Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

Mohammad Rizwan
Mohammad Rizwan
91(60) 5x4 - 3x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 25 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
11 6 22 3 6 1 13 29
W Madhevere
59(47) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 17 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
1 8 7 5 13 3 7 15

Best performances - Bowlers

Hasan Ali
Hasan Ali
O4
M0
R18
W4
Eco4.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
LM Jongwe
LM Jongwe
O4
M0
R37
W3
Eco9.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Pakistan won the 3-match series 2-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

11.00 start, First Session 11.00-12.30, Interval 12.30-12.50, Second Session 12.50-14.20

Match days

25 April 2021 (20-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Danyal Rasool

END OF OVER:
20 | 6 Runs 2 Wkts | ZIM: 141/7 (25 runs required, RR: 7.05)

  • Wellington Masakadza0 (2b)
  • Blessing Muzarabani0 (0b)
  • Haris Rauf4-0-34-2
  • Hasan Ali4-0-18-4

Babar Azam lifts the trophy, and that's it from us here. Thank you so much for joining us, and please do so again for the Test series, which begins on the 29th.

"It was a team effort," a relieved Babar Azam says. "Rizwan and I wanted to take it deep, and I thought we finished very well. When I went in to bat, the wicket looked better than the first two games. We were targeting 160 or so, but I want to give Zimbabwe credit, they played brilliantly in the first half of the innings. Our momentum continues. Whoever is in form is encouraged to finish games off."

"It was a very good series with a young side," Sean Williams says. We've got some talented young batsmen like Wesley Madhevere and a good group of bowlers. In the middle period, we had to attack the spinners more aggressively, but we're getting there. This is the first series against Pakistan for a number of the guys. Brilliant series, and we've done nothing but improve. We're really excited for the Test series now."

Mohammad Rizwan isn't far from the honours, winning the Player of the Series award. "The ball was coming onto the bat initially, but the ball kept stopping later on. We wanted to stay out there because we thought it was a hard wicket to get adjusted on. Babar and my plan was whoever hangs around has to stay there till the end."

The Player of the Match is Hasan Ali. His 4-18 beats out Rizwan's unbeaten 91. "It was the decider and it was an important match. I'm always happy when I perform well. The way their openers played was brilliant, but we felt we were in control if we got one wicket., The ball wasn't really coming on to the bat.

"I feel like I had a better chance if I took the bowlers on, so I did," a deflated Madhevere says. "I had a couple of chats with the coaches about how to start an innings and work my way through the overs. I also learn from players like Babar Azam, which helps me. It's a positive for me, but it's also frustrating. We're a young side and hopefully in the future we'll get ourselves across the line in these matches."

19.6
0
Haris Rauf to Masakadza, no run, ends with a yorker that's just about dug out. Pakistan win by 24 runs, and take the series 2-1. This was a closer game than it appears at the end, but when it really counted, Pakistan coped with the pressure better. Lessons to be learned for Pakistan, and I'm sure lessons will have been learned by Zimbabwe

Usman Dewan: "Valiant effort from Zimbabweans. Almost took the series. Hopefully they can continue the rise and take confidence from this effort."

19.5
W
Haris Rauf to Taylor, OUT, Or not! Zimbabwe's old man's stuttering innings comes to a premature end. It was a knee high full toss he would usually put away for a boundary, but this time he skies it to long on, where a smart catch is taken

BRM Taylor c Mohammad Rizwan b Haris Rauf 20 (33m 22b 2x4 0x6) SR: 90.90

19.4
1lb
Haris Rauf to Masakadza, 1 leg bye, trickled off the pads for one. Taylor looks like he'll face the final two deliveries
19.3
1
Haris Rauf to Taylor, 1 run, driven back down the ground for a single
19.2
W
Haris Rauf to Jongwe, OUT, Jongwe falls! No timing on that occasion, and with the boundary as big as it is, there was little chance he'd clear the ropes with that

LM Jongwe c Hasan Ali b Haris Rauf 5 (4m 4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 125.00

19.1
4
Haris Rauf to Jongwe, FOUR, gets down on one knee and tries to paddle it over Sarfaraz. Only gets a little edge, but it still beats the keeper and almost goes all the way. Two fielders were in pursuit, but they seem to have failed to stop the boundary. Four more for Zimbabwe, and the game's still mathematically alive

Zimbabwe 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st37TK MusakandaW Madhevere
2nd65W MadhevereT Marumani
3rd7BRM TaylorW Madhevere
4th1BRM TaylorRW Chakabva
5th23BRM TaylorSC Williams
6th6BRM TaylorLM Jongwe
7th2BRM TaylorWP Masakadza
8th0WP MasakadzaB Muzarabani