- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras8 (lb 1, nb 2, w 5)TOTAL109/9 (33 Overs, RR: 3.3)Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Saleem Raza), 2-40 (Azhar Saeed), 3-47 (Ganesh Mylvaganam), 4-53 (Mohammad Aslam), 5-54 (Mazhar Hussain), 6-70 (Arshad Laeeq), 7-80 (Mohammad Ishaq), 8-108 (Johanne Samarasekera), 9-109 (Sultan Zarawani)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Wasim Akram 7 1 25 2 3.57 1 2 Waqar Younis 7 1 33 1 4.71 1 0 Aaqib Javed 6 0 18 2 3 2 0 Mushtaq Ahmed 7 0 16 3 2.28 1 0 Aamer Sohail 6 1 16 0 2.66 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras17 (lb 1, nb 4, w 12)TOTAL112/1 (18 Overs, RR: 6.22)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Aamer Sohail)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JA Samarasekera 3 0 17 1 5.66 6 2 Arshad Laeeq 4 0 24 0 6 3 2 SF Dukanwala 3 1 14 0 4.66 0 0 Saleem Raza 3 0 17 0 5.66 0 0 Sultan Zarawani 3 0 23 0 7.66 3 0 Azhar Saeed 2 0 16 0 8 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Pakistan , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
24 February 1996 (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Pakistan 2, United Arab Emirates 0
Match Notes
- Match delayed due to rain, shortened to 33 overs a side.
- G Mylvaganam and Saleem Raza 27, record ODI opening partnership for the United Arab Emirates.
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