LIVE – Pakistan v Zimbabwe: 3rd ODI – Pakistan openers fall after solid start – Match Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 in the final One Day International (ODI) of the three-match series at the Harare Sports Club in Zimbabwe on Wednesday, September 14, 2011.
The Men in Green were put into bat by the opposition’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BRM-Taylor-c1200, who expected the pitch to favour his seamers in the first hour of play.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 had earlier made a mistake in the second ODI of the series by opting to bat first on the same venue. His batsmen struggled in the match and failed to post a challenging total for the opposition.
This allowed the Pakistan team to win the match comprehensively by a 10 wicket margin. Hafeez was the main performer for his side in the match, as he scored a brilliant century and ended up with an unbeaten 139.
The stylish right-handed player started off from where he had left in the previous match, as he smashed the Zimbabwean bowlers to all parts of the park today. He was in an attacking mood and showed no mercy to the opposition.
Hafeez had struck four boundaries for his 23 runs off just 21 balls and was looking threatening once again for the hosts. He was involved in a 45-run partnership for the opening wicket with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Farhat-c64218.
However, Hafeez was unable to carry onto the start to his innings this time around and gave his wicket away after collecting 23 runs. He pulled one short ball from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Malcolm-Waller-c74039.
This was a big sigh of relief for the home team’s skipper, as the tourists were taking the game away with their aggressive batting.
Farhat continued to play his strokes even after his opening partner departed. The left-handed batsman was a touch lucky at times, but managed to score some quick runs at the start of his innings.
The left-handed player was involved in a 31-run stand for the second wicket alongside first-drop http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 before getting out. He scored 37 runs off 45 balls with the help of seven boundaries.
At the end of 15 overs, Pakistan were 76/2 with Asad and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325 at the crease on 10 and 0 respectively.
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