Pakistan set 304-run goal for Zimbabwe in third ODI – SUCH TV
Kamran Ghulam struck his maiden ODI century to assist Pakistan submit 303-6 within the third ODI of the three-match sequence in opposition to Zimbabwe right here at Queens Sports activities Membership on Thursday.
Earlier, Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan opted to bat first and fielded an unchanged aspect. In the meantime, Zimbabwe made two modifications with Clive Madande and Faraz Akram coming in for Trevor Gwandu and Brandon Mavuta.
Faraz Akram drew first blood for Zimbabwe as he eliminated Saim Ayub, who smashed a whirlwind century within the final match, within the thirteenth over with 58 runs on the board.
Abdullah Shafique then added 54 runs for the second wicket with Kamran Ghulam to push Pakistan’s whole to 112. Nonetheless, Abdullah fell prey to Sikandar Raza after scoring 50 off 68.
Kamran was joined by Rizwan, who scored 37 off 47, and collectively they constructed a stable 89-run partnership for the third wicket. Rizwan was additionally dismissed by Sikandar.
After Rizwan’s dismissal, Kamran switched gears and accomplished his maiden ODI century earlier than Richard Ngarava ended his entertaining knock. Kamran scored 103 runs from 99 balls with the assistance of ten boundaries and 4 sixes.
Salman Ali Agha (30) and Tayyab Tahir (29*) then performed precious cameos to take Pakistan’s whole to 303-6 within the allotted 50 overs.
For Zimbabwe, Sikandar Raza and Richard Ngarava took two wickets every, whereas Blessing Muzarabani and Faraz Akram bagged one every.
It’s value noting that the sequence is levelled 1-1 after Pakistan made a powerful comeback within the second match to thump Zimbabwe by ten wickets. Previous to that Zimbabwe had received the primary ODI by 80 runs within the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) Technique.
Taking part in Xis
Pakistan are unchanged, whereas Zimbabwe make two modifications.
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Rizwan, Tayyab Tahir, Salman Ali Agha, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Aamir Jamal, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed and Faisal Akram.
Zimbabwe: Brian Bennett, Joylord Gumbie (wk), Trevor Gwandu, Craig Ervine (c), Tawandanashe Marumani, Brandon Mavuta, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams.
