Top: Pakistan team return happy after winning first test - below: Saeed Ajmal rejoices a wicket (left) - Younis Khan plays century strokes (right) - Photos(Cricinfo)
The first test was a disaster for Zimbabwe as they lost fifteen wickets to Saeed Ajmal and Abdur Rehman. For the hosts, this was too much - facing high-quality spinners. And it is the same venue and same spinners that the hosts will again be facing from today on.
Pakistan's Younis Khan who scored an impressive century in the first test is 48 short of becoming the fourth Pakistan batsman to reach 7000 Test runs, after Javed Miandad, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Yousuf. This test certainly provide him that window of opportunity to realise the 7000 mark.
The likely opposing squads are as under for today's match:
Zimbabwe:
BRM Taylor*†, H Masakadza, RW Chakabva, TL Chatara, E Chigumbura, SW Masakadza, TMK Mawoyo, N Mushangwe, R Mutumbami†, T Panyangara, V Sibanda, Sikandar Raza, P Utseya, BV Vitori, MN Waller
Pakistan:
Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdur Rehman, Adnan Akmal†, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Ehsan Adil, Faisal Iqbal, Junaid Khan, Khurram Manzoor, Mohammad Hafeez, Rahat Ali, Saeed Ajmal, Shan Masood, Wahab Riaz, Younis Khan
Umpires SJ Davis and REJ Martinesz
The match is scheduled to begin from 10-14 September daily at 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT) at Harare Sports Club.
If you are one of the fans located at different destination and miss the chance to visit the stadium to watch your favourite team, You can now watch the match live on your laptop or desktop computer, FREE, provided you have an internet connection, from the links given below:
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