- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.5 Kamran's caught one! huge blow for Zimbabwe, Taylor falls. He walked forward into a drive, pushing his hands out at an outswinger. A thick edge nestles safely in the keepers' gloves 5/11.6 There's another one! Wrapped right infront of leg stump and he's given out. Chakabva thinks about the review - it could well have been slipping down leg with the movement and on the angle - but decides against it. Zimbabwe in early trouble here 5/212.4 gone! The crucial wicket falls, Taibu's gone. The ball was fuller and he was trying to lift it over the off side. It hits the toe of the bat, however, looping to Afridi, who's run around from mid-off. 43/45.2 what a catch! Sibanda steps forward to defend, uncertain of which way the ball will wobble. It comes in on the angle but then jags away and bounces, taking a healthy edge and flying to first slip where Misbah tumbled to his right to pluck the ball out of thin air 13/329.3 end of Ervine, bowled him, that one kept a touch low and Ervine looks to cut, he misses and the ball crashes into middle and off, absolutely no footwork from Ervine, he is caught in the crease by a delivery he should have been forward to, he pays the price, Pakistan are delighted 103/623.5 there's the wicket, a googly that wasn't picked up by the batsman, a short of length ball that comes in after pitching outside off, batsman goes for the booming drive, inside-edged and ends up popping it back to the bowler, Afridi has his first 84/539.4 a second catch for Akmal, a short ball from Gul, Utseya goes for the pull, top-edges the high-speed delivery, and it pops up towards backward square leg, it's in the air long enough for Akmal to race across and pouch it 151/7Extras5 (lb 2, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL151/7 (39.4 Overs, RR: 3.8)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Brendan Taylor, 0.5 ov), 2-5 (Regis Chakabva, 1.6 ov), 3-13 (Vusi Sibanda, 5.2 ov), 4-43 (Tatenda Taibu, 12.4 ov), 5-84 (Greg Lamb, 23.5 ov), 6-103 (Craig Ervine, 29.3 ov), 7-151 (Prosper Utseya, 39.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Abdul Razzaq 7 1 24 1 3.42 30 2 0 1 0 Umar Gul 7.4 1 36 3 4.69 26 4 0 0 1 Wahab Riaz 6 0 21 1 3.5 24 2 0 0 0 Shahid Afridi 8 0 33 1 4.12 29 4 0 0 0 Abdur Rehman 8 1 24 0 3 29 0 0 1 0 Mohammad Hafeez 3 0 11 1 3.66 7 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR22.2 no fifty for Hafeez, he edges a length ball outside off and Price pouches a low, sharp catch at first slip, Utseya is ecstatic, sets off a celebratory dance 99/23.4 gone! Stumped by metres! This one was looped up much slower, Shehzad sprinted out at it and tried to smash it into the Indian Ocean. Taibu has the bails off in a flash, and that's just what Zimbabwe wanted 17/123.3 end of Afridi, the move to push him up the order hasn't worked, Price is enjoying himself, Afridi moves beyond leg and looks to crash the ball through the off, he misses as the ball from Price jumps up sharply to crash into the off bail 110/3Extras13 (w 13)TOTAL164/3 (34.1 Overs, RR: 4.8)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Ahmed Shehzad, 3.4 ov), 2-99 (Mohammad Hafeez, 22.2 ov), 3-110 (Shahid Afridi, 23.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SW Masakadza 6 1 44 0 7.33 21 6 0 5 0 RW Price 8 1 21 2 2.62 36 2 0 3 0 P Utseya 7 1 24 1 3.42 25 1 0 0 0 GA Lamb 7 0 44 0 6.28 13 4 0 0 0 AG Cremer 6.1 0 31 0 5.02 17 2 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Zimbabwe , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15
Match days
14 March 2011 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Pakistan 2, Zimbabwe 0
Match Notes
- Wet Ground: Zimbabwe - 0/0
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 35 runs, 3 wickets)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 15 runs, 1 wicket)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 55/4 in 16.0 overs (CR Ervine 18, GA Lamb 8)
- Over 19.6: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - CR Ervine (Struck down)
- Rain: Zimbabwe - 96/5 in 27.2 overs (CR Ervine 48, E Chigumbura 3)
- Wet Ground: Zimbabwe - 96/5 in 27.2 overs (CR Ervine 48, E Chigumbura 3)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 28.3 overs (171 balls), Extras 1
- CR Ervine: 50 off 77 balls (5 x 4)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 39.1 - 41.0 (Batting side - 2 runs, 1 wicket)
- Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 39.2 overs (237 balls), Extras 4
- Rain: Zimbabwe - 151/7 in 39.4 overs (E Chigumbura 32)
- Wet Ground: Zimbabwe - 151/7 in 39.4 overs (E Chigumbura 32)
- Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 151/7 in 39.4 overs (E Chigumbura 32)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 8.0 (Mandatory - 32 runs, 1 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 8.1 - 12.0 (Bowling side - 13 runs, 0 wicket)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (74 balls), Extras 4
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (Mohammad Hafeez 29, Asad Shafiq 20, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 80/1 in 19.0 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 41, Asad Shafiq 27)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 22.3 overs (135 balls), Extras 7
- Asad Shafiq: 50 off 76 balls (4 x 4)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 31.3 overs (189 balls), Extras 13
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (Asad Shafiq 31, Younis Khan 13, Ex 6)
- Attendance - 20,000
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