Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam tons help Pakistan rout Zimbabwe 5-0
Zimbabwe never really looked to be in pursuit of Pakistan's 364; they eventually batted out the 50 overs for the loss of four wickets
22/07Result
5th ODI, Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, Jul 22 2018
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
364/4 -
![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
233/4 (50 ov)
Player of the Match
22/07Result
5th ODI, Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, Jul 22 2018
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
364/4 -
![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
233/4 (50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
Imam-ul-Haq
110(105) 8x4 - 1x6
Control %83%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 24 runs
- 0x4 - 0x6
Babar Azam
106(76) 9x4 - 2x6
Control %88%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 21 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
Mohammad Nawaz(3)
- O10
- M0
- R47
- W2
- Eco4.70
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Hasan Ali
- O9
- M0
- R55
- W2
- Eco6.11
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Match Details
Toss
Pakistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
Pakistan won the 5-match series 5-0
Match number
Season
Match days
22 July 2018 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
PAKISTAN 364/4 (50 OVERS)
- Babar Azam*106 (76)
- Imam-ul-Haq110 (105)
- Wellington Masakadza1/66 (10)
- Liam Roche1/65 (10)
ZIMBABWE 233/4 (50 OVERS)
- Peter Moor*44 (54)
- Ryan Murray47 (70)
- Mohammad Nawaz2/47 (10)
- Hasan Ali2/55 (9)
Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Karthik Krishnaswamy
END OF OVER:50 | 9 Runs | ZIM: 233/4 (132 runs required, RR: 4.66)
- Peter Moor44 (54b)
- Elton Chigumbura25 (37b)
- Sarfaraz Ahmed2-0-15-0
- Shadab Khan10-0-42-0
4.55pm That's it from us, as Pakistan's players pose for photographs with the series trophy. We hope you've enjoyed our coverage. Until next time, goodbye!
Sarfraz Ahmed: "Great team effort, we wanted to finish on a high note, and Fakhar, Imam and Babar responded brilliantly. We need a one-month rest, we'll go home and then back to training for the Asia Cup. A couple of big Test series too, after that."
Fakhar Zaman is the player of the series. "I really enjoyed it. In 2016 I was with Pakistan A, and I enjoyed that tour a lot. Same this time too, with the Pakistan team. I was taking my time at the start, waiting to punish the bad deliveries, and that was the main thing for me."
Babar Azam is the player of the match. No interview, for some reason.
Hamilton Masakadza: "Starts all the way down, but no one really pushed on. We spoke about wanting someone to push on, but that didn't happen. We wanted to get to 250. I think a few of the guys are new to international cricket, and this series has shown how big a gap there is, and how much work remains to be done before our next series."
Raj: "As a Zimbabwe supporter I want to say that Zimbabwe hit more sixes than Pakistan." -- Indeed. Your boys won that contest 9-6.
Shernawaz: "Zimbabweans learnt well from previous matches and now they played extremely well. In coming days they will improve with much better performance." -- Let's hope so, and let's hope the senior players and the board sort out whatever differences they have as well.
4.38pm That's it, Pakistan have sealed a 5-0 win. It was never in doubt at any point today, least of all after Zimbabwe began their innings with the clear intention of simply batting through the 50 overs. Can't blame them for it - they were never going to chase 365 against this attack. All five of their top five got past 30, and Chigumbura at No. 6 made an unbeaten 25, so a productive, extended net session for them. I thought the younger batsmen, whom we've not seen much of so far, looked impressive - Kamunhukamwe, Masvaure and Murray.
49.6
1
Sarfaraz Ahmed to Moor, 1 run, loopy and slow outside leg, sweeps to long leg for one
49.5
0
Sarfaraz Ahmed to Moor, no run, length ball on off stump, goes back and clips it back to the bowler
49.4
0
Sarfaraz Ahmed to Moor, no run, back of a length outside off, punched to extra-cover
49.3
2
Sarfaraz Ahmed to Moor, 2 runs, shortish on middle and leg, pulled along the ground to deep square leg
49.2
0
Sarfaraz Ahmed to Moor, no run, slants it wide of off, Moor leaves it alone
Round the wicket now.
49.1
6
Sarfaraz Ahmed to Moor, SIX, long-hop turning in from outside off, and Moor clatters it over the midwicket boundary
Sarfraz to bowl the last over of the series.
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