U19 tri-series at Harare Sports activities Membership on Saturday.
Put into bat first, Afghanistan’s batting unit folded for a meagre 226 in 50 overs regardless of Osman Sadat’s anchoring half-century.
The opening batter remained the top-scorer for Afghanistan with a cautious 75 off 106 deliveries, laced with 4 fours and a six.
Moreover him, captain Mahboob Khan (49) and Faisal Shinozada (31) might make notable contributions to Afghanistan’s whole towards a Usman-led Pakistan bowling.
Usman led Pakistan’s bowling cost with 4 wickets for simply 37 runs in his 10 overs, adopted by Mohammad Sayyam and Daniyal Ali Khan with two every, whereas Ahmed Hussain chipped in with one.
The Inexperienced Shirts had been made to do arduous yards in pursuit of the 227-run goal as they misplaced 9 wickets within the course of and prevailed with simply three balls to spare.
The Asian champions bought off to a dismal begin to the run chase as they misplaced their top-order batters, together with Sameer Minhas (zero), inside 13 overs with simply 42 runs on the board.
The essential stand culminated with Farhan’s dismissal within the thirty first over and adopted two extra wickets in fast succession, leading to Pakistan slipping to 149/6 in 35.1 overs.
Farhan made a 78-ball 65, whereas Ahmed scored an anchoring 31 off 56 deliveries.
Wicketkeeper batter Hamza then took the reins of Pakistan’s pursuit and saved the scoreboard ticking singlehandedly whereas shedding companions on the different finish at common intervals.
The fitting-handed batter displayed nerves of metal beneath strain and ultimately led his facet over the road with an unbeaten 68 off simply 51 deliveries, studded with eight fours and a six.
Salam Khan was the choose of the bowlers for Afghanistan, taking 4 wickets for 44 runs in his 10 overs. Zaitullah Shaheen bagged two, whereas Nooristani Omarzai, Wahidullah Zadran and Uzairullah Niazai might declare one apiece.
