Napier, New Zealand (BBN)-The United Arab Emirates crumbled losing six wickets in face of a huge target set by Pakistan in the 25th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup in Napier on Wednesday.
UAE scored 145 runs for six in 41 overs when this report was updated at 1:58pm (BST).
Swapnil Patil and Amjad Javed are now at the crease.
If Pakistan could beat UAE by 150 runs, they can rank above West Indies in Pool B.
Earlier, Khurram Khan and Shaiman Anwar of the UAE tried their best to make their team stable in pursuit of 340 target.
In the beginning of the second innings of the match, Pakistan took a total control over the United Arab Emirates limiting the latter to slow score.
Rahat Ali and Haris Sohail guided Pakistan from the very beginning of the second innings to limit the UAE in low post at their Pool B match.
In the first innings of the match, the combined effort of Pakistan guided the team to pile 339 total.
Misbah-ul-Haq’s personal 65 post, Ahmed Shehzad’s 93 and Haris Sohail’s 70 powered Pakistan to cross 300 in their Pool B match.
Pakistan mounted the total losing six wickets in 50 overs.
Prior to the beginning of the match, United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field first.
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Pakistan: Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shehzad, Haris Sohail, Misbah-ul-Haq (C), Umar Akmal (wk), Shahid Afridi, Sohaib Maqsood, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Khan, Rahat Ali, Mohammad Irfan
UAE: Amjad Ali, Andri Berenger, Krishna Chandran, Khurram Khan, Swapnil Patil (wk), Shaiman Anwar, Rohan Mustafa, Amjad Javed, Mohammad Naveed, Mohammad Tauqir (C), Manjula Guruge
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