Summary Shoaib Malik is the Man of the Match
Clear message to the world #GreensLetsRock #PakvsZIM pic.twitter.com/M6PgOsFnTC
— Faraan Khan (@Faraankhan) May 26, 2015 Fans getting frustrated as well:
Ye please Sami ko koi Stadium say Bahar Nikalo #PakvsZim
— Choudhary (@Aamir_shahzaduk) May 26, 2015
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Sami has been hammered by the one and only Elton Chigumbura #PakvsZim #GreensLetsRock
— Alam (@AlamKami) May 26, 2015


Wahab Riaz has no luck with fielders at all. #PakvsZim
— Hasan Qureshi (@Hasan_QureshiPK) May 26, 2015
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If I had a dollar for every time #Sami gets hit for a 4 or a 6.. #PakvsZim #PAKvZIM pic.twitter.com/oTITAQdfif
— Jawad (@JShk3) May 26, 2015

E Chigumbura 18 (22)
Zimbabwe not putting up a good fight. Tweet explains all:
I want some Chokaz some Chakaaz from opposition #PakvsZim
— Diamond Girl (@AbhayChal) May 26, 2015
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:
Allhamdulillah @realshoaibmalik so happy for you .. Belief does wonders .. pic.twitter.com/blP4NNr6vQ
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) May 26, 2015
14 overs: 72-2
13.4: FOUR! Masakadza hits it for four.
13 overs: 65-2
12.6: OUT! Caught and bowled Wahab Riaz.
And Wahab Riaz s short ball works. Expecting more of those. #PakvsZim
— Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi (@ahsannagi) May 26, 2015
12 overs: 62 runs
Hammad Azam introduced to attack, bowls a miserly over.
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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.
Unbelievable shot from Sikandar Raza. Treat to watch that bowl sail over the boundary rope #PakvsZim
— WaheedAslam (@thecutlerfan) May 26, 2015
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:
RT "@RakhshandaAltaf: This is what Pakistan was missing in the past 6 years.. Home advantage.. Pakistan on fire!!! #PakvsZim"
— Faizan M Sirwal (@FreddieFaizan) May 26, 2015
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
Second fastest ODI Century in Lahore by Shoaib Malik. The fastest was by Ijaz Ahmed off 68 balls. #PakvsZim
— Hasan Ahmed Ansari (@HasanAAnsari23) May 26, 2015
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?
Overall Pakistan s highest score is 385 vs Ban in 2010. #PakvsZim #GreensLetsRock
— MANI (@M4NIII) May 26, 2015


Shoaib Malik fans after Shoaib Malik scoring his First Fifty after 5 years. #CricketComesHome #PakvZim pic.twitter.com/uYWPn2yEOV
— Hassan (@iamhassan9) May 26, 2015


"We still haven t found a proper no. 7 batsman but I have high hopes that Hammad Azam can fill that void." : Misbah-ul- Haq #PakvZim
— Sajjad Ali (@Pakhtoon_Alak) May 26, 2015
Ok so malik hit a six after a decade or so I think in an international odi :p #PAKvZIM
— Junaid Naseer (@junaid95) May 26, 2015
Pakistan misses all cricket playing nations! #CricketComesHome #PakvZim https://t.co/rdnTkDbZZy
— Imran Ahmad Khan (@imranahmadkh) May 26, 2015
Pakistan s CT chances are on the line ... After #PakVZim only five more ODIs against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka before the cutoff date.
— Asif Khan (@mak_asif) May 26, 2015
#GreenLetsRock What an atmosphere!! #PAKvZIM #ZIMvPAK pic.twitter.com/nAXJtIcaGx
— Amna Pakistani (@amna_sayx) May 26, 2015
27.1 OUT! Hafeez bowled as he plays around the ball.

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2 fours from Hafeez! A glourious cover drive (my fav shot) and then a cut shot! Playing well n runs flowing off his bat! 66 runs! #PAKvZIM
— #CricketComesHome (@Raheel0194) May 26, 2015

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Azhar Ali just reached another landmark:
1st ODI "Ahzar Ali has now highest ODI average leaving behind Zaheer Abbas. Great to see" #PakvsZim #CricketComesHome #GreensLetsRock
— Malik Qasim Riaz (@Say2QasimRiaz14) May 26, 2015
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:
There were concerns about #Azhar Ali s strike rate when he was made captain. Since then he has improved it from 64 to 86. #PAKvZIM #1st ODI
— Shahzad Tirmizi Syed (@shahzadtirmizi) May 26, 2015
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.
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9 overs: Four, six by professor on the first 2 balls of the over. Hafeez consolidates after a slow start.
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A fan sign reads:
#Lahore:#Pakistani fans enjoying the atmosphere as #CricketComesHome 1st #ODI #Pakistan v #Zimbabwe #Cricket #PAKvZIM pic.twitter.com/YpmyKR68By
— SherY - (@sherytheketchup) May 26, 2015
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.

Here comes the boys! HUGE ROAR from the crowd as Pakistani batsmen comes into bat for the 1st ODI after 6 years in Pakistan <3
— Rameen Imran (@Rameen_21) May 26, 2015
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.
