Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

Shan Masood
Shan Masood
44(38) 3x4 - 0x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 12 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
4 13 6 1 7 3 4 6
SC Williams
SC Williams
31(28) 3x4 - 0x6
Control %60%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 7 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
0 5 0 6 8 2 4 6

Best performances - Bowlers

Mohammad Wasim(1)
Mohammad Wasim(1)
O4
M0
R24
W4
Eco6.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Shadab Khan
Shadab Khan
O4
M0
R23
W3
Eco5.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: @PeterDellaPenna

END OF OVER:
20 | 9 Runs 2 Wkts | PAK: 129/8 (2 runs required, RR: 6.45)

  • Mohammad Wasim12 (13b)
  • Brad Evans4-0-25-2
  • Richard Ngarava4-0-24-0

10.38 pm Raza tackles Evans with a hug that brings them both to the turf. Zimbabwe goes bonkers on the field and there's wild cheers from a strong Zimbabwean contingent in the stands. The Zimbabwean squad does a mini-lap of honor high-fiving the healthy contingent of fans who have come out to support them.

Player of the Match is Sikandar Raza: "I think I'm lost for words. My throat's dry, probably because of all the emotions. I can't tell you how proud I am of this bunch of boys. The way our seamers started at the top as well is just unbelievable and the way we backed it up in the field and the way we kept believing, I don't think there's any words I can share right now. [On wrist tapping signal to Craig Ervine] When we were coming to Australia, I said to my captain, 'If you become Man of the Match, pick any watch from the catalogue and I'll buy you. But if I win Man of the Match, then you're gonna buy me one. So I'm just reminding him that you now owe me three watches now actually. One more thing I thought. There was a small clip sent to me this morning of Ricky Ponting having a small word. I was excited, I was nervous, I was thrilled about today. The motivation was always there but if I needed a little push, I thought that clip did a wonder so thanks very much to Ricky as well."

So Raza takes 3 wickets and also is center stage with the final ball runout relay to secure a famous Zimbabwe win, very deserved winner of the Player of the Match award.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam: "Very disappointing performance in my team. We were not up to the mark in the batting. We had a bad first six overs, but Shadab and Shan built a partnership but unfortunately Shadab out and then back to back wickets and pressure built on the batting. First six overs we are not using the new ball good. Later on we finished well. We'll sit together and learn from our mistakes and come back hard next match."

Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine: "It's so special. Especially for the work that we did to get into the Super 12s and we didn't want our tournament to end there. We wanted to come in and play some really good cricket against some top teams and I thought we did that exceptionally well today. I thought after our batting performance, we thought that we were maybe 20 or 25 short. But our seamers hit their straps early on and there was just a little bit more in the wicket compared to when we started off. Raza came to the party as he always does and picked up a few crucial wickets in the middle there. [On the promise about the watches to Raza] I think he's got three Man of the Matches so I'm gonna be broke by the time we get home. I just want to say thanks to the Zim support that came out today to support us. You guys really lift our spirits wherever we go so a special thanks."

Well, Pakistan's semi-final hopes are now hanging on by a thread. Zimbabwe meanwhile are suddenly in a promising position with three points from two matches and three left to play against Netherlands, Bangladesh and India. You never know...

That'll do it for our live coverage from today's tripleheader. On behalf of my commentary partner Andrew Miller, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!

19.6
W
Evans to Shaheen Shah Afridi, 1 run, OUT, Chakabva fumbles the relay but still recovers in time to get the bails off at the striker's end to deny the game-tying run! Zimbabwe win by one run! Full on fifth stump, driven to long-on. The fielder is Raza who was standing 10 yards in to begin with to deny a second and the ploy works. Raza charges in and collects on the edge of the 30-yard circle fires a one-bounce throw to the striker's end - Wasim took an enormous head start at the non-striker's end so throwing to the bowler was futile - Chakabva fumbles in nervous fashion initially but recovers to pick the ball up and get the bails off with Shaheen's dive a yard short.

Shaheen Shah Afridi run out 1 (3m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

Shaheen to face it.

Pakistan's win percentage was 98% before that delivery but still stands at 60% according to the ESPNcricinfo win predictor heading into the final ball now with 3 off 1 needed. Super over is on the cards as a possibility too.

19.5
W
Evans to Mohammad Nawaz, OUT, length ball on fifth stump, Nawaz tries to muscles this over mid-off but skews it to the fielder on the ring! Basic catch reaching up at head height.

Mohammad Nawaz (3) c Ervine b Evans 22 (36m 18b 1x4 1x6) SR: 122.22

19.4
0
Evans to Mohammad Nawaz, no run, length ball on fourth stump, Nawaz backs away to cut and misses.
19.3
1
Evans to Mohammad Wasim, 1 run, slower ball again lands back of a length this time on fifth stump, flat-batted over Evans with a leaping effort and it's stopped with a sliding effort at mid-off to keep it to one.
19.2
4
Evans to Mohammad Wasim, FOUR, back of the hand slower ball doesn't fool Wasim one bit! Lands in the slot on off stump and Wasim pulverizes it flat over mid-off to the rope.

Pakistan win % has gone from 52 to 89% after that 3 on the first ball on the ESPNcricinfo win predictor.

19.1
3
Evans to Mohammad Nawaz, 3 runs, half-volley on fifth stump, shovels a drive high and wide of mid-off and extra cover. It teases the fielders to the rope before being slapped back by Ervine. Evans went for yorker and got the length fractionally wrong, cost him significantly.

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st13Mohammad RizwanBabar Azam
2nd10Shan MasoodMohammad Rizwan
3rd13Shan MasoodIftikhar Ahmed
4th52Shan MasoodShadab Khan
5th0Shan MasoodHaider Ali
6th6Shan MasoodMohammad Nawaz (3)
7th34Mohammad Nawaz (3)Mohammad Wasim (1)
8th1Shaheen Shah AfridiMohammad Wasim (1)

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

First Round Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL32140.667
NED3214-0.162
NAM31220.73
UAE3122-1.235
First Round Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM32140.2
IRE32140.105
SCOT31220.304
WI3122-0.563
Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
NZ53172.113
ENG53170.473
AUS5317-0.173
SL5234-0.422
IRE5133-1.615
AFG5032-0.571
Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND54181.319
PAK53261.028
SA52250.874
NED5234-0.849
BAN5234-1.176
ZIM5133-1.138