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Pakistan won by 41 runs in 1st ODI against Zimbabwe

Pakistan won by 41 runs in 1st ODI against Zimbabwe
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Summary Shoaib Malik is the Man of the Match

Thats it for today folks. Pakistan has won the 1st ODI International of Cool & Cool Series by 41 runs. 
 
Shoaib Malik is declared Man of the Match for his century and a wicket.
 
50 overs:
 
Thats it, last ball of the innings. Pakistan has won the match.
 
Anwar Ali has proved expensive yet again.
 
49.4: FOUR! Cheeky shot by Utseya.
49.1: FOUR! First ball by Anwar, he conceedes a boundary.
 
  A fan thanks Zimbabwean team for coming to Pakistan:
 
47 overs: 
 
46.3: MISFIELD! Sami the butt of jokes once again.
 
46 overs: 
 
Muhammad Sami comes on to attack, gets attacked instead.
 
 
45.5: FOUR! Sami proving expensive again. 
45.2: FOUR! Pull shot to Sami, bowl runs away for four.
 

Fans getting frustrated as well:

 

 

45 overs:
 
44.4: OUT! Elton Chigumbura gets clean bowled by Wahab Riaz.
 
 
 
44 overs: 292- 4
 
What an expensive over. Pathetic bowling by Sami, he gets a sound thrashing by Zimbabwean captain.
 
43.6: SIX!
43.5: SIX!
43.4: FOUR!
43.1: SIX!
 

 

 

 
 
43 overs: 270- 4
 
42.1: OUT! Wahab Riaz gets another one on a bouncer as Sean Williams skies one up in the air, trying to pull it and Sarfraz Ahmed made no mistake behind the stumps. Zimbabwe now 263 for 4
 
42 overs: 263- 3
 
41.1: FOUR! Anwar Ali gets hit for four over after bowling a yorker length delivery. Ball goes down to third man for four.
 
41 overs: 251- 3
 
 
40.6: SIX!  Damad-e-Hind  getting treatment from Chigumbura.
40.1: FOUR! William hits Malik to square leg boundary.
 
 
40 overs: 240-3
 
Good over by Anwar Ali Singles and doubles conceeded only.
 
Another milestone by Zimbabwean team as batsmen Sean Williams and Chigumbura put on:
 
 
39 overs: 229- 3

 
 
 
38 overs: 222- 3
 
37.5: FOUR! William hits Anwar Ali for a boundary.
 
37 overs 211- 3
 
36.4: DROPPED! Hammad Azam drops a sitter. Wahab Riaz looks gutted.
 

 

 

 
36 overs: 207- 3
 
Zimbabwe need 169 more from 14 overs.
 
 
35 overs: 200- 3
 
34.3: FOUR!
 
Another milestone reached by Zimbabwean team:
 
 
34 overs: 192- 3
 
Interesting fact: Six years ago at Gadaffi Stadium, Pakistan were bowled out for 75 (Lowest ODI score by any team in Pakistan). Next match played six years later at Gadaffi Stadium, Pakistan posting 375-3 (Highest ODI score by any team in Pakistan).
 
33 overs: 189- 3
 
32.5: OUT! Shoaib Malik gets Masakdza out as he tries to hit the bowler over midwicket.
 
 
32 overs: 180- 2
 
31.6: DROPPED! Substitute fielder Asad Shafiq has dropped Chigumbura.
31.1: SIX! Masakadza hits Hafeez for six over midwicket. Well timed shot.
 
We guess this tweep will be very rich: 

 

 

 
 
31 overs: 170- 2
 
Shoaib Malik brought onto the attack. 
 
30 overs: 167- 2
 
Tight bowling by Muhammad Hafeez. His off-spinners restrict batsmen to only 3 runs.
 
29 overs: 163- 2
 
Poor bowling by Sami. Expensive as usual.
 
28.3: FOUR! Sami getting hit all over the park now. 
28.2: FOUR! Chigumbura hits another one. Sami straying in line and length.
28.1: FOUR! Short and wide outside off stump, punished for four
28 overs: 150- 2
 
27.6: FOUR! Maskadza hits Hafeez with a reverse sweep to clear boundary.
 
 
27 overs: 145- 2
 
Hamilton Masakdza gets to his 50.
 
26 overs: 139- 2
 
Messi-lookalike Yasir Shah bowling quick leggies. 2 runs from the over.
 
 
25 overs: 137- 2
 
Zimbabwe batsman unable to penetrate the inner circle. Only 4 runs off the over.
 
24 overs: 133- 2
 
 
 
23 overs: 126- 2
 
 
 
22 overs: 120- 2
 
 
 
21 overs: 114- 2
 
H Masakadza 35 (37)
E Chigumbura 18 (22)

 

 Zimbabwe not putting up a good fight. Tweet explains all:

 

 

 

20 overs: 108-2

19.4: FOUR! Masakadza cuts it to point.

 

 

19 overs: 98-2

18.2 overs: FOUR! Chigumbura hits Yasir Shah for four.

 

18 overs: 87-2

Tight bowling by all-rounder Hammad Azam. 5 runs off the over.

 

17 overs: 82-2

Yasir Shah introduced to the attack. Run rate 8.85.

 

 

16 overs: 78-2

Run rate now 8.75. Only 4 runs from the last over bowled by Hammad Azam.

15 overs: 74- 2 

Tight line and length by Wahab Riaz. Only two off the over.

Just in: 

 

 

 

 

14 overs: 72-2

13.4: FOUR! Masakadza hits it for four.

13 overs: 65-2

12.6: OUT! Caught and bowled Wahab Riaz.

 

 

 

 

12 overs: 62 runs

Hammad Azam introduced to attack, bowls a miserly over.

11 overs: 58- 1

Uneventful over. 2 runs off it.

10 overs: 56-1

9.3: OUT! Bowled Anwar Ali caught Shoaib Malik. 

 

9.0 overs: 50-0.

Wahab Riaz introduced into the attack. Bowls a fiery over. 

 

8.0 overs: Zimbabwe 46- 0 


7.4 FOUR! Mistimed, goes towards 2nd slip but no fielder. Bowler is hard done. 

7.3 FOUR! Sikander Raza hits towards long-on boundary.


7.0 overs: Zimbabwe 36-0

 

6.0 overs: 28- 0 

6.4: SIX! Sikander Raza skies one and it lands into the stands. Sami shaking his head.

 

 

 

Interesting fact: Highest winning total batting second here is 316/4 by Australia in 1998. Lot of work for Zimbabwe to do.

 

5.0 overs: 27-0

 

A tweep shared the following: 

 

4.0 overs: 18-0

Sibanda 13(11)
Raza 5(12)

 

3.0 overs: 14-0

1 run off the over

 

2.0 overs: 13-0

1.5 FOUR! Anwar Ali getting smashed here.

1.3 FOUR! Inside edge, lucky to survive that one. Runs away for four.

1.1 FOUR! Sibanda drives through the covers.

 

 

1.0 overs: Zimbabwe 5-0. 

Anwar Ali comes out to bowl the 2nd over.

 

0.0 overs:

Vusi Sibanda and Sikander Raza come out to open the innings for Zimbabwe. Sami to open bowling for Pakistan.

 

Pakistan has scored 375 for loss of 3 wickets. Zimbabwe require 376 from 50 overs at a run-rate of 7.5 per over

Thats it for the Pakistani innings. We will resume live updates when Zimbabwe comes out to bat.

 

Another record by Malik as the innings comes to an end

 

 

50 overs: 375-3

49.6: OUT! Malik departs on the last ball as he scoops the ball to point.

 

49 overs: 370-2

 

Another record reached:

 

48.1: HUNDRED! Malik hits a ton after a long time. Fans are on their feet. Malik is on ground.

 

 

48 overs: 356-2

Malik on nervous 90s. Will he make it?

 

47 overs: Pakistan 345- 2

Shoaib Malik 89 (64)
Haris Sohail 82 (60)

 

Will Pakistan cross its highest ODI total?

 

 

 
 
46 overs: 339- 2
 
Massive partnership by the 2 Sialkot Stallion batsmen.
 
 
 
 
  
45 overs: 352- 2
 
44.5: FOUR! Harris Sohail on fire.
44.4: SIX! Another one by Harris Sohail.
44.3: FOUR! Attempted yorker gone awry. Sohail capitalizes.
 
44 overs: Pakistan 306- 2
 
43.5: Fifty up for Sohail! 
 
 
 
43 overs: 301- 2
 
300 runs for Pakistan
 
 
 
42 overs: 287- 2
 
41.2: FOUR! Malik hits it in the gap at covers.
 
Meanwhile in an alternate universe:
 

 

 

 
41 overs:

 
40.2: FOUR! Malik looking in-form. 
 
40.1: FOUR! Malik hits it through the off-side.
 
 
 
40 overs: 263- 2
 
39.3: FOUR! Bowler strays on the pad, pays the price.
 
39 overs:
 
39.5: FOUR! Sliced through deep square leg. Malik on 54.
38.5: FOUR! Malik hits his fifty! 

Camera catches the perfect frame:
 
 
 
 
38 overs: 245- 2
 
Pakistani batsmen going steady:
 
Shoaib Malik 45(40)
Harris Sohail 28(29)
 
Tweeps expressing high hopes on Hammad Azam who is yet to bat down the order: 

 

 

 
37 overs: Pakistan 240-2 ; predicted score: 350
 
36.2: FOUR AGAIN! Through sqaure leg.
36.1: FOUR! Malik hits one through short fine leg.
 
36 overs: Pakistan 227- 2
 
Powerplay comes into effect, Chris Mpofu back for another spell.
35 overs: Pakistan reaches double nelson, 222-2
 
34.1: FOUR! Malik hits it at square leg.
 
Shoaib Malik getting bit of a banter as tweeps tweet something along the lines of:

 

 

 
 
34 overs: 215- 2
 
33.4: FOUR! Harris Sohail clears the circle, over the bowlers head, for four.
 
33 overs: 205- 2
 
32.4: SIX! Harris Sohail goes over long on to clear the fence.
 
 
A view shared by all Pakistanis after a hiatus of 6 years of international cricket:

 

 

32 overs: 194- 2
 
Bowlers going through their overs quickly. Run rate has dropped as compared to the last 10 overs.
 
 
31 overs: 188- 2
 
  

 

 

30 overs: 185- 2
 
Batsmen take singles and doubles as they get used to the conditions.
 
29 overs: 181- 2 
 
Shoaib Malik and Harris Sohail on crease
 

 

 

 
28 overs: Pakistan 177- 2.

 
2 regular members of Pakistani domestice league Sialkot Stallions on crease.
 
 
27 overs: 174-1

27.1 OUT! Hafeez bowled as he plays around the ball.

 
 
 
 
26 overs: 
 
25.6 OUT! Azhar Ali slogs one ball too many. Caught by Panyangara.
 
 
 
22 overs:
 
21.2 FOUR! He drives one throught cover again.
21.1 FOUR! Hafeez cuts it away to point for a boundary.
 

 

 

21 overs: 
 
20.1 Hafeez brings up his fifty as well!
 
 
 
20 overs: 114- 0
 
19.1 SIX! Captain Azhar Ali hits one over cover.
 
 
19 overs: 103- 0
 
18 overs: 96- 0
 
17.1 FOUR! 100-run partnership comes up.
 
 
 
17 overs: Pakistan 94-0
 
FIFTY by the skipper! Azhar Ali leading from the front.
 
 


 

 
 
 
 

 Azhar Ali just reached another landmark:

 

 

 

 

16 overs: 89- 0 

16.3: FOUR by-runs.

Drinks break.

 

15 overs: 83-0. 

Prosper Utseya introduced into the attack.

 

14 overs: 82-0.

Six by professor on the first ball of the over.

Captain Azhar Ali intent on attacking the ball as he advances halfway down the track to hit the ball.

 

 

An interesting tweet on the strike rate of the current skipper:

 

13 overs: Pakistan 60-0.

12.4 overs: Hafeez survives as ball falls short of fielder at backward square leg. Currently on 24 runs off 40 balls

12 overs: 56-0. Spinner Sean Williams introduced to attack.

11 overs: 54-0.

10.3 overs: 50 runs partnership is up at nearly run-a-ball rate.

10 overs: 47-0. End of powerplay. Expensive over for Zimbabweans.




 

9 overs: Four, six by professor on the first 2 balls of the over. Hafeez consolidates after a slow start.

A fan sign reads:

 

 

8 overs: 26-0. Boundary off the last ball by Azhar Ali.

7 overs: 21-0. Azhar Ali starting to warm up. Another boundary off the over.

Panyangara, right arm fast-medium bowler from Zimbabwe has conceeded just 3 runs from 3 overs. 

6 overs: 17-0. 9 runs off the over including a boundary from the blade of the skipper.

5 overs: Pakistan 8 -0. Slow start by the openers.

4 overs: Pakistan 7-0. Maiden over by Vitori.  Hafeez on 3, Azhar Ali on 4 runs.

Blast to the past: Pakistan vs Zimbabwe in 2015 ICC World Cup.

 

3 overs: Pakistan 7 -0

 2 overs: Pakistan 4-0.

1 over(s): Pakistan 1-0.

Captain Azhar Ali has featured in 41 tests and 17 ODIs. This will be his first match on home ground.

 

0.0 overs: Captain Azhar Ali and Mohammad Hafeez will open the innings for Pakistan. Innings is underway.

 

 

1600 hours: Pakistan have won the toss and decided to bat first in first one-day international against Zimbabwe at Qaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

 


Dunya News - Pakistan win toss, elect to bat... by dunyanews

(Web Desk) -- Pakistan won the Twenty20 series 2-0 Sunday in front of a packed audience of 27,000 at Lahore s Gaddafi stadium, but will be far from happy over the manner of both wins which saw them nearly snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

The matches were played under massive security with 4,000 policemen guarding the stadium and another 2,000 deployed on the route from the team hotel to the venue.

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