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Pakistani cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2020–21
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The Pakistan cricket team toured Zimbabwe in April and May 2021 to play two Tests and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2][3] The tour of Zimbabwe followed on from Pakistan's tour of South Africa.[4][5] On 28 March 2021, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the tour itinerary,[6] with all the matches being played behind closed doors in Harare.[7]
Pakistan won the first T20I match by eleven runs,[8] with Zimbabwe winning the second match by nineteen runs to level the series.[9] It was Zimbabwe's first win against Pakistan in T20Is in sixteen attempts,[10] and their first win in a home T20I match since beating India in June 2016.[11] Pakistan won the third T20I match by 24 runs to win the series 2–1.[12]
Pakistan won the first Test match inside three days,[13] beating Zimbabwe by an innings and 116 runs.[14] Pakistan won the second match by an innings and 147 runs to win the series 2–0.[15]
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Pakistan's Shadab Khan injured his toe during the second One Day International (ODI) against South Africa and was ruled out of T20I matches against Zimbabwe.[20] Zahid Mahmood was named as Shadab Khan's replacement for the T20I matches.[21] However, Zahid Mahmood would later rule himself out of the T20I matches, due to the anxiety of flying alone.[22] Fakhar Zaman was also added to Pakistan's T20I squad.[23]
Sean Williams was named as Zimbabwe's captain for the T20I matches,[24] after their regular captain Chamu Chibhabha was still recovering from a thigh injury.[25] Tarisai Musakanda, Ainsley Ndlovu and Brad Evans were also named as standby players for Zimbabwe's T20I matches.[26] Craig Ervine was ruled out of Zimbabwe's squad for the last two T20Is, after suffering an injury in the first match.[27] Tarisai Musakanda was named as Ervine's replacement.[28] Joylord Gumbie and Takudzwanashe Kaitano were both named as standby players for Zimbabwe's Test matches.[29] Ultimately, Sean Williams only captained Zimbabwe for the first and third T20Is, after suffering an injury, with Brendan Taylor leading the team in the second T20I and the Test series.[30] Wesley Madhevere was added to Zimbabwe's squad for the second Test.[31]
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T20I series
1st T20I
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Tadiwanashe Marumani (Zim) and Danish Aziz (Pak) both made their T20I debuts.
2nd T20I
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Arshad Iqbal (Pak) made his T20I debut.
- This was Zimbabwe's first win against Pakistan in T20Is.[32]
3rd T20I
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Babar Azam (Pak) became the fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to score 2,000 runs in T20Is (52).[33]
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Test series
1st Test
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Roy Kaia, Richard Ngarava, Milton Shumba (Zim) and Sajid Khan (Pak) all made their Test debuts.
- Langton Rusere (Zim) became the first black African umpire to stand in a Test.[34]
- Shaheen Afridi (Pak) took his 50th wicket in Tests.[35]
- Hasan Ali (Pak) took his 50th wicket in Tests.[36]
2nd Test
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Luke Jongwe (Zim) and Tabish Khan (Pak) both made their Test debuts.
- Abid Ali (Pak) scored his first double century in Tests.[37]
- Hasan Ali, Nauman Ali and Shaheen Afridi each took a five-wicket haul, the first time that three bowlers for Pakistan had done so in the same Test.[38]
Notes
- Brendan Taylor captained Zimbabwe for the second T20I.
- While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the first Test reached a result in three days, and the second Test reached a result in four days.
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