Zimbabwe flower under opener Grant’s century

Pakistan are 254 runs behind with nine wickets in hand.

Zimbabwe got a breakthrough when they least expected it after Anwar and Ali Naqvi had looked untroubled in fashioning a half century opening stand.

Of that, Anwar hit 33 which was laced with five fours and he was particularly harsh on Heath Streak who bowled on untidy first spell.

But after putting on 58 for the first wicket. Anwar flashed at second-change Guy Whittall’s medium pace and edged behind.

Earlier, Grant Flower became only the second Zimbabwean to carry his bat through an innings in their first innings score of 321.

Scoreboard:

Zimbabwe (1st innings): G Flower not out 156, D Viljoen c Latif b Waqar 0, M Goodwin c Latif b Waqar 0, A Campbell c Latif b Mahmood 15, A Flower c Latifb Shoaib 44, G Whittall lbw Waqar 1, T Madondo c Inzamam b Waqar 14, H streak c Ijaz b Mahmood 53, P Strang c Inzamam b Shoaib 2, A Whittall c Latif b Mahmood 17, M Mbangwa c Latif b Waqar 0.

Extras (lb13, b3, w2, nb1) 19

Total (in 112.2 overs) 321

Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-15, 3-38, 4-115, 5-123, 6-159, 7-268, 8-272, 9-321.

Bowling: Waqar Younis: 28.2-4-106-5, Azhar Mahmood 36-18-56-3, Shoaib Akhtar 27-6-83-2, Saqlain Mushtaq 20-1-60-0, Saeed Anwar 1-1-0-0.

Pakistan (1st innings): Saeed Anwar c A Flower b Whittal 33, Ali Naqvi batting 24, Ijaz Ahmed batting 16;

Extras (lb4) 4.

Total (for one wicket in 30 overs) 77

Fall of wickets: 1-58.

Bowling: Streak 8-2-28-0, Mbangwa 5-2-10-0, A Whittall 4-1-12-0, G Whittall 7-3-12-1, P Strang 6-3-11-0.