Zimbabwean national cricket team in Pakistan in 2007-08

The 2007/08 season tour of the Zimbabwean cricket team to Pakistan took place from January 21 to February 2, 2008. The international cricket tour was part of the 2007/08 international cricket season and included five ODIs . Pakistan won the series 5-0.

prehistory

Pakistan previously did a tour in India , Zimbabwe against the West Indies . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2002/03 season in Zimbabwe . The tour was dominated by the attack on Benazir Bhutto two weeks earlier , which had led to numerous unrest.

Stages

Faisalabad Hyderabad Karachi Multan Sheikhupura

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as venues for the tour and announced on December 15, 2007.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Iqbal Stadium	Faisalabad	18,000	4. ODI
Niaz Stadium	Hyderabad	15,000	2. ODI
National Stadium	Karachi	34,228	1. ODI
Multan Cricket Stadium	Multan	30,000	3. ODI
Sheikhupura Stadium	Sheikhupura	15,000	5. ODI

Squad lists

Zimbabwe named its roster on January 11, 2008. Pakistan named its roster on January 18, 2008.

ODI
Pakistan	Zimbabwe
Shoaib Malik ( K ) Abdur Rauf Fawad Alam Junaid Zia Iftikhar Anjum Kamran Akmal ( wk ) Kamran Hussain Khalid Latif Khurran Manzoor Misbah-ul-Haq Mohammad Yousuf Nasir Jamshed Naumanullah Rizwan Ahmed Salman Butt Samiullah Khan Sarfraz Ahmed ( wk ) Shahid Afridi Sohail Khan Sohail Tanvir Wahab Riaz Yasir Arafat Younis Khan	Prosper Utseya ( K ) Gary Brent Chamu Chibhabha Elton Chigumbura Keith Dabengwa Timycen Maruma Hamilton Masakadza Stuart Matsikenyeri Chris Mpofu Tawanda Mupariwa Ray Price Vusi Sibanda Tatenda Taibu ( wk ) Brendan Taylor ( wk ) Sean Williams

Tour matches

January 14th - 17th Scorecard	Karachi (DHAS)	Zimbabweans 209 (69.1) & 236 (109)	-	PCB Patron's XI 479 (136)
		PCB Patron's XI wins with one innings and 34 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Karachi

January 21 scorecard	Karachi	Pakistan 347-5 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 243-7 (50)
		Pakistan wins with 104 runs

Second ODI in Hyderabad

January 24th scorecard	Hyderabad	Zimbabwe 238-8 (50)	-	Pakistan 239-5 (46.2)
		Pakistan wins with 5 wickets

Third ODI in Multan

January 27th scorecard	Multan	Pakistan 272-9 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 235-7 (50)
		Pakistan wins with 37 runs

Fourth ODI in Faisalabad

January 30th scorecard	Faisalabad	Zimbabwe 244 (49.5)	-	Pakistan 245-3 (47)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets

Fifth ODI in Sheikhupura

February 2nd scorecard	Sheikhupura	Zimbabwe 181 (45.4)	-	Pakistan 187-3 (31)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	4th	4th	223	111.50	108 *	1	1
Nasir Jamshed	Pakistan	5	5	197	39.40	74	0	2
Sean Williams	Zimbabwe	5	5	192	48.00	71	0	2
Younis Khan	Pakistan	4th	4th	187	46.75	79	0	2
Tatenda Taibu	Zimbabwe	5	5	161	32.20	81	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	5	49.5	11	19.36	3/34	0	0
Sohail Tanvir	Pakistan	5	40	7th	19.85	4/34	0	0
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	4th	40	5	37.80	2/33	0	0
Ray Price	Zimbabwe	5	50	5	44.00	2/38	0	0
Tawanda Mupariwa	Zimbabwe	1	10	4th	11.50	4/46	0	0
Elton Chigumbura	Zimbabwe	5	40	4th	52.00	1/36	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
ODI	Shoaib Malik

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Nasir Jamshed
2. ODI	Sohail Tanvir
3. ODI	Shahid Afridi
4. ODI	Shoaib Malik
5. ODI	Younis Khan

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Assassination casts doubt over Zimbabwe tour ( English ) Cricinfo. December 28, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
2. ↑ Zimbabwe tour of Pakistan on ( English ) Cricinfo. January 7, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
3. ↑ Zimbabwe to reach Pakistan on January 12 ( English ) Cricinfo. December 15, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
4. ↑ Chingoka denies players' security at risk in Pakistan ( English ) Cricinfo. January 11, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
5. ↑ Jamshed and Samiullah included in Pakistan ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. January 18, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / Zimbabwe in Pakistan ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / Zimbabwe in Pakistan ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.