RAWALPINDI – A heroic century by Brendan Taylor went in vain as Pakistanwon the first match of the three-match ODI series that is a part of the ICCMen’s Cricket World Cup Super League at the Pindi Cricket Stadium,Rawalpindi on Friday evening against Zimbabwe by 26 runs. Left-armersShaheen Shah Afridi and Wahab Riaz took nine wickets between them tospearhead Pakistan’s victory.
The win earned Pakistan 10 super league points, this was the first superleague match for both teams.
Brendan Taylor scored the 11th century of his ODI career but failed to gethis side over the line in what turned out to be a thrilling firstencounter. The 34-year-old right-hander hit 11 fours and three sixes in hissparking 112-run innings off 117 balls. He became in-form fast bowlerShaheen Shah Afridi’s third victim as Zimbabwe’s 281-run chase fell awaywith his dismissal.
Shaheen added two more wickets to his tally to end the match with figuresof 10-0-49-5, the second five-wicket haul of his 20-match ODI career.
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Zimbabwe were rocked back in their 281-run chase with Afridi accounting forthe two openers Brian Chari (2) and captain Chamu Chibhabha (13) in ahostile opening five-over spell that earned him two for 21.
