Pitch: 72
Toss: Zimbabwe
Pakistan went into the 1st Test without experienced batsmen Javed Miandad and Zaheer Abbas, who were both injured, being lead in this game by Imran Khan.
With the pitch good for batting over the first couple of days, seamer Mohsin Kamal was preferred to offspinner Tauseef Ahmed for the final Pakistani bowling position, the selectors feeling his ability to find swing would be valuable on a pitch offering the bowlers little otherwise.
Zimbabwe won the toss, and with the pitch best for batting early in the match, elected to bat first.
The home team lost wickets steadily to the seamers, and at 150/7 the Zimbabweans were in deep trouble.
A fighting century from Houghton held them together, and with support coming from a gritty 62 from number 9 David Brain, Zimbabwe posted a respectable 270.
Mohsin Kamal was the pick of the bowlers, justifying his selection ahead of spinner Tauseef, claiming 4-57.
Mudassar Nazar showed his allround value in taking 3-20.
Zimbabwe 1st Innings 270/10 All Out (Overs 113.2)
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJ Arnott | c Imran Khan | b Wasim Akram | 37 | 132 | 89 | 3 | 0 |
| A Shah | c Rameez Raja | b Mohsin Kamal | 11 | 55 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Pycroft* | c Imran Khan | b Mudassar Nazar | 3 | 44 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| GA Hick | c Ashraf Ali | b Mudassar Nazar | 4 | 45 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| DL Houghton+ | b Wasim Akram | 101 | 245 | 182 | 8 | 1 | |
| AC Waller | c Ashraf Ali | b Imran Khan | 15 | 42 | 28 | 2 | 0 |
| IP Butchart | lbw | b Mudassar Nazar | 11 | 74 | 59 | 1 | 0 |
| EA Brandes | b Mohsin Kamal | 6 | 31 | 23 | 1 | 0 | |
| DH Brain | lbw | b Mohsin Kamal | 62 | 193 | 151 | 7 | 0 |
| AJ Traicos | c Rameez Raja | b Mohsin Kamal | 9 | 93 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| MP Jarvis | not out | 0 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| extras | (b3 lb2 w3 nb3) | 11 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 270 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-21(A Shah) 2-42(AJ Pycroft) 3-55(KJ Arnott) 4-60(GA Hick) 5-85(AC Waller) |
| 6-125(IP Butchart) 7-150(EA Brandes) 8-229(DL Houghton) 9-267(AJ Traicos) |
| 10-270(DH Brain) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imran Khan | 24 | 7 | 40 | 1 |
| Wasim Akram | 26 | 6 | 50 | 2 |
| Mohsin Kamal | 23.2 | 6 | 57 | 4 |
| Mudassar Nazar | 10 | 4 | 20 | 3 |
| Abdul Qadir | 30 | 5 | 98 | 0 |
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