HARARE, Zimbabwe (Sept. 16) – Pakistan crushed hosts Zimbabwe by 85 runs in the first Twenty20 international just concluded at Harare Sports Club here on today.
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| Man of the Match: Muhammad Hafeez Scored 71 and Picked up 4 Wickets |
Zimbabwe batting crumbled in just 15.2 over after making just 113 runs. Coventry and Chibhabha were the significant contributors from Zimbabwe scoring 30 and 28 respectively. Six Zimbabwean batsmen couldn’t even reach the double figure.
Muhammad Hafeez picked up 4 wickets after smashing 71 runs earlier in Pakistan innings and declared man of the match.
Zimbabwe won the toss and invited the visitors to bat first hoping to get early wickets to pressurize Pakistan batting; but Pakistani openers Muhammad hafeez and Asad Shafiq got off to a flyer taking the scores to 72 in just 6 overs without losing any wickets.
Asad Shafiq got run out on total score of 74 after contributing significant 38 runs. Muhammad Hafeez continued his superb form and scored briskly to take the score to 148 before being victim to Chibhabha after contributing 71 runs off just48 balls.
Rameez Raja (Jr.), Umar Akmal and Sohail Tanveer played handy knocks at the end contributing 22, 22 and 17 respectively to take the score to 198.
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