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Zimbabwe came unstuck in their first T20WC warm-up match against Pakistan on Saturday, with Umar Gil doing a lot of the damage thanks to a 4-over spell where he took 3/11. Pakistan had shown some early wobbles batting first, being 2/28 at one point, but Younis Khan and Shoaib Malik steadied the innings and helped Pakistan on their way to a total of 181/6 from their 20 overs. In reply, Zim lost Vusi Sibanda and Chamu Chibhabha with the score on 16 - Tatenda Taibu and Hamilton Masakadza added 76 for the 3rd wicket, but Zimbabwe's innings quickly unravelled once Taibu was dismissed, with the remaining 5 wickets falling for just 35 runs on the board, handing Pakistan an 54-run win. Not the best of starts for Zimbabwe, and they'll need to do much better if they're to have any chance of pulling off an upset against England or Australia. Full scorecard below the cut.
Pakistan 181/6 (20 overs; Shoaib Malik 64*, Chigumbura 3/24), Zimbabwe 127/8 (20 overs; Masakadza 41, Umar Gul 3/11). Pakistan win by 54 runs.

Pakistan innings
Salman Butt	c & b Chibhabha	                16
Imran Nazir	c Mupariwa b Chigumbura	        9
Kamran Akmal	b Brent	                        4
Younis Khan	c Masakadza b Mupariwa	        37
Shoaib Malik	not out	                        64
Misbah-ul-Haq	c Brent b Chigumbura	        22
Shahid Afridi	c Chibhabha b Chigumbura	4
Fawad Alam	not out	                        9
    Extras	(lb 5, w 11)	                16
    Total	(6 wickets; 20 overs; 68 mins)	181

Did not bat: Iftikhar Anjum, Umar Gul, Yasir Arafat, Abdur Rehman, 
Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Asif 

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Imran Nazir, 2.3 ov), 2-28 (Kamran Akmal, 3.3 ov), 
3-61 (Salman Butt, 7.2 ov), 4-111 (Younis Khan, 13.1 ov), 
5-152 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 18.1 ov), 6-156 (Shahid Afridi, 18.4 ov)

Bowling	        O	M	R	W	Econ	
E Chigumbura	3	0	24	3	8.00	(1w)
GB Brent	4	0	41	1	10.25	(1w)
T Mupariwa	3	0	24	1	8.00	(4w)
CJ Chibhabha	3	0	27	1	9.00	
P Utseya	4	0	34	0	8.50	
KM Dabengwa	2	0	19	0	9.50	
H Masakadza	1	0	7	0	7.00	(1w)

								
Zimbabwe innings
V Sibanda	b Umar Gul	                11
H Masakadza	b Fawad Alam	                41
CJ Chibhabha	b Umar Gul	                0
T Taibu	        c Younis Khan b Shahid Afridi	34
BRM Taylor	b Fawad Alam	                3
E Chigumbura	b Shahid Afridi	                7
S Matsikenyeri	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul	7
KM Dabengwa	c Kamran Akmal b Shahid Afridi	0
P Utseya	not out	                        7
GB Brent	not out	                        2
    Extras	(b 4, lb 7, w 4)	        15
    Total	(8 wickets; 20 overs; 72 mins)	127

Did not bat: T Mupariwa, J Marumisa, T Maruma, CB Mpofu 

Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Sibanda, 2.3 ov), 2-16 (Chibhabha, 2.4 ov), 
3-92 (Taibu, 12.4 ov), 4-94 (Masakadza, 13.3 ov), 
5-103 (Taylor, 15.4 ov), 6-105 (Chigumbura, 16.3 ov), 
7-107 (Dabengwa, 16.6 ov), 8-119 (Matsikenyeri, 18.5 ov)

Bowling	        O	M	R	W	Econ	
Umar Gul	4	1	11	3	2.75	
Iftikhar Anjum	4	0	38	0	9.50	
Yasir Arafat	4	0	23	0	5.75	(4w)
Fawad Alam	4	0	27	2	6.75	
Shahid Afridi	4	0	17	3	4.25