Zim won the toss and choose to bowl…
NEw face amir yamin in the side…
Re: PAk vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI ( 01 Oct )
Pak 36/3 off 11 overs.
Re: PAk vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI ( 01 Oct )
36/3 = 11 overs :-(
Re: PAk vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI ( 01 Oct )
129/5=32 ::--((
We want to assure that we are no 8
Re: PAk vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI ( 01 Oct )
reached to 259 thanks to the young guns
Re: PAk vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI ( 01 Oct )
Imad and Rizwan are proving to be the rising stars of Pak team.
Re: PAk vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI ( 01 Oct )
1.10pm Pakistan were in a lot of trouble early on on a slow pitch, slipping to 35 for 3. Sarfraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik clawed them out of the hole initially, and from the still shaky platform laid by that partnership, Mohammad Rizwan and Imad Wasim took Pakistan to a more than respectable 259 for six, batting with plenty of cunning and common sense. Will the pitch continue to provide seam movement to the new ball and turn for the spinners? Pakistan have a good bowling attack, and Zimbabwe have quite a task on their hands to try and chase down 260.
Re: PAk vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI ( 01 Oct )
Zim 107/6 off 32.2 overs.
Zim struggling big time
4 wickets for yasir.
Re: PAk vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI ( 01 Oct )
Zim 128 all out
Pak won by 131 runs.
Yasir 6/26
Shoaib 3/30
Well bowled both.
Re: PAk vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI ( 01 Oct )
cricinfo:
4.30 pm Hugs all around, pats on Yasir's back. Seems like every time he was given the ball he could prise a Zimbabwe batsmen out. Gets a big hug from the spin coach Mushtaq Ahmed. His 6 for 26 is the second-best figures by a Pakistan spinner ODIs, and all 10 wickets have fallen to spin. That should indicate the slowness, and the help available for the slower bowlers. Odd that Zimbabwe would play on such a surface. Odder still were some of the shots they played - Williams and Raza and Chigumbura heaving across the line.
Two hundred and fifty nine is not normally a winning score in ODI cricket right now, but Zimbabwe struggled to pose any threat to it. They wanted to take it slow early on to try and lay a strong foundation despite the mounting run-rate. But once Pakistan threw their spinners at them, Zimbabwe crumbled away.
Re: PAk vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI ( 01 Oct )
Yasir Shah is Man of the Match: I played my debut here, and I was happy to come back and play this way. I have been practicing very hard. There was a bit of gap, but I did not feel any difficulty coming back from the off season. I was fully confident
*Azhar Ali says: As a team we have performed very well. Early on it was tough, but the partnership between Sarfraz and Malik gave us belief and Rizwan and Wasim played exceptionally well. My arm is okay [after the blow in the first over], it surprised be, I did not think the ball might have bounced as much. But I think the pitch was not coming onto the bat that well. The score we had, we were very confident of defending with the kind of spin attack we had. Imad Wasim and Yasir Shah and Shoaib Malik bowled really well*
***Elton Chigumbura says: They are using these conditions better than us. Especially withe spinners, the majority of the wickets were to their spinners. Just have to make sure, the next game is very important to bounce back and stay in this series***
Re: PAk vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI ( 01 Oct )
Congratulation Team Pakistan. It is so encouraging to see the young team perform well. The new kids are performing well. With new faces, Pakistan cricket has a bright future. Well done Pakistan!
Abdul Quddus
DET – U.S. Central Command
Re: PAk vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI ( 01 Oct )
Just saw in highlights how selfie-boy got the captain run-out .. same ol’ same ol’ selfish shehzad. 
And then gave a lollypop catch to get out on 12 
PAk vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI ( 01 Oct )
Ahmed Shahzad plays ODI and even T20I like he is playing Test cricket.
Re: PAk vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI ( 01 Oct )
36/3 = 11
My calculator keeps coming up with 12 as the answer.
Re: PAk vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI ( 01 Oct )
129/5=32
Not quite.