- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.6 goes for another wide yorker and Sharjeel spoons this off the toe to mid-off. Good intent from Jongwe, execution wasn't quite spot on as it wound up being a low ankle high full toss on fifth stump, but Sharjeel bungles his shot with too much bottom hand resulting in a gently shoveled medium skyer to the man on the ring, who shuffles left to pouch a simple catch at chest height. 35/119.3 Babar falls trying to clear the long-on boundary!. Slower ball, he lay in wait for it, but the boundary's large and the timing wasn't the best, with Ryan Burl coming across and taking a smart catch 161/219.4 two in two for Jongwe! Fakhar Zaman had to go after it from ball one. It was a low full toss wide of off stump, and the batsman looked to have got a clean connection on it. But Burl scampered across and got his hands underneath it comfortably in the end. Excellent catch in what's turning out to be a strong final over from Jongwe 161/3Extras4 (lb 2, nb 2)TOTAL165/3 (20 Overs, RR: 8.25)Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Sharjeel Khan, 4.6 ov), 2-161 (Babar Azam, 19.3 ov), 3-161 (Fakhar Zaman, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB B Muzarabani 4 0 35 0 8.75 7 4 1 0 0 R Ngarava 4 0 34 0 8.50 9 4 1 0 1 LM Jongwe 4 0 37 3 9.25 7 1 1 0 1 WP Masakadza 4 0 24 0 6.00 5 0 0 0 0 RP Burl 4 0 33 0 8.25 5 4 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.2 is this the end for Zimbabwe? Slower ball does Madhevere, who ends up tossing it high in the air. Sarfaraz had to do brilliantly to get underneath it and complete the catch, and Hasan Ali celebrates wildly 109/34.6 nearly identical ball to the pull shot played earlier in the over that pinged high on the pads. This time it skids on a bit fuller to beat another heave across the line. Musakanda is hit high on the thigh but his back leg is flexed significantly and he's stuck deep in the crease. Big appeal upheld this time. Challenging over from Hasan is rewarded by the end. 37/113.3 gets the wicket Pakistan were desperate for!Marumani wanted to leather it over midwicket, but got an inside edge that sees his stumps felled. A cameo from the teenager ends, and now it's down to the old hands of the middle order to try and salvage this chase 102/219.5 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 141/715.5 goes first ball! Curios to send him in ahead of Williams, and it doesn't pay off. Paddled it to short fine leg, where Sharjeel completes a simple catch. Zimbabwe crumbling 110/418.2 Williams doesn't really time it. The pace was taken off that delivery, it caught the bottom of his bat and Faheem Ashraf at deep midwicket had a fairly straightforward catch 133/519.2 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 139/6Extras3 (lb 3)TOTAL141/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.05)Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Tarisai Musakanda, 4.6 ov), 2-102 (Tadiwanashe Marumani, 13.3 ov), 3-109 (Wessly Madhevere, 15.2 ov), 4-110 (Regis Chakabva, 15.5 ov), 5-133 (Sean Williams, 18.2 ov), 6-139 (Luke Jongwe, 19.2 ov), 7-141 (Brendan Taylor, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Hasnain 4 0 26 1 6.50 12 4 0 0 0 Hasan Ali 4 0 18 4 4.50 12 1 0 0 0 Faheem Ashraf 4 0 30 0 7.50 6 3 0 0 0 Haris Rauf 4 0 34 2 8.50 7 5 0 0 0 Usman Qadir 2 0 17 0 8.50 4 2 0 0 0 Mohammad Hafeez 2 0 13 0 6.50 2 1 0 0 0
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)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 1 wicket)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (Mohammad Rizwan 32, Babar Azam 19, Ex 0)
- Mohammad Rizwan: 50 off 39 balls (4 x 4)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 13.6 overs (84 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 76 balls (Mohammad Rizwan 56, Babar Azam 43, Ex 2)
- Babar Azam: 50 off 44 balls (5 x 4)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 18.4 overs (114 balls), Extras 4
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 165/3 in 20.0 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 91, Hasan Ali 0)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 1 wicket)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 1
- W Madhevere: 50 off 37 balls (7 x 4)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 37 balls (W Madhevere 26, T Marumani 25, Ex 0)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 12.6 overs (78 balls), Extras 1
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