Zimbabwe VS Pakistan, 1st Match, Pakistan T20I Tri-Series 2025/26 - Live Cricket Score, ball by ball Commentary

1st Match, Pakistan T20I Tri-Series 2025/26

PAKISTAN BEAT ZIMBABWE BY 5 WICKETS
MATCH ENDED

Zimbabwe
147/8 (20.0)

VS

Pakistan
151/5 (19.2)

Match Information Desktop Scorecard

Toss	Pakistan elected to field
Match Status	Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 5 wickets Match Ended
Umpires	Asif Yaqoob (PAK), Rashid Riaz (PAK) and Faisal Afridi (PAK)
Man of the Match	Mohammad Nawaz

Zimbabwe (147/8 in 20.0 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennett c & b Saim Ayub	49	36	8	0	136
Tadiwanashe Marumani c Shaheen Afridi b Mohammad Nawaz	30	22	3	1	136
Brendan Taylor run out (Babar Azam / Usman Khan)	14	14	2	0	100
Ryan Burl c Babar Azam b Mohammad Nawaz	8	8	1	0	100
Sikandar Raza not out	34	24	3	1	142
Tony Munyonga run out (Salman Mirza / Usman Khan)	3	4	0	0	75
Tashinga Musekiwa b Abrar Ahmed	2	3	0	0	67
Brad Evans c Salman Agha b Shaheen Afridi	2	5	0	0	40
Tinotenda Maposa b Salman Mirza	1	3	0	0	33
Richard Ngarava not out	1	1	0	0	100

Extras	(b 0, lb 0, w 3, nb 0)				3
Total	(Wicket 8, Overs 20.0)				147
(7.35 runs per over)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Afridi	4	34	1	8.50
Salman Mirza	3	21	1	7.00
Faheem Ashraf	1	11	0	11.00
Saim Ayub	4	31	1	7.75
Abrar Ahmed	4	28	1	7.00
Mohammad Nawaz	4	22	2	5.50

Pakistan (151/5 in 19.2 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sahibzada Farhan b Brad Evans	16	15	3	0	107
Saim Ayub c Tashinga Musekiwa b Graeme Cremer	22	26	1	1	85
Babar Azam lbw b Brad Evans	0	3	0	0	0
Salman Agha lbw b Tinotenda Maposa	1	2	0	0	50
Fakhar Zaman c Brendan Taylor b Richard Ngarava	44	32	2	2	138
Usman Khan not out	37	28	3	0	132
Mohammad Nawaz not out	21	12	2	1	175

Extras	(b 2, lb 3, w 3, nb 2)				10
Total	(Wicket 5, Overs 19.2)				151
(7.81 runs per over)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ
Richard Ngarava	4	31	1	7.75
Tinotenda Maposa	3.2	29	1	8.70
Brad Evans	4	26	2	6.50
Sikandar Raza	4	29	0	7.25
Brian Bennett	1	4	0	4.00
Graeme Cremer	3	27	1	9.00

Team Sqaud

Zimbabwe

Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Sikandar Raza (c), Brad Evans, Brendan Taylor (w), Tadiwanashe Marumani, Tashinga Musekiwa, Tony Munyonga, Graeme Cremer, Tinotenda Maposa, Richard Ngarava

Pakistan

Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Salman Agha (c), Usman Khan (w), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Salman Mirza, Abrar Ahmed