Spinner Sufiyan Muqeem has taken career-best figures of five wickets for three runs in 16 balls overs as Pakistan thrashed hosts Zimbabwe by 10 wickets to clinch the three-match Twenty20 International series with a game to spare in Bulawayo.
After electing to bat, Zimbabwe were bundled out for 57 in 12.4 overs, their lowest score in T20 matches, beating the 84 they scraped together in Sri Lanka in January.
The home side had a bright opening stand as Brian Bennett (21) and Tadiwanashe Marumani (16) put on 37 in 27 balls, but they lost 10 wickets for the addition of only 20 runs as left-arm wrist spinner Sufiyan baffled the middle order with his googlies and leg breaks.
Muqeem, playing in only his seventh T20, surpassed fast bowler Umar Gul’s Pakistan record of five wickets for six runs.
Pakistan made light work of the chase and reached their target with 87 balls remaining and without the loss of a wicket.
Openers Saim Ayub scored 36 from 18 balls and Omair Yousuf 22 from 15 deliveries in Pakistan’s largest win by number of balls remaining.
Pakistan won the first game of the series by 57 runs. The third and final fixture will be played at the same venue on Thursday.
The tourists won the preceding ODI series 2-1, but have rested all their frontline players, including white-ball captain Mohammad Rizwan for the the T20s.
with AP
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