Zimbabwe vs Pakistan, 1st Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Australia and Pakistan in Zimbabwe T20I Tri-Series, 2018 Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare Date & Time: Jul 01, 10:00 AM LOCAL

Pakistan will look to win the title and increase the gap in the T20I rankings table. © Getty

That's it from us folks for this clash. Hope you enjoyed the clash. Until next time then ...

Some post match thoughts -

Sarfraz Ahmed: First match of the series is really important. Fakhar Zaman played really well at the top and Shoaib Malik and Asif finished the innings well. It looked like a really good wicket. There was some movement initially but later on it became an excellent track to bat on. We were little bit lethargic in the field but our bowling was exceptional, specially Nawaz. Plenty of cricket still to be played in this series.

Hamilton Masakadza: Only bright point was winning the toss. I think we gave them 20 runs extra. We started ok but we lost our way in the middle period. Our batting order was fine, we need to work on the execution part. We don't need to make changes in the team yet, we need to apply better at the top of the order.

averages 66.72 in his last 24 T20I inns. In more than half of these ie 13, he has finished as NotOut.🇵🇰 In 2018 till now, he played 6 T20i with a mighty 84.00 avg & thunder 210SR. Scored a fifty & claimed 3 wkts with 8.80 econ too.🏏

versus Pakistan and Australia in Harare. Boasting 52 T20I, 193 ODI and 36 Test appearances, at number 10 he is currently Zimbabwe’s highest-ranked batsman in the T20I format. All the best, skipper!

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Hello and welcome to the live blog of the first T20I tri-series game between Zimbabwe and Pakistan in Harare. Pakistan are ranked No. 1 in T20Is and start favourites against the hosts and Australia. They won 11 out of their last 12 T20I games whilst oozing with unflinching confidence and the fizz of young talents.

Zimbabwe, on the other hand, are struggling with financial issues and several players have made themselves unavailable. Brendan Taylor, Sikandar Raza, Graeme Cremer, Sean Williams and Craig Ervine have all, collectively, made themselves unavailable for selection owing to payment concerns during the World Cup qualifiers that ended in March 2018. And that leaves a relatively inexperienced team to take on one of the red-hot form sides in the format.

So it wouldn't be surprising if this turns into a one-sided affair but here's hoping for a cracker.