- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.1 pokes it back to the bowler tamely and falls one short of a half century. Bennett will kick himself for the rest of the innings. This may have stuck in the pitch slightly, but I think Bennett misjudged the length initially, which is why he got himself into a tangle. This was a hard-spun ball pitching on off and turning, but Bennett hung back to a ball he might have been better going forward to. He ended up pushing too early at the ball and Saim Ayub couldn't have had an easier catch 94/37.6 Afridi takes the overhead catch at deep square leg and Pakistan get the breakthrough! This was a bad ball that deserved to disappear, if we're being honest. But Marumani doesn't get the elevation he wants. It was a legside full toss that he swatted hard and flat, meaning Shaheen could get his big paws to it with a shuffle to the left. Holds it nicely overhead, and Pakistan get some respite 72/110.6 is Taylor run out attempting a second? I think he is! He's been struggling all over, and wanted to make the best of actually having connected with an attack shot - he'd swept a floated up ball on the stumps, through square leg. He's not quick enough to make the turn and square back though. The throw from Babar Azam is a nice bounce-throw to the keeper, who catches Taylor about 40 cm short. 91/213.6 top edged and held by Babar Azam, who watched it swirl in the air, but kept his cool to swallow it. Burl again went for a slog down the ground, but this ball is tighter into off stump, and he doesn't have the room to free his arms. Sends it high into the night sky off the top edge instead, and Babar does the rest. 106/415.1 Another run out! Zimbabwe are falling apart here. Flatter ball, pitching in line with the stumps. Swept to square leg. Munyonga tears out of the crease looking to get Raza on strike, but Raza doesn't want this run (quite rightly). Sends Munyonga back, but despite the dive, the throw catches him half a metre short. 112/516.1 slips one through into Musekiwa's stumps. This was quickish, flat, pithcing on middle and sliding off the surface. Musekiwa plays for spin but there isn't any. It slides between bat and pad and rattles timber 119/617.3 leading edge swallowed at mid off. This is a back of a length ball, outside off stump. Evans tries to hit this through wide mid on, but mis-hits it, and it float up to Salman Agha who takes a few steps in to get under it. This has been some unraveling from Zimbabwe! 125/718.2 a huge swipe across the line from Maposa, and Mirza hits off stump about four fifths of the way up. This one stayed a tad low, but Maposa missed it by several inches. Zimbabwe have now lost seven wickets for 37 runs. 128/8Extras3 (w 3)TOTAL147/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.35)Did not bat: AG CremerFall of wickets: 1-72 (Tadiwanashe Marumani, 7.6 ov), 2-91 (Brendan Taylor, 10.6 ov), 3-94 (Brian Bennett, 12.1 ov), 4-106 (Ryan Burl, 13.6 ov), 5-112 (Tony Munyonga, 15.1 ov), 6-119 (Tashinga Musekiwa, 16.1 ov), 7-125 (Brad Evans, 17.3 ov), 8-128 (Tinotenda Maposa, 18.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 4 0 34 1 8.5 10 3 1 1 0 Salman Mirza 3 0 21 1 7 10 4 0 1 0 Faheem Ashraf 1 0 11 0 11 1 2 0 0 0 Saim Ayub 4 0 31 1 7.75 10 3 1 1 0 Abrar Ahmed 4 0 28 1 7 8 4 0 0 0 Mohammad Nawaz(3) 4 0 22 2 5.5 9 1 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.1 Outstanding from Evans! Nips back and the stumps are rattled. Pretty poor foot movement has to be said from Farhan, who has left a massive gap between bat and pad looking to play this. The ball skids through the gate and Evans hares off in celebration 27/19.3 Cremer strikes! This was in the slot, and Ayub's eyes light up. He goes for the slog sweep, but it comes off the bottom of the bat, and so only manages to go as far as the man at deep square leg. Well judged too in the deep 54/44.4 Evans has two in the over! And it's the big one of Babar! This one seams back in after a couple that moved away, and it's caught Babar in the crease. Strikes him on the back knee. Pakistan take the review. Only question is, was this missing leg stump? And the answer is no. Umpire's call on wickets hitting, as ball tracking shows that this is just about clipping the top of leg stump. Oh my, oh my 27/25.4 Huge appeal and it's been given! Oh this is an interesting one. Fantastic in swinging yorker from Maposa, tailing in late and it seemed to have struck the front boot on the full. There was bat too, but umpire says boot first. Pakistan review again. And Pakistan receive the bad news. Umpire's call on impact, but no doubt on whether this was clattering into the stumps. The skipper must go! And Pakistan are wobbling! 30/315.6 Oh and just like that he's gone! This was the cutter from Ngarava, angled towards middle and leg. Fakhar tries the ramp, but can only manage to tickle it into the gloves of a grateful Taylor. Is there another twist yet? 33 needed off 24 115/5Extras10 (b 2, lb 3, nb 2, w 3)TOTAL151/5 (19.2 Overs, RR: 7.81)Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Sahibzada Farhan, 4.1 ov), 2-27 (Babar Azam, 4.4 ov), 3-30 (Salman Agha, 5.4 ov), 4-54 (Saim Ayub, 9.3 ov), 5-115 (Fakhar Zaman, 15.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB R Ngarava 4 0 31 1 7.75 13 3 1 2 0 TT Maposa 3.2 0 29 1 8.7 7 3 1 0 0 B Evans 4 0 26 2 6.5 10 1 1 0 1 Sikandar Raza 4 0 29 0 7.25 6 2 0 0 1 BJ Bennett 1 0 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 AG Cremer 3 0 27 1 9 4 2 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Pakistan , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20
Match days
18 November 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Pakistan 2, Zimbabwe 0
Match Notes
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (BJ Bennett 34, T Marumani 19, Ex 0)
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 88/1 in 10.0 overs (BJ Bennett 45, BRM Taylor 13)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 1
- Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 147/8 in 20.0 overs (Sikandar Raza 34, R Ngarava 1)
- Over 4.4: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Rashid Riaz, Batter - Babar Azam (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Over 5.4: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Asif Yaqoob, Batter - Agha Salman (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (53 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: Pakistan - 54/4 in 9.3 overs (Fakhar Zaman 10)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 14.4 overs (89 balls), Extras 7
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (Fakhar Zaman 28, Usman Khan 22, Ex 2)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 19.2 overs (118 balls), Extras 10
Match Coverage
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