Pakistani cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1997–98

The Pakistani national cricket team visited Zimbabwe in March 1998 and played a two-match Test series against the Zimbabwean national cricket team followed by two Limited Overs Internationals (LOI). Pakistan won the Test series 1–0. Pakistan were captained by Rashid Latif and Zimbabwe by Alistair Campbell. Pakistan won the LOI series 2-0

Test series summary

1st Test

14–18 March 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard

Zimbabwe	v	Pakistan
321 (112.2 overs) GW Flower 156* (329) Waqar Younis 5/106 (28.2 overs)		256 (109.1 overs) Yousuf Youhana 60 (172) GJ Whittall 4/63 (27 overs)
302/4d (80.2 overs) MW Goodwin 166* (204) Waqar Younis 2/18 (11 overs)		258/6 (98.3 overs) Moin Khan 97 (166) HH Streak 3/42 (18 overs)

Match drawn Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: ID Robinson (ZIM) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: GW Flower (ZIM)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• TN Madondo and DP Viljoen (both ZIM) made their Test debuts.

2nd Test

21–25 March 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard

Zimbabwe	v	Pakistan
277 (82.5 overs) GJ Whittall 62 (92) Waqar Younis 4/47 (20 overs)		354 (147.5 overs) Mohammad Wasim 192 (407) M Mbangwa 3/56 (33 overs)
268 (111 overs) MW Goodwin 81 (250) Azhar Mahmood 3/26 (16 overs)		192/7 (53.5 overs) Saeed Anwar 65 (89) GJ Whittall 2/35 (15 overs)

Pakistan won by 3 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: SG Randell (AUS) and RB Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: Mohammad Wasim (PAK)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series summary

1st ODI

28 March 1998 Scorecard

Zimbabwe 236/6 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 237/6 (47.4 overs)
HH Streak 48* (57) Azhar Mahmood 2/34 (9 overs)		Aamer Sohail 77 (104) GJ Whittall 2/35 (9.4 overs)

Pakistan won by 4 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: KC Barbour (ZIM) and ID Robinson (ZIM) Player of the match: Aamer Sohail (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Shoaib Akhtar and Yousuf Youhana (both PAK) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

29 March 1998 Scorecard

Zimbabwe 272/4 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 276/6 (46.4 overs)
GW Flower 81 (103) Mohammad Hussain 2/60 (10 overs)		Mohammad Wasim 76 (91) HH Streak 2/36 (8 overs)

Pakistan won by 4 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: GR Evans (ZIM) and RB Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: Mohammad Wasim (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.