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Thursday 15 September 2011

zim want break pak team in 1st t20


Harare: As the final leg of Pakistan's tour of Zimbabwe begins on Friday, both sides will approach the first of two Twenty20 Internationals in Harare with different ambitions.
Zimbabwe have lost the preceding one-off Test and three-match one-day series to Pakistan, and will be desperate to turn things around in the shortest format of the game. Meanwhile, Pakistan will continue to use the games to give their unproven players further experience.
History does not bode well for Zimbabwe, their recent losses to Pakistan apart. Zimbabwe have won just three of the 14 T20s they have played, with Pakistan winning the one and only such match between the two sides by seven wickets in October 2008. In fact, the African side has very little experience in the T20 format, having played their last international match nearly a year ago, in October 2010.
Perhaps surprisingly, Zimbabwe acquitted themselves rather well in the one-off Test, notwithstanding the eventual defeat. However, despite threatening briefly, they were outplayed in all departments of the game by Pakistan in the ODI series.
Zimbabwe squad: Brendan Taylor (c), Regis Chakabva, Vusi Sibanda, Chamu Chibhabha, Charles Coventry, Hamilton Masakadza, Tatenda Taibu (wk), Malcolm Waller, Elton Chigumbura, Prosper Utseya, Ray Price, Kyle Jarvis, Chris Mpofu, Brian Vitori, Cephas Zhuwao.
Pakistan squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Mohammad Hafeez, Taufeeq Umar, Imran Farhat, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Rameez Raja, Shoaib Malik, Adnan Akmal (wk), Saeed Ajmal, Yasir Shah, Sohail Tanvir, Sohail Khan, Junaid Khan, Aizaz Cheema.

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