PAKISTAN ON THE CUSP OF INNINGS WIN, SERIES SWEEP
● Nauman, Afridi fashion Zimbabwe collapse in the second innings ● Hasan grabs career-best figures of five for 27 in the first innings
SECOND TEST: DAY THREE
Harare, Zimbabwe - Pakistan are on the cusp of a 2-0 series win after regular strikes in the final session on Sunday left the visitors just one wicket away from wrapping up an innings victory at Harare Sports Club.
On a day that began with a magnificent spell of fast bowling by Hasan Ali, culminating in yet another five-wicket haul, Zimbabwe folded meekly in the first innings, and were forced to follow-on.
The second time around, there were flashes of resistance disappointingly absent nearly all series, with an 80 from Regis Chakabva and Brendan Taylor's flamboyant 30-ball 49 guaranteeing the hosts surpassed 200 for the first time this series.
Nauman Ali, though, was the chief architect of Zimbabwe's downfall in the second, taking five wickets of his own, before Zimbabwe's tenth wicket pair dug in to ensure the game would go to a fourth day.
Bad light ended play with Zimbabwe on 220 for nine in their follow-on innings, 158 runs short of making Pakistan bat again.
Chakabva's knock helped Zimbabwe make their highest total of a series in which they have been outclassed. Chakabva followed up his top score of 33 in the first innings by making his team's only half-century in the two matches.
Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali continued his mastery over Zimbabwe's batsmen, taking a career-best five for 27 as the host nation were bowled out for 132 in the first innings.
But Hasan, man of the match after taking nine for 89 when Pakistan won the first Test by an innings and 116 runs at the same venue, went wicketless in the second innings despite conceding only nine runs in ten overs.
Left-arm spinner Nauman Ali took five for 86 and left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi claimed four for 45 in the second innings.
Chakabva batted aggressively in his 137-ball innings, hitting 13 fours and two sixes. He shared an attacking third wicket partnership of 79 with captain Brendan Taylor, who raced to 49 off 31 balls before being caught by wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan down the leg side off Afridi.
Chakabva fell when he edged an attempted big hit off Nauman to Pakistan captain Babar Azam at slip. It was the start of a collapse in which six wickets fell for 35 runs.
With Zimbabwe's last two batsmen at the wicket, the umpires allowed an extra half hour's play in order to try to achieve a result but called off play for bad light four overs into the extra time.