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Pakistan dominated the opening day of the first Test against Zimbabwe on the back of some destructive pace bowling by Hasan Ali and Shaheen Shah Afridi in Harare on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Hasan finished with 4-53 while Afridi grabbed 4-43 as Zimbabwe \u2014 who won the toss and batted \u2014 were dismissed for a paltry 176 on a slow pitch at Harare Sports Club.<\/p>\n

Abid Ali then replied with a solid unbeaten 56 while fellow opener Imran Butt made 43 not out as Pakistan closed the day on 103 without loss.<\/p>\n

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Both Abid and Butt were cautious at the start, having failed miserably in Pakistan’s 2-0 home series win over South Africa in February.<\/p>\n

Abid took 13 deliveries to open his account but once he got underway with a pull for four off Richard Ngarava, he eased into his work striking nine further boundaries.<\/p>\n

Butt, who had managed just 36 in his first four Test innings, was more circumspect as the pair offered no chances to Zimbabwe’s inexperienced bowling attack.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe were struggling at 59-4 at lunch with Hasan taking two early wickets, including the prized one of stand-in skipper Brendan Taylor for just five.<\/p>\n

Debutant Roy Kaia stood firm in the post-lunch session, top-scoring with 48 before falling leg-before to Hasan while Donald Tiripano chipped in with 28 and Milton Shumba, also playing in his first Test, scored 27.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe seemingly recovered when Shumba and Kaia lifted them from a precarious 30-4 with a stand of 59 but an unfortunate run out of Shumba put an end to the fight.<\/p>\n

Afridi reached 50 Test wickets by dismissing Tendai Chisoro before taking the last two wickets to wrap up the innings.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe were hit hard on the eve of the match when regular skipper Sean Williams was ruled out with a hand injury while another experienced batsman Craig Ervine also failed to recover from a calf injury.<\/p>\n

In the first session Hasan was the star as he removed opener Kevin Kasuza, who played on in the second over of the day for nought, and Taylor for five.<\/p>\n

It was another welcome performance for the 26-year-old who had multiple injuries after the 2019 World Cup.<\/p>\n

“Ever since I have returned from injury my performance is good,” said Hasan who took his first 10-wicket haul against South Africa at Rawalpindi two months ago.<\/p>\n

“I worked so hard on my batting and bowling and enjoyed taking wickets despite it being a slow pitch.<\/p>\n

“Getting Taylor so early was great because he is an experienced batsman.”<\/p>\n

Taylor, the stand-in skipper flashed rashly at a wide ball outside off stump, edging to Faheem Ashraf who swallowed up the chance in the slips.<\/p>\n

In between Hasan’s morning wickets, Afridi had Prince Masvaure caught by Butt at second slip for 11 and left-arm spinner Nauman Ali, brought into the attack early, bowled Tarisai Musakanda through the gate for 14.<\/p>\n

Pakistan handed a Test debut to off-spinner Sajid Khan while Zimbabwe included Shumba, Kaia and Ngarava for their first Tests.<\/p>\n

The second Test will also be played in Harare from May 7.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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