Pakistan have defeated the UAE by 129 runs to boost their hopes of qualifying for the quarter-final stage of the Cricket World Cup.
Half-centuries from Ahmed Shehzad (93), Haris Sohail (70) and Misbah-ul-Haq (65) helped the Green Shirts set their opponents a target of 340 to win in Napier, and the minnows could only respond with 210 runs from their 50 overs.
United Arab Emirates were reduced to 25-3 early on as their response got off to a bad start, Rahat Ali bowling out Amjad Ali for 14 runs before Andri Berenger (2) and Krishna Karate were both caught behind to end any lingering hopes of staging a strong reply.
Shaiman Anwar did manage to score a half-century of his own to become the tournament's top run-scorer, but his 62 fell some way short of the tally the Emirates state needed to claw back the deficit.
Anwar had shared an 83-run partnership with Khurram Khan until the latter flicked Sohaib Maqsood to square leg for 43 to see the contest come to an end.
Pakistan, who last won the World Cup back in 1992, have now picked up two wins in the space of four days to recover from heavy defeats against South Africa and Ireland.
AUS bt AFG by 275 runs
Co-hosts Australia recorded the biggest-ever one-day international score at a World Cup on their way to a 275-run victory over Afghanistan on Wednesday.
Led from the front by David Warner's 178 runs from 133 balls, which included 24 boundaries, Australia posted 417-6from their 50 overs, with Warner aided by 95 from Steven Smith and a rapid 88 off just 39 balls by Glenn Maxwell.
Afghanistan, who won the toss and chose to field first, didn't stand a chance of chasing the mammoth total down, but still put in a respectable batting display in what is their first World Cup showing.
The Aussies' first wicket didn't arrive until the seventh over when Mitchell Johnson got rid of Usman Ghani for 12.
Johnson took a game-high four wickets and also removed Afghanistan's highest-scorer Nawroz Mangal (33), with the minnows losing all 10 wickets for 142 in the 38th over.
After winning one, losing one and having one of their first three games abandoned, Australia now sit third in Pool A on five points behind New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan remain on two points with one win and three defeats to their name.
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