QUEENS SPORTS CLUB BULAWAYO: Zimbabwe has beaten Green Shirts by 80 runs in the opening match of ODI series played here on Sunday (24th November, 2024).

Earlier, Pakistani spinners restricted Zimbabwe for 205 runs. Green Shirts, after winning the toss, invited the host to bat first. Sikandar Raza made 39 runs while Ngarava faced spinners successfully and scored 48. Salman Ali Agha and Faisal Akram hunted three scalps each.

Pakistan had given maiden caps to four players and faced Zimbabwe with a different team: Abrar Ahmed and Ahmed Daniyal, Shahnawaz Dahani and Tayyab Tahir replaced Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi.

Squads:

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (Skipper), Abrar Ahmed, Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Shahnawaz Dahani, Saim Ayub, and Tayyab Tahir.

Zimbabwe: Craig Ervine (Skipper), Brian Bennett, Blessing Muzarabani, Brandon Mavuta, Clive Madande, Dion Myers, Faraz Akram, Joylord Gumbie, Richard Ngarava, Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Tashinga Musekiwa, Tinotenda Maposa and Trevor Gwandu.

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