Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe 2013: Zimbabwe Vs Pakistan 1st ODI Live Scorecard Aug 27, 2013
Teams: Zimbabwe Vs Pakistan
Venue: Played at Harare Sports Club
Toss: Misbah wins the toss and Pakistan will bat first
Zimbabwe 246 for 3 (Masakadza 85, Sibanda 54, Taylor 43*)
Pakistan 244 for 7 (Misbah 83*, Hafeez 70)
Zimbabwe beat pakistan by 7 wickets
Hamilton Masakadza is the Man of the Match: "I knew that the wicket was going to get better in the afternoon. The pitch was better to bat on after the first 10 overs and we just wanted to start well and build a partnership. We were just one down when Taylor came out so there weren't really any nerves at that time."
Williams and Brendan Taylor walk back with their heads high towards the dressing room. This is a comprehensive win - by seven wickets and 10 balls to spare - after the Zimbabwe batsmen didn't handle the spinners very well in the T20s. And how they came back?! It was the opening stand of 107 and Hamilton Masakadza's 85 that kept them comfortable in the beginning and always in the hunt of this chase. Taylor at No.3 also held his nerve till the end and Williams sealed it for the hosts. This is the first time since 1998 that Zimbabwe have beaten Pakistan in an ODI. It's been nearly 15 long years since Neil Johnson's hundred led Zimbabwe to victory in Pakistan
Misbah he is the first Pakistan captain to lead in 50 successive ODIs.
Last five completed matches
PakistanW W T L W
Zimbabwe L L L L L
Match Stats:
Pakistan have won 12 of the 15 ODIs they have played in Zimbabwe against the hosts. Zimbabwe were able to win one and tie another, but both those matches were back in 1995
Shahid Afridi has played 354 ODIs for Pakistan, and needs three games to overtake Wasim Akram. Only Inzamam-ul-Haq is in front after that, with 375 matches for his country
Match Squads:
Zimbabwe squad
BRM Taylor(c/w), TL Chatara, E Chigumbura, MT Chinouya, T Maruma, H Masakadza, SW Masakadza, TMK Mawoyo, N Mushangwe, TC Mutombodzi, R Mutumbami, T Panyangara, V Sibanda, Sikandar Raza, P Utseya, BV Vitori, MN Waller, SC Williams
Pakistan squad
Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Abdur Rehman, Ahmed Shehzad, Anwar Ali, Asad Ali, Asad Shafiq, Haris Sohail, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Nasir Jamshed, Saeed Ajmal, Sarfraz Ahmed(w), Shahid Afridi, Umar Amin