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

Brad Evans to Nawaz, 1 run, good length on off, Nawaz heaves it off the inside half to the right of mid-wicket

Brad Evans to Usman Khan, 1 run, makes room and cuts the length delivery wide of backward point

Brad Evans to Usman Khan, FOUR, a fumble at backward point! It's going bad to worse for Zimbabwe. Usman Khan cuts and Cremer fumbles on the dive to his right, allowing the ball to sneak past him to the deep backward point fence...

Brad Evans to Nawaz, no ball, 1 run, high full toss wide of off stump and it's been slogged away to deep mid-wicket. Called a no ball for height and Pakistan will look to pounce on the freehit now

Brad Evans to Nawaz, 2 runs, dropped. Nawaz pulls the length ball high into the night sky and Bennett drops a relatively easy catch at deep mid-wicket. He did well to run across to his left and get in line with the ball, but looked a uncertain in his approach - whether to go for the orthodox one or the reverse cup...

Brad Evans to Usman Khan, 1 run, shimmies down the wicket and drills the full delivery to the right of long-off

Brad Evans to Nawaz, 1 run, slower short ball outside off, Nawaz mistimes the heave to the right of long-on

Brad Evans to Nawaz, no run, slower full delivery down the leg-side, Nawaz decides to play the lap shot and misses. Done for lack of pace...

Brad Evans to Nawaz, SIX, that is a killer blow from Mohammad Nawaz. He has this gifted ability to hit big sixes. Length ball sat up in the zone outside off, he holds his shape and marmalizes it over wide long-on for a 89-metre maximum

Brad Evans to Usman Khan, 1 run, 127ks back of a length outside off, Usman Khan looks to cut and gets it off the inside edge towards backward point

Brad Evans to Nawaz, 1 run, taps the length delivery to the right of cover and gets off the mark with a single

Brad Evans to Nawaz, no run, goes wide of the crease and bowls it on a length just outside off, Nawaz pushes it to the right of cover and thinks of a quick single, sent back!

Brad Evans to Usman Khan, 1 run, picks the length ball off the pads and clips it away to the right of deep square leg

Brad Evans to Saim Ayub, 1 run, drop-and-run single into the off-side. Excellent over that for Zimbabwe - 2 runs and 2 wickets.

Brad Evans to Salman Agha, 1 run, short of length on leg stump, Salman Agha gets off the mark with a flick square on the leg-side

Brad Evans to Babar Azam, out Lbw!! Third duck in his last 6 T20I innings for Babar Azam. Not the kind of stat he would want to look back on. Brad Evans went wide of the crease and got the ball to seam back into the right-hander, Babar Azam was rooted to the crease and wanted to push it back to the bowler. The ball shapes past the inside edge and hits him low on the back pad in front of leg stump. Only good thing for Pakistan is that they haven't lost a review. Babar Azam lbw b Brad Evans 0(3)

Brad Evans to Babar Azam, no run, back of a length outside off, Babar mistimes the punch to the left of cover

Brad Evans to Babar Azam, no run, that is some welcome to Babar Azam. Shapes in and straightens away late just outside off, taking it past the poking blade of Babar

Brad Evans to Sahibzada Farhan, out Bowled!! Timber. Smashes the top of middle peg. Skiddy short of length delivery that curls in slightly to sneak through the bat-pad gate of Sahibzada Farhan. He was very reluctant to use his feet from the onset and paid the ultimate price for it. Wanted to punch, but no dice. Sahibzada Farhan b Brad Evans 16(15) [4s-3]

Brad Evans to Saim Ayub, no run, hint of width this time around and Ayub;s mistimed cut finds backward point

Brad Evans to Saim Ayub, no run, almost an action repeat of the previous delivery. Shapes in and tails away ever so slightly in the corridor outside off to whistle past the outside edge

Brad Evans to Saim Ayub, no run, that is an absolute bonzer from Brad Evans. Angled in and straightens at the last moment in the corridor of uncertainty, turns Ayub into a 'S' and rips it past the outside edge

Brad Evans to Saim Ayub, 2 runs, 133ks short and wide of off, Ayub cuts and gets it to the left of third man. A diving stop by the fielder there helps prevent the boundary

Brad Evans to Saim Ayub, no run, pitched up in the channel outside off, Ayub drives and picks out the fielder at mid-off

Brad Evans to Sahibzada Farhan, 1 run, Brad Evans got away with one there. A half-volley down the leg-side, Farhan throws his hands on the slog and the lack of pace on the delivery helps him skew it off the inside edge towards deep square