Zimbabwe Vs Pakistan 2nd T20i 03 December 2024

2nd T20I • Queens Sports Club • Bulawayo

Zimbabwe

57 (12.4)

Pakistan

61/0 (5.3)

PAK won by 10 wickets

Info

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Date & Time

03 Dec, 05:00 PM IST

Venue

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

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Match

2nd T20I,

Pakistan vs Zimbabwe 2024

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe), Iknow Chabi (Zimbabwe), Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

Zimbabwe elected to bat

Pitch Report

It is a bat-first surface. The hard new ball will work well for the batters up front but the wicket will slow down and take some turn, especially in the second innings.

1st Innings

155Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

130.22Avg SR

2nd Innings

129Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

113.26Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

ZIM

2- 8

PAK

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Zimbabwe

Pakistan

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Sikandar Raza

ZIM . ALL

39 Runs

1 Match

Tayyab Tahir

PAK . BAT

39 Runs

1 Match

Usman Khan

PAK . WK

39 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Sufiyan Muqeem

PAK . BOWL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Abrar Ahmed

PAK . BOWL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Haris Rauf

PAK . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Playing XILineups Out

Venue Details

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

It is a bat-first surface. The hard new ball will work well for the batters up front but the wicket will slow down and take some turn, especially in the second innings.

1st Innings

155Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

130.22Avg SR

2nd Innings

129Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

113.26Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

70%Bat First Bowl First30%

Team Batting First

74%Wins Losses26%

Recent Matches on venue

1st T20I • Dec 1 • Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe

ZIM 108/10 (15.3)

PAK 165/4 (20)

PAK won by 57 runs

vs live score

Final • Jul 17 • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier B

ZIM 132/10 (19.3)

NED 95/10 (18.2)

ZIM won by 37 runs

vs live score

1st Semi-Final • Jul 15 • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier B

ZIM 199/5 (20)

PNG 172/8 (20)

ZIM won by 27 runs

vs live score

11th Match, Group A • Jul 14 • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier B

ZIM 185/6 (20)

USA 139/8 (20)

ZIM won by 46 runs

vs live score

5th Match, Group A • Jul 12 • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier B

ZIM 146/8 (20)

JER 123/5 (20)

ZIM won by 23 runs

vs live score

1st Match, Group A • Jul 11 • ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier B

ZIM 236/5 (20)

SGP 125/7 (20)

ZIM won by 111 runs

vs live score

Match 5 • May 24 • Namibia tour of Zimbabwe

ZIM 95/10 (19.1)

NAM 127/8 (20)

NAM won by 32 runs

vs live score

Match 4 • May 22 • Namibia tour of Zimbabwe

ZIM 157/8 (20)

NAM 161/4 (20)

NAM won by 6 wickets

vs live score

Match 3 • May 21 • Namibia tour of Zimbabwe

ZIM 129/2 (17.1)

NAM 128/8 (20)

ZIM won by 8 wickets

vs live score

Match 2 • May 19 • Namibia tour of Zimbabwe

ZIM 122/8 (20)

NAM 124/2 (18)

NAM won by 8 wickets

vs live score

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Zimbabwe

Pakistan

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

ZIM

2- 8

PAK

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

176

Average Score

117

344/4

Highest Score

165/4

57/1

Lowest Score

64/9

1 4 1 6 1 0

Over 3

Runs: 13

1 1 1 4 0 6

Over 4

Runs: 13

1 4 1lb 0 0 2

Over 5

Runs: 8

4 0 4

Over 6

Runs: 8

All Overs

Player of the Match Sufiyan Muqeem

5/3

Commentary

This is Pakistan's first T20I series win since the last T20 World Cup. Given the thumping fashion in which they won the first two games, nothing less than a clean sweep will satisfy them now. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe have a lot of work to do over the next 45 hours or so. They would be hoping for an improved showing in the final match of the series, that will be played on Thursday, December 5th. Do join us then. For now, it is a goodbye from Darpan and Bidipto! See you soon.

Agha Salman (Pakistan captain): We are happy with out performance! It has been quite a match! We want to play positive cricket all the time, that's our style. We were impressive with the ball and young Sufiyan shone through. Attacking the stumps was key. The batting was even better, we did not make matters any bit difficult and finished it off professionally!

Sufiyan Muqeem is the Player of the Match for his incredible figures of 5/3 in only 2.4 overs!

Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe captain): We all are in a pretty bad place, but, what I've just told the boys in the dressing room is that we have got 36 hours to get going again. We cannot dwell on this for too long, we have another match to play and win. We just have to upskill ourselves, there are no shortcuts. We, as a batting unit, need to have both gears. The management and I have to be patient with this squad. But my only concern is if we are learning from these losses or not!

It is time for the post-match presentation.

Pakistan win by 10 wickets and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

Saim Ayub 36* (18) | Sufiyan Muqeem 5/3 (2.4)
Brain Bennett 21 (14)

18.1 overs — That is all it took for us to have a complete game today at the Queen Sports Club. At the toss, Sikandar Raza mentioned that his team had spent the last couple of days in planning, discussing and practicing how to play spin. We all thought that their efforts were boring fruit too when Bennett stepped out to Abrar in the first over of the match and slammed him for a boundary down the ground. But alas, it was false alarm. After an effervescent start up top, Zimbabwe collapsed and crumbled in spectacular fashion. They went from 37/0 in 4 overs to 57/10 in 12.4 overs.

It was Abbas Afridi who drew first blood, getting Marumani caught at cover point. Then, he delivered a heavy length ball that barely bounced and sneaked through Raza's defences to disturb the furniture behind. Thus, started a procession. Sufiyan Muqeem's left arm wrist spin, acted as a catalyst, further hastening the process. He kept it simple: bowled wicket to wicket, used his variations and Zimbabwe batters played all around it.

The writing was on the wall at the halfway stage and Saim Ayub and Omair Yousuf made sure that the visitors got home without any hiccups. Pakistan chased the target down within the powerplay and made it 2-0 in the series.

5.3 Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, FOUR RUNS TO END THE MATCH! Short and wide outside off-stump. Slapped through point off the back foot, all be it aerially, for a boundary! Pakistan romp home and take the series.

5.2 Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, short outside off-stump with pace taken off. A mistimed cut shot on the back foot to the man at point. No run.

Alright, good to go now. Pakistan need 1 run to win.

Oh dear! It seems as if Clive Madande has injured himself. He was stationed at squarish deep third and ran to his left to get to the ball. Eventually, he put a dive and seems to have landed awkwardly on his wrist.

5.1 Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, FOUR RUNS! Short around off-stump. Nicely back-cut over the in-field off the back foot to the left of third man. Madande does well to get to it, fields and then, does some mischief to his body. The ball rolls on to the fence but he is in some discomfort here!

Blessing Muzarabani [1-0-13-0] to bowl.

We will have another over. Pakistan are 5 runs away from the target and have the opportunity to finish it within the powerplay.

overs

53 /0 score

1lb

runs