Asian Games Cricket: Pakistan beats Hong Kong, qualify for semi-finals

HANGZHOU Oct 03 (Online): Pakistan defeated Hong Kong by 68 runs to reach the semi-finals of the T20 cricket competition of the Asian Games.
The highlight of this match was the aggressive batting of Amir Jamal and the excellent performance of the spinners.

Pakistan Shaheens will face the winner of Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in the semi-final on October 6.
Hong Kong won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat first in the quarter-final of the 19th Asian Games cricket event at the Zhejiang University Cricket Field in Hangzhou, China. Pakistan scored 160 runs in the allotted 20 overs.

In reply, the Hong Kong team was bowled out for 92 runs in 18.5 overs.
Six cricketers, including Pakistan captain Qasim Akram, started their T20 international career today.
As a result of falling wickets at intervals, Pakistan was facing a lot of difficulty at one point.

In the first over of the innings, Mirza Baig got out without scoring a run. Rohail Nazir scored 13 runs, Hyder Ali scored 4 runs and captain Qasim Akram scored 12 runs. When Umir Yusuf was dismissed for 21 runs, the total score was just 54 runs and five wickets had fallen. Khushdal Shah scored 13 runs with the help of a six.

As a result of responsible batting by Asif Ali, Arafat Minhas and Amir Jamal, Pakistan Shahiz managed to reach the score of 160. Asif Ali scored 25 runs with the help of two sixes and one four. Arafat Minhas hit two sixes and two fours. Scored 25 runs with the help of fours. Aamir Jamal scored 41 runs off only 16 balls while batting aggressively. His innings included 2 fours and 4 sixes.