Cricket-Pakistan's Naseem bosses Farooqi again in last-over thriller


  • Cricket
  • Friday, 25 Aug 2023

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Pakistan tailender Naseem Shah cut down Afghanistan's Fazalhaq Farooqi in the final over of a cliff-hanger once again on Thursday, with his latest heroics securing a thrilling victory in the second one-day international in Hambantota.

Nearly 11 months after hitting Farooqi for back-to-back sixes to fashion a sensational win in an Asia Cup Twenty20 match, Naseem was again the Afghan seamer's nemesis.

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