BULAWAYO: Pakistani batsmen threw caution to the wind here on the fourth
day of the one-off test with Zimbabwe as they upped the scoring rate to
go into lunch on 460-8 in their first innings, a lead of 48.Beginning
the session on 357-5 and looking for a big lead to put Zimbabwe under
pressure, Pakistan lost three wickets, including the pivotal wicket of
Younis Khan, who only added 27 to his overnight score of 61.He
was caught somewhat fortuitously at first slip by captain Brendan
Taylor off veteran spinner Raymond Price, the ball first bouncing off
wicketkeeper Tatenda Taibu's pad.Umar Akmal survived a TV
review of a run-out appeal but he failed to capitalise on that reprieve
as he was caught soon afterwards by Taylor off Gregory Lamb for 15.Sohail Khan was then caught by Lamb on the mid-wicket boundary off Christopher Mpofu for 11.Khan
had been dropped at gulley by Hamilton Masakadza just beforehand - the
sixth spilling of the innings and he punished Masakadza by hitting the
next ball for a six.Saeed Ajmal spent the last three overs of the morning seeking quick runs and he is on 24 at the break.Zimbabwe's
fielding in general cost them dear throughout the innings and it showed
no change on Sunday as several elementary errors in the field cost them
more runs.
