Zimbabwean cricket team in Pakistan in 1993–94

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The Zimbabwe national cricket team toured Pakistan from November to December 1993 and played in three cricket tests in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Lahore and three One Day Internationals (ODI) at the same venues. The Zimbabwe team across the tour was captained by Andy Flower while for Pakistan it was Waqar Younis. [1]

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Before the tour, Zimbabwe played in a tour match against the Bank of Khyber eleven which ended in a draw. In the test series, Pakistan would win the first two tests by 131 and 52 runs respectively to win the series 2–0 with the third test being a draw. Zimbabwean batsman Alistair Campbell being the leading run scorer of the series with 205 runs while Waqar Younis from Pakistan was the leading wicket taker of the series with 27 wickets for the series. [2]

After the test series, the team played in three ODI's all at the same venues as the test series with Pakistan winning the respective matches by 7 wickets, 6 wickets and 75 runs respectively.

Test series summary

1st Test

1–6 December 1993
(5-day match)
Scorecard
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423/8d (155 overs)
Shoaib Mohammad 81 (218)
EA Brandes 3/106 (35 overs)
289 (116.1 overs)
A Flower 63 (147)
Waqar Younis 7/91 (34.1 overs)
131/3d (26 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 57* (76)
EA Brandes 1/59 (13 overs)
134 (62.5 overs)
GW Flower 25 (87)
Waqar Younis 6/44 (21.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 131 runs
Defence Housing Authority Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Mahboob Shah (PAK) and Shakeel Khan (PAK)
Player of the match: Waqar Younis (PAK)

2nd Test

9–14 December 1993
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
245 (110.2 overs)
Asif Mujtaba 54* (222)
DH Brain 4/41 (32 overs)
254 (74 overs)
MH Dekker 68 (160)
Waqar Younis 5/88 (19 overs)
248 (101.3 overs)
Rashid Latif 61 (111)
HH Streak 5/56 (20.3 overs)
187 (62.2 overs)
ADR Campbell 75 (144)
Wasim Akram 5/65 (23.2 overs)
Pakistan won by 52 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Javed Akhtar (PAK) and Shakoor Rana (PAK)
Player of the match: Waqar Younis (PAK)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • 12 December was taken as a rest day.
  • Ashfaq Ahmed (PAK) made his Test debut.

3rd Test

16–21 December 1993
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
147 (51.4 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 33 (54)
DH Brain 5/42 (15 overs)
230 (84.4 overs)
A Flower 62* (150)
Waqar Younis 5/100 (34.4 overs)
174/1 (82 overs)
Asif Mujtaba 65* (162)
DH Brain 1/28 (14 overs)
Match drawn
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Athar Zaidi (PAK) and Khizer Hayat (PAK)
Player of the match: DH Brain (ZIM)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • 19 December was taken as a rest day.
  • WR James (ZIM) made his Test debut.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

1st ODI

24 December 1993
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
143 (38 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
147/3 (33.5 overs)
DL Houghton 52 (75)
Wasim Akram 5/15 (7 overs)
Saeed Anwar 68 (84)
HH Streak 2/15 (8 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Amanullah Khan and Feroze Butt
Player of the match: Wasim Akram (PAK)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

25 December 1993
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
195/5 (40 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
196/4 (39.4 overs)
ADR Campbell 74 (106)
Wasim Akram 2/32 (8 overs)
Asif Mujtaba 61 (102)
MH Dekker 2/16 (4 overs)
Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Khalid Aziz and Siddiq Khan
Player of the match: Asif Mujtaba (PAK)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

27 December 1993
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
216/4 (40 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
141/9 (40 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 80* (94)
HH Streak 2/32 (8 overs)
Extras 27
ADR Campbell 26 (50)
Mushtaq Ahmed 3/19 (8 overs)
Pakistan won by 75 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Iftikhar Malik and Ikram Rabbani
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)

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References

  1. "Zimbabwe in Pakistan, 1993-94". Cricinfo Pakistan. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  2. "Zimbabwe in Pakistan Nov/Dec 1993 - Test Averages". Cricinfo Pakistan. Retrieved 24 December 2020.