
Pakistan A resumed their first innings on 284-5 and added 228 runs with Shadab scoring 132 off 161 balls, hitting 19 fours and two big sixes while Saud Shakeel scored 97 runs to build a 130-run seventh wicket stand with Shadab.
Unofficial Test: Zain half-century takes Pakistan A to 284-5
Other than Shakeel and Shadab, Zain Abbas (78), Saifullah Bangash (42), Sohaib Maqsood (41), Jaahid Ali (31), Muhammad Asghar (31) and Umar Amin (30) were also among the runs. For Zimbabwe, Brian Vitori took three wickets while Carl Mumba and John Nyumbu took two apiece.
At the end of the day’s play, Zimbabwe were struggling at 53-2 as Mir Hamza and Ghulam Mudassar took one wicket apiece to send both openers back in the pavilion with only nine runs on the board. However, Tarisai Musakanda (32) and Sean Williams (12) came together to put on an unbeaten 44-run partnership and take Zimbabwe to 53-2 at stumps, still trailing by 113.
Zimbabwe A trounce Pakistan A by 105 runs
“We had a good start to Zimbabwe’s second innings with those two early wickets. We can now look to dismiss them quickly on day four,” Mudassar told The Express Tribune. “Our bowling attack is good and we don’t have much pressure on us since our batsmen scored big.”
Published in The Express Tribune, October 18th, 2016.
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