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Pakistan wins the toss and elects to bat against Zimbabwe in the third and final ODI
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Pakistan wins the toss and elects to bat against Zimbabwe in the third and final ODI

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AP) — Pakistan won the toss and opted to play the third and final one-day international against Zimbabwe on Wednesday.

Pakistan bounced back from a shock loss in the rain-affected first match with a 10-wicket win in the second game after a maiden ODI century from Saim Ayub.

The tourists kept the same winning combination with Faisal Akram, Abrar Ahmed and Salman Ali Agha the three spin options.

Ahmed and Salman breached Zimbabwe’s batting line-up in the second match by sharing seven wickets, with leg-spinner Abrar taking 4-33 in his debut ODI.

Zimbabwe brought in wicketkeeper-batsman Clive Madande and fast bowling all-rounder Faraz Akram for their first match of the series in place of Brandon Mavuta and Trevor Gwandu.

The ODI series will be followed by a three-match Twenty20 series starting in Bulawayo from Sunday.

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Setups:

Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Salman Ali Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Irfan Khan, Aamer Jamal, Haris Rauf, Faisal Akram, Abrar Ahmed.

Zimbabwe: Joylord Gumbie, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Dion Myers, Craig Ervine (captain), Sean Williams, Clive Madande, Sikandar Raza, Brian Bennett, Faraz Akram, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani.

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AP Cricket: https://apnews.com/hub/cricket