He was named the Man of the Match.Įarlier on Zimbabwe, had won the toss and elected to bat first and had a fast start courtesy of Wessly Madhevere and skipper Craig Ervine who raced to 38 after overs.Įrvine was removed by Haris Rauf as he failed to deal with the short delivery.

Raza finished with figures of 3-25 from his four overs, leaving the work to the pacers who managed to defend the 31 runs from the remaining four overs albeit with some nerve - wrecking, edge-of-your-seat stuff moments in between.

In his next over Raza got the big wicket of Shan Masood following excellent glove-work by Chakabva who effected the stumping. In came the prolific Sikandar Raza who took two in two, first removing Shadab Khan then followed by Haider Ali who was trapped in front leg before. Pakistan wrestled back in control in the middle as Shaheen Masood and Shadab Khan stitched up a half-century partnership. The golden ar m, Luke Jongwe, removed Iftikhar Ahmed as he was caught behind. Muzarabani struck an over later when he removed number one ranked batsman Rizwan as he played one on to his off stump. The seamers did not allow the indomitable pair of Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam to settle.īabar was the first to give in, edging one to point off the bowling of Brad Evans. This win can be attributed to the tremendous bowling performance of the Chevrons as they were on the money from ball one.

Zimbabwe had managed to defend a meagre 130 against a much - fancied Pakistan. Regis Chakabva fumbled initially but he was quick enough to react and execute the glorious, and much-needed run-out. With Pakistan needing three runs from the last ball, Shaheen Shah Afridi were on strike, and Brad Evans with ball in hand (making his World Cup debut as he stood in for Tendai Chatara).Īfridi drove the full-length delivery down the fielder where Sikandar Raza who was at long-on picked it up calmly and threw towards the striker’s end.

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