Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennett	c Irfan Khan b Haris Rauf	21	14	21	3	1	150.00

Tadiwanashe Marumani †	c Tayyab Tahir b Abbas Afridi	16	14	16	3	0	114.28

Dion Myers	lbw b Agha Salman	3	11	17	0	0	27.27

Sikandar Raza (c)	b Abbas Afridi	3	4	6	0	0	75.00

Ryan Burl	lbw b Sufiyan Muqeem	1	4	9	0	0	25.00

Clive Madande	c Agha Salman b Sufiyan Muqeem	9	16	17	0	0	56.25

Tashinga Musekiwa	b Sufiyan Muqeem	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Wellington Masakadza	c Agha Salman b Sufiyan Muqeem	3	7	6	0	0	42.85

Richard Ngarava	b Sufiyan Muqeem	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Blessing Muzarabani	lbw b Abrar Ahmed	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Trevor Gwandu	not out	1	2	1	0	0	50.00
Extras		0
Total	12.4 Ov (RR: 4.50, 55 Mins)	57
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Tadiwanashe Marumani, 4.3 ov), 2-37 (Brian Bennett, 5.1 ov), 3-40 (Sikandar Raza, 6.2 ov), 4-44 (Dion Myers, 7.4 ov), 5-46 (Ryan Burl, 8.4 ov), 6-46 (Tashinga Musekiwa, 8.5 ov), 7-52 (Wellington Masakadza, 10.4 ov), 8-52 (Richard Ngarava, 10.6 ov), 9-53 (Blessing Muzarabani, 11.2 ov), 10-57 (Clive Madande, 12.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Abrar Ahmed	3	0	21	1	7.00	7	3	0	0	0
11.2 to B Muzarabani, another massive shout, and that looks pretty adjacent! Floated up full on middle and off. Muzarabani plonks his front foot and tries to work it across the line first up. Misses it altogether and is struck flush on the front pad, in front of middle stump. Easy decision for the umpire, and Zimbabwe lose another!. 53/9
Jahandad Khan	1	0	11	0	11.00	3	1	1	0	0
Haris Rauf	2	0	13	1	6.50	6	2	0	0	0
5.1 to BJ Bennett, goes straight up and taken! Pakistan go back-to-back! Dug into the track on middle and leg. Zips off the surface and gets big on Bennett as he looks to pull. Cannot control his stroke and the ball skews off the top edge. Deep square leg runs in and completes the catch well inside the fence!. 37/2
Abbas Afridi	2	1	2	2	1.00	10	0	0	0	0
4.3 to T Marumani, Afridi breaks through! On the shorter side again, and angling into the stumps. Marumani is itching to force this over the off-side ring but the lack of width means he cannot get under it completely. Spoons it towards cover point, where Tahir makes no mistake. A cameo to get Zimbabwe underway, although they would have probably wanted much more!. 37/1 6.2 to Sikandar Raza, off stump goes for a toss, and Raza is outta here! Hard length outside off and this jags back sharply. Raza is hopping around his crease and never gets into a stable position. Neither forward nor back, and the ball keeps a little low to burst through the defences. Off stump is out of the ground, and Zimbabwe lose their skipper!. 40/3
Salman Agha	2	0	7	1	3.50	6	0	0	0	0
7.4 to D Myers, plumb with a capital P! Fired in full on middle and leg. Myers looks to turn it to leg but ends up missing a straight ball, getting pinged on the front pad in the process. That might have missed leg stump. And off stump too. Because it was crashing into middle stump. Myers has to go, and Zimbabwe have been backed into a corner!. 44/4
Sufiyan Muqeem	2.4	0	3	5	1.12	13	0	0	0	0
8.4 to RP Burl, a celebrappeal from Muqeem, and the umpire obliges! The googly has caused Zimbabwe plenty of trouble already and it is on display again. Pitches on a length just outside off. Burl does not pick it and plays down the wrong line. Gets rapped in front of off stump and that would have likely gone on to hit the stumps too. Zimbabwe are tottering!. 46/5 8.5 to T Musekiwa, and Musekiwa has to walk back first ball! Another beautifully-disguised wrong'un, pitching on a length on leg stump and turning away. The batter has no clue about the variation and pokes at it in hope. Gets nowhere close to the ball and off stump is uprooted!. 46/6 10.4 to WP Masakadza, nicked and taken at slip! Muqeem has three! Fizzed through on a length just outside off. This is the leg-spinner and it deviates just a shade. Masakadza, not knowing where it is turning, dangles his bat and gets a thick outside edge that is snared sharply by Agha. Zimbabwe staring down the barrel!. 52/7 10.6 to R Ngarava, hot knife through butter! They cannot play him! Seems like a slider that pitches on a length on leg stump and zips through. Ngarava, caught in the crease, stabs at it, hoping to get something on it. Gets absolutely nothing, unfortunately for him. The ball scrapes the flap of the back pad and then thunders into the stumps. Zimbabwe eight down!. 52/8 12.4 to C Madande, miscued and that will be that! Zimbabwe sink to their lowest total in men's T20Is, and Muqeem finishes with astonishing figures of 2.4-0-3-5! Googly given a bit of air on a length just outside off. Madande has a wild slog across the line because, well, why not. Goes straight up off the top edge and Agha, stood at slip, does the rest!. 57/10

Pakistan (T: 58 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Omair Yousuf	not out	22	15	28	2	1	146.66
Saim Ayub	not out	36	18	28	6	1	200.00
Extras	(lb 1, w 2)	3
Total	5.3 Ov (RR: 11.09, 28 Mins)	61/0
Did not bat: Usman Khan †, Salman Agha (c), Tayyab Tahir, Irfan Khan, Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Sufiyan Muqeem

Bowling	O	R	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Sikandar Raza	1	11	11.00	3	2	0	1
Richard Ngarava	2	15	7.50	5	2	0	0
Blessing Muzarabani	1.3	21	14.00	2	3	1	0
Trevor Gwandu	1	13	13.00	1	1	1	0

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Match Flow

Zimbabwe innings
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 2 wickets)
Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 0
Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 57/10 in 12.4 overs (T Gwandu 1)

Pakistan innings
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 0 wicket)
Pakistan: 50 runs in 4.2 overs (26 balls), Extras 2
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (Omair Yousuf 20, Saim Ayub 28, Ex 2)

Match Details

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Toss	Zimbabwe, elected to bat first
Series	Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe
Season	2024/25
Player Of The Match	Sufiyan Muqeem
Series result	Pakistan led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number	T20I no. 2999
Hours of play (local time)	13.00 start, First Session 13.00-14.30, Interval 14.30-14.50, Second Session 14.50-16.20
Match days	3 December 2024 - day (20-over match)
Umpires	Forster Mutizwa Iknow Chabi
TV Umpire	Langton Rusere
Reserve Umpire	Percival Sizara
Match Referee	Andy Pycroft