LIVE – Zimbabwe v Pakistan – 1st T20 – Match Update
The Men in Green have piled up an impressive total of 97 with a loss of 1 wicket following a play worth 10 overs, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 and Rameez Raja still retaining their stumps at 43 and 3 respectively at the ongoing, first Twenty20 match between Pakistan
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 at the Harare Sports Club, on Friday, September 16, 2011.
Taking on the new ball bowlers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 kicked off the team’s innings with a brisk start, bringing alive a true limited overs match feel to the game after being put into bat
first by the Rhodesian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BRM-Taylor-c1200.
The much in form Hafeez opened up the streak of boundaries for the Men in Green, earning a couple in the inning’s first over, owned by Mpofu, while the much composed Shafiq did the remaining damage, whacking 4 consecutive fours in the pacer’s following over,
the 3rd of the inning’s first quarter, bringing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s total to a massive 34, by the close of the over.
In response to the early knocks suffered by the Rhodesian bowlers, skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 opted for a slightly safer strategy bringing in spinner, Ray Price to the bowling attack, hoping to make some difference for the hosts.
However, to the skipper’s despair, the approach came with a cost, as Price went on to further disappoint Taylor, delivering a streak of wides in his opening over, offering room to the Pakistani batters to make good use of the loose balls.
As for the Hafeez-Shafiq duo, which had already put up a striking 74-run contribution, the batters retained their aggressive partnership, holding on to a massive run rate of 12.00 per over.
Unfortunately for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shafiq-c89281, he was dismissed during the closing deliveries of the 7th over, owned by Price. The batsman took off to a hesitant single run, to which Hafeez did not agree. However, for the unlucky Shafiq, while making his return to
the crease, the player slipped, falling short.
Shafiq was ran out by Price himself after the batter piled up an impressive opening for Pakistan, scoring 38 runs off 23 balls, leaving the debutant, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rameez-Raja-c2277 to accompany hard hitter Hafeez.
The newly formed pair took no time in recovering from the loss and sailed smoothly till the first half of the innings, piling up an impressive total of 97 runs with a single wicket lost.
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