Shaheen Shah Afridi claimed six wickets and returned with best figures (6/35) ever by a Pakistan bowler in a World Cup match, but his team failed to better their net run-rate in their league game against Bangladesh which they won by 94 runs at the Lord’s on Friday, helping New Zealand to qualify for the semifinals.
With fifth-placed Pakistan needing to break the world record for margin of victory in𒀰 a one-day international, ton-up Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam shared a 157-run second wicket stand to guide Pakistan 🍨to 315/9 in 50 overs after skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed opted to bat.
It meant Bangladesh needed only eight runs to end Pakistan’s hopes of progress and they reached that in the second over.
For Bangladesh, star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan smashed his seventh 50-plus score in eight innings in the 2019 World Cup with a fluent 64 off 77 balls, his innings was laced with six fours. Shakib finished with 606 runs and 🅘11 wickets, the best ever show by an all-rounder in the World Cup.
Promising 19-ye🐈ar old pacer Afridi continued to impress with the ball as he returned career-best figures of 6/35 in 9.1 overs and also became the youngest to take a five-wicket haul in a World Cup.
Afridi took the wickets of Tamim Iqbal (8), Lit🤪on Das (32), Shakib, Mahmudullah𒆙 (29), Mohammad Saifuddin (0) and Mustafizur Rahman (1).
🙈The ball that got Afridi his fifth scalp was a gem of a yorker which Mahmudullah failed to read. He then removed Mustafizur Rahman (1) with a yorker to cap off a dream tournament in which he bagged 16 wickets off just five games.
Brief Scores: Pakistan 315/9 in 50 overs (Imam ul Haq 100, Babar Azam 96; Mustafizur Rahman 5-75, Mohammad Saifuddin 3-77) beat Bangladesh 221 in 44.1 ꧃overs (Shakib Al Hasan 64, Liton Das 32; Shaheen Afridi 6-35, Shadab Khan 2-59)♚ by 94 runs.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
A little fuller in length n Shaheen Afridi looks a completely different bowler. Every bowler I've asked has said it's not the easiest thing to do, credit to the youngster
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7)
Good win and team Pakis🐭tan . Important to finish 🍨decently. Well batted and . Excellent bowling 👏.
— Salman Butt (@im_SalmanButt)
Spirited performance by Pakistan. Outplaying Bagladesh.
But a sad end to our World Cup campaign. Small things here & there could have changed things for us.
A decent show overall.
Defeated England, South Afrꦫica, New Zealand, A🅷fghanistan & Bangladesh.— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph)
Points then Head to Head then a duck worth Lewis system would be the way I would go for the next World Cup … Net Run rates are garbage …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Most wickets by a teenager in World Cups (16) ☑️
Youngest to take a five-wicket haul at a ☑️
Best figures by a Pakistan bowler at a World Cup (🦹3/36) ☑️Ladies and gentlemen once again, 🦅👏🏼
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB)
Ummeed pe duniya Kaayam hay. Aaj wo sach Nahi hay…
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
I hate net run rate
— Graeme Smith (@GraemeSmith49)
Remember the name – Shaheen Shah Afridi
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Shaheen Shah Afridi is the Man of the Match for💝 his blit🐻z with the ball.
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB)
