LAHORE, May 29 Pakistan marched into the final of the eighth Baseball Asia Cup, defeating Hong Kong 7-2 run in Bangkok, Thailand.

Pakistan will take on Indonesia in the final, who have qualified for it after beating Sri Lanka 7-4 run.

According to information received here, both Pakistan and Hong Kong could not score any run in first two innings.

In the third innings, however, Pakistan made two runs through Imtiaz and Farooq. Hong Kong failed to open the account in this innings, too.

In the fourth innings, Pakistan failed to add any run, while Hong scored one.

The fifth innings was barren, but in the sixth innings, Pakistan plundered two more runs through Imtiaz and Nasir while Hong Kong also made one run.

Pakistan added three more runs through Zaheer, Nasir and Usman in the seventh innings, while Hong Kong failed to earn any run.

No score was made in the eighth and the ninth innings.

The final will be played on Saturday. By winning it, Pakistan will qualify for the Asian Senior League of six nations, which is being held in Japan in July.

By beating any one team of the Senior League, Pakistan will qualify for next year's Asian Games.

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