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Pakistan Cricket Academy continued in their winning ways yesterday, sealing a comprehensive 113-run win over Zimbabwe Board XI.

Board XI won the toss and sent the Academy side in to bat. They made 237 runs for eight wickets in their allotted 50 overs. Fahad Iqbal top-scored with 61 runs from 86 balls, five of them fours, before he was caught by Friday Kasteni off the bowling of captain Graeme Cremer. Anwar Ali chipped in with an unbeaten 54. Cremer finished with figures of 3/46 from his 10 overs, while Trevor Garwe took 3/50. Admire Manyumwa and Timycen Maruma picked up one wicket each.

Speculation over on the forums ahead of the match was that the Board XI's bowling line-up was decent, but that there could be problems with the batting, and so it came to pass as Zim managed to score just 124 before being bowled out. Rising star Regis Chakabva went for a duck with another bright prospect, Friday Kasteni, following soon after for just 2. Bonaparte Mujuru steadied the ship with his 45 but when he was caught by Asad Shafiq off Yasir Shah, things fell apart for the Board XI as the tail collapsed with the side well short of their target.

The next one-dayer between the ZC Board XI and the Pakistan Cricket Academy is at Harare Sports Club on Sunday. Scorecard below the cut.
Pakistan Cricket Academy 237/8 (50 overs; Iqbal 61, Cremer 3/46), Zimbabwe Cricket Board XI 124 (33.2 overs; Mujuru 45, Shah 3/23). PCA win by 113 runs.

Pakistan Cricket Academy innings (50 overs maximum)
Khurram Manzoor	c Chakabva b Garwe	                28
Ahmed Shehzad	c Chakabva b Manyumwa	                10
Fawad Alam	c Mujuru b Garwe	                4
Fahad Iqbal	c Kasteni b Cremer	                61
Asad Shafiq	c Marumisa b Maruma	                20
Ali Asad	c Marumisa b Cremer	                18
Anwar Ali	not out	                                54
Naeem Anjum	c & b Cremer	                        17
Mohammad Aamer	b Garwe	                                4
Yasir Shah	not out	                                8
    Extras	(b 2, lb 2, w 7, nb 2)	                13
    Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs; 192 mins)	        237

Did not bat:  Mohammad Talha

Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Ahmed Shehzad), 2-24 (Fawad Alam), 
3-71 (Khurram Manzoor), 4-123 (Asad Shafiq), 
5-143 (Fahad Iqbal), 6-166 (Ali Asad), 7-198 (Naeem Anjum), 
8-209 (Mohammad Aamer)

Bowling	        O	M	R	W	Econ	
TN Garwe	10	1	50	3	5.00	(4w)
AM Manyumwa	9	0	39	1	4.33	(2nb, 2w)
S Musoso	5	0	30	0	6.00	(1w)
T Maruma	10	0	31	1	3.10	
AG Cremer	10	0	46	3	4.60	
C Zhuwawo	6	0	37	0	6.16	


Zimbabwe Board XI innings (target: 238 runs from 50 overs)
F Kasteni	c Naeem Anjum b Anwar Ali	        2
RW Chakabva	b Mohammad Aamer	                0
B Mujuru	c Asad Shafiq b Yasir Shah	        45
J Marumisa	b Mohammad Talha	                15
F Mutizwa	c Ali Asad b Yasir Shah	                16
C Zhuwawo	c Fahad Iqbal b Fawad Alam	        12
T Maruma	b Mohammad Talha	                16
AG Cremer	b Mohammad Talha	                0
TN Garwe	not out	                                0
AM Manyumwa	c Yasir Shah b Mohammad Talha	        2
S Musoso	c Naeem Anjum b Yasir Shah	        1
    Extras	(b 1, lb 4, w 9, nb 1)	                15
    Total	(all out; 33.2 overs; 144 mins)	        124

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Chakabva), 2-5 (Kasteni), 3-41 (Marumisa), 
4-81 (Mutizwa), 5-96 (Zhuwawo), 6-120 (Maruma), 7-120 (Mujuru), 
8-120 (Cremer), 9-123 (Manyumwa), 10-124 (Musoso, 33.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	
Anwar Ali	6	1	9	1	1.50	(4w)
Mohammad Aamer	7	0	18	1	2.57	
Mohammad Talha	8	0	36	4	4.50	(1nb, 4w)
Fawad Alam	6	0	33	1	5.50	
Yasir Shah	6.2	1	23	3	3.63