Shehzad 98 sets up series win for Pak
Ahmed Shehzad hit the highest international Twenty20 score by a Pakistan player to lead his country to a second win in two days over Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on Saturday.
Shehzad smashed 98 to follow on from his 70 on Friday which had set Pakistan up for a 25-run victory in the first game of the tour.
On Saturday, he followed that up with 98 not out as the tourists clinched a 19-run win and 2-0 series sweep.
In reply, Zimbabwe raced to 44 without loss in the first five overs.
However, the introduction of the spinners saw the home side strangled as the next five overs yielded just 21 runs for the loss of Vusi Sibanda and captain Brendan Taylor.
Both batsmen fell to Hafeez, who then had Hamilton Masakadza caught in the deep for 41 to finish with figures of 3 for 30.
Once Zulfiqar Babar had removed both Sean Williams and Timycen Maruma in the following over, Zimbabwe’s chase was dead in the water as they were left needing 71 from the final five overs.
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