Pakistan thrash Zimbabwe for ODI series sweep

AFP  |  Bulawayo 

completed a series whitewash over with a 131-run win today in the fifth and final match at Club in

On another record-setting day for the visitors, became the fastest in history to reach 1,000 career runs in one-day international as amassed 364 for 4.

Zaman broke the previous record of 21 innings by reaching the mark in his 17th innings in the course of a fluent half century. His opening partner Imam-ul-Haq was also in the runs once again, the pair adding their fourth century stand of the series.

They took the score to 168 in the 25th over before Zaman was caught behind for 85.

While he missed out on what would have been his third hundred of the series, Zaman did also claim the records for most runs in a five-match bilateral series with 515 and most runs scored between dismissals in ODIs, having scored 455 runs since he was last dismissed in the first match of the series.

On a morning for batsmen, Imam-ul-Haq went on to reach his third century of the series, and though and fell cheaply, the carnage continued with then racing to a century of his own from 72 deliveries, his second fifty haven taken just 17 balls.

In response, showed much more stickability with the bat than had been the case in the first four games of the series.

Hamilton Masakadza and Tinashe Kamunhukamwe got going with a 66-run opening stand, Zimbabwe's best of the series, and though never looked like threatening Pakistan's total, the middle order did at least hold firm.

made 39 and contributed 47 - personal bests for both players in their short careers - and finished off with 44 not out in a 67-run stand with Elton Chigumbura, allowing Zimbabwe to reach 233 for 4.

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First Published: Sun, July 22 2018. 20:40 IST