Pakistan win 2nd T20 by 15 runs
Umar Akmal is the Man of the Match and Imad Wasim is the Man of the Series
HARARE (Dunya News) – Pakistan won the 2nd and final T20 against Zimbabwe on Tuesday at the Harare Sports Club (HSC) as Zimbabwe failed to chase 137 runs in 20 overs.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. The men in green started their innings at a brisk pace after they hit 12 boundaries in the first 12 overs but got bogged down due to slow run-rate in the later part of the innings as they scored 136 runs in their allocated quota of 20 overs.
Zimbabwe in reply stuttered from the start and lost wickets as bowlers kept it tight. Zimbabwe fell 15 runs short of the mark eventually.
Teams:
Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Mukhtar Ahmed, Sohaib Maqsood, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Imad Wasim, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Imran Khan jnr, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Bilal Asif.
Zimbabwe: Hamilton Masakadza, Chamu Chibhabha, Craig Ervine, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams, Elton Chigumbura(c), Richmond Mutumbami(w), Graeme Cremer, Luke Jongwe, Prosper Utseya, Tinashe Panyangara, Malcolm Waller, John Nyumbu, Taurai Muzarabani, Chris Mpofu, Neville Madziva.
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20.0 overs: 121-7
PAKISTAN WINS BY 15 RUNS!
Excellent over by Sohail Tanvir, brings end to the 20th over. Pakistan win the series 2-0/
6th Consecutive victory Under @SAfridiOfficial s Captaincy #PakVsZim
— Ahmad is in Heart (@Absara1162) September 29, 2015
19.0 overs: 116-6
18.2: OUT! Jongwe gets out as Sohail Tanvir strikes.
18.0 overs: 106-6
17.3: OUT! Irfan gets the dangerous Chigumbura out by bowling a slower ball.
17.0 overs: 99-5
16.5: SIX! Chigumbura hits another one.
16.4: SIX! Chigumbura hits a maximum over long on.
16.0 overs: 84-4
Zimbabwe batting at a slow pace.
15.0 overs: 78-4
Sohail Tanvir bowling tight line and length.
Kukri is a T20 legend and i am not even joking, he really is #PakVsZim
— Atif Afridi (@Afridi93) September 29, 2015
14.0 overs: 69-4
13.4: FOUR! Williams hits Afridi for a boundary .
13.0 overs: 62-4
Imran Khan bowling a neat length and mixing up pace to decieve batsmen.
12.0 overs: 56-4
Afridi bowls a tight over, 7 runs with no boundaries.
11.0 overs: 49-4
Asking-rate up to 10 now.
10.0 overs: 44-4
9.3: FOUR! Williams hits Aftridi over midwicket for a boundary.
9.0 overs: 37-4
6 runs off the over.
Zimbabwean run-rate falling as the game progresses:
Zimbabwe in deep trouble #PakVsZim
— It x Alee (@Itx_alee) September 29, 2015
8.0 overs: 31-4
8.4: FOUR! Sikandar Raza hits Imad Wasim for four
7.0 overs: 24-4
6.1: OUT! Imad Wasim strikes on his first ball. Mutumbami is the victim.
Imad You beauty.. 4 down #PakVsZim
— A.M.R (@Ahmadmudabir) September 29, 2015
6.0 overs: 24-3
5.4: FOUR! Williams hit Irfan for a boundary.
5.0 overs: 16-3
4.3: OUT! Craig Ervine gets run out after mix up.
4.0 overs: 16-2
3.6: OUT! Masakadza hits and gets caught over third-man region.
3.3: FOUR! Hamiliton Masakadza slogs the ball over leg side for a boundary.
3.0 overs: 7-1
2.4: OUT! Tanvir traps Chibabha for LBW, umpire gives the decision in favour of bowler despite ball hitting outside leg.
Good pressure bowling and tanveer got his man this time #PakvsZim.
— asadmasih (@nedianasad) September 29, 2015
2.0 overs: 6-0
1.0 overs: 3-0
Tight over by Sohail Tanvir. Only 3 runs conceeded.
0.0 overs:
Chamu and Masakadza will open. Sohail Tanvir will open the bowling for Pakistan.
END OF ZIMABABWE s INNINGS
20.0 overs: 136-6
19.5: SIX! Imad Wasim hits a flat six.
19.1: FOUR! Imad slices the ball towards point region for four.
19.0 overs: 122-6
Imad Wasim and Umar Akmal consolidating the score.
18.2: FOUR! Imad slices one through the cover region.
18.0 overs: 112-6
Afridi comes:
Lala in!!Waiting for #LalaStorm !!Common Afridi! #PakvsZim #Cricket @SAfridiOfficial
— Ayaan Malik (@malik356) September 29, 2015
Afridi goes:
mashallah shahid afridi ki consistency dekho!! #PakVsZim
— Murtaza shah (@Murtaxa_Syed) September 29, 2015
17.0 overs: 109-5
16.4: OUT! Rizwan falls after making 16 off 16 balls.
None of the things have changed from 1st t20 to 2nd t20 #PakvsZim
— Umair (@Umair595) September 29, 2015
16.0 overs: 104-4
Pakistan s run-rate creeping lower every over. 150-mark looks like a tough ask at this stage.
15.0 overs: 98-4
Only 6 runs from the over.
13.0 overs: 93-4
7 runs off the over, no boundaries.
This match is more borring than my sociology class #PakvsZim
— Economist (@umer_here) September 29, 2015
12.0 overs: 82-4
11.4: FOUR! Akmal hits another boundary.
11.3: FOUR! Wide and short of length, the ball gets punished over point.
11.0 overs: 71-3
10.3: OUT! Cremer gets Malik out, another batsman departs after scoring cheaply.
10 overs: 63-2
9.4: FOUR! Utseya gets hit by Malik towards square-leg.
9.0 overs: 54-2
8.5: FOUR! Malik hits Cremer for a boundary.
8.0 overs: 46-2
7.2: FOUR! Sohaib Maqsood hits a boundary.
Shoaib Malik on crease:
7.0 overs:
6.2: OUT! Hafeez gets out in a similar fashion to Shehzad, clipping the ball to fielder. Just when Pakistan needed a brisk innings after a slow powerplay.
Meanwhile Sohaib Maqsood gets another life:
Bachat; Abhi slip hoti tou gaya tha #SohaibMaqsood aaahhhh. #Cricket #PakvsZim #2ndT20I #Pakistan #TeamGreen #MeninGreen
— Ejaz Rasool Chaudhry (@Ejaz_RC) September 29, 2015
6.0 overs:
5.2: FOUR! Sohaib Maqsood hits a four on a short and wide ball.
5.0 overs:
Only 2 runs from the over. A lull after the wicket fell last over.
4.0 overs:
3.5: OUT! Ahmed Shehzad goes out after a soft dismissal as fielder catches the ball nicely.
Tweeps frustrated as he goes out after getting his eye in:
Lmao was that bad luck or bad batting ? #PakVsZim shehzad saab
— Faisal (@PakistansHero) September 29, 2015
3.0 overs:
2.3: FOUR! Hafeez hits yet another boundary, this time towards fine-leg.
2.0 overs:
1.5: FOUR! Hafeez hits Panyangara towards point region.
1.0 overs:
0.6: FOUR! Hafeez hits Chibabha for a boundary towards backward square-leg.
