Zimbabwe's shock win in the aboriginal ODI was their aboriginal adjoin Pakistan in 15 years, but now the abandoned aggregation has a adventitious to go one bigger - a win in one of the actual two matches will accord Zimbabwe their aboriginal mutual alternation win adjoin a top ancillary aback assault New Zealand 2-1, 12 years ago. The win on Tuesday gave Zimbabwe a adventitious to bless amidst the gloom; a alternation win would inject some much-needed faith.
Zimbabwe drillmaster Andy Waller said the success was the bake-apple of two months of harder work, during which the aggregation has attempted to fine-tune its bold plan of the top adjustment authoritative abiding they lay the belvedere for the stroke-makers in the average order. The address in which the top three handled the hunt in the aboriginal allotment exemplified the team's methods and Zimbabwe will pin their hopes on the three to do the aforementioned at atomic one added time.
The batting plan has seemed to plan in the endure few matches and the bowling has been abiding for the conditions, but Zimbabwe charge to focus some absorption on the fielding. Once one of the best fielding sides, Zimbabwe's fielding has addle away. Had they taken all the affairs that came their way on Tuesday, they could accept belted Pakistan to an even lower score. Waller said that one of his goals is to yield Zimbabwe's fielding to the akin it acclimated to be in the '90s and the aggregation is alive harder appear it, but poor performances during the matches cull the aggregation back.
Pakistan (possible) 1 Nasir Jamshed, 2 Ahmed Shehzad, 3 Mohammad Hafeez, 4 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 5 Umar Amin, 6 Shahid Afridi, 7 Haris Sohail/Abdur Rehman, 8 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 9 Saeed Ajmal, 10 Junaid Khan, 11 Mohammad Irfan
Zimbabwe (possible): 1 Vusi Sibanda, 2 Hamilton Masakadza, 3 Brendan Taylor (capt & wk), 4 Timycen Maruma , 5 Malcolm Waller, 6 Sean Williams, 7 Elton Chigumbura, 8 Tendai Chatara, 9 Prosper Utseya, 10 Brian Vitori, 11 Tinashe Panyangara
