HARARE: Pakistan today (Friday) has won the toss and elected to bat first against Zimbabwe in the second Test being played at Harare Sports Club.
The Green Caps have made a solitary change where pacer Tabish Khan makes debut in Test cricket and replaced all-rounder Faheem Ashraf in the playing XI. The green shirts will be looking to end their African tour on a high note against Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe’s slim prospects of levelling the series suffered a further blow on Thursday when three leading batsmen were ruled out of the Test. Opening batsman Prince Masvaure will be missing after suffering a fractured left thumb while fielding in the first Test.
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The experienced duo of Sean Williams and Craig Ervine will again be absent, having failed to recover fully from injuries which kept them out of the opener. Brendan Taylor will again stand in as captain in place of Williams.
Pakistan dominated the first Test on a slow Harare pitch, with Hasan Ali mainly responsible for bowling out the home side for under 200 in both innings.
Hasan had match figures of nine for 89. Fawad Alam hit a century for Pakistan in a solid batting performance in which the only top-order batsman to fail was skipper Babar Azam.
