{"id":475,"date":"2015-05-31T10:59:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T10:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=475"},"modified":"2015-06-03T14:04:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T14:04:42","slug":"pakistan-takes-series-over-zimbabwe-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=475","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan takes series over Zimbabwe 2-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pak<\/a>Pakistan claims series 2-0 after the third and final ODI ends in no result<\/p>\n

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The third and final day-night international between Pakistan and Zimbabwe ended as a no result in Lahore after play was ended by a sandstorm followed by rain.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe, chasing a target of 297 to win on Sunday, were 0-60 before a power failure in a floodlight tower and a heavy sandstorm forced the players to walk off the field at Gaddafi Stadium.<\/p>\n

The teams came back for one over during which Zimbabwe, chasing a revised target of 281 in 46 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis formula, added eight more runs without losing a wicket.<\/p>\n

A heavy downpour then forced the players off once more before the umpires called off the match as rain continued to fall.<\/p>\n

Pakistan took the three-match series 2-0 having won the first game by 41 runs and the second by six wickets – both in Lahore.<\/p>\n

Mohammad Hafeez scored a run-a-ball 80 with eight fours and a six while Babar Azam notched a 60-ball 54 to lift the home team to 9-296 after Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat on another flat Gaddafi Stadium pitch.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe had got off to a sound start with Vusi Sibanda not out on 28 and fellow opener Chamu Chibhabha on an unbeaten 39.<\/p>\n

Security was enhanced around the stadium and team hotel after a blast on Friday night which police said was a cylinder explosion but federal information minister Pervez Rasheed described as a failed suicide attack which killed two people.<\/p>\n

Despite that, Zimbabwe, the first Test-playing nation to come to Pakistan since a terror attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore six years ago, decided to continue with the tour.<\/p>\n

Hafeez gave Pakistan a sound start with a partnership of 115 with skipper Azhar Ali, who made 46, before Babar and Anwer (38 not out) gave the score a significant boost in the final overs with some sublime batting.<\/p>\n

Ali was run out in the 20th over as he failed to complete a single. He hit four boundaries and a six during his 59-ball knock.<\/p>\n

Raza then came into his own, trapping Hafeez with a sharp delivery before dismissing Asad Shafiq (16) and Sarfraz Ahmed (25) to improve on his 2-25 against Afghanistan at Bulawayo last year.<\/p>\n

In between Shoaib Malik, who scored a hundred in the first match, was run out while taking a second run for three.<\/p>\n

Babar kept his cool, reaching his maiden fifty off 54 balls with four boundaries before being bowled but he and Anwar helped Pakistan add 54 in the last five overs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The opinions expressed here are the views of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Cricket Australia.<\/p>\n

Source: AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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