Azhar, Sohail complete clinical chase

ESPNcricinfo staff29-May-2015Pakistan’s bowlers were in the middle of a good spell, and two overs afters removing captain Hamilton Masakadza, Yasir Shah snaffled a return catch offered by Sean Williams to leave Zimbabwe on 122 for 3.•AFPChamu Chibhabha, though, remained unflustered at the other end and batted with a fair degree of comfort•AFPHe was, however, adjudged caught down the leg side in the 35th over as Zimbabwe once again lost a wicket when they were looking to accelerate•AFPSikandar Raza, though, produced an unbeaten 84-ball 100, with the help of meagre contributions from the lower middle order, and pushed Zimbabwe’s score to 268 for 7•AFPAzhar Ali and Sarfraz Ahmed gave Pakistan a decent start, adding 46 runs for the opening wicket•AFPChibhabha gave Zimbabwe their first breakthrough, trapping Sarfraz in front•AFPA fine catch from Charles Coventry sent back Mohammad Hafeez in the 15th over•AFPAzhar and Asad Shafiq, however, stabilised the chase with an 85-run stand in 17.1 overs•AFPDespite Shafiq’s dismissal in the 32nd over, Azhar grew in strength and went on to complete his second ODI hundred•AFPAfter Azhar was dismissed for 102 off 104 balls, Sohail (52* off 49 balls) put on 60 runs along with Shoaib Malik to help Pakistan win the match by six wickets with 16 balls to spare. Pakistan clinched the three-match series 2-0.•AFP