In their first meeting in a Test match since 2013, Pakistan dominated the opening day after Shaheen Afridi and Hasan Ali picked up 4 wickets each to restrict Zimbabwe to 176 in their first innings at the Harare Sports Club on Thursday.
1st Test: Pakistan in command after seamers Afridi, Ali hurt Zimbabwe on Day 1 (AFP Photo)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Zimbabwe were bowled out for 176 in their first innings on Thursday
- Hasan Ali and Shaheen Afridi picked up 4 wickets each in Harare
- Zimbabwe and Pakistan are meeting in a Test for the 1st time since 2013
Pakistan ended Day 1 of their first Test against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on Thursday as they reached the close of play at 103 for 0 after bowling out the hosts for 176 in their first innings. Pacers Shaheen Afridi and Hasan Ali picked up 4 wickets each to run through the Zimbabwe batting unit.
Openers Abid Ali (56 not out) and Imran Butt (43 not out) looked assured on a placid wicket and will seek to give their side a big first-innings lead when play resumes on the second day.
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat, handing debuts to seamer Richard Ngarava, and middle-order batsmen Roy Kaia and Milton Shumba. Pakistan selected unorthodox off-spinner Sajid Khan for his first Test cap, though he went wicketless through the first innings.
Zimbabwe were teetering at 30 for four after an early blitz with the new ball from Shaheen (4-43) and Hasan (4-53), but a 59-run stand for the fifth wicket between innings top scorer Kaia (48) and Shumba (27) steadied the home side.
It was broken by a needless run out of the latter and Zimbabwe lost wickets at steady intervals thereafter.
The teams are meeting in Tests for the first time since 2013, when Zimbabwe claimed the last of their three wins in 17 previous clashes. Pakistan have 10 victories. (With Reuters Inputs)
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