
HARARE, MARCH 21: A stubborn record eighth-wicket stand of 110 between Guy Whittall and Bryan Strang pulled Zimbabwe out of trouble on the first day of the second cricket Test against Pakistan today.
The two beat the previous best of 94 between Alistair Campbell and Heath Streak in the first Test against New Zealand earlier this year in Wellington. Pakistan8217;s Waqar Younis was the best bowler, grabbing four wickets for 47 runs.
SCOREBOARD
Zimbabwe 1st innings: G Flower c Latif b Mehmood 39, G Rennie c Latif b Mahmood 13, M Goodwin c Inzamam b M Ahmed 53, A Campbell c Youhana b M Ahmed 23, A Flower lbw Younis 1, G Whittall c Inzaman b Akram 62, T Madondo run out 0, H Streak c Youhana b Younis 6, B Strang c amp; b Younis 53, A Huckle b Younis 0, M Mpangwa not out 2. Extras: b-6, lb-14, nb-4, w-1 25. Total: all out 277.
Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-75, 3-142, 3-143, 5-143, 6-144, 7-153, 8-263, 9-263.Bowling: Akram 20.5-6-67-1, Younis 20-7-47-4, M Ahmed 20-3-74-2, A Mahmood 22-6-69-2.
Pakistan 1stinnings: Saeed Anwar batting 8, Ali Naqvi batting 6. Extras: lb-4 4. Total: for no loss 18.
Bowling: Heath Streak 3-0-8-0, Mbangwa 1-0-1-0, B Strang 1-0-5-0.