Pakistani cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2013

The Pakistan national cricket team toured Zimbabwe from 23 August to 14 September 2013.[1] The tour consisted of two Twenty20 International matches, three One Day International matches, and two Test matches. The limited overs matches was played at the Harare Sports Club while the Test matches were split between Harare and the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo.

Pakistan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2013
 
  Zimbabwe Pakistan
Dates 23 August 2013 – 14 September 2013
Captains Brendan Taylor Misbah-ul-Haq (Test, ODI)
Mohammad Hafeez (T20I)
Test series
Result 2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Hamilton Masakadza (139) Younus Khan (309)
Most wickets Tendai Chatara (11) Saeed Ajmal (14)
Player of the series Younus Khan (Pakistan)
One Day International series
Results Pakistan won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Brendan Taylor (148) Mohammad Hafeez (232)
Most wickets Tendai Chatara (5) Saeed Ajmal (6)
Player of the series Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan)
Twenty20 International series
Results Pakistan won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Hamilton Masakadza (59) Ahmed Shehzad (168)
Most wickets Tendai Chatara (2)
Shingi Masakadza (2)
Mohammad Hafeez (4)
Player of the series Ahmed Shehzad (Pakistan)

The series was originally supposed to take place the previous December but was postponed as it clashed with Pakistan's tour of India after the two countries decided to resume bilateral cricketing relations.[2][3]

The second Test match was originally scheduled to take place at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo but was moved to Harare as a cost saving measure.[4] Zimbabwe's victory in the second Test was their first against another Test nation other than Bangladesh since their victory over India in 2001.[5][6][7]

Squads edit

Tests ODIs T20Is
  Zimbabwe   Pakistan[8]   Zimbabwe[9]   Pakistan[10]   Zimbabwe[11]   Pakistan[12]

T20I series edit

1st T20I edit

23 August
13:30
Scorecard
Pakistan  
161/5 (20 overs)
v
  Zimbabwe
136/5 (20 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 70 (50)
Tendai Chatara 2/30 (4 overs)
Brendan Taylor 32* (30)
Shahid Afridi 3/25 (4 overs)
Pakistan won by 25 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Owen Chirombe (Zim) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim)
Player of the match: Ahmed Shehzad (Pak)

2nd T20I edit

24 August
13:30
Scorecard
Pakistan  
179/1 (20 overs)
v
  Zimbabwe
160/6 (20 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 98* (64)
Shingi Masakadza 1/42 (4 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 41 (32)
Mohammad Hafeez 3/30 (4 overs)
Pakistan won by 19 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Owen Chirombe (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Ahmed Shehzad (Pak)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field
  • The score of 98* by Ahmed Shehzad set the record for highest total for a Pakistani batter in a T20I.[13]
  • The second wicket partnership of 143 runs between Shehzad and Mohammad Hafeez is the highest T20I partnership for a pair of Pakistani batsmen.[14]

ODI series edit

1st ODI edit

27 August
09:30
Scorecard
Pakistan  
244/7 (50 overs)
v
  Zimbabwe
246/3 (48.2 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 83* (85)
Tendai Chatara 2/32 (10 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 85 (104)
Saeed Ajmal 2/44 (10 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Hamilton Masakadza (Zim)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI edit

29 August
09:30
Scorecard
Pakistan  
299/4 (50 overs)
v
  Zimbabwe
209 (42.4 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 136* (130)
Brian Vitori 2/68 (10 overs)
Brendan Taylor 79 (95)
Junaid Khan 4/15 (7 overs)
Pakistan won by 90 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Owen Chirombe (Zim)
Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field

3rd ODI edit

31 August
09:30
Scorecard
Pakistan  
260/6 (50 overs)
v
  Zimbabwe
152 (40 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 67 (85)
Tendai Chatara 3/48 (10 overs)
Malcolm Waller 48 (71)
Saeed Ajmal 2/15 (7 overs)
Pakistan won by 108 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim)
Player of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

Test series edit

1st Test edit

3–7 September
Scorecard
v
249 (90.1 overs)
Azhar Ali 78 (185)
Tendai Chatara 3/64 (22.1 overs)
327 (103.3 overs)
Malcolm Waller 70 (100)
Saeed Ajmal 7/95 (32.3)
419/9d (149.3 overs)
Younus Khan 200* (414)
Prosper Utseya 3/137 (37.3 overs)
120 (46.4 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 28 (35)
Saeed Ajmal 4/23 (16.4 overs)
Pakistan won by 221 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ranmore Martinesz (Sri)
Player of the match: Younus Khan (Pakistan)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) made his Test debut.

2nd Test edit

10–14 September
Scorecard
v
294 (109.5 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 75 (169)
Junaid Khan 4/67 (33 overs)
230 (104.5 overs)
Younus Khan 77 (223)
Brian Vitori 5/61 (26.5 overs)
199 (89.5 overs)
Tino Mawoyo 58 (165)
Rahat Ali 5/52 (24.5 overs)
239 (81 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 79 (181)
Tendai Chatara 5/61 (23 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 24 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ranmore Martinesz (Sri)
Player of the match: Tendai Chatara (Zimbabwe)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat
  • This was Zimbabwe's first victory against another Test nation other than Bangladesh since their victory over India in 2001

Broadcasting Rights edit

TV Broadcaster(s) Country Notes
Super Sport   South Africa
  Zimbabwe
Official Broadcasters of the tournament.
PTV Sports   Pakistan
TEN Sports   Pakistan
  West Indies
  Sri Lanka
TEN Cricket   Bangladesh
  India

References edit

  1. ^ "Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe, 2013". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Pakistan cricket team to visit India in December". BBC. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Pakistan's Zimbabwe tour dates confirmed". ESPN Cricinfo. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Cost-saving forces change of venue for second Test". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Zimbabwe square series with historic win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Zimbabwe clinch landmark Test victory over Pakistan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Zimbabwe claim historic win". Sporting Life. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Jamshed, Irfan left out of Pakistan Test squad". ESPN Cricinfo. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  9. ^ "Pakistan in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2013". ESPN Cricinfo. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  10. ^ "Jamshed, Irfan left out of Pakistan Test squad". ESPN Cricinfo. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  11. ^ "SQUAD FOR ZIMBABWE PAKISTAN IN ZIMBABWE 2013". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  12. ^ "Jamshed, Irfan left out of Pakistan Test squad". ESPN Cricinfo. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Shehzad's record 98* sets up 2–0 sweep". ESPN Cricinfo. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  14. ^ "Shehzad's record 98* sets up 2–0 sweep". ESPN Cricinfo. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.

External links edit