2nd T20I : Zimbabwe vs Pakistan (Winner: PAK)

Pakistan won by 5 runs (Dominance : Pakistan 33% \| Zimbabwe 65% \| Equal 2%)
	Match Scorecard
Man of the Match: M Hafeez	Harare Sports Club (18 September 2011)

Pakistan suffered a double blow and slid to 20/2 and then soon to 34/3 with 36% COW as they failed to emulate their last match’s performance. Hafeez still continued his good run with another fifty but Umar struggled to bat at the T20 rate as Pakistan stuttered throughout the innings to end with 141/7 with 38% COW. At this point Zimbabwe had every chance to pull off an upset. They got off to a decent start with 28/0 after 4 but it soon turned to 43/4 and then to 72/6 after 13 with 26% COW. Taibu and Chigumbura started a fight back as they smacked the ball around and got themselves close to the target before Chigumbura fell with Zimbabwe at 110/7 after 17 with 54% COW. Just 3 runs came off Ajmal’s next over as Utseya struggled but with 20 required off 6 Taibu brought it down to 6 off 1 before the dot ball sealed 5 run loss.

1st Innings (Pakistan) - 20 overs Maximum

5 overs: PAK 31/2

PAK 39%

Pakistan got off to a poor start

as despite Hafeez’s top form the wickets of Shafiq and Raja stunted Pakistan’s inning. 31 runs came in this period bringing their COW down by 13% to 39%.

10 overs: PAK 67/3

PAK 45%

Hafeez was fighting a lone battle

as Shoaib fell for 11. Umar gave Hafeez some support but his struggle meant that just 36 runs came in this period. Though Pakistan’s COW went up by 6% to 45%.

15 overs: PAK 95/4

PAK 33%

Hafeez scored yet another fifty

but fell soon after as Pakistan struggled to raise the tempo. Only 28 runs were scored in this session as Pakistan’s COW crashed by 12% TO 33%.

20 overs: PAK 141/7

PAK 38%

Some late hitting saw Pakistan

raise their scoring rate but wickets fell in a bundle as Pakistan managed to score 46 runs but lost 3 wickets. Pakistan’s COW went up by 5% to 38%.

2nd Innings (Zimbabwe : Target 142) - 20 overs Maximum

5 overs: ZIM 28/1	ZIM 46%	Zimbabwe lost Chibhabha for 10
		but Sibanda’s struggle really pulled them down as they managed to score just 28 runs in this period and their COW crashed by 16% to 46%.
10 overs: ZIM 52/4	ZIM 39%	Zimbabwe’s struggle continued as
		they lost 3 more wickets while scoring only 24 more runs as their struggled continued. Zimbabwe’s COW dropped by another 7% to 39%.
15 overs: ZIM 89/6	ZIM 15%	Wickets kept tumbling but Taibu
		and Chigumbura tried to resurrect a challenge with cameos as 37 runs came in this period. This session saw Zimbabwe’s COW go down by 24% to 15%.
20 overs: ZIM 136/7	ZIM 0%	Zimbabwe mounted a late attack
		but Chigumbura fell in the 17th over and despite Taibu bringing it down to 6 off 1, Zimbabwe lost the match by 5 runs.

2nd T20I : Zimbabwe vs Pakistan (Winner: PAK)

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