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Despite facing an almost second-string Pakistan side, Zimbabwe ended up on the receiving end of the biggest losing margin in the series in the 5th and final ODI in Sheikpura on Saturday. Batting first, a string of poor performances (with only Brendan Taylor's 49 standing out) saw the side bundled out for just 181, while in reply Pakistan took full advantage of Zim's weakened bowling to run up the required runs in just 31 overs, for the loss of 3 wickets. Not much to say past that - from a strong start and some close matches early on, Zimbabwe have fallen away as the series progressed, and some questions now need to be answered about their commitment, especially in this match. If the side are to do well in the upcoming MTN one-day series against the South African franchise sides, then there are issues that need to be addressed.
Zimbabwe 181 (Taylor 48, Abdur Rauf 3/45), Pakistan 187/3 (Younis Khan 63, Price 2/38). Pakistan win by 7 wickets, win series 5-0.

Full scorecard below the cut. Next match: Zimbabwe v Dolphins (MTN Domestic Series), Harare Sports Club, 8 February.

Zimbabwe innings (50 overs maximum)
V Sibanda	run out (Rizwan Ahmed/Sarfraz Ahmed)	18
H Masakadza	c & b Abdur Rauf			5
SC Williams	c Khurram Manzoor b Wahab Riaz		19
T Taibu		c Rizwan Ahmed b Wahab Riaz		6
BRM Taylor	b Shoaib Malik				49
CJ Chibhabha	lbw b Shoaib Malik			1
E Chigumbura	st Sarfraz Ahmed b Fawad Alam		34
KM Dabengwa	not out					16
GB Brent	run out (Sarfraz Ahmed/Shoaib Malik)	4
RW Price	b Abdur Rauf				7
CB Mpofu	b Abdur Rauf				0
    Extras	(b 1, lb 3, w 11, nb 7)			22
    Total	(all out; 45.4 overs; 204 mins)		181

Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Masakadza, 5.5 ov), 2-35 (Sibanda, 10.3 ov), 
3-48 (Taibu, 13.3 ov), 4-64 (Williams, 17.4 ov), 5-67 (Chibhabha, 18.4 ov), 
6-151 (Chigumbura, 38.6 ov), 7-152 (Taylor, 39.3 ov), 8-158 (Brent, 41.1 ov), 
9-181 (Price, 45.3 ov), 10-181 (Mpofu, 45.4 ov)

Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ	
Sohail Tanvir	7	1	24	0	3.42	(5w)
Abdur Rauf	8.4	0	45	3	5.19	(6nb)
Wahab Riaz	8	3	19	2	2.37	
Shoaib Malik	10	1	35	2	3.50	(4w)
Rizwan Ahmed	4	0	26	0	6.50	(2w)
Fawad Alam	8	0	28	1	3.50	


Pakistan innings (target: 182 runs from 50 overs)
Nasir Jamshed	c Dabengwa b Chigumbura			19
Khurram Manzoor	b Price					50
Younis Khan	c Masakadza b Price			63
Misbah-ul-Haq	not out					31
Fawad Alam	not out					14
    Extras	(w 9, nb 1)				10
    Total	(3 wickets; 31 overs)			187

Did not bat: Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, 
Abdur Rauf, Rizwan Ahmed

Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Nasir Jamshed, 6.1 ov), 
2-137 (Younis Khan, 22.5 ov), 3-145 (Khurram Manzoor, 24.4 ov)

Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ	
E Chigumbura	6	0	37	1	6.16	(1nb, 2w)
CB Mpofu	3	0	23	0	7.66	
GB Brent	6	0	35	0	5.83	(2w)
RW Price	10	1	38	2	3.80	(1w)
KM Dabengwa	6	0	54	0	9.00