Zimbabwe (205) beat Pakistan (60/6) by 80 runs (DLS method) in the 1st ODI to take a 1-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series

[FearlessRoar]

Pakistan is set to face Zimbabwe in the opening One-Day International of a three-match series. Under the leadership of Mohammad Rizwan, Pakistan recently achieved a remarkable ODI series victory against Australia on their home soil. However, the Men in Green will be without several senior players, including Babar Azam, as a younger squad has been chosen for the challenge against the Chevrons.

All eyes will be on Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafique, who impressed with the bat during the Australia series. Skipper Rizwan will be pivotal in leading the side, supported by Kamran Ghulam, while Agha Salman and Irfan Khan Niazi are expected to strengthen the lower middle order.

On the Zimbabwean side, much will depend on Sikandar Raza, known for delivering standout performances in home conditions. Craig Ervine and Brian Bennett will be key figures in the batting lineup, while Sean Williams and Blessing Muzarabani pose significant threats with their experience and skill.

As the action unfolds at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo, all eyes will be on how the pitch and conditions impact this intriguing contest.

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[mominsaigol]

Pak win 2-1

 

[FearlessRoar]

36 Pakistani cricketers have made their ODI debuts against Zimbabwe, while 39 have made their debuts against Sri Lanka in this format.

Do you think there will be more than 3 debutants in this series and Zimbabwe will come second in this list? If so, who will they be?

 

[Rana]

What channel UK?

 

[Kianig89]

Exciting series it will be , hopefully Rizwan captaincy will be top notch

 

[Ahmed216]

Bilateral cricket is not that exciting anymore.

Should have been a triangular series between Pak,Zim and Namibia or quadrangular including Kenya.

 

[Aami]

Pakistan can use the odis against Zim, SA and the tri series just before CT to fill in the blanks..results are not relevant.

Working towards this line up come first CT game...

Fakhar
Saim
Babar
Rizwan
???
Salman
Irfan
??? (spinner)
Naseem
Afridi
Haris

Abdullah/all rounder
Hasnain
middle order batter/all rounder
spinner

 

[mominsaigol]

Bilateral cricket is not that exciting anymore.

Should have been a triangular series between Pak,Zim and Namibia or quadrangular including Kenya.

I feel like tri series should replace bi laterals.

Tournament like formats are the way to go now.

Host tri or quad series and just give everyone a trophy as to who comes 1st.

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Any updates on what the weather will be like?

Hopefully we can get a full game

 

[sweep_shot]

Any updates on what the weather will be like?

Hopefully we can get a full game

As per forecast, weather is expected to be clear.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Why can't PCB live stream something as such on their YouTube channel especially when channels aren't willing to televise a series between minnows

 

[Omer2002]

Well its confirmed on Fancode in India so obviously its being telecasted

 

[Shaheenthefalcon]

Yep babar tiger khan will be in full flow this series

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Well its confirmed on Fancode in India so obviously its being telecasted

So only India is showing it and that too only in India where 0.00001% would watch it.

 

[Shaheenthefalcon]

We played Zimbabwe this many times? For what?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Why is it always whenever Pakistan plays whereever that might be that nobody knows about whether it'll be telecasted or not until the day of the game.

It's not even from just recently It's been the case for a good number of years.

Goes to show that the board is a joke as much is the team itself.

 

[Shaheenthefalcon]

Icc Should ban pakistan playing zimb. This often. Babar is toasting on them to make his stats look ok. Weird.

 

[m.shah]

Icc Should ban pakistan playing zimb. This often. Babar is toasting on them to make his stats look ok. Weird.

He is not in the squad

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I guess it's time to bite the bullet and try fancode.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Icc Should ban pakistan playing zimb. This often. Babar is toasting on them to make his stats look ok. Weird.

You don't know what you are talking about. Just 2 centuries against Zimbabwe brother.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Tayyab, Faisal akram, Aamer Jamal should play

 

[kingusama92]

We played Zimbabwe this many times? For what?

Zimbabwe helped Pakistan in 2015 by coming to tour.

Ever since then, the PCB has had a soft spot for them and rightly so.

 

[mominsaigol]

Why can't PCB live stream something as such on their YouTube channel especially when channels aren't willing to televise a series between minnows

Sports central can only live stream matches from Pakistan. It is how it is.

 

[BouncerGuy]

My playing 11 for this game:

Saim Ayub
Abdullah Shafique
Kamran Ghulam
Mohammad Rizwan(w/c)
Tayyab Tahir
Agha Salman
Irfan Khan
Aamer Jamal
Haris Rauf
Mohammad Hasnain
Faisal Akram

 

[BouncerGuy]

Rain gonna spoil the party??

 

[mominsaigol]

Rain gonna spoil the party??

Probably.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Playing 11 announced from Pakistan ahead of the toss. haseeb playing and no tayyab???

Faisal Akram will make his debut today.

 

[mominsaigol]

Playing 11 announced from Pakistan ahead of the toss. haseeb playing and no tayyab???

Faisal Akram will make his debut today.

Goat captain. Paka clown this guy is.

This rizzu is a bad t20 captain but good odi captain will burst eventually.

Soon enough he'll be viewed as a bad whiteball cap

 

[BouncerGuy]

Goat captain. Paka clown this guy is.

This rizzu is a bad t20 captain but good odi captain will burst eventually.

Soon enough he'll be viewed as a bad whiteball cap

reason??

 

[mominsaigol]

reason??

On which planet does Hasebullah bat at 5?

All these excuses of rizzu ain't choosing his 15, is fine and all, even though that's nonsense,

But rizzu outright admitted he's atleast choosing his playing 11.

Hasebullah over tayyab is hilarious

 

[BouncerGuy]

On which planet does Hasebullah bat at 5?

All these excuses of rizzu ain't choosing his 15, is fine and all, even though that's nonsense,

But rizzu outright admitted he's atleast choosing his playing 11.

Hasebullah over tayyab is hilarious

Yep. That tayyab left out for Haseeb was hilarious. No point

 

[mominsaigol]

Yep. That tayyab left out for Haseeb was hilarious. No point

Don't get me wrong, Tayyab ain't a world beater or anything but I've seen Hasebullah play and Hasebullah is so bad that I'd rather just bring back shadab Khan, Nawaz, Chacha, Faheem ashraf or all these crap players instead.

Hasebullah is that bad.

 

[Blackbradman]

Well its confirmed on Fancode in India so obviously its being telecasted

Fancode telecasts even the European gully cricket matches.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Seems like the weather tried to play spoilsport this morning! Thankfully, the rain has stopped and the outfield is dry. The covers are coming off, and we should have the toss in the next five minutes or so.

 

[mominsaigol]

Seems like the weather tried to play spoilsport this morning! Thankfully, the rain has stopped and the outfield is dry. The covers are coming off, and we should have the toss in the next five minutes or so.

So far it's overcast but no rain or any chance atm.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Pakistan win the toss and opt to bowl first

Pakistan (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Haseebullah Khan, Agha Salman, Irfan Khan, Aamer Jamal, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Faisal Akram

 

[mominsaigol]

Why are these cowards so afraid to bat first?

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Same old defensive formula of bowling first. Should've batted first and given the guys as much time as possible to set up a big total. If they skittle out Zim for a low total, the top order could just tuk tuk their way to a win.

 

[Omer2002]

Guys i cant see any broadcast anywhere

 

[Blackbradman]

Guys i cant see any broadcast anywhere

Live on Fancode

 

[Ahmed216]

Why are these cowards so afraid to bat first?

What else do you expect when Rizwan is leading

 

[BouncerGuy]

What else do you expect when Rizwan is leading

Overcast conditions. Why not

 

[mominsaigol]

What else do you expect when Rizwan is leading

Bat first and set a god damn target of 350 and put them minnows in its place?

Abh 150 kei targets yahan bhi chase karnei hain?

 

[Ahmed216]

Bat first and set a god damn target of 350 and put them minnows in its place?

Abh 150 kei targets yahan bhi chase karnei hain?

Overcast conditions hain bhai. Rizwan is afraid he'll be in whilst the ball is still new

 

[mominsaigol]

Overcast conditions hain bhai. Rizwan is afraid he'll be in whilst the ball is still new

And? It's a minnow? Conditons shouldn't matter here.

Bully them beat them and make them submit? What's this we don't wanna get wet in the rain nonsense?

 

[Omer2002]

Live on Fancode

Thats only on India

 

[BouncerGuy]

Aamer Jamal starts the proceeding.

 

[Kianig89]

Tayab Tahir is another one cut from Misbah clan, takes time to settle henceforth Rizwan opting for aggressive Haseebullah , though the latter has questionable technique

 

[Ahmed216]

And? It's a minnow? Conditons shouldn't matter here.

Bully them beat them and make them submit? What's this we don't wanna get wet in the rain nonsense?

We are no less than minnows. We lose to USA , Zim , Ireland etc regularly now

 

[MenInG]

In the first ODI,Zimbabwe and Pakistan teams are wearing orange caps to support children affected by cancer in Zimbabwe.

 

[Kianig89]

Good first over

 

[mominsaigol]

We are no less than minnows. We lose to USA , Zim , Ireland etc regularly now

Zim is weaker then usa and Ireland

 

[Kianig89]

And? It's a minnow? Conditons shouldn't matter here.

Bully them beat them and make them submit? What's this we don't wanna get wet in the rain nonsense?

Yes whatever Zimbabwe score Pakistan should chase it in 18 overs with 9 wickets left

 

[mominsaigol]

Yes whatever Zimbabwe score Pakistan should chase it in 18 overs with 9 wickets left

I guess you haven't watched games like England 2019 vs Afghanistan 2019. Or Sa vs Wi where de villers scored 100 of 31.

Pure definition of minnow bashing

 

[Omer2002]

6s and 4s so far how are ghey minnows...i have us to lose the series 2 1

 

[mominsaigol]

6s and 4s so far how are ghey minnows...i have us to lose the series 2 1

They are minnows, Magar pakistan under rizwan is the most incompetent unit I've ever seen

 

[Ahmed216]

Zim is weaker then usa and Ireland

Look at that Anwaresque pick up shot from Marumani.

Ervine Williams Raza blessings Ngrava some decent players in their line-up.

Don't know what the newcomer Gwandu specialises in.

 

[Kianig89]

Zimbabwe showing intent good our bowlers should be tested

 

[Ahmed216]

Jamal and Hasnain to make use of overcast conditions lol Riz you are clueless

 

[mominsaigol]

In t20 zim is 100% weaker. In odi their stronger.

Look at that Anwaresque pick up shot from Marumani.

Ervine Williams Raza blessings Ngrava some decent players in their line-up.

Don't know what the newcomer Gwandu specialises in.

 

[zarak]

Look at that Anwaresque pick up shot from Marumani.

Ervine Williams Raza blessings Ngrava some decent players in their line-up.

Don't know what the newcomer Gwandu specialises in.

I see what you did there.

 

[mominsaigol]

These Zimbabwe opening batters are weak. It's just the pitch is a lighting fast outfield.

Beautiful batting track but chawal who won a series down under was too afraid to bat first

 

[Kianig89]

Zim going at good pace

 

[Kianig89]

Excellent pitch , unlucky fella that was a definite 100

 

[Ahmed216]

Wayward Jamal being carted around by Muramani

 

[mominsaigol]

This a 400 track. Fakhar would have scored another 200 here

 

[boomboomcheema]

Explosive start by Zimbabwe, Pakistan under pressure.

 

[Omer2002]

Jamal getting smashed so he should i would have tried daniyal to see his pedigree

 

[followed]

Lol both the openers are bashing poor bowlers. Both the openers have strike rate of under 70 like Ahmad the mediocre shahzad.

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Jamal isn't an opening or even LOI bowler, he can be used in short bursts in Tests on bouncy pitches but that's about it.

 

[Kianig89]

Rizwan the captain needs to have a Plan B

 

[BouncerGuy]

I would say that it was a stupid run out.

 

[Muhammad Saad]

Two wayward bowling destroying the new ball bowling. Shouldn’t have played at all.

 

[m.shah]

Jamal is not the same bowler he was pretty injury

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Jamal is not the same bowler he was pretty injury

Wasn't that great before that either, he hurried the Aussie batsmen on a bouncy and pacy pitch but went for plenty even then. I heard from some people who knew and played with him that they were amazed by what he has achieved as he was cannon fodder in domestic leagues.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Saim ayub comes to bowl. Good choice

 

[Hyder]

On which planet does Hasebullah bat at 5?

All these excuses of rizzu ain't choosing his 15, is fine and all, even though that's nonsense,

But rizzu outright admitted he's atleast choosing his playing 11.

Hasebullah over tayyab is hilarious

Idk why haseebullah even gets picked. He isnt good enough

 

[Omer2002]

Good over by saim he should be bowling 7 to more overs every match. First ball was a peach

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Idk why haseebullah even gets picked. He isnt good enough

He's very good in this format, just not in T20s

 

[BouncerGuy]

So riz chose to start with part timers