Zimbabwe Vs Pakistan 3rd Odi 28 November 2024

3rd ODI • Queens Sports Club • Bulawayo

Pakistan

303/6 (50)

Zimbabwe

204 (40.1)

PAK won by 99 runs

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Date & Time

28 Nov, 01:00 PM IST

Venue

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

TV/Streaming

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Match

3rd ODI,

Pakistan vs Zimbabwe 2024

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe), Michael Gough (England), Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

Pakistan elected to bat

Pitch Report

Pleasant conditions. Lots of humidity in the last few days and the rain will stay away. Same pitch as the previous game. It is properly baked, no moisture on it. I believe that the fast bowlers will get a bit of pace off the track. The spinners, even the finger spinners will get some purchase as it is really dry. The batters will need to show some technique and apply themselves using a method like Saim Ayub did. Batting first is the right choice

1st Innings

241Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

85.81Avg SR

2nd Innings

206Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

83.32Avg 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

Richard Ngarava

ZIM . BOWL

48 Runs

1 Match

Sikandar Raza

ZIM . ALL

39 Runs

1 Match

Tadiwanashe Marumani

ZIM . WK

29 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Faisal Akram

PAK . BOWL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Agha Salman

PAK . ALL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Blessing Muzarabani

ZIM . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Player of the Match Kamran Ghulam

103(99)

PAK

ZIM

Info

Pakistan

303/6 (50)

Batters

Saim Ayub

83.78

c Madande b Akram

Abdullah Shafique

73.53

lbw b Raza

Kamran Ghulam

103

104.04

c Madande b Ngarava

Mohammad Rizwan

78.72

c Myers b Raza

Agha Salman

115.38

c Bennett b Ngarava

Tayyab Tahir

181.25

Not out

Irfan Khan

60.00

c Williams b Muzarabani

Aamer Jamal

125.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 2, W: 11)

TOTAL

(50 Ov, RR: 6.06)

303/6

Did not Bat

Haris Rauf, Faisal Akram, Abrar Ahmed

Bowlers

EXT

Sikandar Raza

4.70

Richard Ngarava

5.50

Blessing Muzarabani

6.60

Sean Williams

4.30

Faraz Akram

7.88

Brian Bennett

13.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Saim Ayub

c Madande b Akram

1-58

12.1

Abdullah Shafique

lbw b Raza

2-112

23.6

Mohammad Rizwan

c Myers b Raza

3-201

39.2

Kamran Ghulam

c Madande b Ngarava

4-232

44.3

Agha Salman

c Bennett b Ngarava

5-273

47.3

Irfan Khan

c Williams b Muzarabani

6-283

48.4

Zimbabwe

204/10 (40.1)

Batters

Joylord Gumbie

55.56

c Tahir b Ayub

Tadiwanashe Marumani

80.00

lbw b Ahmed

Dion Myers

100.00

c Faisal Akram b Ayub

Craig Ervine

80.95

b Jamal

Sean Williams

82.76

b Rauf

Sikandar Raza

64.00

c Shafique b Jamal

Brian Bennett

137.04

c Salman b Ahmed

Clive Madande

62.50

lbw b Rauf

Faraz Akram

83.33

c Shafique b Ghulam

Richard Ngarava

106.25

b Faisal Akram

Blessing Muzarabani

0.00

Not out

Extras

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

TOTAL

(40.1 Ov, RR: 5.08)

204/10

Bowlers

EXT

Saim Ayub

7.25

Agha Salman

4.71

Abrar Ahmed

5.00

Haris Rauf

7.1

4.74

Aamer Jamal

3.80

Faisal Akram

6.17

Kamran Ghulam

3.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Joylord Gumbie

c Tahir b Ayub

1-6

2.1

Dion Myers

c Faisal Akram b Ayub

2-10

2.5

Tadiwanashe Marumani

lbw b Ahmed

3-49

8.6

Sean Williams

b Rauf

4-90

17.5

Craig Ervine

b Jamal

5-123

25.5

Sikandar Raza

c Shafique b Jamal

6-130

27.5

Brian Bennett

c Salman b Ahmed

7-170

33.5

Faraz Akram

c Shafique b Ghulam

8-175

34.5

Richard Ngarava

b Faisal Akram

9-204

39.6

Clive Madande

lbw b Rauf

10-204

40.1

Match Info

Date & Time

28 Nov, 01:00 PM IST

Venue

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

TV/Streaming

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Match

3rd ODI,

Pakistan vs Zimbabwe 2024

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe), Michael Gough (England), Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

Pakistan elected to bat

0 1 0 1 0 1

Over 38

Runs: 3

0 0 4 0 1 4

Over 39

Runs: 9

0 2 0 1 0 W

Over 40

Runs: 3

Over 41

Runs: 0

All Overs

Player of the Match Kamran Ghulam

103(99)

Commentary

That is a wrap from the ODI series. Join us for the T20I series between these teams with the first T20I on Sunday. This is Dwaipayan Mukherjee, signing off with my hard working co-commentator Rajarshi. See you all soon!

Mohammad Rizwan, Pakistan captain : Obviously, it is a very proud feeling. We have high expectations from the nation. We believed we can always make comebacks happen after the loss in the first match. We wanted to come out and apply some pressure to the opposition and that is something we wanted to do since the Australian tour. The conditions from Australia was much different than what has been on offer for us here in Zimbabwe. We wanted to unleash our bowlers in phases of the game where we thought they would be able to perform their best. Yesterday, because of the weather we had decided to bat first. As professionals, we want to deliver no matter what.

Craig Ervine, Zimbabwe captain: Top of the order has been a bit of a problem throughout the series, losing wickets early puts us on the back foot. We just couldn't get any substantial partnerships going throughout the series. Just the application and building the foundation for the middle and lower order, unfortunately we haven't been able to do that, playing catch-up throughout. We've got some really good youngsters coming through, this series was great for them to showcase their skills. No doubt these guys will be in the squad and around the team a lot longer. Looking forward to seeing them contribute to the squad, and some of the senior players too. I head back to Harare tomorrow, doesn't stop there. Few days of training before the Afghanistan series in Harare. Really looking forward to that. Our bowlers have been special, lot of credit to them for carrying themselves on wickets that haven't offered a great deal. Specially the seamers, really proud of the boys for the effort they put in. Unfortunately we couldn't come off with a series win, but 2-1 nonetheless.

Saim Ayub has been adjudged Player Of The Series! Here's what he has to say: The pitch was a little slower from the last game. We just see the ball and react, sometimes it goes outside the boundary, sometimes a catch. Nothing in our hands, we enjoy the process. Feels good to win the series, we try to stay in the present, we try to enjoy each other's company in the field.

Kamran Ghulam has been adjudged Player Of The Match for his maiden ODI hundred to go with a wicket! He collects his award and joins his team again.

Pakistan (303 for 6) have defeated Zimbabwe (204 all out in 40.1 overs) by 99 runs

Craig Ervine - 51 (63) | Brian Bennett - 37 (27)
Aamer Jamal - 2/19 | Saim Ayub - 2/29

304 was always going to be a stiff chase for the home side. Both the Zimbabwe openers have been run out in the series before - Gumbie in the opening ODI and then Marumani in the last ODI. Saim Ayub started off well but he conceded the first boundary of the innings in the last ball of the first over.

It was spin from both ends to start the Pakistan bowling effort who like to unleash their pace attack as early as possible. This was mainly owing to the slowish nature of the surface which would have made it doubly hard for the home side to force the pace of their scoring.

Ayub's 2nd over turned out to be the act where Pakistan rocked the Zimbabwean ship with 2 wickets as the hosts wanted to collect quick runs but it led to their demise. Both spinners found something in the surface which proved to be constantly troublesome for the Zimbabwean batters throughout the 2nd half of this match.

The crowd loved every bit of reason that Marumani gave them to celebrate as he collected boundaries. He played smartly with good, aggressive , early calling to complete the rotation of strike as well. Ervine decided to join the party. The biggest over of the innings came in the 7th over when it went for 11 runs.

The first change in bowling came when Abrar Ahmed was introduced as the 3rd spinner for the visitors in this match in the 9th over, who began with a wicket maiden, dismissing Marumani. The chasing side were exactly 50 for 3 after 10 overs.

Rauf was the first pacer introduced in the attack in the 13th over of the innings. Rauf knocked over Williams, breaking a 41 run stand between him and Ervine. The Zimbabwe skipper reached his 21st ODI fifty in the 25th over.

But soon after, Tayyub dropped the most easiest of chances to give Ervine a reprieve. But Jamal struck later in the over to send back Ervine as Tayyub was the most relieved person. It was not long before Raza was caught in the leg side trying to play the pull shot against Jamal.

The impact of the couple of wickets that Jamal had taken was massive in the context of the game, specially when you look back at how heavily Ervine and Raza have contributed to the successful chases of Zimbabwe in recent times. Pakistan knew it would take a miracle from Zimbabwe to win from 130 for 6.

The hosts needed exactly 8 runs per over for the last 20 overs. The likes of Bennett and Ngarava delayed the inevitable as Pakistan complete another away ODI series win. Presentations to follow.

40.1 Haris Rauf to Clive Madande, appeal for LBW... UP GOES THE FINGER, and Pakistan clinch the series 2-1! Too good for Madande, this - Haris hones in on a good length around a fourth-stump line, gets the ball to nip in a touch as well. Madande plays all around it, cops it on the pad, and Rizwan barely bothers stopping the ball as it goes to his right - he knew this was adjacent!

Clive Madande LBW b Haris Rauf 20 (32b, 1x4, 0x6)

Blessing Muzarabani, RHB, comes to the crease

40 overs are done. Sharp turn by Faisal in that over which would have always made it difficult for the lower order Zimbabwe batters to handle. And now the visitors are only one wicket away!

overs

204 /9 score

runs

Richard Ngarava *

17 (16)

Clive Madande

20 (31)

Faisal Akram

1 /37

39.6 Faisal Akram to Richard Ngarava, BOWLS HIM! Faisal does Ngarava in with the googly! He floats this on a length on off stump, Ngarava was deep in his crease looking to work it away. Plays down the wrong line completely, the ball sneaks past bat and pad and goes on to clip the top of middle.

Richard Ngarava b Faisal Akram 17 (16b 2x4 1x6)

39.5 Faisal Akram to Richard Ngarava, half-tracker on off, angled towards leg stump. This one stays low and barely reaches Ngarava, who looked to pull but was a day early on it. Gets hit on the pad

39.4 Faisal Akram to Clive Madande, length around off, eased down towards long on for a single

39.3 Faisal Akram to Clive Madande, on a length outside off, Madande scuffs this one towards the cover region

39.2 Faisal Akram to Clive Madande, tossed up outside off, Madande meets this one well with the sweep. Hits it between two fielders at deep backward square and collects a brace

39.1 Faisal Akram to Clive Madande, tossed up outside the line of off, Madande clubs this one towards the man at cover

200 has come up! Rauf is down on his haunches after the last ball of the previous over. Still more than 100 runs needed.

Faisal Akram [5.0-0-34-0] is back into the attack

overs

201 /8 score

runs

Richard Ngarava *

17 (14)

Clive Madande

17 (27)

Haris Rauf

1 /34

38.6 Haris Rauf to Richard Ngarava, FORTUITOUS! Short of a length, round the wicket, angled in from outside off. Ngarava looked to defend, was almost cut in half, but he got a thick inside edge to it. The ball screeched away to the fine leg boundary in no time!

38.5 Haris Rauf to Clive Madande, banged in short outside off again, Madande gives it a good thump with the pull. Picks out the man in the deep at mid-wicket - just a single

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