01/03Result
23rd Match, Pool B (D/N), ICC Cricket World Cup at Brisbane, Mar 1 2015
Pakistan won by 20 runs
Player of the Match
Wahab Riaz
Wahab RiazPakistan
01/03Result
23rd Match, Pool B (D/N), ICC Cricket World Cup at Brisbane, Mar 1 2015
Pakistan won by 20 runs
Player of the Match
Wahab Riaz
Wahab RiazPakistan

Match Coverage

All Match News

  • Injured Chigumbura to miss Ireland game

    Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura has been ruled out of his team's next group B game, against Ireland on March 7, because of a grade three tear to the quadriceps muscle in his left leg

  • Yasir Shah's omission 'strategic' - Misbah

    Pakistan's captain Misbah-ul-Haq has described the omission of the legspinner Yasir Shah from the team to play Zimbabwe as "strategic" and based upon the well-informed views of the assistant coach Grant Flower

  • Zimbabwe let World Cup dream slip away

    Harare 1995, Sheikhupera 1998, Harare 2013 and now, just 20 runs away from Brisbane 2015. Five fours. Three sixes and a two. So close. But Zimbabwean eyes would not have adored the end result.

  • Pakistan's bad cover version of 1992

    The events in Brisbane may not matter much in the big picture of this World Cup, but to Misbah-ul-Haq and his men, it may yet be the spring board to repeat what happened 23 years ago

  • Wahab's record and left-arm goodness

    Stats highlights from the Group B match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe at the Gabba

Poor starts

22.6

Zimbabwe's average opening stand in their last 18 ODIs, with only one 50-plus partnership during this period

Possible, but tough

3-7

Win-loss record of teams that defended targets between 200 and 250 at the Gabba on the last-ten occasions.

Routine

40

ODI 50s without a ton by Misbah now - well clear of Andrew Jones' 25 such scores which is the second highest after Misbah.

First

1

No. of ducks in 21 World Cup inns by Afridi, this was his first. Overall, only Jayasuriya (34)has more ODI ducks than Afridi's 30.

Faster stand

55.10

SR of the stand between Misbah and Sohail; Misbah and Akmal added 50 runs at 92.59

Tough going

112

Balls taken by Pakistan to score fifty runs in this match - the second slowest of this World Cup. UAE took 2 more balls against India.

Sluggish

14

Runs scored by Pakistan in their first-ten overs - the second lowest they have scored in ODIs since 2001.

Opening chasm

21.28

Ave opening partnership in Group B so far; In Group A the opening wicket has added 48.95 runs on an average.

Opening Woes

6

Number of single-digit opening stands by Pakistan in their last-ten ODIs. Five of them have been of 1 run or less

Blank

0

Number of World Cup matches Zimbabwe have won against Pakistan. These teams have played each other 5 times (1 NR).