Pakistan Beat Zimbabwe in 2nd ODI of Bilateral Series

Zimbabwe was scheduled to play a 5 match One Day International series in Pakistan and the 2nd match of the One day series was played on Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Pakistan on 24th Jan.

Zimbabwe won the toss and opts to bat first, so this means Pakistan will bowl first.

This is how Zimbabwe team and 11 was looking like in this match: Tatenda Taibu (wk), Elton Chigumbura, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Vusi Sibanda,Brendan Taylor, Prosper U (c), Hamilton Masakadza, Chris Mpofu,Chamu Chibhabha, Sean Williams, Ray Price

And Pakistan team and 11 was looking like this in this match: Shoaib Malik (c), Mohammad Yousuf, Kamran Akmal (wk), Younis Khan,Shahid Afridi, Salman Butt, Misbah-ul-Haq, Iftikhar A, Samiullah Khan,Sohail Tanvir, Nasir Jamshed.

Zimbabwe batted well and was able to score 238 runs in 50 over’s allotted at the loss of 8 wickets and with the contributions of Hamilton M who made 87 runs in 103 balls with 10 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 84 runs in 100 balls and Zim Wicket keeper batsman T Taibu made 81 runs in 111 balls with 3 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 73 runs in 100 balls and B taylor also contributed 26 runs in 36 balls with 1 four and 1 six at the strike rate of 74 runs in 100 balls.

Pakistan was needed to score 239 runs in allotted 50 over’s to win this match and to lead the series 2-0 in this 5 match ODI series.

Pakistan batted very well and was able to chase target in only 46.2 over’s at the loss of 5 wickets and with the contributions of N Jamshed who made 74 runs in 64 balls with 14 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 116 runs in 100 balls and Shahid A made 43 runs in 27 balls with 4 4’s and 2 sixes at the great srike rate of 159 runs in 100 balls.

Pakistan won the match by 5 wickets and with 22 balls still remaining to play.

With This win Pakistan lead the series 2-0 with 3 more games to play.

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