- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.3 weak backfoot prod, no footwork, he chased it and a thin edge was caught by Taylor, although he did his best to drop it, as he has a number of other balls in the tournament to date. But he clung on, and Zimbabwe have the breakthrough 31/144.1 super catch by Matsikenyeri at deepish extra cover. Nazir looked to drive the ball but it was wide and he had to reach for it. He connected, but with limited power, and Matsikenyeri, the shortest man in the side, took a few steps back, jumped and held the ball above his head as he fell 295/717.4 gone! Very well bowled indeed. He came charging down the pitch too early - Williams saw him coming, dropped it in short and the batsman dabbed it to Chibhabha at point 88/227.4 fine catch, a very fine catch to end a brilliant batsman's one-day career. Inzamam trying to launch another six over long-on but got an outside edge behind Williams' head at mid-off who jogged back and took it in front of his nose. Fine catch 158/330.4 half volley, hit straight back at Brent who holds a comfortable return catch without any alarms. A tame dismissal but one which Zimbabwe needed as Pakistan were beginning to press on 170/440.1 driven to the man in the deep on the off, Younis Khan came back for the second and had the thrown from Mpofu been spot on that would have been easily out ... as it is it's referred to the third umpire and Younis is six inches short. We've knocked Taylor a few times but he did really well there to gather the high return and whip the bails off, and Mpofu did a great job in the deep 252/543.1 slower ball ... so slow it needed motion detectors to track ... Afridi played all round it and was bowled round his legs 285/645.5 mistimed flick to leg, it ends up as a nothing shot, the ball loops to Matsikenyeri at midwicket and he has to dive forward - almost in slow motion - to complete the catch 301/849.5 cross-batted swipe which Matsikenyeri at cow corner takes with ease 349/1047.5 Gul takes a big step towards leg and aims an expansive slam through the covers, Chigumbura fires in an off-stump yorker and it's too good for the tailender 324/9Extras16 (lb 2, nb 2, w 12)TOTAL349 all out (49.5 Overs, RR: 7)Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Kamran Akmal, 6.3 ov), 2-88 (Shoaib Malik, 17.4 ov), 3-158 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 27.4 ov), 4-170 (Mohammad Yousuf, 30.4 ov), 5-252 (Younis Khan, 40.1 ov), 6-285 (Shahid Afridi, 43.1 ov), 7-295 (Imran Nazir, 44.1 ov), 8-301 (Mohammad Sami, 45.5 ov), 9-324 (Umar Gul, 47.5 ov), 10-349 (Iftikhar Anjum, 49.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CB Mpofu 10 1 74 1 7.4 27 8 2 2 0 T Mupariwa 10 1 57 1 5.7 35 4 3 1 0 E Chigumbura 6.5 1 50 3 7.31 23 6 2 1 1 GB Brent 10 0 68 3 6.8 24 2 3 3 0 SC Williams 6 0 41 1 6.83 16 3 2 0 1 P Utseya 6 0 46 0 7.66 17 2 4 1 0 CJ Chibhabha 1 0 11 0 11 1 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 gone, and what a tame dismissal that was. Wide of the off stump, Sibanda threw his hands at it, got a thick outside edge to hand a simple catch to Imran Nazir, no less, who took the simplest of catches 0/14.6 a really dreadful stroke, charging Gul - trying to hit him over the top. A thick outside edge presents Inzamam with a straightforward chance, head-height, at first slip 12/25.3 well, just too fast for him. Short and quick, rising up towards his throat and, with no foot movement, an injudicious swipe hands Inzamam his second catch at slip 14/312.1 swung high to Younis Khan who ran in from the deep midwicket boundary and held the catch well. A tough one out of the gloom and with no real grip underfoot 45/412.2 big heave from Matsikenyeri and he misses, Akmal goes for the stumping and he is back in ... sadly, the runner, Taylor, is standing a foot out of the crease, blissfully ignorant that he actually needs to be back inside the crease as well. 45/515.1 another big swing but he misses, it's straight, and he's gone down in a blaze of hitting 77/616.6 Williams goes for another big hit, this time he doesn't get over it and Gul races in from long-on and holds on easily to a steepler 93/717.2 straight and much slower - 62mph - and Brent swings and misses, losing his middle stump 94/817.5 and he's bowled him with the wrong un at 48mph, and he punches the air in delight 94/919.1 slow and loopy, driven to cover where Inzamam holds the catch. Huge grins all round, and Yousuf has not smiled more when he's scored hundreds. Even Simon Taufel can't help grinning 99/10Extras4 (lb 1, nb 2, w 1)TOTAL99 all out (19.1 Overs, RR: 5.16)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Vusi Sibanda, 0.2 ov), 2-12 (Chamu Chibhabha, 4.6 ov), 3-14 (Friday Kasteni, 5.3 ov), 4-45 (Brendan Taylor, 12.1 ov), 5-45 (Stuart Matsikenyeri, 12.2 ov), 6-77 (Elton Chigumbura, 15.1 ov), 7-93 (Sean Williams, 16.6 ov), 8-94 (Gary Brent, 17.2 ov), 9-94 (Tawanda Mupariwa, 17.5 ov), 10-99 (Chris Mpofu, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Umar Gul 5 1 10 2 2 25 0 0 0 1 Mohammad Sami 5 0 15 1 3 21 1 0 1 0 Danish Kaneria 4 0 48 2 12 8 1 5 0 0 Shahid Afridi 4 0 20 3 5 16 2 1 0 0 Younis Khan 1 0 5 0 5 3 0 0 0 1 Mohammad Yousuf 0.1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Zimbabwe , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, First Session 09.30-13.00. Interval 13.00-13.45, Second Session 13.45-17.15
Match days
21 March 2007 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Pakistan 2, Zimbabwe 0
Match Notes
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (77 balls), Extras 3
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Drinks: Pakistan - 78/1 in 16.0 overs (Imran Nazir 37, Shoaib Malik 17)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (Imran Nazir 25, Shoaib Malik 21, Ex 6)
- Imran Nazir: 50 off 57 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 20.4 overs (129 balls), Extras 9
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 48 balls (Imran Nazir 18, Inzamam-ul-Haq 29, Ex 3)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 26.3 overs (166 balls), Extras 12
- Drinks: Pakistan - 192/4 in 34.0 overs (Imran Nazir 97, Younis Khan 7)
- Imran Nazir: 100 off 95 balls (11 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 35.5 overs (222 balls), Extras 12
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (Imran Nazir 28, Younis Khan 22, Ex 0)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 39.4 overs (246 balls), Extras 13
- Imran Nazir: 150 off 116 balls (14 x 4, 7 x 6)
- Pakistan: 300 runs in 45.2 overs (281 balls), Extras 14
- Rain: Zimbabwe - 30/3 in 10.2 overs (BRM Taylor 9, S Matsikenyeri 7)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (83 balls), Extras 2
- Official Attendance - 1,997
Match Coverage
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World Cup
| Super Eights | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 2.4 |
| SL | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1.483 |
| NZ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0.253 |
| SA | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0.313 |
| ENG | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -0.394 |
| WI | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -0.566 |
| BAN | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -1.514 |
| IRE | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -1.73 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3.433 |
| SA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.403 |
| NED | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2.527 |
| SCOT | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3.793 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3.493 |
| BAN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1.523 |
| IND | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.206 |
| BER | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -4.345 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| NZ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.138 |
| ENG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.418 |
| KENYA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1.194 |
| CAN | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.389 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.764 |
| IRE | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -0.092 |
| PAK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.089 |
| ZIM | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -0.886 |





