Salman Butt was coming into this tournament on the back of some impressive performances


But Afzaal Haider made it a dream start for Hong Kong, dismissing Butt on the third ball of match


Younis Khan stepped out against Nadeem, and was left stranded as the ball turn past the blade. Wicketkeeper James Atkinson completed the stumping


Pakistan were past 100 in 15 overs, and the Hong Kong captain Tabarak Dar brought on Nadeem Ahmed, the left-arm spinner


Nadeem's third over was a wicket maiden, and he ended Mohammad Yousuf's innings on 28


Afzaal Haider (extreme left) took the catch as Yousuf top-edged a sweep to backward square leg


Younis Khan had scored a century in the Kitply Cup final against India, and he built the momentum with a fluent half-century


Misbah-ul-Haq was later trapped in front


With Shahid Afridi out caught and bowled, Nadeem had run through Pakistan's middle order


Sarfraz Ahmed was run-out, and Pakistan were left struggling at 161 for 7


Sohail Tanvir and Fawad Alam then rebuild Pakistan's innings


They worked around the ball to pick up singles. Tanvir even tried switching his grip from to that of a right-hander's, and the resultant sweep went for four


The two put on exactly 100 runs for the eighth wicket, a record for the Asia Cup


Tanvir scored 55 off 59 balls


Alam was unbeaten on 63 as Pakistan finished on 288 for 9


Tabarak Dar managed to avoid this bouncer, but a snorter from Umar Gul hit his jaw and he was forced to retire hurt


The Pakistan bowlers then made inroads through the Hong Kong line-up. Tanvir struck twice


Iftikhar Anjum bowled both Irfan Ahmed and Hussain Butt to leave Hong Kong struggling at 45 for


Zain Abbas and James Atkinson then made a brief recovery before Shahid Afridi removed Atkinson


Abbas began to cramp, and both he Younis Khan were stretchered off after Younis was struck on the head by the batsman. Abbas was retired out as Hong Kong were dismissed for 133