Nangarhar Leopards vs Paktia Panthers, 4th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Cutting to Udana, out Bowled!! Third of the over for Cutting. Takes his tally of wickets to 8 in the series. He cannot put a foot wrong. That was another delivery in the blockhole zone and the batsman misses after backing away to be clean bowled. Udana b Cutting 0(1)

Cutting to Azmatullah Omarzai, out Caught by Shafiqullah!! That goes up in the air and has been taken! Cutting is on a hat-trick again. The slower delivery and the batsman went big but only managed to sky it up without getting any distance. The keeper ran to the short mid region and took it despite being slightly hassled towards the end. Azmatullah Omarzai c Shafiqullah b Cutting 0(1)

Cutting to Sharafuddin Ashraf, out Bowled!! The blockhole delivery does the trick. The ball tailed in late, thudded the boot and then ricocheted on to the sticks. Superb piece of death bowling from the skipper. Sharafuddin Ashraf b Cutting 11(7) [6s-1]

McClenaghan to Shenwari, FOUR, looks to slog and the outer edge is found. The ball goes over the man at short third and runs away into the fence for a four. Poor end to the over

McClenaghan to Shenwari, SIX, W.O.W!! That was biffed over long-off. In the slot and the golf like swing from the batsman meant the ball was sent on a long journey

Cutting to Sharafuddin Ashraf, SIX, fuller ball outside off and has been sliced over point for a sixer. Marvellous hit as Sharafuddin Ashraf freed his arms seeing the room on it

McClenaghan to Afridi, out Caught by Cutting!! That was a blinder. The skipper can do no wrong. Flat-batted down the ground and the man at long-off leapt up, kept his balance and took it just inside the ropes. That looked six the moment it left the bat but the fielder intercepted brilliantly to catch it out of thin air. Afridi c Cutting b McClenaghan 19(18) [4s-2 6s-1]

McClenaghan to Afridi, 1 run, slams the ball down the ground! And was dropped. The man at long-on came forward, tried to pouch it but failed to hold on to it as the ball burst through his fingers

McClenaghan to Afridi, SIX, short ball, pulled and it goes the distance. Boom Boom has exploded. That sailed away over deep square leg. He was anticipating a short ball and Afridi took full toll of it

Mujeeb to Afridi, FOUR, takes the edge and that will run away. Tried to slash it and the ball trimmed the outer educated edge to beat the dive from the man at third man

Zahir Khan to Afridi, FOUR, that was untidy! The fielder there from point tried to dive and stop the ball which was running away towards the deep backward point area. The fielder put in the clumsy dive and only in turn pushed the ball away to the ropes

Naveen-ul-Haq to Shenwari, FOUR, fortune favours the brave and the aggressor. That was a slower ball, well disguised, the batsman saw the room though and went hard. The ball flew off the edge and past the short third man fielder for a four

Naveen-ul-Haq to Shenwari, SIX, Shenwari just shouted out - pick and drop facility available - he picked the ball and dropped it on the canopy providing shade to the people. Amazing hit. Such a powerhouse is this man as he just stroked the length ball on top of the bounce to send it flying over covers

Naveen-ul-Haq to Shenwari, SIX, bad ball and put away with elan. Short ball down leg and helped on its way with the help of a swivelled pull. The fine leg was in and that just sailed away

Zahir Khan to Raza, out Bowled!! Goes for the reverse and misses for the ball to strike timber. That was too full and the length kind of yorked him. The leg pole was pegged back. Not the right execution even if the idea was right. Picked the wrong ball and paid the price. Paktia losing their way here. Raza b Zahir Khan 8(9) [6s-1]

Rahmat to Raza, SIX, tossed up flighted delivery and the batsman goes inside out to slam it over covers for a sixer. Talk about adding insult to injury

Rahmat to Raza, byes, FOUR, missed!! A stumping chance goes down. The batsman danced out and missed the hoick, so did the keeper. The ball went away into the fence for four byes

Cutting to Raza, out Mohammad Shahzad Run Out!! That was stabbed away into the off-side and the man behind square on the off, pounced on the ball and unleashed the throw at the batter's end to hit his target. Mohammad Shahzad had to go around the bowler and hence had to cover more ground. He was well short in the end. Mohammad Shahzad run out (Shahidi) 53(31) [4s-7 6s-2]

Zahir Khan to Delport, out Bowled!! Gone! The googly does the trick. Not sure if Delport picked it. Tried to loft against the turn and ended up getting beaten on the inside edge. A huge gap between bat and pad for the ball to sneak through. Crashes into the stumps. Zahir Khan breaks the partnership. Delport b Zahir Khan 35(22) [4s-5 6s-1]

Zahir Khan to Delport, FOUR, turning away, but the length is on the shorter side, Delport thrashes it through cover

Zahir Khan to Delport, FOUR, shortish ball, Delport stands tall and lifts it over Mohammad Shahzad's head

Mujeeb to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, flighted delivery outside off, Shahzad walks across before getting down on a knee, and then nails the slog sweep over deep mid-wicket. Back-to-back fifties for Mohammad Shahzad!

Naveen-ul-Haq to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, short ball, Shahzad backs away and upper-cuts it over and wide of backward point. Was the slower delivery and Shahzad picked it. No chance for third man to cut it off. A one-bounce four

Naveen-ul-Haq to Delport, SIX, what a way to greet the bowler! The maximum also brings up the fifty partnership. Gentle full ball, slightly overpitched and Delport thumps it over long-on

Zahir Khan to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, on the shorter side and Shahzad pounces. Swiftly rocks back and pummels the pull over mid-wicket

Cutting to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, lucky! Shortish ball outside off, but it was the slower delivery. Shahzad was early into his shot - the cut and the ball was in the air as it came off the splice. Luckily was well wide of the short third man fielder

Cutting to Delport, FOUR, good shot. Delport knows that there is no movement. He walks down the pitch to drill this short of length delivery straight down the ground past the non-striker. No chance for mid-off

Naveen-ul-Haq to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, this is good batting. Waist for this back of a length delivery on the back foot, clears his front leg and steers it behind backward point

Naveen-ul-Haq to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, Shahzad goes aerial and collects his first six of the match. Length ball on off and middle, Shahzad backs away a tad and thumps it over long-off

Naveen-ul-Haq to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, a hit-me delivery. Loads of width outside off, Shahzad spanks it through covers. No need to run for those

Mujeeb to Delport, FOUR, four more! Delport makes room by moving leg-side and scythes this length ball through cover-point

Mujeeb to Delport, FOUR, width served and slightly too short and Delport takes heavy toll of it. Slightly moves leg-side and stands tall to cut through point

Mujeeb to Ihsanullah, out Lbw!! Big shout for lbw and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. Mujeeb strikes in his opening over. The quick and flat inswinger from Mujeeb and Janat is stuck in his crease. He looked to work it through the leg-side, but was late to bring his bat down and the ball skidded through off the pitch. Impact was on off and middle and that looked plumb. Ihsanullah lbw b Mujeeb 11(6) [4s-1 6s-1]

Mujeeb to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, stays leg-side of the ball and crashes the drive through extra cover

McClenaghan to Ihsanullah, FOUR, slower delivery, full ball but on the pads, Ihsanullah inside-edges the flick to fine leg

McClenaghan to Ihsanullah, SIX, what a shot to get off the mark. Fullish ball outside off, Ihsanullah thumps it over long-off. Good contact