Abrar Ahmed to Gumbie, no run, fuller and pushed quicker on fourth stump, defended to cover point
1.1
Abrar Ahmed to Gumbie, no run, full and spins onto the pads, deflects to short fine
Abrar Ahmed, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
Spin from the other end, Abrar Ahmed has the new ball on debut
0.6
Aamer Jamal to Marumani, FOUR, full and arrives slowly onto the boots, Marumani waits and then closes the bat face perfectly to guide it between mid-wicket and mid-on for a boundary. Off the mark in style!
0.6
Aamer Jamal to Marumani, wide, short and wide, a bit too wide for the umpire's liking
0.5
Aamer Jamal to Marumani, no run, full on the pads, Marumani defends
0.4
Aamer Jamal to Gumbie, 1 run, on a length and angling towards leg stump, clipped behind square for a single
0.3
Aamer Jamal to Gumbie, no run, on a length and zips through off the deck, this time the away swinger.
0.2
Aamer Jamal to Gumbie, no run, on a length on fourth stump, Gumbie with a watchful defence
0.1
Aamer Jamal to Gumbie, no run, back of length and gets a bit of shape back towards off stump, late cut towards backward point
Gumbie and Marumani are at the crease. Gumbie is on strike. Aamer Jamal will open the attack
The umpires are walking out to the middle and the Pakistani players are in their huddle. The Zimbabwe openers walk past them and now everyone make their way towards the pitch.
Mohammad Rizwan: We actually wanted to bat first as well. Today the sun is out but there will be some moisture early on which we’d try to benefit. We will face that kind of pressure at times but we are professional cricketers. Even in the Australia series, we lost the first game and then bounced back from there. It is a new day, new beginning for us. Two debutants for us today too - Abrar Ahmed and Tayyub Tahir.
Craig Ervine: We’ll bat first, the conditions were a bit slower to begin it last time. It looks drier today and will be better to bat first. The intensity with which the guys played for really good, and hopefully in the middle period we’ll get more runs. Same team for us.
Teams:
Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Joylord Gumbie, Tadiwanashe Marumani(w), Dion Myers, Craig Ervine(c), Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Brian Bennett, Brandon Mavuta, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Trevor Gwandu
Pakistan (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Agha Salman, Tayyab Tahir, Irfan Khan, Aamer Jamal, Haris Rauf, Faisal Akram, Abrar Ahmed
Mohammad Rizwan: We actually wanted to bat first as well. Today the sun is out but there will be some moisture early on which we’d try to benefit. We will face that kind of pressure at times but we are professional cricketers. Even in the Australia series, we lost the first game and then bounced back from there. It is a new day, new beginning for us. Two debutants for us today too - Abrar Ahmed and Tayyub Tahir.
Craig Ervine: We’ll bat first, the conditions were a bit slower to begin it last time. It looks drier today and will be better to bat first. The intensity with which the guys played for really good, and hopefully in the middle period we’ll get more runs. Same team for us.