*Babar Azam and Sean Williams hammer centuries
Zimbabwe defeated Pakistan in Super Over to score a thrilling victory in the third and final one-day international at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. Pakistan won the three-match series 2-1 after winning the first match by 26 runs and the second by six wickets, also at the same venue. With the victory, Zimbabwe ended their 10-match losing streak. Blessing Muzarabani grabbed two wickets off four balls in Super Overs as Pakistan scored only two runs off the tall fast bowler. Zimbabwe raced to a winning 3-0 through Brendan Taylor and Sikandar Raza off Shaheen Afridi’s first three balls to deny Pakistan a series clean sweep. Earlier chasing victory target of 279, Pakistan were doomed from the start and were 51-4 and 88-5 at various stages but skipper Babar Azam’s run-a-ball 125 lifted his team close to target in a century stand with Wahab Riaz, who made 52 off 55 balls. But Muzarabani claimed the wickets of Afridi and Babar off his last two deliveries to turn the game. The hosts ended at 278 for the loss of 9 wickets to tie the score when their No. 10 Batsman Mohammad Musa hit a four off the last ball of their 50-over innings against paceman Richard Navara and forced a Super Over.
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