Toss: Zimbabwe win the toss and elected to bowl first
Team news :
Pakistan :
Ahmed Shezad, Nasir Jamshed, Muhammad Hafeez, Misbah (C), Shahid Afridi, Umer Amin, Abdur Rehman, Sarfraz Ahmed (WK), Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan , Muhammad Irfan
Zimbabwe :
V Sibanda, H Masakadza, BRM Taylor(C)(WK), SC Williams, Sikandar Raza, MN Waller, E Chigumbura, P Utseya, T Panyangara, TL Chatara, SW Masakadza
Pakistan Innings:
Nasir and Shezad started slowly for Pakistan, Nasir Jamshed struggled again to play the one moving away from the stumps, gave away his for 3rd time in same way . He made 38 , might enough to get a chance in South Africa tour. Hafeez and Shezad continue for Pakistan , Hafeez was retired hurt. Shezad scored a useful fifty , he scored 54 from 85 balls. Umer Amin accelerated Pakistan's inning with 33 form just 25 balls. Misbah with another ODI fifty along with little cameo from Sarfraz lifts Pakistan to post a decent total of 260, setting up an intresting run chase. Zimababwe required 261 to win the series.
Zimbabwe Innings:
Zimbabwe started their run chase against Pakistan , they lost early wicket of Sibanda , a well judge catch by Umer Amin, Maskadza and Taylor look to build up some paternership but Masakadza fall off to Rehman, he scored 25. Captain Taylor run out just when he was looking dangerous, Misbah was the fielder. Zimbabwe wasn't good between the wickets. Wallers and Utseya build up some partnership. Saaed Ajmal take Waller's wicket , Utseya was run out and Zimababwe lost their way as they were bowled out on 152. Pakistan win the match by 108 runs and series by 2-1.
Match Summary:
Zimbabwe was hoping some magic from the captain, he was run out, if he had continue it would had been a different story. Zimbabwe again fail to impress with their dead bowling and fielding , they drop chances early on. Misbah with an excellent fifty named Man of the Match and Hafeez with his impressive form in the series was named as Man of the Series. Pakistan, after loosing first , hit back to take the series. It is first time in 11 years that Pakistan has won a series decider.
Via Sports-Maza
0 comments:
Post a Comment