Cricket Updates: First-ever ODI between Pakistan & Afghanistan, Pakistan wins by 7 wickets. Highlights

SHARJAH: On Friday Feb. 10,2012. Pakistan and Afghanistan cricket teams played a historic first-ever one-day international on Friday in Sharja. Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first.

Afghanistan scored 196 runs while playing first. Afghanistan lost their 8 wickets for this total of 195 runs and played 48.3 overs. Afghan opener Karim Sadiq scored a high individual of 40 runs. Afghan 1st wicket fell at 23 runs. 2nd wicket fell down at 54 runs. Afghanistan achieved their first 50 in 8.3 overs. Afghanistan completed their 100 runs in 21.2 overs. At 147 runs 6 Afghan batsmen were back to pavillion. Afghanistan completed 150 runs in 36.4 overs. At last Afghanistan all team out at 195 runs in 48.3 overs. Thus Afghanistan set a target of 196 in 50 overs.

Pakistani all rounder boom boom Afridi took 5 wickets while Umar Gul and Wahab Riaz they both took 2 wickets each.

Pakistan started their inning to chase the target of 196 runs and achieved the target in 37.1 overs at the loss of 3 wickets. Thus Pakistan won the match by 7 wickets. Pakistan opener Imran Farhat and 4th coming batsman Younis Khan they both achieved their 50s. Imran Farhat scored 53 runs while Younis Khan scored 70 runs and remained not out.