Watch the highlights of Pakistan vs Zimbabwe 7th Match Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992 - Benson & Hedges World Cup tournament of the 7th ODI match played between Zimbabwe and Pakistan at Bellerive Oval, Hobart on 27th February 1992.
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| Aamer Sohail hit his maiden century © ICC / Digital Cricket TV |
Aamer Sohail's maiden half-century and Javed Miandad's impressive 89 before Wasim Akram's economical bowling figures inspired to Pakistan convincing 53-run victory over Zimbabwe, despite a Andy Waller - Iain Butchart's fightback in the seventh match of a Benson and Hedges World Cup.
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Pakistan scored 254-4 in 50 overs with top scorer by Aamer Sohail cracked a 114 off 136-balls - which was his 1st ODI hundred.
Javed Miandad cracked a 89 off 94-balls including 5-fours, Saleem Malik and Inzamam-ul-Haq each scored 14-runs.
Zimbabwe best bowler by Iain Butchart picked up 3-wickets for 57-runs in 10-overs and Malcolm Jarvis took one-wicket.
Zimbabwe scored 201-7 in 50 overs with top scorer by Dave Houghton cracked a 44 off 82-balls including three boundaries.
Andy Waller hammered a 44 off 36-balls including 3-fours & a six with strike rate of 122.22 and Iain Butchart blasted a 33 off 58-balls contained 2-fours.
Pakistan best bowler by Wasim Akram picked up 3-wickets for 21-runs in 10-overs including two maidens with economy rate of 2.10, Aamer Sohail took 2-wickets and one for Iqbal Sikander - Aaqib Javed.
Aamer Sohail named Player of the match for his all-round performance to took 2-wickets for 26-runs in 6-overs including a maiden after scoring a career-best 114-runs knocked off facing 136-balls including 12-fours.
This match reported by The Canberra Times Staff (Third Party Reference from The Canberra Times)
A dashing but chancy century by Aamir Sohail and some inspired bowling by Wasim Akram helped Pakistan to a convincing 53-run win over Zimbabwe in the World Cup match at Hobart's Bellerive Oval.
Pakistan scored 4-254 off its 50 overs, while Zimbabwe could only manage 7-201 in reply.
Left-handed opener Sohail was the hero for Pakistan, cracking 114 runs, including 12 fours, off 136 balls. He was dropped four times.
Pakistan's vice-captain Javed Miandad continued his impressive form, smashing 89 runs off only 93 balls.
The Sohail-Miandad partnership yielded 145 runs off just 151 balls for the third wicket.
And Wasim Akram achieved a personal milestone when he became the second Pakistani, other than captain Imran Khan, to take 150 wickets in one-day internationals.
Zimbabwe needed a run rate of 5.08 an over to win the match but was struggling from the outset. After 30 overs Zimbabwe was 3-69 and unable to come to terms with Pakistan's tight bowling.
Zimbabwe captain David Houghton made an accomplished 44 but the Zimbabweans did not really get into top gear until Andy Waller and Ian Butchart came together and made a blazing stand of 79 off only 54 balls for the sixth wicket.
Houghton said after the match that his side had bowled well early against the Pakistani batsmen but then fell apart. He said off-spinner John Traicos, who he regarded as Zimbabwe's best and tightest bowler, gave away too many runs, conceding 63 with- out taking a wicket.
"Getting hit for 60-plus runs puts enormous hardship on the side," Houghton said.
Pakistan captain Imran Khan said he was pleased with his team's performance, although he had played a minimal role.
Imran did not bowl because of a shoulder injury and was not sure if he would play in Sunday's crucial game against England at the Ade- laide Oval.
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