Score after
7
overs
29 - 0
- Abdullah Shafique 17 (20)
- Saim Ayub 12 (22)
Blessing Muzarabani3-0-18-0
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, No run.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, SIX! BANG! Don't bowl there! Blessing Muzarabani drops the length short at the batter and Abdullah Shafique stands ready and pulls it away, with ease, up and over mid-wicket for a flat maximum. First of the innings from Abdullah Shafique and Pakistan.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Hits the hard length just outside off. Abdullah Shafique stays on the crease and drops the ball down towards covers.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Much fuller on the stumps. Abdullah Shafique offers a good front foot block.
Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, Drops the length again outside off. Saim Ayub slaps it to deep backward point and runs a single.
Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, Just short outside off. Saim Ayub taps it straight to point.
Score after
6
overs
22 - 0
- Abdullah Shafique 11 (16)
- Saim Ayub 11 (20)
Richard Ngarava to Abdullah Shafique, Well directed bumper at the batter with pace. Abdullah Shafique ducks down and ends the over.
Richard Ngarava to Abdullah Shafique, Hits the length hard on top of off. Abdullah Shafique tucks it straight to mid off from the crease.
Richard Ngarava to Abdullah Shafique, FOUR! Too full and easy pickings for Abdullah Shafique! Richard Ngarava runs in from over the wicket and pitches the ball up outside off. Abdullah Shafique takes the front foot out and drives the ball well, beating covers to his right and the ball races away to the boundary line.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, On the good length on top of the stumps. Saim Ayub stays on the crease and drops the ball to the right of mid-wicket and runs a quick single. Good running by the batters.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Play and a miss! Bangs it short just outside off. Saim Ayub looks to slash the ball hard but misses it completely.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Fuller on the off stump. Saim Ayub looks to play the cover drive but mistimes it straight to covers.
Score after
5
overs
17 - 0
- Abdullah Shafique 7 (13)
- Saim Ayub 10 (17)
Blessing Muzarabani2-0-11-0
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Pitches the ball much fuller on the stumps. Abdullah Shafique drives it straight but is fielded by the bowler to end the over.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Length ball on top of off. Abdullah Shafique tucks it straight to covers from the crease.
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Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Drops the length back outside off. Abdullah Shafique looks to punch it off the crease but misses.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Length ball on the off stump. Abdullah Shafique blocks it off the front foot back to the bowler.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, FOUR! SHOT! Too full and punished! Blessing Muzarabani, who misses his length and pitches the ball up on the off stump, is looking for some swing to offer. Abdullah Shafique takes the front stride out and punches the ball straight back, beating mid off to his right and the ball runs away to the boundary line.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Drops the ball short at the batter on his body. Abdullah Shafique gets back in the crease and flicks the ball in front of fine leg for a couple of runs.
Score after
4
overs
11 - 0
- Abdullah Shafique 1 (7)
- Saim Ayub 10 (17)
Richard Ngarava to Abdullah Shafique, Finally, Abdullah Shafique is off the mark! Length ball outside off and Abdullah Shafique drives it off the front foot to the right of covers and sets off for a single to open his account and end the over.
Richard Ngarava to Abdullah Shafique, Much fuller on the off stump from over the wicket angle to the right-hander. Abdullah Shafique looks to punch it straight but gets a thick outside edge towards point.
Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Tadiwanashe Marumani, Joylord Gumbie, Dion Myers, Craig Ervine(c), Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Brian Bennett, Clive Madande(w), Faraz Akram, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani
Pakistan (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Agha Salman, Tayyab Tahir, Irfan Khan, Aamer Jamal, Haris Rauf, Faisal Akram, Abrar Ahmed
Richard Ngarava to Abdullah Shafique, Length ball on top of off. Abdullah Shafique drops it down from the crease under his eyes.
We probably would have bowled first. It has been quite hard to read the conditions. There was not a lot of cricket played in the last game, so the pitch won't change too much. It is always going to be a mental game, what happened on Tuesday is in the past and you don't want to dwelve on that too much. We haven't beaten Pakistan in an ODI series, it is an amazing opportunity to create a bit of history. We have two changes.
Craig Ervine
We are going to bat first. The pitch is same as the last game and it might become difficult in the second innings. The way we are giving chances to young talent.. We have an eye on the Champions Trophy. We are going with the same team.
Mohammad Rizwan
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Holds the length back outside off. Saim Ayub taps it to deep backward point on the boundary and runs a single.
Pakistan have won the toss and have opted to bat
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Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Left alone outside off from Saim Ayub. Length ball from Richard Ngarava going across the batter.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Runs in from over the wicket and pitches the ball up outside off. Saim Ayub drives it off the front foot straight to covers.
Score after
3
overs
9 - 0
- Abdullah Shafique 0 (4)
- Saim Ayub 9 (14)
Blessing Muzarabani1-0-5-0
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Just short on the stumps this time. Abdullah Shafique drops it down on the crease from the back foot and ends the over.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, BEATEN! Blessing Muzarabani holds the length back on top of the fourth stump. Abdullah Shafique looks to play the back foot defence but the ball zips past the outside edge.
Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, Holds the length back on the stumps. Saim Ayub punches it towards mid off and runs a single.
Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, Good length outside off. Saim Ayub sees it through after covering the line of the stumps.
Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, FOUR! EFFORTLESS! Blessing Muzarabani drops the length back at the left-hander with the square leg inside the circle and Saim Ayub gets back in the crease and pulls the ball all along the ground, timing it to perfection and beating square leg to his left for the first boundary of the inning.
Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, Starts off fuller on the off stump. Saim Ayub plays a good looking drive but straight to mid off.
Just the one over for Raza in his opening spell. He is replaced by Blessing Muzarabani.
Score after
2
overs
4 - 0
- Abdullah Shafique 0 (2)
- Saim Ayub 4 (10)
Richard Ngarava to Abdullah Shafique, On the good length on top of off. Abdullah Shafique takes a small foot out and pushes the ball back to the bowler to end the over.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Hits the length hard outside off. Saim Ayub punches the ball to the right of mid off and runs a comfortable single.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Touch fuller on the off stump. Saim Ayub connects with the drive time but is straight to point.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, BEATEN! Swinging away from the left-hander early in the day from a fuller length outside off. Saim Ayub looks to play a cover drive but is convincingly beaten on the outside edge.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, On the length outside off. Saim Ayub sees it through from the crease.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Runs in hard from over the wicket angle and pitches the ball fuller on the stumps with a hint of inswing. Saim Ayub flicks it well in front of fine leg and runs a quick couple to start the over.
It will be Richard Ngarava to steam in from the other end. He is starting with two slips in place.
- Abdullah Shafique 0 (1)
- Saim Ayub 1 (5)
Sikandar Raza to Abdullah Shafique, Much fuller from over the wicket angle to the right-hander. Abdullah Shafique offers a front foot block to end the over.
Sikandar Raza to Saim Ayub, Tosses the ball up on the leg stump. Saim Ayub flicks it between mid on and square leg and gets a comfortable single to get Pakistan off the mark in the game.
Sikandar Raza to Saim Ayub, Drops it short again outside off. Saim Ayub tucks it straight to point from the crease.
Sikandar Raza to Saim Ayub, On the stumps, coming on with the arm after pitching. Saim Ayub lunges to defend but gets an inside edge straight to square leg.
Sikandar Raza to Saim Ayub, Tossed up on off. Saim Ayub punches it off the front foot to mid off.
Sikandar Raza to Saim Ayub, Comes from around the wicket and drops it short outside off. Saim Ayub cuts the ball off the back foot but straight to covers to start the game.