Zimbabwe Vs Pakistan 2nd T20i 03 December 2024

2nd T20I • Queens Sports Club • Bulawayo

Zimbabwe

57 (12.4)

Pakistan

61/0 (5.3)

PAK won by 10 wickets

Info

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Date & Time

03 Dec, 05:00 PM IST

Venue

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

TV/Streaming

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Match

2nd T20I,

Pakistan vs Zimbabwe 2024

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe), Iknow Chabi (Zimbabwe), Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

Zimbabwe elected to bat

Pitch Report

It is a bat-first surface. The hard new ball will work well for the batters up front but the wicket will slow down and take some turn, especially in the second innings.

1st Innings

155Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

130.22Avg SR

2nd Innings

129Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

113.26Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

ZIM

2- 8

PAK

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Zimbabwe

Pakistan

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Sikandar Raza

ZIM . ALL

39 Runs

1 Match

Tayyab Tahir

PAK . BAT

39 Runs

1 Match

Usman Khan

PAK . WK

39 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Sufiyan Muqeem

PAK . BOWL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Abrar Ahmed

PAK . BOWL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Haris Rauf

PAK . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Player of the Match Sufiyan Muqeem

5/3

ZIM

PAK

Info

Zimbabwe

57/10 (12.4)

Batters

Brian Bennett

150.00

c Khan b Rauf

Tadiwanashe Marumani

114.29

c Tahir b Afridi

Dion Myers

27.27

lbw b Salman

Sikandar Raza

75.00

b Afridi

Ryan Burl

25.00

lbw b Muqeem

Clive Madande

56.25

c Salman b Muqeem

Tashinga Musekiwa

0.00

b Muqeem

Wellington Masakadza

42.86

c Salman b Muqeem

Richard Ngarava

0.00

b Muqeem

Blessing Muzarabani

0.00

lbw b Ahmed

Trevor Gwandu

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 0)

TOTAL

(12.4 Ov, RR: 4.5)

57/10

Bowlers

EXT

Abrar Ahmed

7.00

Jahandad Khan

11.00

Haris Rauf

6.50

Abbas Afridi

1.00

Agha Salman

3.50

Sufiyan Muqeem

2.4

1.13

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tadiwanashe Marumani

c Tahir b Afridi

1-37

4.3

Brian Bennett

c Khan b Rauf

2-37

5.1

Sikandar Raza

b Afridi

3-40

6.2

Dion Myers

lbw b Salman

4-44

7.4

Ryan Burl

lbw b Muqeem

5-46

8.4

Tashinga Musekiwa

b Muqeem

6-46

8.5

Wellington Masakadza

c Salman b Muqeem

7-52

10.4

Richard Ngarava

b Muqeem

8-52

10.6

Blessing Muzarabani

lbw b Ahmed

9-53

11.2

Clive Madande

c Salman b Muqeem

10-57

12.4

Pakistan

61/0 (5.3)

Batters

Omair Yousuf

146.67

Not out

Saim Ayub

200.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(5.3 Ov, RR: 11.09)

61/0

Did not Bat

Usman Khan, Irfan Khan, Tayyab Tahir, Agha Salman, Jahandad Khan, Haris Rauf, Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Sufiyan Muqeem

Bowlers

EXT

Sikandar Raza

11.00

Richard Ngarava

7.50

Blessing Muzarabani

1.3

14.00

Trevor Gwandu

13.00

Match Info

Date & Time

03 Dec, 05:00 PM IST

Venue

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

TV/Streaming

FanCode app

Match

2nd T20I,

Pakistan vs Zimbabwe 2024

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe), Iknow Chabi (Zimbabwe), Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

Zimbabwe elected to bat

1 4 1 6 1 0

Over 3

Runs: 13

1 1 1 4 0 6

Over 4

Runs: 13

1 4 1lb 0 0 2

Over 5

Runs: 8

4 0 4

Over 6

Runs: 8

All Overs

Player of the Match Sufiyan Muqeem

5/3

Commentary

This is Pakistan's first T20I series win since the last T20 World Cup. Given the thumping fashion in which they won the first two games, nothing less than a clean sweep will satisfy them now. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe have a lot of work to do over the next 45 hours or so. They would be hoping for an improved showing in the final match of the series, that will be played on Thursday, December 5th. Do join us then. For now, it is a goodbye from Darpan and Bidipto! See you soon.

Agha Salman (Pakistan captain): We are happy with out performance! It has been quite a match! We want to play positive cricket all the time, that's our style. We were impressive with the ball and young Sufiyan shone through. Attacking the stumps was key. The batting was even better, we did not make matters any bit difficult and finished it off professionally!

Sufiyan Muqeem is the Player of the Match for his incredible figures of 5/3 in only 2.4 overs!

Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe captain): We all are in a pretty bad place, but, what I've just told the boys in the dressing room is that we have got 36 hours to get going again. We cannot dwell on this for too long, we have another match to play and win. We just have to upskill ourselves, there are no shortcuts. We, as a batting unit, need to have both gears. The management and I have to be patient with this squad. But my only concern is if we are learning from these losses or not!

It is time for the post-match presentation.

Pakistan win by 10 wickets and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

Saim Ayub 36* (18) | Sufiyan Muqeem 5/3 (2.4)
Brain Bennett 21 (14)

18.1 overs — That is all it took for us to have a complete game today at the Queen Sports Club. At the toss, Sikandar Raza mentioned that his team had spent the last couple of days in planning, discussing and practicing how to play spin. We all thought that their efforts were boring fruit too when Bennett stepped out to Abrar in the first over of the match and slammed him for a boundary down the ground. But alas, it was false alarm. After an effervescent start up top, Zimbabwe collapsed and crumbled in spectacular fashion. They went from 37/0 in 4 overs to 57/10 in 12.4 overs.

It was Abbas Afridi who drew first blood, getting Marumani caught at cover point. Then, he delivered a heavy length ball that barely bounced and sneaked through Raza's defences to disturb the furniture behind. Thus, started a procession. Sufiyan Muqeem's left arm wrist spin, acted as a catalyst, further hastening the process. He kept it simple: bowled wicket to wicket, used his variations and Zimbabwe batters played all around it.

The writing was on the wall at the halfway stage and Saim Ayub and Omair Yousuf made sure that the visitors got home without any hiccups. Pakistan chased the target down within the powerplay and made it 2-0 in the series.

5.3 Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, FOUR RUNS TO END THE MATCH! Short and wide outside off-stump. Slapped through point off the back foot, all be it aerially, for a boundary! Pakistan romp home and take the series.

5.2 Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, short outside off-stump with pace taken off. A mistimed cut shot on the back foot to the man at point. No run.

Alright, good to go now. Pakistan need 1 run to win.

Oh dear! It seems as if Clive Madande has injured himself. He was stationed at squarish deep third and ran to his left to get to the ball. Eventually, he put a dive and seems to have landed awkwardly on his wrist.

5.1 Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, FOUR RUNS! Short around off-stump. Nicely back-cut over the in-field off the back foot to the left of third man. Madande does well to get to it, fields and then, does some mischief to his body. The ball rolls on to the fence but he is in some discomfort here!

Blessing Muzarabani [1-0-13-0] to bowl.

We will have another over. Pakistan are 5 runs away from the target and have the opportunity to finish it within the powerplay.

overs

53 /0 score

1lb

runs

Omair Yousuf *

22 (15)

Saim Ayub

28 (15)

Richard Ngarava

0 /15

4.6 Richard Ngarava to Omair Yousuf, full around off-stump. Stroked down the ground to the left of mid-on off the front foot for a couple of runs.

4.5 Richard Ngarava to Omair Yousuf, attempted yorker around off-stump. Drilled back to the bowler from the block hole by backing away, no run.

4.4 Richard Ngarava to Omair Yousuf, full outside off-stump. Thumped off the back foot to cover but the gap could not be found here.

Can they finish it within this over? Yousuf has thus far looked impressive against deliveries which have been bowled outside the line of off.

4.3 Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, good length ball on leg-stump. A miss of the clip to square-leg here but the batters collect a leg-bye.

That brings up the fifty run partnership... in just 26 balls! Pakistan need 8 more runs to win.

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