IMAM SLAMS SECOND ODI TON TO CRUSH ZIMBABWE

Opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq hit a century and legspinner Shadab Khan grabbed a careerbest 4-32 as Pakistan crushed Zimbabwe by 201 runs for their fifth biggest One Day International victory yesterday.

Left-handed Imam, nephew of former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, made 128 off 134 balls in an imposing total of 308-7 after Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza won the toss and elected to field.

It was Imam’s second career ODI century in his fifth match, and included 11 boundaries.

The Zimbabwe top-order batsmen struggled against Pakistan pace before Shadab ran through the tail as Zimbabwe was bowled out for 107 with 15 overs to spare.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Ryan Murray top-scored on debut with an unbeaten 32. No other Zimbabwe batsmen could cope

Pakistan

I ul-Haq c Musakanda b Muzarabani 128 F Zaman c and b Roche 60 B Azam c Chibhabha b Masakadza 30 S Malik c Murray b Tiripano 22 A Ali c Tiripano b Chatara 46 F Ashraf c Chari b Chatara 0 S Ahmad not out 13 H Ali c Musakanda b Tiripano 0 S Khan not out 2

(5lb, 2w) 7 (for 7 wickets, 50 overs) 308

1-113, 2-172, 3-235, 4-268, 5-287, 6-292, 7-295

Chatara 10-0-49-2, Muzarabani 10-1-56-1, Tiripano 10-0-66-2, Chibhabha 3-0-22-0, Roche 7-0-54-1, Masakadza 10-0-56-1

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with the pace or Shadab. “If the team performs well, the captain is definitely happy,” Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmad said. “We could have got more runs in the end but there was overcast conditions.”

Imam and Fakhar Zaman, the star of the Twenty20 tri-series

Zimbabwe

B Chari c Zaman b U Khan 2 C Chibhabha b Hasan 20 H Masakadza c Zaman b U Khan 7 T Musakanda c Malik b Ashraf 21 P Moor c Azam b Ashraf 2 R Murray not out 32 D Tiripano b S Khan 12 L Roche c Ashraf b S Khan 4 W Masakadza b Shadab Khan 0 T Chatara c Ahmad b Amir 5 B Muzarabani b Shadab Khan 0

(1lb, 1w) 2 (all out, 35 overs) 107

1-3, 2-11, 3-45, 4-53, 5-55, 6-79, 7-91, 8-93, 9-106, 10-107.

Amir 7-1-21-1, U Khan 5-1-21-2, Ashraf 5-0-14-2, Hasan 4-2-6-1, S Khan 9-0-32-4, Shoaib Malik 5-0-12-0.

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at Harare last week, saw off the Zimbabwe seamers by combining in a 113-run opening wicket stand to the 25th over.

“I thought the seamers bowled well upfront and at the death, we lost it in the middle,” Masakadza said.