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Afghanistan: After 50 overs 215 for 9, Target for HONG KONG : 216

End of 47th over Hong Kong: 216-2 (Irfan 17*, Nizakhat 46*) HONG KONG WON BY 8 wickets
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Afghanistan not put enough runs on the board because of their poor start and Hong Kong just did all the basics right all day a little bit better than Afghanistan.
The crowd are on the field but the 2000 of them are being out-shouted by 14 Hong Kongers.
They're on the field and being very polite.
Applauding Hong Kong and their own team now.
Afghanistan 215 for 9 are beaten by Hong Kong 216 for 2 after 47 overs.
James Atkinson is Man of the Match and deservedly so.
Thanks for logging in. It's been a great tournament and now Hong Kong and Afghanistan go forward to the U-19 World Cup qualifier at the end of the year where they will take on the top two from the other regions.
They can definitely go all the way.
Thanks for your company. This is Tariq Rasool with Shahriyar Khan, Shahnawaz and Syed Hassan Ali signing off. Bye...

End of 46th over Hong Kong: 203-2
New Bowler Aimal Wafa
SLA
46.1 Aimal to Nizakhat, FOUR, lofted to long-off, Hamza Hotal slips and it gets past him
46.2 Aimal to Nizakhat, 1 run
46.3 Aimal to Irfan, 2 runs
46.4 Aimal to Irfan, 1 run
46.5 Aimal to Nizakhat, 1 run, spinning and bouncing, played down to backward point
46.6 Aimal to Irfan, SIX, and it's all over. Over into the crowd at long-on, Irfan runs down the wicket like Superman and Hong Kong have won the 2009 ACC U-19 Elite Cup.

45.1 Zaki to Nizakhat, 2 runs, punched off the back-foot
45.2 Zaki to Nizakhat, one run
45.3 Zaki to Irfan, no run
45.4 Zaki to Irfan, 1 run, pushed to cover
45.5 Zaki to Nizakhat, SIX, goes sailing into the Afghans behind midwicket. They make no sound
45.6 Zaki to Nizakhat, 1 run

24 nee3ded off 30 balls
And the Batting Powerplay's been taken

44.1 Noor to Nizakhat, 1 run
44.2 Noor to Irfan, no run
44.3 Noor to Irfan, no run
44.4 Noor to Irfan, 2 runs, slog sweep
44.5 Noor to Irfan, CHANCE, 1 run, top-edged sweep goes to square leg running in, Mir drops. Catchable but it bounced out of his hands as he came in
44.6 Noor to Nizakhat, on erun

45th over: Hong Kong 191-2 (Irfan 9*, Nizakhat 30*)

43.1 Zaki (LB) to Irfan (RHB), 1 run, full-pitched leggie driven to long-off
43.2 Zaki to Nizakhat, no run
43.3 Zaki to Nizakhat, beats him with a legbreak, Murad whips off the bails, no run and not out
43.4 Zaki to Nizakhat, no run, Nizakhat digs out a yorker
Crowd noisy now
43.5 Zaki to Nizakhat, 1 run, driven confidently through cover
Irfan on strike
If Afghanitan get him..
43.6 Zaki to Irfan, 2 runs, flicked of fhis legs, Hamza fields well at square leg, running around from fine leg

End of the 43rd over: Hong Kong 181-2

Hong Kong have yet to take the batting Powerplay!
It's looking Hong Kong's Cup
The crowd is big. The crowd is 99% Afghani. The crowd is quiet.
42.1 Noor to Nizakhat 1 run, cut through point
42.2 Noor to Atkinson, 1 run, driven to long-omn
42.3 Noor (OB) to Nizakhat (RHB), runs from another slog-sweep
42.4 Noor to Nizakhat, 1 run, driven over cover, Maliki runs around from long-off
42.5 Noor to Atkinson, OUT, charges Noor and turns a ahoped-for full-toss into a yorker and he goes for an excellent 94
Irfan Ahmed is the new batsman and the appreciative crowd gives the big man a generous hand
42.6 Noor to Irfan, one run.

41 off 8 overs needed
DRINKS

End of the 42nd over: Hong Kong 175-1 (Atkinson 93*, Nizakhat 23*)

41.1 Aimal to Nizakhat, 1 run, cut late as opposed to an authentioc late cut
41.2 Aimal to Atkinson, WIDE, outside off
41.2 Aimal to Atkinson, one run, clipped off his legs to midwicket's Noor
41.3 Aimal to Nizakhat, 1 run, gives him the charge, inside-edged to fine leg, Hanmza
41.4 Aimal to Atkinson, no run
41.5 Aimal to Atkinson, no run
41.6 Aimal to Atkinson, outside-edge but falls short of backward point

After 41 overs: Hong Kong 172-1

40.1 Hamza to Atkinson, one run
40.2 Hamza (SLA) to Nizakhat (RHB), FOUR, slog-sweep
40.3 Hamza to Nizakhat, no run
40.4 Hamza to Nizakhat,1 run, Cheeky Single!
50-partnership off 67 balls
40.5 Hamza to Atkinson, no run
40.6 Hamza to Atkinson, BIG APPEAL, Atkinson played across the line but missing leg

51 off 10 overs needed
James Atkinson is on 91 not out
Top innings, came good at the right time for his team

Aimal Wafa (SLA) comes back on
39.1 Aimal to Atkinson, one run
39.2 Aimal to Nizakhat, one run
39.3 Aimal to Atkinson, one run
39.4 Aimal to Nizakhat, no run
39.5 Aimal to Nizakhat, turned off his hips, Hamza picks up, 1 run
39.6 Aimal to Atkinson, tight single, 1 run

After 40 overs, Hong Kong 165-1

38.1 Zaki to Atkinson, loud appeal for lbw, not out says Sena
38.2 Zaki to Atkinson, 1 run, punched off the back-foot to mid-off, Maliki fields
38.3 Zaki to Nizakhat, FOUR, struck powerfully off the front-foot, getting righ tto the pitch and giving long-on no chance
38.3 Zaki to Nizakhat, no run, Hamza at cover fields well
38.4 Zaki to Nizakhat, DITTO
38.5 Zaki to Nizakhat, Hamza keps busy, no run
38.6 Zaki to Nizakhat, no run

End of over 39: Hong Kong 160-1 (Atkinson 8*, Nizakhat 14*)
Partnership of 39 off 57 balls so far

Endof over 38: Hong Kong 155-1
61 needed off 12
Lucky Zaki to come back from the Sea End

The Afghan Ambassador and some of his corps have arrived
About 2000 in the crowd

We're back
After 37 overs: Hong KOng 151-1 (Atkonson 85*, Nizakhat 8*)
37.1 Zard to Nizakhat, one run, square-driven
37.2 Zard to Atkinson, lands on a length, no run
37.3 Zard to Atkinson, 1 run, dinked round to backward square, Hamza fields
37.4 Zard to Nizakhat, one run
37.5 Zard to Atkinson, no run
37.6 Zard to Atkinson, one run, driven hard to mid-on, Shir gets down

Technical break. Back ASAP

35.1 Noor to Atkinson, no run
35.2 Noor to Atkinson, no run
35.3 Noor to Atkinson , no run
35.4 Noor to Nazakhat , 1 run
35.5 Noor to Atkinson , no run
35.6 Noor to Atkinson , full toss gets the treatment three on the leg side no chance FOUR runs

34.1 Zaki to Nizakhat, no run
34.2 Zaki to Nizakhat, square drive to point sweeper one run only ,
34.3 Zaki to Atkinson, sliced to backward point no run
34.4 Zaki to Atkinson, chopped to backward point nno run
34.5 Zaki to Atkinson, pushed to long on, 1 run
34.6 Zaki to Nizakhat,no run
End of over Hong Kong 144/1

Hong Kong need 78 off 16 overs at just under 5 an over. It's their's to win.

33.1 Noor ul haq to Nizakhat , no run
33.2 Noor ul haq to Nizakhat , no run
33.3 Noor ul haq to Nizakhat , no run
33.4 Noor ul haq to Nizakhat , no run
33.5 Noor ul haq to Nizakhat , no run
33.6 Noor ul haq to Nizakhat , steered to square leg , one run
End of over 138/1

Hong Kong running away this
What can Afghanistan do to peg them back?
Noor ul Haq - the Rock - comes back on
Hamza and Aimal the two left-arm spinners haven't been so effective today but it is an absolutely super batting-wicket

32.1 Hamza to Atkinson , 1 run played towards cover
32.2 Hamza to Nizakhat , no run
32.3 Hamza to Nizakhat 1 run
32.4 Hamza to Atkinson , no run
32.5 Hamza to Atkinson , 4 runs,delicious late cut
32.6 Hamza to Atkinson no run
End of over 137/1

ACC President Ijaz Butt and ACC Chief Executive Syed Ashraful Huq
are also in the audience
Big crowd at Hubara now
Will they invade the pitch even if they don't win?

Hong Kong manager Tauseef Bukhari: "Jamie's playing great. Shakeel played well. With confidence in all the batsmen, we can win this."

32nd over- technical problem.....

30.1 hamza to Atkinson 1 run
30.2 Hamza to Nizakat ,1 run driven through mid of confident shot
30.3 Hamza to Atkinson , beats him witha beauty , Murad asks for the stumping . umpire Buddhi says not out
30.3 , Hamza to Atkinson , no run
30.4 Hamza to Atkinson, pushed to mid on 1 run
30.5 Hamza to Nizakhat , no run
30.6 Hamza to Nizakat no run

So he does bowl!
29.1 Zard to Shakeel, WIDE
29.2 Zard to Shakeel, no run
Off-breaks from Zard
29.3 Zard to Shakeel, no run29.4 Zard to Shakeel, OUT, bowled him with a top-spinner,
Shakeel Haq 51 (104 balls, 6 fours)
New batsmam is Nizakhat Khan
RHB
29.5 Zard to Nizakhat, no run
29.6 Zard to Nizakhat, no run

OUT, bowled him with a top-spinner, Shakeel Haq 51 (104 balls, 6 fours)

ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has arrived at the ground
New Bowler Zard Ali

28.1 Aimal to Atkinson, no run
28.2 Aimal to Atkinson, no run
A faint cheer of 'Afghanistan Zindabad' rings round the ground
28.3 Aimal to Atkinson, one run, played fine
28.4 Aimal to Shakeel, no run
28.5 Aimal to Shakeel, no run
28.6 Aimal to Shakeel, one run
End of over 29: Hong Kong 120-0

End of over 28: Hong Kong 118-0
(Atkinson 62*, Shakeel 50*)
28.1 Aimal to Atkinson, no run
28.2 Aimal to Atkinson, no run
A faint cheer of 'Afghanistan Zindabad' rings round the ground
28.3 Aimal to Atkinson, one run, played fine
28.4 Aimal to Shakeel, no run
28.5 Aimal to Shakeel, no run
28.6 Aimal to Shakeel, one run

27.1 Zaki to Atkinson, FOUR, flicked behind square
27.2 Zaki to Atkinson, no run
27.3 Zaki to Atkinson, WIDE
27.3 Zaki to Atkinson, one run, clipped past point
27.4 Zaki to Shakeel, no run
27.5 Zaki to Shakeel, no run
27.6 Zaki to Shakeel, one run, hat's a great 50 for Shakeel

The Afghan crowd, in their thousands now, is very quiet

26.1 Aimal to Atkinson, 1 run, driven to lon-off
26.2 Aimal to Shakeel. beaten and a big appeal , but he wa swell forward and Umpire Sena shakes his head
26.3 Aimal to Shakeel, FOUR, driven over long-on, two bouncesd into the ropes
Shakeel on 49 now
26.4 Aimal to Shakeel, no run
26.5 Aimal to Shakeel, no run
26.6 Aimal to Shakeel, come sforward, scotches the spin and there's no run

After 26 overs, Hong Kong are 106 for 0
They need 110 off 24 to win the ACC U-19 Elite Cup

25.1 Noor to Atkinson, no run................................Laptop 2 reporting for action

100 partnership has just been reached.

We have 4 laptops in operation and at various times al or 3 of them are overheating!
It's 38 degrees out there. Tough on players and laptops
Sent at 2:40 PM on Friday ....................................................................................Technical break again! Back ASAP

21.1 Atkinson 's 50 generous crowd applauds.
21.2 Noor to Shakeel , no run
21.3 Noor to shakeel, turned behind suare Mir feilds 2 runs
21.4 Noor to Shakeel , no run
21.5 Noor to Shakeel , no run
21.6 Noor to Shakeel , 1 run
Atkinson's 50 off 58 balls ,6 fours

Aimal wafa changes ends replacing Hamza at the sea end
20.1 Aimal to Atkinson, big crowd building Afghansall around the ground
20.1 Aimal to Atkinson , no run
20.2 Aimal to Atkinson , no run
20.3 Aimal to Atkinson, driven to long off 1 run
20.4 Aimal to Shakeel , no run
20.5 Aimal to Shakeel , no run
20.6 Aimal to Shakeel , no run
Atkinson 49*

End of over 20 Hong kong 89/0
Atkinson 48* Shakeel 37*
Hong Kong need 137 off 30 overs at 4.46 per over

19.1 Noor to Atkinson, land s on leg and midlle .pushed to mid on no run.
19.2 Noor to atkinson. flicked fine leg inside the circle . no run............... T. Problem.....

18.1 Hamza to Atkinson, 1 RUN .driven to long off.
18.2 ,Hamza to Shakeel, 2 Runs turnes back , saves the boundary
18.3 ,Hamza to shakeel, 1 run driven to long on
18.4 hamza to atkinson , 1 run . driven to long on
18.5 hamza to Shakeel , pitches on a lentgh .beats the batsamn . no run
18.6 Hamza to Shakeel , no run

End of over 19 Hong Kong 88(Atkinson 45*, Shakeel 34*)

17.1 Noor (OB) to Atkinson (RHB), one run
The next five balls were all forward defensives and none produced any runs

Hamza (SLA) has switched ends, now in from the Sea End
16.1 Hamza to Atkinson, no run, Shakeel scrambles back
16.2 Hamza to Atkinson, one run
16.3 Hamza to Shakeel, FOUR, driven through square leg, good shot
16.4 Hamza to Shakeel, no run
16.5 Hamza to Shakeel, no run

18 over 82 runs

Hong Kong are 76 for 0 after 15.3 overs
Scoring at 5 an over and well up with the rate
15.4 Noor ul Haq (OB) to Shakeel no run
15.5 Noor to Shakeel, pitched on a length, Shakeel, forward then back, drives, right-elbow high back to the bowler, no run
15.6 Noor to Shakeel, no run
Hong Kong 77-0 after 16 overs

We're back

Technical break. Back ASAP!

12.1 Zaki to Atkinson, Big Appeal. but umpire Sena's not interested and actually has a word with Zaki and his captain to stop such fatuousness happening again
12.2 Zaki to Atkinson, no run
12.3 Zaki to Atkinson, no run
12.4 Zaki to Atkinson, WIDE
12.4 Zaki to Atkinson, one run
12.5 Zaki to Shakeel, FOUR, full toss driven to long-on
12.6 Zaki to Shakeel, three runs, glanced to leg
End of over 13: Hong Kong 63 for 0

11.1 Hamza
to Atkinson, FOUR, driven through point, who misfields
11.2 Hamza to Atkinson, no run
11.4 Hamza to Shakeel, no run
11.5 Hamza to Shakeel, 2 runs, turned to square leg
11.6 Hamza to Shakeel, no run

End of over 12: Hong Kong 52-0

10.1 Zaki to Atkinson, no run
10.2 Zaki to Atkinson, no run, drops on a length, Atkinson watchful
10.3 Zaki to Atkinson, 1 run, pushed to mid-on
10.4 Zaki to Shakeel, turned with the spin to square leg, Iqbal Maliki and Noor ul Haq converge to save the boundary, 2 runs
10.5 Zaki to Shakeel, no run
10.6 Zaki to Atkinson, no run

9.1 Hamza to Atkinson, no run, spinning in
9.2 Hamza to Atkinson, no run
9.3, Hamza to Atkinson, no run spinning away this time
9.4 Hamza to Atkinson, no run
9.5 Hamza to Atkinson, FOUR, over-pitched and driven crisply to the long-on boundary
9.6 Hamza to Atkinson, 1 run, pushed past the bowler's right hand and a good single taken
End of over 10: Hong Kong 42-0 (Atkinson 29*, Shakeel 10*)
Leg-spinner Zakiullah Zaki comes on

After 9 overs: Hong Kong 37-0 (Atkinson 24*, Shakeel 10*)
Bowler who replaced Mir from the City End last over was Hamza Hotak (SLA). A terrific bowler

8.6 Asgher to Shakeel, no run

6.1 Asgher to Shakeel, no run
6.2 Asgher to Shakeel, no run ...... Problem in server may you miss some overs

5.1 Mir to Atkinson, FOUR, off-glanced down to third man
5.2 Mir to Atkinson, no run, defended off the back-foot
5.3 Mir to Atkinson, no run, same again
5.4 Mir to Atkinson, no run
5.5 Mir to Atkinson, no run
5.6 Mir to Atkinson, length ball puhsed behind square, Shakeel tries to pinch a single, sent back and the throw is wide. Direct hit would have been close

End of over 6: Hong Kong 29-0 (Atkinson 16*, Shakeel 10*)
6.1 Asgher to Shakeel, no run

Delay for the crowd walking behind the sightscreen

4.1 Asgher to Atkinson, one run, outside-edge along the ground to third man
4.2 Asgher to Shakeel, bat on ball but no run
4.3 Asgher to Shakeel, no run
Shakeel bat high, waits.
4.4 Asgher to Shakeel, no run, turned to square
4.5 Asgher to Shakeel, no run, this one's faster and Shakeel shoulders arms to one outside off
4.6 Asgher to Shakeel, FOUR, right in the slot and a text-book drive through cover that beats two fielders
Top shot

3.1 Mir to Shakeel, no run, same as the last over!
3.2 Mir to Shakeel, and again!
3.3 Mir to Shakeel, this one beats the batsman, lifting outside off
3.4 Mir to Shakeel, plays it chest-high in front of him
3.5 Mir to Shakeel, no run, defended
3.6 Mir to Shakeel, no run, pushed to the bowler, coming forwarf
MAIDEN

2.1 Asgher to Atkinson, FOUR, driven through poinht, top shot.
2.2 Asgher to Atkinson, no run, defended
2.3 Asgher to Atkinson, 1 run, clipped square
2.4 Asgher to Shakeel, FOUR, edged but all along the ground to third man
2.5 Asgher to Shakeel, 1 bye
2.6 Asgher to Atkinson, no run
End of over 3: Afghanistan: 14 for 0

Mir Pirwani to bowl from the City End
Left-hander Shakeel Haq to face
01.1 Mir to Shakeel, no run
Two slips in place
All but fine leg and third man in the circle
01.2 Mir to Shakeel, no run
01.3 Mir to Shakeel, no run
Identical balls on off-stump, Shakeel with soft hands just dropping the ball at his feet
01.4 Mir to Shakeel, no run, DITTO
01.5 Mir to Shakeel, no run
01.6 Mir to Shakeel, no run, same all the way through
MAIDEN

ACC U-19 Elite Cup Final at KOC Hubara
It's now 38 degrees
Asgher Hotak to open the bowling, he'll be taking on Hong Kong's captain James Atkinson.
0.1 Asgher to Atkinson, no run, met with bat and pad
0.2 Asgher to Atkinson, outside off stump, no real danger
0.3 Asgher to Atkinson, APPEAL for a catch behind, but it was pat on pad making the sound, no run
Asgher to Atkinson, 2 runs, Hong Kong off the mark with a push to mid-on
0.5 Asgher to Atkinson, WIDE
0.5 Asgher to Atkinson, WIDE AGAIN
Sent at 1:18 PM on Friday
Shahriar: 0.5 Asgher to Atkinson, no run
0.6 Asgher to Atkinson, no run, forward defense
End of over 1: Hong Kong 4-0