Myers hits half-century but Zimbabwe A still face mammoth task

Pakistan Shaheens – 521-3 in 115.3 overs (Omair Yousuf 250*, Muhammad Hurraira 178, Hussain Talat 51*; Tanaka Chivanga 1/67, Faraz Akram 1/77, Victor Nyauchi 1/89)

Zimbabwe A – 112-4 in 41 overs (Dion Myers 56, Tanunurwa Makoni 21, Wessly Madhevere 15; Mehran Mumtaz 2/32)

Day 2 – Stumps: Zimbabwe A path by 409 runs

Dion Myers scored a combating fifty for Zimbabwe A however the residence facet are nonetheless going through a colossal process after enduring one other gruelling day towards the Pakistan Shaheens within the first four-day match at Kwekwe Sports activities Membership on Thursday.

At stumps the hosts have been 112 for 4, nonetheless trailing the guests’ whole by 409 runs.

Earlier, the Pakistan Shaheens had declared their first innings on 521 for 3 in 115.3, with Omair Bin Yousuf accounting for practically half the full after hitting an unbeaten 250.

The second day started with the vacationers resuming at their in a single day rating of 352 for 2, with Omair on 161 and Kamran Ghulam on 5.

Omair, who had batted for a lot of the first day in partnership with Muhammad Hurraira, continued to build up runs at a snug tempo however quickly misplaced Ghulam, who was trapped lbw by an inswinger from Tanaka Chivanga for 26, with the full on 388.

His subsequent companion, Hussain Talat, additionally discovered his kind and gave him good help as he introduced up his double-century.

The Zimbabwe A bowlers did not take one other wicket, and the visiting captain Imran Butt allowed Omair to achieve 250 and Talat 51, each not out, earlier than he utilized the declaration in mid-afternoon.

The Pakistan Shaheens’ whole then was an imposing 521 for 3 wickets, scored at a price of about 4.5 runs an over.

All through his innings Omair had performed with very good focus and brought no dangers as he utilized himself on a regular basis to scoring as many runs as attainable.

He confronted in all 342 deliveries and hit a six and 27 fours.

The three wickets to fall all went to the tempo bowlers – one every to Victor Nyauchi, Faraz Akram and Chivanga – and none to the spinners, who have been extra economical although.

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Zimbabwe A opened their batting with Joylord Gumbie and Tanu Makoni, however Gumbie quickly ran himself out for one, trying a dangerous second run from a stroke by Makoni and failing to beat the throw from Shahnawaz Dahani.

Myers then joined Makoni they usually put collectively partnership of 64 for the second wicket.

They have been nicely set and appeared to have the measure of the assault when the left-arm spinner Mehran Mumtaz got here on, and Makoni on 21 edged a catch to Butt at first slip, the rating being 66 for 2.

Myers, the extra aggressive of the 2, went on to achieve fifty, however when he had 56 he mistimed a late minimize off Mumtaz and a pointy likelihood was once more taken by Butt – 87 for 3.

Roy Kaia struggled to get going, however Wessly Madhevere got here in subsequent and tried to hold the assault again to the bowlers.

He had made a fluent 15 when he moved down the pitch to drive the off-spinner Mubasir Khan, just for the bowler to select up the ball and throw down the batter’s stumps as he tried in useless to regain the crease.

Akram got here in and scored a single earlier than the shut, whereas Kaia was nonetheless there with 12 not out off 50 deliveries.

The rating was 112 for 4 wickets, and Zimbabwe A have a protracted exhausting wrestle forward of them to keep away from the potential for a follow-on on Friday.