Related Link : Asia Cup 2008
Venue : National Stadium, Karachi (Day/Night)
Toss : Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Tony Hill (NZ) and Brian Jerling (SA)
Match Result : Pakistan won by 155 runs
Man of the Match : Sohail Tanvir
Pakistan (50 Overs Maximum)
Salman Butt c Atkinson b Afzaal Haider 0 (3)
Shoaib Malik (C) c Butt b Irfan Ahmed 35 (32) 7 ‘4s’
Younis Khan st Atkinson b Nadeem Ahmed 67 (65) 8 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Mohammad Yousuf c Afzaal Haider b Nadeem Ahmed 28 (28) 5 ‘4s’
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Nadeem Ahmed 2 (8)
Fawad Alam not out 63 (77) 3 ‘4s’
Shahid Afridi c&b Nadeem Ahmed 4 (6)
Sarfraz Ahmed (WK) run out (Butt/Munir Dar) 7 (15) 1 ‘4s’
Sohail Tanvir c sub (Lamsam) b Zain Abbas 59 (55) 6 ‘4s’
Umar Gul c Nadeem Ahmed b Irfan Ahmed 8 (9)
Iftikhar Anjum not out 3 (2)
Extras: 12 (Wides : 10 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 2)
Total : 288/9 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-0 (Salman Butt, 0.3 ovs), 2-67 (Shoaib Malik, 11.4 ovs), 3-121 (Mohammad Yousuf, 19.2 ovs), 4-135 (Younis Khan, 21.6 ovs), 5-140 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 23.2 ovs), 6-150 (Shahid Afridi, 25.4 ovs), 7-161 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 29.2 ovs), 8-261 (Sohail Tanvir, 46.2 ovs), 9-283 (Umar Gul, 49.2 ovs)
Hong Kong Bowling
Afzaal Haider 7-0-51-1 (3wd)
Irfan Ahmed 10-0-59-2 (1wd)
Zain Abbas 6-0-56-1 (2wd)
Nadeem Ahmed 9-1-51-4
Najeeb Amar 10-0-35-0
Munir Dar 8-1-34-0
Hong Kong (Target : 289 from 50 Overs)
Tabarak Dar (C) lbw b Shahid Afridi 24 (51) 3 ‘4s’
Skhawat Ali c sub (Mansoor Amjad) b Sohail Tanvir 8 (20) 1 ‘4s’
Irfan Ahmed b Iftikhar Anjum 0 (1)
Hussain Butt b Iftikhar Anjum 4 (13)
Courtney Kruger b Sohail Tanvir 0 (4)
Zain Abbas retired hurt 26 (54) 2 ‘4s’
James Atkinson (WK) b Shahid Afridi 18 (30) 2 ‘4s’
Munir Dar run out (Sarfraz Ahmed) 14 (12) 3 ‘4s’
Najeeb Amar lbw b Younis Khan 21 (25) 2 ‘4s’
Nadeem Ahmed c Misbah-ul-Haq b Fawad Alam 2 (14)
Afzaal Haider not out 0 (0)
Extras: 16 (Wides : 13 No Balls: 0 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 2)
Total : 133 all out (Overs : 37.2)
Fall of Wickets: 1-28 (Skhawat Ali, 7.4 ovs), 2-28 (Irfan Ahmed, 8.1 ovs), 3-32 (Kruger, 9.2 ovs), 4-45 (Butt, 12.3 ovs), 5-76 (Atkinson, 21.2 ovs), 7-126 (Munir Dar, 33.5 ovs), 8-133 (Najeeb Amar, 36.6 ovs), 9-133 (Nadeem Ahmed, 37.2 ovs)
Pakistan Bowling
Umar Gul 6-1-19-0
Sohail Tanvir 6-1-20-2 (5wd)
Iftikhar Anjum 6-1-18-2 (1wd)
Shahid Afridi 8-0-31-2 (3wd)
Shoaib Malik 8-0-31-0 (1wd)
Fawad Alam 2.2-0-8-1 (1wd)
Younis Khan 1-0-3-1 (1wd)