Abid Ali breaks Younis Khan’s 8-year-old record in Zimbabwe
By ANI| Posted by Mansoor | Published: 9th May 2021 3:15 pm IST Abid Ali
Harare: Abid Ali on Saturday broke former skipper Younis Khan’s eight-year-old record of the highest score by a Pakistan batsman in Zimbabwe in the longest format of the game.
Abid (215) scored Pakistan’s best Test score at Harare while Nauman Ali smashed five sixes in his 104-ball 97 knock as the visitors dominated the second day of the ongoing second Test against Zimbabwe .
Abid’s maiden Test double ton is now the highest score by a Pakistan player in Zimbabwe. Former Pakistan skipper Younis had scored an unbeaten 200 in Zimbabwe in 2013 while Mohammad Wasim’s 192 in 1998 in Harare stands third on the list.
Pakistan bowler Nauman Ali, who whacked five sixes against Zimbabwe on Saturday, had worked on his batting skills after the conclusion of the South Africa serie
Pakistan were in firm grip of the second and final Test against Zimbabwe after Abid Ali registered an unbeaten double-century before the touring bowlers accounted for four host batsmen in the evening session of Day 2 at the Harare Sports Club .
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May 1, 2021
HARARE: Fawad Alam notched his fourth Test hundred as Pakistan built an imposing first innings lead over Zimbabwe on the second day of the first Test in Harare on Friday.
Alam’s unbeaten 108, along with Imran Butt’s painstaking 91 earlier in the day, guided Pakistan to 374-6 at the close, giving them a lead of 198 over Zimbabwe’s first innings total of 176.
Hasan Ali was the other unbeaten batsman with 21 on a day that saw the Pakistan batsmen struggling in the morning they scored just 59 from 32 overs before accelerating in the next two sessions.
Alam drove Zimbabwe seamer Donald Tiripano for two consecutive boundaries to race from 93 to his century, having remarkably converted each of his Test fifties into three figures.
HARARE: Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan is cleaned up by Zimbabwe pacer Blessing Muzarabani during the first Test at the Harare Sports Club on Friday. Courtesy Zimbabwe Cricket
HARARE: Fawad Alam notched his fourth Test hundred as Pakistan built an imposing first innings lead over Zimbabwe on the second day of the first Test in Harare on Friday.
Fawad’s unbeaten 108, along with opener Imran Butt’s painstaking 91 earlier in the day, guided Pakistan to 374-6 at the close, giving them a lead of 198 over Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club.
Hasan Ali was the other unbeaten batsman with 21 on a day that saw the Pakistan batsmen struggling in the morning they scored just 59 from 32 overs before accelerating in the next two sessions.