November 20 Wednesday 2002
Pakistan crush Zimbabwe in Bulawayo to take Test series 2-0

BULAWAYO: Pakistan captain Waqar Younis finished with four wickets on Tuesday to inspire his team to a 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe on the fourth day of the second Test.

The Pakistan fast bowler took four for 78 in Zimbabwe's second innings of 281 after the home side had resumed on 171 for five. Pakistan scored the 57 they needed in 8.3 overs to win with a session and a day to spare. Waqar struck before a run had been added on Tuesday, dismissing Zimbabwe's most dangerous batsman Andy Flower lbw for 13. Flower's replacement Andy Blignaut launched an immediate assault on the bowling, striking three fours and two sixes.

Blignaut had reached 30 when he hooked Younis high towards the square-leg boundary where Younis Khan spilled a running catch. He erased the deficit with a pulled four off Saqlain Mushtaq in the 12th over of the day, but then took two large steps down the pitch attempting to drive the next delivery down the ground and was easily stumped by wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal.

Blignaut's whirlwind 41 came off 32 balls, and his dismissal ended a seventh-wicket stand of 55 with Taibu. Mluleki Nkala scored 14 before he was caught behind attempting to sweep a ball from Saqlain and Zimbabwe slumped to 265 for nine when Ray Price was bowled for 12 by fast bowler Muhammad Sami.

The visitors had a scare half an hour before lunch when Saqlain appeared to twist his right ankle while fielding on the third-man boundary. He resumed bowling after receiving medical treatment. Pakistan won the first match in the two-test series by 119 runs in Harare last Tuesday.