BULAWAYO : Pakistan were restricted to 247-7 by Zimbabwean bowlers in the
first of the three One-day Internationals here at the Queen’s Sports
Club ground on Thursday.After captain Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss
and elected to bat, Pakistan lost Imran Farhat for only one run on the
board but in-form allrounder Mohammad Hafeez and veteran batsman Younis
Khan rescued them and added 73 runs for the second wicket before Hafeez
went for 26.Then, Younis added further 52 runs with Misbah for the third wicket but later Pakistan began to collapse.Younis was run out after top scoring with 78 and Misbah also made a half-century scoring 54.Shoaib Malik, making a comeback, failed to score and was out for only two runs.However,
Umar Akmal (36) and his brother Adnan (27) gave some respectability to
the team and in the last Sohail Tanvir also made a brisk 17 to take the
score to 247 in 50 overs.For Zimbabwe, fast bowlers Ray Price and Chris Mpofu claimed two wickets each.Now, Zimbabwe require 248 runs to win the match.
