Overview

• Pakistan clinched the UAE T20I tri-series with a 75-run victory in Sharjah, defending 141 for 8 and bowling Afghanistan out for 66 in 15.5 overs.
• Left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz claimed the first T20I hat-trick by a Pakistan spinner and returned career-best figures of 5 for 19.
• Nawaz’s hat-trick removed Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli and Azmatullah Omarzai off successive deliveries to spark the collapse.
• Pakistan’s total was built by Fakhar Zaman (27), Salman Ali Agha (24) and Nawaz (25) after Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan (3 for 38) and Noor Ahmad (2 for 17) tightened the middle overs.
• Afghanistan’s 66 was its second-lowest T20I total, with Rashid Khan top-scoring on 17 in his 100th T20 appearance for the team.