T20 World Cup: Zimbabve beat Pakistan

In T20 World Cup 2022 , Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by a single run at Perth on Thursday.It was another slim defeat for the Green Shirts, who had lost their tournament opener to India on Sunday in the final over. Set a target of just 131, Pakistan were in control at 88-3 in 14th over when all hell broke loose and they finished at 129-8 at the end of their 20 overs.Despite the mini-meltdown in the final quarter of their innings, Pakistan were still in the driving seat at various points, including the final over when seven runs off the first two balls meant they only needed four off as many balls. A dot ball following a single made Mohammad Nawaz take risk, which did not pay off and his uppish, mistimed shot was grabbed. It meant that with Shaheen Afridi on the strikes, three were needed for a win and two for a tie. Afridi’s shot off the final ball was in the direction of the long-on fielder and good enough for just a single. The suicidal dash for the double that was never there was attempted but it was not to be found despite a series of fumbles by the Zimbabwe keeper on the batting end.

Shahid Afridi, Jofra Archer and Wasim Akram were among the cricketing greats to share their thoughts following Zimbabwe's thrilling victory over Pakistan at the #T20WorldCup

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Earlier, Zimbabwe elected to bat first and Wesley Madhevere and skipper Craig Ervine used the pace of Pakistan’s seamers to good effect with a string of boundaries in a 42-run stand. Zimbabwe lost four wickets on 95 — Williams, Chakabva, Raza and Luke Jongwe — before Evans took his team past the 120-run mark. Evans became Wasim’s fourth wicket in the final over, gone for 19.

Meanwhile on Thursday, Zimbabve, India and South Africa win their matches

Zimbabwe shock Pakistan
South Africa dominate Bangladesh
India cruise to victory over the Netherlands

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