Zimbabwe upset Pakistan within the opening conflict of their three-match One Day Worldwide sequence, profitable by 80 runs on the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern system at Queens Sports activities Membership on Sunday.
The house facet, put into bat, was in hassle at 125-7 midway by means of its innings earlier than Pakistan-born Sikandar Raza (39) and left-handed tailender Richard Ngarava (48) placed on 62 runs for the eighth wicket to assist Zimbabwe to 205 earlier than being bowled out with 9 overs left.
Debutant left arm wrist spinner Faisal Akram took 3-24 whereas offspinner Salman Agha returned figures of 3-42.
Zimbabwe fast Blessing Muzarabani eliminated Pakistan’s openers cheaply and the wickets continued to tumble in a feeble batting show because it slumped to 60-6 off 21 overs earlier than heavy rain arrived.
The 2 groups meet once more in Bulawayo on Tuesday and Thursday.