ASIA CUP 2022 LIVE: HongKong win by 8 wickets, join India & Pakistan in GROUP A as 3rd team: Watch HongKong beat UAE Highlights

ASIA CUP 2022 LIVE – Asia Cup Qualifiers: Hong Kong win by 8 wickets: Hong Kong thrashed United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 8 wickets to become the third team to qualify for Asia Cup 2022. With six points, HongKong remained unbeaten in the qualifying phase. The Nizakat Khan-led team will join India and Pakistan in Group A. Follow Asia Cup Cricket Live updates & IND vs PAK LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN

Sent to bat, UAE set a 148-run target for Hong Kong in the final qualifier match. UAE struggled to get going. They lost three early wickets. Ehsan Khan was the pick of the bowlers as he bagged 4 wickets for 24 runs. Captain CP Rizwan top-scored with 49 while Zarwar Farid scored 27-ball 41.

In the chase, HongKong were off to a strong start with Nizakat Khan and Yasim Murtaza adding 85 runs for the opening stand. After Nizakat and Yasim were both dismissed, Babar Hayat and Kinchit Shah completed the formalities with 6 balls to spare. Yasi Murtaza slammed 43-ball 58 while Hayat remained unbeaten on 38 off 26 balls.

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HongKong Scorecard:

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Nizakat Khan (C)	c Waseem Muhammad b Basil Hameed	39	39	5	0	100.00
Yasim Murtaza	c Waseem Muhammad b Junaid Siddique	58	43	7	1	134.88
Babar Hayat	Not out	38	26	1	3	146.15
Kinchit Shah	Not out	6	6	0	0	100.00
Extra	8 (b 4, w 4, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	149/2 (19)
Yet To Bat	SS McKechnie, Zeeshan Ali, Aizaz Khan, Haroon Arshed, Ehsan Khan, Ayush Shukla, Mohammad Ghazanfar

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Junaid Siddique	3	35	1	11.67
Sultan Ahmed	4	21	0	5.30
Zawar Farid	4	33	0	8.30
Basil Hameed	4	31	1	7.75
Karthik Meiyappan	4	25	0	6.25

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Nizakat Khan	1-85	10.5
Yasim Murtaza	2-116	16.1

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UAE Scorecard:

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Waseem Muhammad	lbw b Ayush Shukla	18	8	1	2	225.00
Chirag Suri	st SS McKechnie b Ehsan Khan	4	2	1	0	200.00
Vriitya Aravind (WK)	lbw b Ayush Shukla	2	4	0	0	50.00
CP Rizwan (C)	st SS McKechnie b Ehsan Khan	49	44	4	0	111.36
Aryan Lakra	c Babar Hayat b Ayush Shukla	11	13	1	0	84.62
Basil Hameed	c KD Shah b Yasim Murtaza	9	12	0	0	75.00
Zawar Farid	c Nizakat Khan b Ehsan Khan	41	27	2	3	151.85
Kashif Daud	c KD Shah b Ehsan Khan	1	2	0	0	50.00
Junaid Siddique	c Yasim Murtaza b Aizaz Khan	6	3	0	1	200.00
Sultan Ahmed	c Babar Hayat b Aizaz Khan	1	2	0	0	50.00
Karthik Meiyappan	Not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
Extra	5 (b 4, w 1, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	147/10 (19.3)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Ehsan Khan	4	24	4	6.00
Haroon Arshed	2	33	0	16.50
Ayush Shukla	4	30	3	7.50
Aizaz Khan	1.3	8	2	5.33
Yasim Murtaza	4	17	1	4.25
Mohammad Ghazanfar	4	31	0	7.75

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Chirag Suri	1-5	0.5
Waseem Muhammad	2-24	2.1
V Aravind	3-25	2.3
Aryan Lakra	4-47	6.2
Basil Hameed	5-77	11.3
Zawar Farid	6-137	18.1
Kashif Daud	7-139	18.4
CP Rizwan	8-141	18.5
Sultan Ahmed	9-147	19.1
Junaid Siddique	10-147	19.3

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