Pakistan Zimbabwe Series 2021

[TheSnakeEatingMarkhur]

Hamesha future tense mein baat karte hai mere high IQ neighbors.
Kabhi realise karna.
Fact is India tackles and defeats Aus/England.
You and your hollow pride is dependent on Zimbabwe

Aur kitni baar WC mein haroge BC
Abhi takk toh koi besharam baccha bhi seekh jaaye hai

Lemme give you another fact when it comes to defeats overall Pakistan has trashed you more... you were defeated by Pakistan more as compared to you defeating Pakistan.. and hollow pride of india is committing to a series and then running away like pu$*ies

Or worldcup worldcup karte ho overall to apni thukai k stats dekhlo

Or kya kare besharam bache sikh nai pa rehe isliye itni baar har jate hain

 

[Desi_Guy]

Lemme give you another fact when it comes to defeats overall Pakistan has trashed you more... you were defeated by Pakistan more as compared to you defeating Pakistan.. and hollow pride of india is committing to a series and then running away like pu$*ies

Or worldcup worldcup karte ho overall to apni thukai k stats dekhlo

Or kya kare besharam bache sikh nai pa rehe isliye itni baar har jate hain

Ab past tense mein chale Gaye
Arre bacche obviously 90’s Pak team was a force to be reckoned with! Great team, great bowlers........but mere high IQ neighbors aaj kya position hai??
Rather than always being emotional you guys need to think logically based on facts.
Tum Zimbabwe se khelte hoh aur jashn manate hoh.
Idhar BC BCCI ko aag lagg jayegi if India hamesha Zimbabwe se khelti rahegi.

 

[TheSnakeEatingMarkhur]

Ab past tense mein chale Gaye
Arre bacche obviously 90’s Pak team was a force to be reckoned with! Great team, great bowlers........but mere high IQ neighbors aaj kya position hai??
Rather than always being emotional you guys need to think logically based on facts.
Tum Zimbabwe se khelte hoh aur jashn manate hoh.
Idhar BC BCCI ko aag lagg jayegi if India hamesha Zimbabwe se khelti rahegi.

As I said dont worry T20 worldcup aa raha he.. and our team is getting back on its feat..

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

"Sath-ttah" lost to Zimbabway only scored 99 runs

 

[Varunastra]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1384541462520549387

There are still white people in Zimbabwe? Thought Mugabe ne sabko bhaga dia tha

 

[ghazi52]

 

[ghazi52]

Mohammad Rizwan hammered an unbeaten 91 and Hasan Ali took four wickets to lead Pakistan to a 24-run victory over Zimbabwe in the third and final Twenty20 international at Harare Sports Club on Sunday.

Rizwan battled through the 20 overs after Pakistan won the toss, helping his side to 165-3 on a slow surface.

Zimbabwe replied with 141-7, falling well short of the target as Pakistan claimed a 2-1 victory in the series.

Hasan took a career-best 4-18 as he helped check Zimbabwe's progress after the home side had made a promising start.

In-form Rizwan, whose runs came off 60 balls, featured in a 126-run second-wicket partnership with captain Babar Azam who made 52 runs off 46 balls.

Zimbabwe, who secured an upset 19-run victory in the second match on Friday, were on course for another surprise success as opener Wesley Madhevere (59) and Tadiwanashe Marumani put on 64 runs for the second wicket as the home team reached 101-1 after 13 overs, needing 65 runs off 42 balls.

When Marumani was bowled by Mohammad Hasnain for 35, however, the runs dried up and wickets tumbled regularly as Pakistan completed a comfortable victory.

The T20 series will be followed by two Tests, also in Harare, beginning on April 29 and May 7.

 

[ghazi52]

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Pakistan dominate after Hasan, Shaheen skittle Zimbabwe

AFP
Published April 29, 2021 -

Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat in the first Test against Pakistan at Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe, April 29. — Photo courtesy PCB Twitter


Pakistan dominated the opening day of the first Test against Zimbabwe on the back of some destructive pace bowling by Hasan Ali and Shaheen Shah Afridi in Harare on Thursday.

Hasan finished with 4-53 while Shaheen grabbed 4-43 as Zimbabwe — who won the toss and batted — were dismissed for a paltry 176 on a slow pitch at Harare Sports Club.

Abid Ali then replied with a solid unbeaten 56 while fellow opener Imran Butt made 43 not out as Pakistan closed the day on 103 without loss.
Both Abid and Imran were cautious at the start, having failed miserably in Pakistan's 2-0 home series win over South Africa in February.


Abid took 13 deliveries to open his account but once he got underway with a pull for four off Richard Ngarava, he eased into his work striking nine further boundaries.

Imran, who had managed just 36 in his first four Test innings, was more circumspect as the pair offered no chances to Zimbabwe's inexperienced bowling attack.

Zimbabwe were struggling at 59-4 at lunch with Hasan taking two early wickets, including the prized one of stand-in skipper Brendan Taylor for just five.

Debutant Roy Kaia stood firm in the post-lunch session, top-scoring with 48 before falling leg-before to Hasan while Donald Tiripano chipped in with 28 and Milton Shumba, also playing in his first Test, scored 27.

Zimbabwe seemingly recovered when Shumba and Kaia lifted them from a precarious 30-4 with a stand of 59 but an unfortunate run out of Shumba put an end to the fight.

Shaheen reached 50 Test wickets by dismissing Tendai Chisoro before taking the last two wickets to wrap up the innings.

Zimbabwe were hit hard on the eve of the match when regular skipper Sean Williams was ruled out with a hand injury while another experienced batsman Craig Ervine also failed to recover from a calf injury.

In the first session, Hasan was the star as he removed opener Kevin Kasuza, who played on in the second over of the day for nought, and Taylor for five.

It was another welcome performance for the 26-year-old who had multiple injuries after the 2019 World Cup.

“Ever since I have returned from injury my performance is good,” said Hasan who took his first 10-wicket haul against South Africa at Rawalpindi two months ago.

“I worked so hard on my batting and bowling and enjoyed taking wickets despite it being a slow pitch.

“Getting Taylor so early was great because he is an experienced batsman.”

Taylor, the stand-in skipper flashed rashly at a wide ball outside off stump, edging to Faheem Ashraf who swallowed up the chance in the slips.

In between Hasan's morning wickets, Shaheen had Prince Masvaure caught by Imran at second slip for 11 and left-arm spinner Nauman Ali, brought into the attack early, bowled Tarisai Musakanda through the gate for 14.

The tourists are aiming to convert strong recent form in limited-overs cricket into the longer format, having already won one-day international and Twenty20 series in South Africa and a T20 series in Zimbabwe on this southern Africa trip.

Zimbabwe drew its last Test series against Afghanistan but hasn’t won a series since 2011. Pakistan comes off a 2-0 home series win over South Africa in February.


Lineups:

Pakistan:

Imran Butt, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam (captain), Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf, Noman Ali, Hasan Ali, Sajid Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi.


Zimbabwe:

Prince Masvaure, Kevin Kasuza, Tarisai Musakanda, Brendan Taylor (captain), Milton Shumba, Roy Kaia, Regis Chakabva, Donald Tiripano, Tendai Chisoro, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava.

 

[ghazi52]

Fawad bags fourth Test ton as Pakistan grow lead vs Zimbabwe


Reuters
April 30, 2021

Fawad Alam in action on day two of the first Test against Zimbabwe. — Photo courtesy: PCB Live Twitter


Fawad Alam completed a fourth Test century as he guided Pakistan to 374 for six and a commanding lead of 198 runs at the close of play on the second day of the first Test against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on Friday.

The tourists are replying to their hosts' modest first-innings score of 176 with unorthodox middle-order batsman Fawad, who takes a bizarre front-on stance at the crease, leading the way with an unbeaten 108 that has come from 155 balls on a slow wicket.

He has now reached a hundred on all four occasions that he has passed 50 in Test cricket and will resume on the third morning with all-rounder Hasan Ali (21 not out), who can be explosive at the crease and score quick runs.

Opener Imran Butt fell nine runs short of a first Test century following a patient 91 from 236 balls as he became a first scalp in the longer format for debutant seamer Richard Ngarava, having edged to wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva.

Fellow opener Abid Ali (60) also weighed in with a half-century but it was a day to forget for in-form captain Babar Azam as he was out first ball.

Babar pushed a delivery from seamer Donald Tiripano (3-89) straight to a short mid-on for a major breakthrough from the home side, but they could not capitalise on the fall of two quick wickets and are now facing a big first-innings deficit.

 

[ghazi52]

Hasan, Fawad impress as Pakistan crush Zimbabwe in first Test


Reuters | AFP
May 1, 2021

The match was played at the Harare Sports Club. — Photo courtesy PCB Twitter

Seamer Hasan Ali took nine wickets in the match as Pakistan defeated hosts Zimbabwe by an innings and 116 runs after tea on the third day of the first Test at the Harare Sports Club on Saturday.

Hasan moved past 50 Test wickets as he took a career-best 5-36 to help bowl Zimbabwe out for 134. He recorded figures of 4-53 during the home side's first-innings score of 176.


Pakistan posted 426 in reply, anchored by Fawad Alam's superb 140 which put the tourists into a commanding position.

“We had planned to put 300-plus on the board (as a lead), and then bowl them out for 150-200,” Pakistan captain Babar Azam said in the post-match presentation.

“It was an outstanding finish by Hasan.”

Tarisai Musakanda top-scored in Zimbabwe's second innings with a career-best 43 before he was needlessly run out chasing a suicidal third run.

It was a wasted opportunity for the batsman who had been elevated from his usual number three position to open due to an injury to Prince Masvaure who did not bat in the second innings.

Hasan's ability to get reverse swing on the slow surface helped him rip through the Zimbabwe middle and lower order, and he was ably supported by left-arm spinner Nauman Ali (2-27).
Fawad's 140 from 204 balls included 20 fours, before he was the last man out chasing quick runs to boost his sides total.
He became the fourth wicket for seamer Blessing Muzarabani (4-73) after a bottom edge that well taken by wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva. Seamer Donald Tiripano completed figures of 3-89.

Fawad, who takes a bizarre front-on stance at the crease, has now scored a century on all four occasions he has passed 50 in Test cricket.

Openers Imran Butt (91) and Abid Ali (60) also scored fifties for the touring side.

“Getting bowled out in two sessions on day one let us down, and to then field for 130 overs put us behind the eight ball. We need to work on our batting as a group,” Zimbabwe stand-in skipper Brendan Taylor said.

The second and final Test will be played at the same venue from Friday.

 

[ghazi52]

STUMPS

2nd Test, Harare, May 7 - 10 2021, Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe

Pakistan
(90 ov)268/4

Zimbabwe



Day 1 - Session 3: Pakistan chose to bat. CRR: 2.97

 

[ghazi52]

Abid hits 200 as Pakistan take control of second Test


AFP
09 May 2021

HARARE: Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor paid tribute to Pakistan after the tourists took total control on the second day of the second Test at Harare Sports Club on Saturday, outclassing the home side with both bat and ball to take a huge step towards sealing a 2-0 series victory.

Zimbabwe were 52 for four at the close in reply to Pakistan’s 510 for eight declared, 458 runs behind.
After remaining reasonably competitive until lunch on Saturday, Zimbabwe’s bowlers took a hammering during the afternoon.

Opening batsman Abid Ali made 215 not out and Nauman Ali slammed 97 before being stumped off a wide. The pair plundered 169 runs off 199 balls for the eighth wicket.

“They’re showing us how to play Test cricket at the moment,” admitted Taylor, acknowledging that the afternoon run feast was the culmination of hours of disciplined batting. “We can learn a lot from their batsmen, the way they apply themselves. They just try and wear you down. At the end of the day your bowlers are almost at the brink. That’s what Test cricket is all about.”

Taylor said Pakistan’s batting took its toll ahead of Zimbabwe’s reply. “You’re 150 overs out there fielding and it’s never easy getting your mindset around to batting.”

The Zimbabwe innings got off to a bad start when 36-year-old debutant Tabish Khan struck in his first over before a run had been scored.

Three more wickets fell before the close and Zimbabwe looked in desperate trouble with Roy Kaia not coming out to bat after being struck a heavy blow on his left knee while fielding at short leg on Friday. Kaia was Zimbabwe’s top-scorer with 48 when Zimbabwe were routed by an innings and 116 runs in the first Test of the two-match series. “I think he’s ruled out for the first innings but he’s looking a bit more mobile and hopefully he can come out in the second innings,” said Taylor.

Zimbabwe went into the match without three leading batsmen because of injury and Kaia’s absence was a further blow.
Even so, Taylor said his side’s batting was disappointing. “We believe we’re a far better unit than that. Yes, we’re missing some senior players but we’ve got some young quality there that’s certainly capable.”
Nauman’s bizarre dismissal

Pakistan’s innings ended in bizarre circumstances. Nauman was 93 not out at tea. He hit the first ball after the interval for four but lifted his back foot after left-arm spinner Tendai Chisoro bowled a wide with his next delivery. Wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva reacted quickly and took off the bails. He hit 97 off 104 balls with five sixes and nine fours.

Having scored most of his runs behind or square of the wicket in scoring his first 150, Abid blossomed with some handsome drives during the afternoon. He faced 407 balls and hit 29 fours in beating his previous highest score in Tests of 174 against Sri Lanka in Karachi in 2019/20.

Tabish, a veteran of 598 wickets in 137 first-class matches, shared the new ball with Shaheen Shah Afridi, who started with a maiden over. Tabish set up Tarisai Masakanda with a series of deliveries outside the off stump then trapped the batsman leg before wicket with a full delivery which snaked back.

Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi and off-spinner Sajid Khan all took wickets as only Regis Chakabva, on 28 not out, was able to reach double figures.



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Scoreboard

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Pakistan, first innings (overnight 268-4)
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I. Butt c Tiripano b Ngarava 2
Abid Ali not out 215
A. Ali c Shumba b Muzarabani 126
B. Azam c Kasuza b Muzarabani 2
F. Alam b Muzarabani 5
S. Khan c Chakabva b Tiripano 20
M. Rizwan c Ngarava b Chisoro 21
H. Ali c Chakabva b Jongwe 0
N. Ali st Chakabva b Chisoro 97

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Extras: (b7, lb8, nb2, w5) 22

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Total: ( 8 wkts decl, 147.1 overs) 510
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Did not bat: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Tabish Khan.

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Butt), 2-248 (Azhar), 3-252 (Babar), 4-264 (Fawad), 5-303 (Sajid), 6-340 (Rizwan), 7-341 (Hasan), 8-510 (Nauman)

Bowling: Muzarabani 29-6-82-3 (1w), Ngarava 24-5-58-1 (2nb, 1w), Jongwe 17-1-68-1, Tiripano 22-5-83-1 (2w), Chisoro 40.1-7-131-2, Shumba 15-1-73-0



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Zimbabwe, first innings

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K. Kasuza b H. Ali 4
T. Musakanda lbw b T. Khan 0
R. Chakabva not out 28
B. Taylor c M. Rizwan b S. Afridi 9
M. Shumba lbw b S. Khan 2
T. Chisoro not out 1
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Extras: (b4, lb3, w1) 8
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Total: ( 4 wkts, 30 overs ) 52
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To bat: R. Kaia, L. Jongwe, D. Tiripano, B. Muzarabani, R. Ngarava

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Musakanda), 2-23 (Kasuza), 3-40 (Taylor), 4-47 (Shumba)
Bowling: Shaheen Afridi 9-3-16-1 (1w), Tabish Khan 10-3-22-1, Hasan Ali 6-3-7-1, Nauman Ali 2-2-0-0, Sajid Khan 3-3-0-1

Match situation: Zimbabwe trail by 458 runs with six wickets remaining in the first innings

Toss: Pakistan

Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA), Langton Rusere (ZIM)

TV umpire: Iknow Chabi (ZIM)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM).—AFP

 

[ghazi52]

Nauman tears through Zimbabwe as Pakistan close in on innings victory


Reuters
May 9, 2021

Zimbabwe batsman Regis Chakabva plays a shot during the second Test match against Pakistan at Harare Sports Club, Sunday, May, 9. — AP


Left-arm spinner Nauman Ali took five wickets as Pakistan closed in on victory by an innings having reduced hosts Zimbabwe to 220 for nine at the close on the third day of the second and final Test at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday.

Zimbabwe, who still trail by 158 runs, lost 15 wickets on the day having been dismissed earlier for 132 in their first innings, but held out in the fading light to force the game into a fourth day.
They are replying to Pakistan's massive score of 510 for eight declared.

Regis Chakabva struck an impressive 80 in Zimbabwe's second innings that included 13 fours and two sixes, before one slog too many off Nauman (5-86) meant he edged to Babar Azam at slip.

Stand-in captain Brendan Taylor smashed 49 from 31 balls as he tried to put the pressure back on the tourists, but Zimbabwe could not stem the tide as Nauman and seamer Shaheen Afridi (4-45) picked up all the wickets to fall.

Nauman was expensive, conceding more than four runs per over, but got reward on a pitch that is starting to take turn as he also moved past 300 first-class wickets with his haul.

Zimbabwe had resumed their first innings on 52 for four at the start of the day, but Pakistan seamer Hasan Ali returned the excellent figures of 5-27 to help dismiss them cheaply and force a follow-on.

Hasan used all his skill and guile to tear through the Zimbabwe middle-order and continue his impressive form having taken 9-89 in the first Test that the visitors won by an innings and 116 runs.

 

[ghazi52]

Abid Ali 215*, Nauman Ali 97 put Pakistan in complete command against Zimbabwe

 

[ghazi52]

Shaheen Afridi and Nauman Ali five-fors wrap up Pakistan's 2-0 sweep

This is the first time in Pakistan history three bowlers have taken five wickets in a single Test

Danyal Rasool

Brendan Taylor walks back in disbelief as Pakistan celebrate Zimbabwe Cricket


Pakistan 510 for 8 dec (Abid 215*, Azhar 126, Nauman 97, Muzarabani 3-82) beat Zimbabwe 132 (Chakabva 33, Hasan 5-27) and 231 (Chakabva 80, Shaheen 5-52, Nauman 5-86) by an innings and 147 runs

It took exactly five overs on the fourth day for Pakistan to take the solitary wicket they needed to complete a 2-0 clean sweep over Zimbabwe, bowling them out for 231 and winning by an innings and 147 runs.


Shaheen Afridi was the man to make the breakthrough, coaxing Luke Jongwe into a drive the batsman could only edge through to the wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan.


Taylor gets one demerit point for showing dissent

Brendan Taylor got one demerit point and an official reprimand for showing dissent at the umpire's decision after he was adjudged caught behind in Zimbabwe's second innings. The incident took place in the 37th over, when Taylor pointed to his thigh pad and held his head after being given out.

Taylor was found to have breached Level 1 of Article 2.8 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel. It was his second offence in a 24-month period, taking his cumulative demerit points to two.

Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand, a maximum penalty of 50 per cent of a player's match fee, and one or two demerit points.

It saw him complete a five-wicket haul, becoming the third Pakistan bowler in the Test to do so after Hasan Ali and Nauman Ali. This is the first time in Pakistan history three bowlers have taken five wickets in a single Test, and just the sixth time overall. Despite the bowling heroics, it was Abid Ali who scooped up the Player of the Match award for his first double-century.

The day began with Jongwe looking to farm the strike, ensuring he faced Afridi while Muzarabani was left to negotiate the less menacing Tabish Khan.

The pair looked largely comfortable with this arrangement, but with Zimbabwe having little hope in the wider context of the game, it was only a matter of time before the breakthrough would arrive. Pakistan will fly home content with the way they came back in the Test series after the indifferent T20I leg.

Zimbabwe, meanwhile, will rue their performances in two rare Tests against high-quality opposition, and gear up again for a series against Bangladesh later this year.