Sikandar Raza to Abdullah Shafique, Just short on the off stump. Abdullah Shafique stays back and taps it back to the bowler.
Sikandar Raza returns to the attack, replacing Blessing Muzarabani.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Left alone outside the off stump, for the wicketkeeper to collect. End of a fruitful over for Pakistan. 10 runs off it.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Much fuller on the off stump. Saim Ayub tucks it straight to mid off.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, FOUR! SHOT! Pulled away again! Richard Ngarava tries another short delivery at the batter but does not get the bounce he was expecting. Saim Ayub sets back in the crease and pulls it away along the ground and gets a boundary from the deep square leg area.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Just short on top of the off stump. Saim Ayub stays back and knocks it off well.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Good length on top of the off stump. Saim Ayub blocks it off the front foot to covers.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, SIX! SHOT! Saim Ayub says to his batting partner, what you can do I can do too! Richard Ngarava drops the length just short and Saim Ayub picks it up early and pulls it up and over mid-wicket for a huge six. Second in two overs for Pakistan.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Much fuller on off. Abdullah Shafique drives the ball straight to mid off to end the over.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, SIX! BANG! Asking to be hit and Shafique obliges! Blessing Muzarabani drops the length short at the batter and Abdullah Shafique stands ready and pulls it away, with ease, up and over mid-wicket for a flat maximum. First of the innings from Abdullah Shafique and Pakistan.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Hits the hard length just outside off. Abdullah Shafique stays on the crease and drops the ball down towards covers.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Much fuller on the stumps. Abdullah Shafique offers a good front foot block.
Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, Drops the length again outside off. Saim Ayub slaps it to deep backward point and runs a single.
Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, Just short outside off. Saim Ayub taps it straight to point.
Richard Ngarava to Abdullah Shafique, Well directed bumper at the batter with pace. Abdullah Shafique ducks down and ends the over.
Richard Ngarava to Abdullah Shafique, Hits the length hard on top of off. Abdullah Shafique tucks it straight to mid off from the crease.
Richard Ngarava to Abdullah Shafique, FOUR! Too full and easy pickings for Abdullah Shafique! Richard Ngarava runs in from over the wicket and pitches the ball up outside off. Abdullah Shafique takes the front foot out and drives the ball well, beating covers to his right and the ball races away to the boundary line.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, On the good length on top of the stumps. Saim Ayub stays on the crease and drops the ball to the right of mid-wicket and runs a quick single. Good running by the batters.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Play and a miss! Bangs it short just outside off. Saim Ayub looks to slash the ball hard but misses it completely.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Fuller on the off stump. Saim Ayub looks to play the cover drive but mistimes it straight to covers.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Pitches the ball much fuller on the stumps. Abdullah Shafique drives it straight but is fielded by the bowler to end the over.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Length ball on top of off. Abdullah Shafique tucks it straight to covers from the crease.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Drops the length back outside off. Abdullah Shafique looks to punch it off the crease but misses.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Length ball on the off stump. Abdullah Shafique blocks it off the front foot back to the bowler.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, FOUR! SHOT! Too full and punished! Blessing Muzarabani, who misses his length and pitches the ball up on the off stump, is looking for some swing to offer. Abdullah Shafique takes the front stride out and punches the ball straight back, beating mid off to his right and the ball runs away to the boundary line.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Drops the ball short at the batter on his body. Abdullah Shafique gets back in the crease and flicks the ball in front of fine leg for a couple of runs.
Richard Ngarava to Abdullah Shafique, Finally, Abdullah Shafique is off the mark! Length ball outside off and Abdullah Shafique drives it off the front foot to the right of covers and sets off for a single to open his account and end the over.
Richard Ngarava to Abdullah Shafique, Much fuller on the off stump from over the wicket angle to the right-hander. Abdullah Shafique looks to punch it straight but gets a thick outside edge towards point.
Richard Ngarava to Abdullah Shafique, Length ball on top of off. Abdullah Shafique drops it down from the crease under his eyes.
We probably would have bowled first. It has been quite hard to read the conditions. There was not a lot of cricket played in the last game, so the pitch won't change too much. It is always going to be a mental game, what happened on Tuesday is in the past and you don't want to dwelve on that too much. We haven't beaten Pakistan in an ODI series, it is an amazing opportunity to create a bit of history. We have two changes.
We are going to bat first. The pitch is same as the last game and it might become difficult in the second innings. The way we are giving chances to young talent.. We have an eye on the Champions Trophy. We are going with the same team.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Holds the length back outside off. Saim Ayub taps it to deep backward point on the boundary and runs a single.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Left alone outside off from Saim Ayub. Length ball from Richard Ngarava going across the batter.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Runs in from over the wicket and pitches the ball up outside off. Saim Ayub drives it off the front foot straight to covers.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, Just short on the stumps this time. Abdullah Shafique drops it down on the crease from the back foot and ends the over.
Blessing Muzarabani to Abdullah Shafique, BEATEN! Blessing Muzarabani holds the length back on top of the fourth stump. Abdullah Shafique looks to play the back foot defence but the ball zips past the outside edge.
Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, Holds the length back on the stumps. Saim Ayub punches it towards mid off and runs a single.
Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, Good length outside off. Saim Ayub sees it through after covering the line of the stumps.
Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, FOUR! EFFORTLESS! Blessing Muzarabani drops the length back at the left-hander with the square leg inside the circle and Saim Ayub gets back in the crease and pulls the ball all along the ground, timing it to perfection and beating square leg to his left for the first boundary of the inning.
Blessing Muzarabani to Saim Ayub, Starts off fuller on the off stump. Saim Ayub plays a good looking drive but straight to mid off.
Just the one over for Raza in his opening spell. He is replaced by Blessing Muzarabani.
Richard Ngarava to Abdullah Shafique, On the good length on top of off. Abdullah Shafique takes a small foot out and pushes the ball back to the bowler to end the over.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Hits the length hard outside off. Saim Ayub punches the ball to the right of mid off and runs a comfortable single.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, Touch fuller on the off stump. Saim Ayub connects with the drive time but is straight to point.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, BEATEN! Swinging away from the left-hander early in the day from a fuller length outside off. Saim Ayub looks to play a cover drive but is convincingly beaten on the outside edge.
Richard Ngarava to Saim Ayub, On the length outside off. Saim Ayub sees it through from the crease.