RESULT
1st Test, Harare, September 03 - 07, 2013, Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe
249 & 419/9d
(T:342) 327 & 120

Pakistan won by 221 runs

Player Of The Match
200*
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ZIM 2nd Innings
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That is all for the moment from this Test match. The second and final one starts at the same ground from Tuesday, September 10, and we hope it goes ahead amid the Zimbabwe players' monetary issues. Abhishek Purohit signing off.

Misbah-ul-Haq: "It was a match-winning innings, they won the first three and a half days, that is the help you have when you have a senior like him, he changed the game. We need lot of improvements, played a Test after a long time, they made us work hard, we need to be on the money from the start. First two days we were left behind, we do not want to do this again and again. They are a really, really improving side."

Younis Khan is the Man of the Match. Younis: "Whenever the team needs me and I score a hundred, I feel good. This ranks high for me. They never gave us any easy runs. It was a nice effort from them."

Hamilton Masakadza: "The boys fought hard for three and a half days, it was only towards the end of the fourth day that things started to go away from us. We did compete and we were ahead at one stage. Bowling them out for 250, it could have been a bigger lead for us, their last wicket had a partnership. Dont think I would change my mind at all (on the toss)."

Zimbabwe have crumbled inside 40 overs on the final day. Junaid Khan started the demolition with an early double-strike. The middle order resisted very briefly before the spinners took over. Eleven wickets in the match for Saeed Ajmal, four in the innings for Abdur Rehman. After conceding a 78-run lead, Pakistan have won by a considerable margin of 221 runs, underlining Zimbabwe's utter lack of fight in the fourth innings. Pakistan were effectively 91 for 5 in the second innings when Younis Khan started the fightback along with Adnan Akmal. The fight back turned into total dominance as Younis motored to a double century

46.4
W
Ajmal to Chatara, OUT

gone this time, had a swipe and missed a full delivery, it was the doosra, hit the flap of the back pad right in front of middle

Tendai Chatara lbw b Saeed Ajmal 13 (16b 3x4 0x6 24m) SR: 81.25

over the wicket

46.3
Ajmal to Chatara, no run

beaten by the doosra on the sweep this time

46.2
Ajmal to Chatara, no run

defended off the front foot down the track

46.1
Ajmal to Chatara, no run

gets down on a knee and misses a heave to a doosra, there is an appeal for a stumping, the back leg is on the crease on one angle, but most of these replays are too grainy to be absolutely sure

end of over 469 runs
ZIM: 120/9CRR: 2.60 
Richmond Mutumbami16 (55b 3x4)
Tendai Chatara13 (12b 3x4)
Abdur Rehman 13-5-36-4
Saeed Ajmal 16-5-23-3
45.6
4
Abdur to Mutumbami, FOUR runs

a full toss into the pad, he moves forward and clips it to the deep midwicket boundary

45.5
Abdur to Mutumbami, no run

generously tossed up ball left alone outside off

45.4
1
Abdur to Chatara, 1 run

pushes forward, a thick inside edge rolls behind square leg

45.3
Abdur to Chatara, no run

pushed in the air but wide and short of the bowler

Nabhan Ahmad: "Sitting here clicking refresh, waiting for that last wicket. So I can be productive for the rest of the day"

45.2
4
Abdur to Chatara, FOUR runs

swipes a full delivery on off hard over midwicket

45.1
Abdur to Chatara, no run

pushed in the air but wide of short leg

end of over 45Maiden
ZIM: 111/9CRR: 2.46 
Richmond Mutumbami12 (53b 2x4)
Tendai Chatara8 (8b 2x4)
Saeed Ajmal 16-5-23-3
Abdur Rehman 12-5-27-4
44.6
Ajmal to Mutumbami, no run

punched to short cover off the back foot

44.5
Ajmal to Mutumbami, no run

misses as he tries to nudge to leg, the straighter one hits the pad, but outside leg

44.4
Ajmal to Mutumbami, no run

pushes forward wide of point but they don't take the single

44.3
Ajmal to Mutumbami, no run

rips a straighter one past the outside edge

44.2
Ajmal to Mutumbami, no run

length ball played out towards point

44.1
Ajmal to Mutumbami, no run

nudged to square leg

end of over 444 runs
ZIM: 111/9CRR: 2.52 
Tendai Chatara8 (8b 2x4)
Richmond Mutumbami12 (47b 2x4)
Abdur Rehman 12-5-27-4
Saeed Ajmal 15-4-23-3
43.6
Abdur to Chatara, no run

darts it in, they appeal for leg before but it is turned down, probably going down

43.5
4
Abdur to Chatara, FOUR runs

lofts over midwicket and it runs into the boundary

43.4
Abdur to Chatara, no run

looks to dab it, misses

43.3
Abdur to Chatara, no run

goes for a lunging sweep, there was a sound as ball passed bat but Adnan could not hold on, Rehman glares but this was very difficult

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