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When China was humiliated on cricket field

Source:PTI
April 23, 2017 10:54 IST

IMAGE: China and Saudi Arabia players. Photograph: ICC.

China were humiliated as they were bowled out for 28 by Saudi Arabia and crashed to a 390-run defeat in a World Cricket League regional qualifier in Thailand on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia piled up 418 all out off their 50 overs before China's outclassed batsmen collapsed in just 12.4 overs as extras top scored with 13.

Shahbaz Rasheed made a run a ball fifty and Mohammad Afzal completed a century from 91 balls with 13 fours and two sixes but the real fireworks came from captain Shoaib Ali who took only 24 balls to reach his fifty and was dismissed for 91 from just 41 balls with 10 fours and six sixes.

Their total was seven runs fewer than the record low for a full one-day international of 35 made by Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka in 2004.

But it was still more than the record 50-over low score of 18 made by West Indies U19s against Barbados in Guyana in 2007.

Saudi Arabia are considered to be one of the favourites to win the ICC World Cricket League Qualifier - Asia being held in Chiang Mai and they gave a dominant performance against China as they won by 390 runs at Gymkhana Club.

Facing the huge total China were shot out by bowling trio Ibrar Ul Haq who took three wickets for eight runs, leg-spinner Imran Arif who bagged three for just two runs and off-spinner Shahbaz Rasheed finished the match with a hat-trick.

Source: PTI
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