Zim vs Pak: Zim 245-4 at stumps on Day 1

Bulawayo: Tino Mawoyo batted through the opening day of his second ever Test for 82 not out to lead Zimbabwe to 245-4 against Pakistan at stumps in the one-off Test at Queens Sports Club on Thursday.
Mawoyo faced 273 balls and smashed 10 boundaries in a composed innings in which he ran well between the wickets with his partners, found the gaps and rotated the strike well.
Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal claimed 3-75 off 29 overs to help Pakistan slow down the host's momentum on a spin-friendly pitch.
Mawoyo and fellow opener Vusi Sibanda gave Zimbabwe a solid start, with a 71-run stand before Sibanda, who scored 45 with some superb pull shots, was stumped by wicketkeeper Adnan Ajmal four overs before the lunch break.
After lunch, Saeed clean bowled Hamilton Masakadza for 11 after the Zimbabwean mistimed a straight delivery, and trapped captain Brendan Taylor plum in front on 10 to leave Zimbabwe on 111-3 and feed Pakistan some hope.
But Mawoyo and former captain Tatenda Taibu put on 65 for the fourth wicket until Taibu, on 44, edged behind to give Sohail Khan his first Test wicket.
Mawoyo and Craig Ervine, both playing in their second Tests, batted with maturity to stumps in a 69-run stand to give the host a relatively good start.

Ervine was 38 not out.