Welcome to the highlights of Pakistan vs Zimbabwe 3rd ODI - 1996 Zimbabwe tour of Pakistan 3-match ODI series - The third and final One-Day International cricket match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe was played at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar on November 03, 1996.
Match Overview:
Ijaz Ahmed's sparkling century, Azam Khan's half-century before Off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq took four wickets in five balls including a hat-trick gives Pakistan comfortable 78-run victory over Zimbabwe and clinch the three-match series with 2-0 whitewash against Zimbabwe in a crowd trouble third & final ODI.
Match Stats:
- Shahid Afridi became the third Pakistan batsman to be dismissed off the first ball of a one-day international match after Mudassar Nazar and Ramiz Raja, while Raja achieved this feat twice for Pakistan in ODIs.
- Ijaz Ahmed became the fourth Pakistan batsman to score a century against Zimbabwe in ODIs after Aamer Sohail, Saeed Anwar and Inzamam-ul-Haq.
- Ijaz Ahmed's 117 was his second highest score for Pakistan in one-day international and the highest-score by an Pakistan batsman against Zimbabwe in ODIs, surpassing the previous record of unbeaten 116 held by Inzamam-ul-Haq at Harare in 1995.
- Ijaz Ahmed became the seventh Pakistan batsman to scored five centuries in ODIs.
- Saqlain Mushtaq became the fifth Pakistan bowler to take a hat-trick in one-day internationals.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
* Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 77-runs in a one-day international marred by serious crowd trouble.
* Police used batons to control some of the 35,000-strong crowd in Peshawar, who threw stones, bottles, fruit and other projectiles, causing seven stoppages in a total time loss of 81 minutes.
* The third and final 50-over-a-side match of the series was first reduced to 40 overs, in which Pakistan reached 264 for 9, and later to 34 overs, with Zimbabwe set a revised target of 225.
Pakistan scored 264-9 in 40 overs - match dalted for 81 minutes due to crowd trouble - with top scorer by Ijaz Ahmed hammered a 177 off 105-balls - which was his 5th ODI hundred and his first century against Zimbabwe in ODIs.
Azam Khan cracked a 72 off 77-balls including 5-fours and Moin Khan blasted a 34 off 17-balls included 3-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 200.
Zimbabwe best bowler by Everton Matambanadzo claimed a 4-wickets for 32-runs in 8-overs, John Rennie took 2-wickets and one for Guy Whittall.
Zimbabwe bundled out for 147 in 32.1 overs - due to crowd trouble revised target of 225 in 34 overs - with top scorer by Grant Flower struck 77 off 96-balls including 7-fours.
Paul Strang struck 29 off 40-balls including 3-fours and Mark Dekker scored 11 off 22-balls contained 2-fours.
Pakistan best bowler by Saqlain Mushtaq claimed a 4-wickets for 28-runs in 6.1-overs including a hat-trick after removing of Grant Flower, John Rennie and Andy Whittall, Shahid Afridi captured two-wickets and one for Abdul Razzaq - Saleem Malik.
Ijaz Ahmed named Player of the match for his sparkling 117-runs knocked off facing 105-balls including 10-fours & 4-sixes with strike rate of 111.42.
Wasim Akram and Grant Flower shared Player of the series, Wasim Akram took 2-wickets with economy rate of 3.15, while Grant Flower contributed 174 runs with average of 58 in the three-match series.
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