ZIM VS PAK - 5th ODI, Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe, 2018

Zimbabwe vs Pakistan

Pakistan won by 131 runs

ZIM -233/4 (49.6)

PAK -364/4 (49.6)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Babar Azam

Batter

R
B
4s
6s
SR
44
54
2
2
81.48
25
37
1
1
67.57

Bowler

O
M
R
W
ECO
10
0
42
0
4.2

Pakistan celebrate with the trophy. It's been a great tour for them, starting off with the T20 tri-series win and followed by a 5-0 drubbing of the hosts in the ODIs. The extent of their domination could be slightly misleading, given how weak Zimbabwe are in their current state, but make no mistake, this is a really strong Pakistan outfit under a superb leader. We'll find out more about them in the near future, against tougher opposition, but for now they can rejoice. That's it from us. This is Sagar Chawla signing off on behalf of Abhinand Raghavendran and our scorer Siva. Goodbye!

Sarfraz Ahmed, Pakistan captain: Great team effort. Wanted to finish on high note. Fakhar Zaman, Imam, Babar did the job for us. We are happy to try some combinations, players responded well. Need one month rest. Will go home, then will proceed to training, tough tours lined up.

Fakhar Zaman, MoS: Really enjoyed it here. In 2016, I was with Pakistan A over here and enjoyed it a lot. I was taking my time at the start, was punishing bad deliveries, that was the main thing for me. I will work hard and hopefully you'll see me scoring more runs for my country.

Masakadza, Zimbabwe captain: Slightly better with the bat. We weren't three down for 34. Got starts all the way down, but no one pushed on. Wanted to try and aim for 250-270. Few of the guys have been introduced to international cricket. We've been shown how big a gap there is.

16:39 Local Time, 14:39 GMT, 20:09 IST: That, most definitely, wasn't a run-chase. Zimbabwe made no effort to go for the target, they were happy to play out the fifty overs which they achieved, but it certainly didn't make for gripping TV. Pakistan's total of 364, set up by centuries from Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam, proved daunting enough to drain any sense of ambition out of the hosts. With that, they complete their 5-0 series sweep. Their top-order dominated with the bat right through, while the bowling was clinical all-round. Fielding still leaves a lot to be desired though, with catches going down for fun. We'll hear more from Sarfraz at the presentations, if all those nuggets from the stump mic weren't enough already.

END OF OVER 50

9 Runs

ZIM: 233 - 4

6 0 2 0 0 1

Peter Moor

44 (54)

Elton Chigumbura

25 (37)

Sarfraz

2-0-15-0

49.6

Sarfraz to Moor, 1 run, loopy full toss down leg, swept for a single wide of short fine leg. And thankfully, that will be that

49.5

Sarfraz to Moor, no run, slides it across off and evokes a bit of a leading edge from Moor who was looking to work it through the on-side

49.4

Sarfraz to Moor, no run, sliding across off from a length, Moor goes back and punches through the covers

49.3

Sarfraz to Moor, 2 runs, short on middle, Moor is hurried by it and mistimes the pull through midwicket

49.2

Sarfraz to Moor, no run, fires it wide of off from round the wicket, Moor lets it go

49.1

6

Sarfraz to Moor, SIX, dismisses the half-tracker into the grass banks behind midwicket

END OF OVER 49

3 Runs

ZIM: 223 - 4

0 0 1 0 1 1

Elton Chigumbura

26 (40)

Peter Moor

33 (45)

Shadab Khan

10-0-42-0

48.6

Shadab Khan to Moor, 1 run, defended in front of short cover for one more

48.5

Shadab Khan to Chigumbura, 1 run, dipping full toss, Chigumbura reaches out and pushes to long-off

48.4

Shadab Khan to Chigumbura, no run, pushed through slightly quicker, Chigumbura defends

48.3

Shadab Khan to Moor, 1 run, length ball turning away from off, knocked wide of cover

48.2

Shadab Khan to Moor, no run, looped up on off, Moor smothers

48.1

Shadab Khan to Moor, no run, flighted leg-break, pushed to cover

END OF OVER 48

6 Runs

ZIM: 220 - 4

1 2 1 0 1 1

Elton Chigumbura

24 (36)

Peter Moor

32 (43)

Sarfraz

1-0-5-0

47.6

Sarfraz to Moor, 1 run, fired in the blockhole, jammed down to long-off

47.5

Sarfraz to Chigumbura, 1 run, flat on off, punches it down to long-off for a single

47.4

Sarfraz to Chigumbura, no run, punched to short cover