what an anticlimax that is. Sohail bowled a fast full toss a little more than a foot outside off stump. Taibu had backed away towards leg and eventually didn't play a shot. He was a bit too far away from the ball
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan, 2nd T20I at Harare, Sep 18 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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2nd T20I, Harare, September 18, 2011, Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe
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end of over 2014 runs
ZIM: 136/7CRR: 6.80
Tatenda Taibu37 (28b 3x4 1x6)
Prosper Utseya2 (7b)
Sohail Khan 4-0-31-0
Sohail Tanvir 4-0-36-1
5.15 pm Zimbabwe will rue this batting failure. They were in with a real chance after restricting Pakistan to 141 but they just lost it between overs 5 and 10 of the chase. In the end, they fell only five runs short.
Pakistan have won the Twenty20 series 2-0. They have won everything on this tour of Zimbabwe. Waqar Younis has a successful final series as Pakistan coach.
"Waqar should have told everyone that he was retiring after the world cup," says Danish.
Shafaqat: "Thanks indeed Waqar. I know not many would give you credit for anything but we all know the circumstances in which you have coached the team. We wish you complete health and a wonderful future. Its painful to see a controversial end to your coaching stint, very much similar to that of your playing career. Hats off sir!!!"
I'll have the action from the presentation for you in a bit ...
The Pakistan team is giving Waqar Younis an award, and there's also something from the PCB.
Misbah: "We really thank Waqar. The way he worked with everybody. He did a wonderful job, the way he came in at a difficult time. He had good inputs. A lot of youngsters came in. I'm going to miss him ...
"I'm really satisfied with the way the team played. All the players got a fair chance and everybody performed. It's been a good tour for us. The Sri Lanka series means a lot for us, we're going to prepare well and play well against them."
The Man of the Match is Mohammad Hafeez, for his half-century and three wickets. "It was a great tour for me. Thanks to the team, they supported me, our coach Waqar Younis, I'll miss him."
Morfi: "Relax guys! I am sure Waqar will (hopefully) return after a few years as coach - Miandad did ... and besides, Wicky bhai is only 40 yet. Thanks, nevertheless, Waqar - job well done!!"
That's all we've got for you from this series. Pakistan will soon travel to the UAE to play Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe will prepare to host New Zealand. Thank you for all your emails. It's been fun. Cheers.
19.6
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Sohail Khan to Taibu, no run
Well, can Taibu do a Miandad? Six to win it ...
19.5
2
Sohail Khan to Taibu, 2 runs
short ball and Taibu pulls in the air towards deep square leg, there's a fielder in the deep but the ball falls short of him. Taibu comes back for the second
19.4
2
Sohail Khan to Taibu, 2 runs
Taibu backs away to hit over cover but ends up slicing a short ball towards third man. Electric running once again and Taibu has the strike
Mudassir: "Can Taibu do a "Mike Hussey vs Saeed Ajmal" in the last over.. .??" Pakistan are making lots of fielding changes.
19.3
2
Sohail Khan to Taibu, 2 runs
full and straight, Taibu drives down the ground and Utseya hares back for the second
19.2
2
Sohail Khan to Taibu, 2 runs
Taibu almost did it! It was the short ball, a little slower, and Taibu heaved it into the gap between deep midwicket and long-on. The fielder from long-on ran to his right and saved two runs
Another boundary will spice things up.
19.1
6
Sohail Khan to Taibu, SIX runs
what a shot this is, Taibu sits on the back foot, gets under a length ball and lofts it high and far over long-on. He hit that from in his crease, with front leg out of the way
Sohail Khan will bowl the final over.
end of over 199 runs
ZIM: 122/7CRR: 6.42 • RRR: 20.00
Tatenda Taibu23 (22b 3x4)
Prosper Utseya2 (7b)
Sohail Tanvir 4-0-36-1
Saeed Ajmal 4-1-21-1
18.6
1
Tanvir to Taibu, 1 run
a low full toss on off and middle, pushed towards point for one more
18.5
1
Tanvir to Utseya, 1 run
a full toss on leg stump and the batsman hits it behind square
18.4
1
Tanvir to Taibu, 1 run
Tanvir fires in a yorker, Taibu can only nudge on the leg side
18.3
1
Tanvir to Utseya, 1 run
a slower ball outside off stump, Utseya plays it towards point
18.2
1
Tanvir to Taibu, 1 run
full ball on middle stump, Taibu drives towards long-on and he loses the strike
18.1
4
Tanvir to Taibu, FOUR runs
Taibu moves his front foot out of the way and lofts Tanvir's length ball over mid-off, who is in the circle
Ishtiaq: "George, You just JINXED Chigumbura!!" Sorry.
end of over 183 runs
ZIM: 113/7CRR: 6.27 • RRR: 14.50
Prosper Utseya0 (5b)
Tatenda Taibu16 (18b 2x4)
Saeed Ajmal 4-1-21-1
Sohail Tanvir 3-0-27-1
17.6
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Ajmal to Utseya, no run
defended off the back foot
17.5
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Ajmal to Utseya, no run
Utseya moves across towards the off to hit on the leg side but ends up defending in the end
17.4
2lb
Ajmal to Utseya, 2 leg byes
Utseya tries to sweep but gets hit on the pad for a leg bye towards short third man
17.3
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Ajmal to Utseya, no run
he tries to guide the ball towards third man but is beaten by one that darts across him
17.2
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Ajmal to Utseya, no run
defended back towards the bowler
17.1
1
Ajmal to Taibu, 1 run
Taibu times the slog-sweep well but can't beat the fielder at deep square leg
end of over 1712 runs • 1 wicket
ZIM: 110/7CRR: 6.47 • RRR: 10.66
Tatenda Taibu15 (17b 2x4)
Prosper Utseya0 (0b)
Sohail Tanvir 3-0-27-1
Saeed Ajmal 3-1-20-1
16.6
1
Tanvir to Taibu, 1 run
defended from the crease towards cover, they run a quick single
16.5
W
Tanvir to Chigumbura, OUT
caught at long-on. Chigumbura tries to clear the boundary again but doesn't hit it well this time, he lofts the ball straight to Shafiq who is several yards inside the boundary
Elton Chigumbura c Asad Shafiq b Sohail Tanvir 24 (18b 3x4 1x6 17m) SR: 133.33
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