Hong Kong Sixes: Pakistan beat Oman by 18 runs to win Plate final

DUBAI: Pakistan beat Oman by 18 runs in the Plate final of the Hong Kong International Sixes tournament. The match was played at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok.

Batting first, Pakistan scored 154 for four wickets in the allotted six overs.

Captain Abbas Afridi scored an unbeaten 73 off just 16 balls, with 11 sixes and one four. Abdul Samad made 32 off seven balls, with four sixes and two fours, while Ahmed Daniyal scored an unbeaten 25 off five balls.

In reply, Oman could manage only 136 for four wickets in the allotted six overs. Zohaib Amanat played an aggressive unbeaten innings of 61 off 18 balls and Usman Ali an unbeaten 67 off 17 balls, but the team fell 18 runs short of the target.

Abbas Afridi was named player of the match for his decisive innings.