Date-stamped : 23 Feb95 - 10:37
Zimbabwe v Pakistan, ODI 1
Harare Sports Club, Harare, 22 February 1995

Wasim has a hand in tied match - Geoffrey Dean

PAKISTAN`S tour of Zimbabwe seems to have  a  boundless  capacity
for  drama.  In the first of three one-day internationals yester-
day, the scores were level with two balls remaining. Wasim Akram,
who  had come in as Pakistan`s No 11, was on strike but could bat
with only one hand as the other was bandaged and gloveless.

Guy Whittal bowled a full toss,  Wasim  lashed  out  at  it  one-
handed,  but hit it straight back to a jubilant bowler. The match
was a tie, only the ninth in one-day international history,  with
five now having involved Pakistan.

The tourists should have won. They needed only 51 off the last 10
overs  with six wickets in hand before two silly run-outs ensued.
When the final over began, seven  were  needed  but Aamir   Nazir
holed  out  off  the first delivery. After a wide and a dot ball,
Saeed Anwar squirted a four through backward point  to  reach   a
worthy eighth one-day hundred off 131 balls.

But with two needed off three balls, he unwisely took a leg  bye,
exposing  Akram  who  had required six stitches in the webbing of
his right hand after trying to take a  fierce return  catch   off
Steve Peall.

Source :: The Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
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