BULAWAYO – Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by nine wickets in the second one-day international (ODI) here on Friday in Bulawayo. Fakhar Zaman made 117 runs off 129 balls and remained not out.
This was Fakhar’s second hundred in his 15 ODIs. Sarfaraz’s men are now leading the five-match series 2-0 as they earlier defeated the hosts by a huge margin of 201 runs in the first ODI.
After winning the toss, the hosts posted a moderate total of 195 which achieved by Pakistan in just 36 overs.
Babar Azam was not out on 29 after the first match centurion Imam-ul-Haq was run out for 44.
Earlier, Pakistani pace bowlers Usman Khan and Hasan Ali bowled out Zimbabwe for 194 in 49.2 overs.
Usman captured four wickets for 36 and Hasan claimed three for 32. Off-spinner Shoaib Malik took one for 14. For Zimbabwe, captain Hamilton Masakadza top-scored with 59, followed by Peter Moor’s 50.
The third ODI between the two teams will be played on July 18 at the same venue.
Zimbabwe’s playing XI was unchanged from the first, while Pakistan also made no changes to the team that stormed to a 201-run win in that game.
In the first ODI, Pakistan opener Imam-u-Haq scored 128 runs helped his side to record 201 runs win against Zimbabwe on Friday. The hosts were all out on 107 runs in 35 overs in the chase of 309 runs.
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The match started at 12:30pm Pakistan Standard Time.
SQUAD
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed (c&wk), Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir, Usman Khan
Zimbabwe: Chibhabha, Chari, Hamilton Masakadza (capt), Musakanda, PJ Moor, Murray(wk), Tiripano, Roche, Wellington Masakadza, Chatara, Muzarabani
