After losing two T20Is, Zimbabwe stunned rather over confident Pakistan team by winning the first ODI. Although Pakistan fought back in the second ODI, the decision hangs in balance as both teams have won one ODI each.
So far the Zimbabwe team has put much pressure on Pakistan bowlers, specially Saeed Ajmal and Shahid Afridi who despite good bowling recortd are finding it hard to tackle the hosts. Unless Pakistani bowlers strike hard and its batsmen play responsibly, tides may tilt in Zimbabwe's favour today.
However, Zimbabwe team is in chaos over payement of dues. They aborted a trraining session on Friday over unpaid salaries. And the players have extended to Monday a deadline for Zimbabwe Cricket to clear their dues, which could yet put a cloud over the two-Test series that begins on Tuesday.
The likely opposing squads are as under for today's match:
Zimbabwe squad
BRM Taylor*†, TL Chatara, E Chigumbura, MT Chinouya, T Maruma, H Masakadza, SW Masakadza, TMK Mawoyo, N Mushangwe, TC Mutombodzi, R Mutumbami, T Panyangara, V Sibanda, Sikandar Raza, P Utseya, BV Vitori, MN Waller, SC Williams
Pakistan squad
Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdur Rehman, Ahmed Shehzad, Anwar Ali, Asad Ali, Asad Shafiq, Haris Sohail, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Nasir Jamshed, Saeed Ajmal, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi, Umar Amin
Umpires RK Illingworth and TJ Matibiri
The match is scheduled to begin at Harare Sports Club 31 August 2013 at 09:30 local time (07:30 GMT)
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