3rd ODI: Pakistan win by 7 wickets

HARARE (Web Desk) - Offspinner Bilal Asif proved his worth by taking 5 for 25 to bowl Zimbabwe out for 161 in 38.5 overs in the third and decisive one-day international at Harare Sports Club on Monday.

Earlier today, Pakistan won the toss and elected to field against Zimbabwe.

Skipper Azhar Ali is not playing due to foot infection and Sarfraz Ahmed will lead the team today. Imad Wasim is also back in the team, replacing Yasir Shah.

Zimbabwe s Graeme Cremer is out due to ankle injury in the last match and he has been replaced withTino Mutombodzi while Hamilton Masakadza has been dropped, and Malcolm Waller has taken his place.

Pakistan and Zimbabwe teams: 

(keep refreshing the page for latest updates - the match will be updated after every five overs, boundary or wicket fall)

33.6:                                            PAKISTAN WIN THE MATCH BY 7 WICKETS!

30 overs: 136-3

 Pakistan nearing the target, only 24 runs remaining.

27.6: FOUR! Malik hits the ball over extra cover for four!

27.1: FOUR! Shoaib Malik hits the bowler for a boundary over deep midwicket.

29.2: SIX! Malik hits it over midwicket region.

25 overs: 108/3

Malik and Asad Shafiq on crease, looking settled.

20 overs: 88/2

8 runs from the over. 

16 overs: 73/1

16.3: OUT!

12 overs:

OUT! Bilal Asif is gone!

10 overs: 48/0

10.5: SIX! 

10.3: FOUR!

5 Overs: Pakistan 23-0 (Bilal Asif 20, Ahmed Shehzad 2)

4.4: FOUR, T Panyangara to B Asif, he smashes it to the square leg boundary

3.5: Jongwe to Bilal Asif, FOUR, Asif has watched it all the way onto his bat and sliced the ball behind point

3.4: FOUR, L Jongwe to B Asif. He hits a boundary

1.5: Jongwe to Bilal Asif, FOUR

Pakistan begin their innings. Ahmed Shehzad and Bilal Asif are appearing as openers with only 162 to chase. Panyangara has ball in the hand.

All OUT! Zimabwe have set target of 162 runs for Pakistan. They started the innings very well and at one stage they were 89 for no loss but Bilal Asif broke the stand in his fifth over when he had Chibhabha caught and bowled for 48, and then went on to take four further wickets in his last three overs as Zimbabwe sank to 133 for seven.

Fellow spinner Imad Wasim also inflicted damage as he took 3 for 36 on his return to the side, and the only one wicket that did not fall to spin came with fast bowler Mohammad Irfan having Mutumbami caught behind for a career-best 67.
 

Performance of Pakistani bowlers in this match

38.5: Gone! Shoaib Malik to Nyumbu, ball goes in the air Rizwan dives full length and takes a brilliant catch

Nyumbu comes as the last batsman

35.3: Gone! Panyangara goes back and tries to defend that one, ball hit him on the pad, loud shout for lbw and umpire raises his finger straightaway

Panyangara is the new batsman

35.1: Gone! Waller moves across and pushes straight towards Hafeez at short mid-wicket who takes a good low catch

35 Overs: Zimbabwe 144-7, (Waller 8, Jongwe 3)

34.5: FOUR, M Irfan to M Waller. He hits a boundary

Jongwe is the new batsman

35.5: Gone! short of length ball, Mutumbami goes for a pull shot and gets an outside edge through to keeper, Sarfraz makes no mistake behind the stumps

Bilal Asif took five wickets in 10 overs and gave away only 25 runs 

Malcolm Waller is the new batsman

30.5: Bilal Asif to Mutombodzi, ball turns in sharply and hit on the stumps, there is his fifth wicket!

30 Overs: Zimbabwe 125-5 (Mutumbami 62, Mutombodzi 3)

Tino Mutumbodzi is the new man

28.3: Bilal Asif to Sikandar Raza, OUT, bowled while playing the sweep! 

27.1: SIX, Imad Wasim to Richmond Mutumbami, that was a massive hit, Mutumbami goes down on one knee and launches the ball into the crowd way way beyond square leg

Sikandar Raza is in now

26.5: Gone! Bilal Asif strikes again, two in the over and Chigumbura bags a duck!

Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura is out in the middle now

26.3: B Asif to S Williams, OUT! Williams is out c & b Bilal Asif

25.4: Fifty comes up for Mutumbami

24.6: FOUR, Bilal Asif to Williams, comes down the wicket chips it over mid-on for four runs 

Sean Williams is the new man in

23.1: Gone! Imad gets a wicket on the very first ball of his new spell, Chari tries to defend that one but ball hit him on the pad, loud shout for lbw and umpire raises his finger straightaway

21.5: FOUR, A Yamim to R Mutumbami, took advantage of the fuller length and swung through the line

Brian Chari is the new batsman

20.3: Gone! Bilal Asif gets his 1st ODI wicket, flighted ball, outside off stump, Chibhabha comes forward and chips it straight back to Bilal for a simple catch. Two short of fifty for Chibhabha and he knows it.

20 Overs: Current partnership 89 runs, RR: 4.45 (Chibhabha 48, Mutumbami 40)

17.4: FOUR, Aamer Yamin to Richmond Mutumbami, comes forward and drives through extra cover for four runs

17.1: FOUR, Aamer Yamin to Chibhabha, fuller in length ball, outside off stump, lofts it over mid-on for four runs

Mutumbami was struck on the helmet by a Mohammad Irfan bouncer

15.1: Mohammad Irfan to Mutumbami, FOUR

15 Overs: Current partnership 64 runs, RR: 4.33 (Chibhabha 35, Mutumbami 29)

13.4: M Irfan to R Mutumbami, FOUR, Mutumbami flicks away towards deep mid-wicket with superb timing, beating the fielder s dive near the rope

11.4: Imad Wasim to R Mutumbami, he slog-sweeps it to the deep midwicket rope, FOUR

10 Overs: Current partnership 47 runs, RR: 4.70 (Chibhabha 29, Mutumbami 17)

9.3: SIX, Imad Wasim to R Mutumbami. That has gone all the way

8.1: FOUR, Wahab Riaz to C Chibhabha. He hits a boundary. The ball gets past a diving midwicket and trickles into the rope

5.0 Overs: Current partnership 17 runs, RR: 3.40 (Chibhabha 16, Mutumbami 1)

4.1: FOUR, M Irfan to C Chibhabha. He hits a boundary. Third man failed to stop the ball with a poor effort.

0.3: M Irfan to Chibhabha, FOUR, Chibhabha pushes it firmly down the ground, past mid off s dive.

Match begins! Muhammad Irfan has ball in the hand. Chamu Chibhabha (rhb) and Tinotenda Mutombodzi (rhb) are on the crease.