ZIM vs PAK 1st Test Day 3- Pakistan bowlers shine, ZIM117/4 (35.3 ov) – Follow Live Updates- Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali and Nauman Ali took the important wickets of Kevin Kasuza for 28 and Milton Shumba for four respectively on Day 3 of the first Test here at the Harare Sports Club. Tarisai Musakanda was unfortunate to get run out on 43. Roy Kaia fell against Faheem Ashraf for a duck in the 30th over of the innings.
Earlier, Pakistan batsman Fawad Alam continued his top form in the Test arena to complete his century and help Pakistan extend their lead over Zimbabwe on Day 2 at Harare. After Imran Butt (91) and Abid Ali (60) provided a solid start in their first innings, Fawad took the attack on Zimbabwe bowlers. Unfortunately, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam departed for a duck. Azhar Ali contributed 36 runs. Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed by Blessing Muzarabani for 45.
It was one-way traffic on Day 1 as Pakistan had a flawless outing in Harare. If subsiding for a depressing 176 wasn’t bad enough, Zimbabwe were atrociously flat in the field, lacked consistency hitting the right lengths with the ball and allowed Imran Butt and Abid Ali, who put on an undefeated 100-plus opening partnership in response. The first session holds the key for the hosts and unless they don’t show more intensity, they’ll have to be prepared for a long day.
Earlier, Pakistan lead pacer Hasan Ali and Shaheen Afridi clinched four-wicket hauls to help visitors reduced Zimbabwe to 176/10. Nauman Ali also picked one wicket for the Men in Green. While for the hosts, Roy Kaia was the top scorer of the innings with a knock of 48 runs off 94 balls. Donald Tiripano, who was the second-highest run-scorer of the innings went back to the dugout not out.
Brendon Taylor’s Zimbabwe won the toss and asked Babar Azam’s Pakistan to field first in the 1st of the two-Test series.
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Kasuza | 28 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 50.91 | |
| Tarisai Musakanda | 43 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 51.19 | |
| Milton Shumba | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| Brendan Taylor (C) | 29 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 90.63 | |
| Roy Kaia | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Regis Chakabva (WK) | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| Extra | 7 (b 2, w 0, nb 0, lb 5) | |||||
| Total | 117/4 (35.3) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | ||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaheen Afridi | 11 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 3.18 |
| Hasan Ali | 8 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 3.38 |
| Faheem Ashraf | 8.3 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2.59 |
| Nauman Ali | 8 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 3.25 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| KT Kasuza | 1-48 | 14.6 |
| M Shumba | 2-68 | 22.6 |
| TK Musakanda | 3-92 | 28.3 |
| R Kaia | 4-95 | 29.5 |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imran Butt | 91 | 236 | 7 | 0 | 38.56 | |
| Abid Ali | 60 | 140 | 10 | 0 | 42.86 | |
| Azhar Ali | 36 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 51.43 | |
| Babar Azam (C) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Fawad Alam | 138 | 204 | 20 | 0 | 67.65 | |
| Mohammad Rizwan (WK) | 45 | 106 | 4 | 0 | 42.45 | |
| Faheem Ashraf | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Hasan Ali | 30 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 115.38 | |
| Nauman Ali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Sajid Khan | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 58.33 | |
| Shaheen Afridi | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| Extra | 13 (b 0, w 1, nb 8, lb 4) | |||||
| Total | 424/10 (133) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessing Muzarabani | 31 | 8 | 71 | 4 | 2.29 |
| Richard Ngarava | 29.1 | 4 | 104 | 2 | 3.57 |
| Tendai Chisoro | 34 | 7 | 89 | 1 | 2.62 |
| Donald Tiripano | 23 | 6 | 89 | 3 | 3.87 |
| Milton Shumba | 9 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 3.22 |
| Roy Kaia | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 5.43 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Abid Ali | 1-115 | 44.2 |
| Azhar Ali | 2-176 | 63.6 |
| Babar Azam | 3-182 | 65.1 |
| Imran Butt | 4-226 | 82.1 |
| Mohammad Rizwan | 5-333 | 112.5 |
| Faheem Ashraf | 6-334 | 113.6 |
| Hasan Ali | 7-395 | 124.2 |
| Nauman Ali | 8-395 | 124.3 |
| Sajid Khan | 9-412 | 129.3 |
| Fawad Alam | 10-424 | 132.6 |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Masvaure | 11 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 36.67 | |
| Kevin Kasuza | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Tarisai Musakanda | 14 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 34.15 | |
| Brendan Taylor (C) | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 17.24 | |
| Milton Shumba | 27 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 54.00 | |
| Roy Kaia | 48 | 94 | 7 | 0 | 51.06 | |
| Regis Chakabva (WK) | 19 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 52.78 | |
| Donald Tiripano | 28 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 59.57 | |
| Tendai Chisoro | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Blessing Muzarabani | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 175.00 | |
| Richard Ngarava | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Extra | 0 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 176/10 (59.1) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaheen Afridi | 15.1 | 5 | 43 | 4 | 2.84 |
| Hasan Ali | 15 | 2 | 53 | 4 | 3.53 |
| Nauman Ali | 11 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 2.64 |
| Faheem Ashraf | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Sajid Khan | 11 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 3.36 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| KT Kasuza | 1-0 | 1.5 |
| PS Masvaure | 2-18 | 8.5 |
| TK Musakanda | 3-30 | 17.1 |
| Brendan Taylor | 4-30 | 18.2 |
| M Shumba | 5-89 | 35.6 |
| R Kaia | 6-124 | 46.5 |
| RW Chakabva | 7-127 | 48.4 |
| TS Chisoro | 8-141 | 52.5 |
| B Muzarabani | 9-164 | 55.6 |
| R Ngarava | 10-176 | 59.1 |
ZIM vs PAK 2nd Test will be played on May 7th
ZIM vs PAK 1st Test will be played at Harare Sports Club (Harare)