LAHORE: Zimbabwean cricket team set 173 runs target for Pakistan to win in the first T-20 match. Zimbabwe scored 172 runs on the loss of six wickets in 20 overs match.
Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat first. H. Masakadza and V. Sibanda kicked off the Zimbabwean innings. Pakistani fast bowler Muhammad Sami took the wickets of Masakadza and Sibanda. Masakadza scored 43runs while Sibanda 13. Wahab Riaz sent CK. Coventry to pavilion on14. Zimbabwe lost its 4th wicket on 100 runs. Wahab Riaz took the catch of Sc. Williams catch on Shoaib Malik’s ball. He scored 16 runs.
Zimbabwe lost its fifth wicket on 142 runs When Muhammad Sami took the wicket of Sikandar Raza on 17. Zimbabwean captain E. Chigumbura scored its fifty on 33 balls by hitting eight 4s and one six. Zimbabwe 6th wicket fall on 168 runs when Chigumbrua out on Wahab’s ball. He scored 54 runs. Muhammad Sami took three wickets in four overs. He gave 36 runs. While Wahahb Riaz took two wickets and Shoaib Malik one.
