Zimbabwean national cricket team in Pakistan in the 2015 season

The Zimbabwean national cricket team tour to Pakistan in the 2015 season took place from May 22nd to 31st, 2015. The international cricket tour was part of the 2015 international cricket season and included three ODIs and two Twenty20s . Pakistan won both series with 2–0 each.

prehistory

classification

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last time the two teams met on a tour was in Zimbabwe in the 2013 season .

safety

It was the first tour by a full member of the ICC since the attacks on the Sri Lankan national cricket team in Lahore in 2009. Accordingly, security was a priority in the run-up to the tour. Zimbabwean players repeatedly expressed doubts as to whether the tour was safe and the ICC decided not to send its own match officials to Pakistan. On May 17th, the Zimbabwean Association finally approved. Later it became known that the Pakistani association PCB had given the Zimbabwean players money to agree to go on the tour. In the vicinity of the stadium there was a suicide attack during the second ODI, after which the tour was continued.

Stages

Lahore

Tour venues

The following stadium was designated as the venue for the tour and was set on April 30, 2015.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Gaddafi Stadium	Lahore	60,000	1-3. ODI; 1st – 2nd T20

Squad lists

Zimbabwe named its roster on May 12, 2015. Pakistan named its Twenty20 roster on May 19, and its ODI roster on May 24, 2015.

ODI		Twenty20
Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	Zimbabwe
Azhar Ali ( K ) Sarfraz Ahmed ( wk ) Anwar Ali Babar Azam Hammad Azam Mohammad Hafeez Junaid Khan Shoaib Malik Wahab Riaz Mohammad Rizwan Mohammad Sami Asad Shafiq Yasir Shah Ahmed Shehzad Haris Sohail Imad Wasim	Elton Chigumbura ( K ) Chamu Chibhabha Charles Coventry Graeme Cremer Craig Ervine Roy Kaia Hamilton Masakadza Christopher Mpofu Tawanda Mupariwa Richmond Mutumbami ( wk ) Tinashe Panyangara Sikandar Raza Vusi Sibanda Prosper Utseya Brian Vitori Sean Williams	Shahid Afridi ( K ) Sarfraz Ahmed ( UK , wk ) Mukhtar Ahmed Umar Akmal Anwar Ali Nauman Anwar Hammad Azam Bilawal Bhatti Mohammad Hafeez Shoaib Malik Wahab Riaz Mohammad Rizwan Mohammad Sami Ahmed Shehzad Imad Wasim	Elton Chigumbura ( K ) Chamu Chibhabha Charles Coventry Graeme Cremer Craig Ervine Roy Kaia Hamilton Masakadza Christopher Mpofu Tawanda Mupariwa Richmond Mutumbami ( wk ) Tinashe Panyangara Sikandar Raza Vusi Sibanda Prosper Utseya Brian Vitori Sean Williams

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Lahore

May 22nd scorecard	Lahore	Zimbabwe 172-6 (20)	-	Pakistan 173-5 (19.3)
		Pakistan wins with 5 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Lahore

May 24th scorecard	Lahore	Zimbabwe 175-3 (20)	-	Pakistan 176-8 (19.4)
		Pakistan wins with 2 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Lahore

May 26th scorecard	Lahore	Pakistan 375-3 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 334-5 (50)
		Pakistan wins with 41 runs

The Zimbabwean captain Elton Chigumbura was banned from the remaining two ODIs due to his team playing too slowly in the first ODI. The Zimbabwean players also received a fine.

Second ODI in Lahore

May 29 scorecard	Lahore	Zimbabwe 268-7 (50)	-	Pakistan 269-4 (47.2)
		Pakistan wins with 6 wickets

Third ODI in Lahore

May 31 scorecard	Lahore	Pakistan 296-9 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 68-0 (9/46)
		No result

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Azhar Ali	Pakistan	3	3	227	75.66	102	1	1
Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	3	3	181	60.33	86	0	2
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	3	3	151	75.50	112	1	0
Haris Sohail	Pakistan	2	2	141		89 *	0	2
Chamu Chibhabha	Zimbabwe	2	2	138	138.00	99	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Wahab Riaz	Pakistan	3	22nd	5	23.00	3/47	0	0
Sikandar Raza	Zimbabwe	3	16	3	35.66	3/59	0	0
Graeme Cremer	Zimbabwe	2	20th	3	36.00	2/52	0	0
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	3	7th	2	23.00	1/13	0	0
Prosper Utseya	Zimbabwe	1	10	2	31.50	2/63	0	0
Yasir Shah	Pakistan	3	16	2	37.50	2/40	0	0
Chris Mpofu	Zimbabwe	2	16	2	60.00	2/50	0	0
Anwar Ali	Pakistan	3	21st	2	78.50	1/55	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mukhtar Ahmed	Pakistan	2	2	145	72.50	83	0	2
Hamilton Masakadza	Zimbabwe	2	2	82	41.00	43	0	0
Elton Chigumbura	Zimbabwe	2	2	75	37.50	54	0	1
Sean Williams	Zimbabwe	2	2	74	74.00	58 *	0	1
Ahmed Shehzad	Pakistan	2	2	73	36.50	55	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Mohammad Sami	Pakistan	2	8th	4th	18.50	3/36	0	0
Sean Williams	Zimbabwe	2	8th	3	21.66	2/32	0	0
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	2	7th	2	17.50	1/12	0	0
Wahab Riaz	Pakistan	1	4th	2	19.00	2/38	0	0
Graeme Cremer	Zimbabwe	2	6th	2	27.50	2/28	0	0
Chris Mpofu	Zimbabwe	2	7th	2	28.50	2/25	0	0
Brian Vitori	Zimbabwe	2	7.4	2	30.00	1/24	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
ODI	Azhar Ali
T20	Mukhtar Ahmed

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. T20	Mukhtar Ahmed
2. T20	Mukhtar Ahmed
1. ODI	Shoaib Malik
2. ODI	Azhar Ali

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zimbabwe Cricket confirms Pakistan tour ( English ) Cricinfo. April 30, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
2. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Zimbabwe finally confirm Pakistan tour ( English ) Cricinfo. May 17, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
3. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Zimbabwe players given financial guarantee by PCB for tour ( English ) Cricinfo. June 3, 2015. Accessed May 13, 2016.
4. ↑ Zimbabwe to go ahead with tour after suicide attack ( English ) Cricinfo. May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
5. ↑ Zimbabwe Cricket confirms Pakistan tour ( English ) Cricinfo. April 30, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
6. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Uncapped Roy Kaia in Zimbabwe squad ( English ) Cricinfo. May 12, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
7. ↑ Umar Farooq: Malik, Sami in Pakistan's revamped T20 squad ( English ) Cricinfo. May 19, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
8. ↑ Malik, Sami return to Pakistan ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
9. ↑ Chigumbura suspended for two ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. May 27, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Zimbabwe in Pakistan ODI Series, 2015 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Zimbabwe in Pakistan ODI Series, 2015 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / Zimbabwe in Pakistan T20I Series, 2015 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
13. ↑ Records / Zimbabwe in Pakistan T20I Series, 2015 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 14, 2016.