Asia Cup 2018: Match 2, Pakistan vs Hong Kong – Statistical Highlights

Pakistan started off their Asia Cup campaign with an 8-wicket victory against Hong Kong set up on the back of a dominating bowling performance. The left-arm pacer Usman Khan took three wickets while Hasan Ali and Shadab Khan chipped in two each to bundle out Hong Kong for just 116. In response, Pakistan lost a couple of wickets and survived some calls but in the end, reached the target in only 23.4 with Imam-ul-Haq scoring an unbeaten fifty.

All the stats and numbers recorded during Pakistan’s comprehensive win over Hong Kong:

0 – Number of wickets Mohammad Amir has taken in the last 3 ODI matches he played. He has bowled 24 overs collectively in his previous three games giving away only 72 runs with three maiden overs.

1 – Hong Kong batted first for the first time in an Asia Cup game. In their previous four outing in this tournament, Hong Kong batted second and lost all those game by 100 and more runs.

However, their total of 116 in this match is the 2nd lowest among those five games after 105 that they managed against Bangladesh in their maiden appearance in 2004.

1 – Imam-ul-Haq’s fifty in this game is his first fifty in the ten ODI matches he has played thus far. In the previous ODI games, the left-hander converted all his four fifties into centuries.

2 – Usman Khan Shinwari has two Man of the Match awards in the three ODI matches he played in the UAE. In his previous ODI in this country, the left-arm pacer took 5/34 against Sri Lanka in Sharjah.

9 – Pakistan have bowled out their opponents in the nine of their last 11 matches while bowling first. In the last 11 ODIs while bowling first, Pakistan bowled out their opponents under 200 on five occasions.

45 – Babar Azam became the joint 2nd quickest to complete 2000 runs in ODI cricket. Hashim Amla was the quickest to the milestone taking 40 innings while Zaheer Abbas and Kevin Pietersen also needed 45 innings for 2000 ODI runs.

158 – Pakistan’s win with 158 balls to spare in this game is their 2nd biggest win in terms of balls to spare. They chased down the target of 116 against Bangladesh in 2008 with 182 balls to spare, the biggest win in terms of balls to spare in the history of Asia Cup.

India chased down the target of 97 against Sri Lanka in 1984 in only 21.4 overs while a 131-run chase in 1997 against Bangladesh in only 15 overs. The game was reduced to a 43-overs affair.

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