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

Ngarava to Nawaz, 1 run, slower length delivery on middle and leg, Nawaz gets an inside edge onto pad and responds for a quick single. Ngarava rushes towards the ball and looks to kick the ball onto the stumps, but to no avail...

Ngarava to Nawaz, no run, banged in short outside off, Nawaz was taken aback by the pace on it and ended up playing a half-hearted dab back to the bowler

Ngarava to Usman Khan, 1 run, comes dancing down the wicket and pulls the short ball off the cue end to long-on

Ngarava to Usman Khan, 2 runs, slashes at a length ball and gets a thick top-edge to the left of third man, Maposa fumbles and allows the second run

Ngarava to Nawaz, 2 wides, spilled down the leg-side, Taylor fumbles and concedes an extra run in the process

Ngarava to Usman Khan, 1 run, Raza nearly pulled off a great catch at cover. Slower full delivery outside off, Usman Khan slapped the drive off the cue end and got it to the right of the Zimbabwean skipper. Raza put in a full length dive to his right and got a hand on it. Was travelling at a rapid pace and he did well to get a hand on that...

Ngarava to Usman Khan, no run, bowled from wide of the crease, Usman Khan tried to cut and got beaten on the top-edge

Ngarava to Fakhar Zaman, out Caught by Brendan Taylor!! Fakhar Zaman walks. A vital wicket for Zimbabwe, but Fakhar will feel he's done enough to take his side close to the finish line. Tries to play the cheeky lap scoop and ended up guiding it to the keeper off the inside edge. Not a great deal of pace on offer from Ngarava which is what did the trick. Fakhar Zaman c Brendan Taylor b Ngarava 44(32) [4s-2 6s-2]

Ngarava to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR, one bounce and over the ropes! Fakhar Zaman backs away early anticipating a short ball and he's managed to ramp it over the keeper for a well-timed boundary

Ngarava to Fakhar Zaman, 2 runs, would be really harsh to call it a chance. 128ks back of a length just outside off, Fakhar Zaman slaps it off the back foot and ends up sending it back at the bowler off the toe end. It hits Ngarava on his left wrist and trickles away into the mid-wicket pocket. Ngarava barely had any time to react in his followthrough. The physio is out to check on him....

Ngarava to Fakhar Zaman, no run, 122ks slower length delivery outside off, Fakhar Zaman looks to thrash it square on the off-side and gets beaten due to lack of pace

Ngarava to Usman Khan, 1 run, goes wide of the crease and bowls a slower length delivery on off, Usman Khan bunts it towards long-on for an easy single

Ngarava to Usman Khan, 2 runs, short and wide of off stump, Usman Khan makes use of the width to steer it wide of the man at third man to his right

Ngarava to Saim Ayub, SIX, Saim Ayub has the last laugh. He wanted to play that shot off the previous delivery, but the extra bounce and pace defeated him. Not this time though. He gets inside the line of the 137ks length delivery and helps it away with a pick-up pull for a 80-metre maximum over fine leg

Ngarava to Saim Ayub, no run, whoopsy! This one rose from back of a length and clonks Saim Ayub under the helmet grille. Looks like his throat took the impact as Ayub grimaces in pain. The physio is out to conduct the mandatory concussion test. Ayub shaped up to play the pull, but was rushed for pace and took his eyes off the ball at the last moment. Thankfully for Pakistan, he is back up on his feet and looks good to go again...

Ngarava to Saim Ayub, no run, 134ks on a length outside off, Ayub sits back and dabs it to the right of backward point

Ngarava to Saim Ayub, no run, takes the pace off and bowls it in the zone outside off stump, Ayub seeks to cut and gets beaten on the inside edge. Don't think he's picked the change of pace there has the Pakistan opener...

Ngarava to Saim Ayub, wide, wobbles down the leg-side from a length, Ayub looks to help it away to the fine leg fence and only succeeds in swishing thin air

Ngarava to Sahibzada Farhan, byes, 1 run, nips back in from a length and cuts Farhan into half on the inside edge, a fumble from the keeper enables a quick single for the duo

Ngarava to Sahibzada Farhan, FOUR, that is poor from the senior pro. Too much width and Sahibzada Farhan flays it up and over backward point for his third boundary

Ngarava to Sahibzada Farhan, no run, pulls the length back and keeps it outside off stump at 137ks, stabbed away to the left of cover. A decent opening over that from Richard Ngarava - a boundary and 5 dots.

Ngarava to Sahibzada Farhan, FOUR, overcorrects and bowls it full in the slot just outside off, Farhan clears his front leg and thrashes it off the cue end over mid-off. Off the mark with a boundary...

Ngarava to Sahibzada Farhan, no run, Ngarava continues to bowl it short and Farhan is happy to check his punch into the covers

Ngarava to Sahibzada Farhan, no run, 134ks back of a length on and around off, Farhan hangs back and taps it into the off-side

Ngarava to Sahibzada Farhan, no run, seaming away from a length at 132ks outside off, Farhan is all hands on the cut and gets beaten on the outside edge

Ngarava to Sahibzada Farhan, no run, short of length outside off stump, Farhan hangs back and punches into the off-side