Pakistan v Zimbabwe: Musakanda's self-loathing did not work

 

Pakistan v Zimbabwe: Musakanda's self-loathing did not work

Self-pity is a state in which a person begins to curse himself before the expected defeat. That is to say, before the dagger of the critics falls, he leaves himself so wounded by his words and deeds that he does not feel the pain of anyone else's taunts.

 

Trisai Masakanda also fell victim to the same self-loathing and tried to jump into a blind well.

 

Zimbabwe's innings was able to move to a new level when captain Brendon Taylor's teammate Masakanda was setting up a valuable partnership for the third wicket. Somewhere there was a faint hope that Zimbabwe might survive the innings defeat.

Need a wicket? Look at Hassan Ali, he has four.

 

"Hassan Ali is a great example for players looking for shortcuts."

 

Taylor's remorse will not be healed

But when Brendon Taylor played a great reverse swap on Noman Ali's ball, there was only a chance to make two runs. Two runs were scored but Masakanda did not know why he ran to make the third run. If the Pakistani fielders had done something stupid, maybe the third run would have been completed.

 

Otherwise, there was no chance to make a third run. And Rizwan's safe hands sealed this clear fact. Thus, Zimbabwe's innings, which was moving in the right direction, suddenly seemed to collapse in an instant.

 

After that, the real chances of escaping the humiliation were very low because, as it got slower, as the ball got older on the third day's wicket, Hassan Ali's grip on the match was increasing.

 

Before the start of the series, both Shaheen Shah Afridi and Hassan Ali were just two steps away from the milestone of 50 Test wickets. Shaheen Shah won the award in the first innings and Hassan Ali's arms started appearing in the same form in the second innings.

 

Pakistani fast bowlers have historically been known for their ability to create opportunities even on slow, half-dead pitches. Here, Hassan Ali's bowling also showed the same cuts of the past days that used to be seen in the partnership of Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram.

 

In the first innings, Zimbabwe's lower-order batsmen put up a good fight, and in the second innings, the positives may have expected the same, but the self-pity that began with Masakanda's run-out did not stop. Found and as if the whole innings was completed in an instant

This victory was a great blessing for Babar Azam that after taking the leadership of the Test team, he got the victory here too and his record of Test captaincy was further strengthened with 100% success.

 

Although this victory is not very attractive but there are many perspectives for the Pakistani dressing room from which it can be seen that this victory is very special that for the first time in almost three years Pakistan finally managed to win a Test match in foreign conditions.

 

Although Pakistani batting put together a good first innings innings, there is still room for improvement in the middle order in many places. However, Fawad Alam's century is a ray of hope in the light of which the Pakistani middle order can determine its direction.

 

Misbah-ul-Haq must be breathing a sigh of relief that for the first time in his life, Pakistan managed to win a Test match on a foreign soil.

 

But the burden of expectations on Brendan Taylor's dressing room has increased. Now all they have to do is make sure that the journey of self-pity that started with the run-out of Masakanda here does not become a ghost and follow them in the next match.

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first, scoring 176 runs in two sessions. It should come as no surprise that the team is without its captain Sean Williams, veteran batsman Alexander Raza and Craig Irwin.

 

Three of his 11 players are playing their first Test and the remaining eight players have managed to score a century in just 81 Test matches apart from Brendon Taylor's six centuries in just one Test.

 

Zimbabwe were already on the back foot after losing four wickets in the first session.

 

Hassan Ali did not give Kevin Ksouza a chance to open an account.

 

After a break in the T20 series, Imran Butt was ready at every moment in the slip to catch Prince Misaware off Shaheen Afridi's ball.

Uber Azam introduced spin bowling while Noman Ali won the first ball of his fourth over by making room in the bat and pad of Moza Kanda.

 

Noman Ali would have managed to get Milton Shumba out for zero in the next over if Babar Azam had not caught in the slip. Babar Azam also dropped another catch of Shumba on the ball of Faheem Ashraf, when he was on 27 runs.

 

The hosts' biggest hope was captain Brendon Taylor, but Faheem Ashraf's catch in the third slip off Hassan Ali's ball brought frustration to the Zimbabwean dressing room.

 

Imran Butt came into action again when Sajid Khan took wickets on his throw and ran out Milton Shumba who had made a half-century partnership with Roy Kaya.

 

Roy Kaya saved an end but was made LBW by Hassan Ali on a score of 48 and then in the next over he also got the wicket of Regis Chakboa thanks to another catch by Imran Butt in the slip.

 

Imran Butt has taken eight catches in three Tests so far and his slip catches have reminded him of Majid Khan, Javed Miandad, Iqbal Qasim and Younis Khan. The expectation is that they will also prove their choice in batting.

 

In the second session, Shaheen Shah Afridi's bowling was in full swing and he took three wickets off just 15 balls.

Self-pity is a state in which a person begins to curse himself before the expected defeat. That is to say, before the dagger of the critics falls, he leaves himself so wounded by his words and deeds that he does not feel the pain of anyone else's taunts.

 

Trisai Masakanda also fell victim to the same self-loathing and tried to jump into a blind well.

 

Zimbabwe's innings was able to move to a new level when captain Brendon Taylor's teammate Masakanda was setting up a valuable partnership for the third wicket. Somewhere there was a faint hope that Zimbabwe might survive the innings defeat.

Need a wicket? Look at Hassan Ali, he has four.

 

"Hassan Ali is a great example for players looking for shortcuts."

 

Taylor's remorse will not be healed

But when Brendon Taylor played a great reverse swap on Noman Ali's ball, there was only a chance to make two runs. Two runs were scored but Masakanda did not know why he ran to make the third run. If the Pakistani fielders had done something stupid, maybe the third run would have been completed.

 

Otherwise, there was no chance to make a third run. And Rizwan's safe hands sealed this clear fact. Thus, Zimbabwe's innings, which was moving in the right direction, suddenly seemed to collapse in an instant.

 

After that, the real chances of escaping the humiliation were very low because, as it got slower, as the ball got older on the third day's wicket, Hassan Ali's grip on the match was increasing.

 

Before the start of the series, both Shaheen Shah Afridi and Hassan Ali were just two steps away from the milestone of 50 Test wickets. Shaheen Shah won the award in the first innings and Hassan Ali's arms started appearing in the same form in the second innings.

 

Pakistani fast bowlers have historically been known for their ability to create opportunities even on slow, half-dead pitches. Here, Hassan Ali's bowling also showed the same cuts of the past days that used to be seen in the partnership of Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram.

 

In the first innings, Zimbabwe's lower-order batsmen put up a good fight, and in the second innings, the positives may have expected the same, but the self-pity that began with Masakanda's run-out did not stop. Found and as if the whole innings was completed in an instant

This victory was a great blessing for Babar Azam that after taking the leadership of the Test team, he got the victory here too and his record of Test captaincy was further strengthened with 100% success.

 

Although this victory is not very attractive but there are many perspectives for the Pakistani dressing room from which it can be seen that this victory is very special that for the first time in almost three years Pakistan finally managed to win a Test match in foreign conditions.

 

Although Pakistani batting put together a good first innings innings, there is still room for improvement in the middle order in many places. However, Fawad Alam's century is a ray of hope in the light of which the Pakistani middle order can determine its direction.

 

Misbah-ul-Haq must be breathing a sigh of relief that for the first time in his life, Pakistan managed to win a Test match on a foreign soil.

 

But the burden of expectations on Brendan Taylor's dressing room has increased. Now all they have to do is make sure that the journey of self-pity that started with the run-out of Masakanda here does not become a ghost and follow them in the next match.

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first, scoring 176 runs in two sessions. It should come as no surprise that the team is without its captain Sean Williams, veteran batsman Alexander Raza and Craig Irwin.

 

Three of his 11 players are playing their first Test and the remaining eight players have managed to score a century in just 81 Test matches apart from Brendon Taylor's six centuries in just one Test.

 

Zimbabwe were already on the back foot after losing four wickets in the first session.

 

Hassan Ali did not give Kevin Ksouza a chance to open an account.

 

After a break in the T20 series, Imran Butt was ready at every moment in the slip to catch Prince Misaware off Shaheen Afridi's ball.

Uber Azam introduced spin bowling while Noman Ali won the first ball of his fourth over by making room in the bat and pad of Moza Kanda.

 

Noman Ali would have managed to get Milton Shumba out for zero in the next over if Babar Azam had not caught in the slip. Babar

 Azam also dropped another catch of Shumba on the ball of Faheem Ashraf, when he was on 27 runs.

 

The hosts' biggest hope was captain Brendon Taylor, but Faheem Ashraf's catch in the third slip off Hassan Ali's ball brought frustration to the Zimbabwean dressing room.

 

Imran Butt came into action again when Sajid Khan took wickets on his throw and ran out Milton Shumba who had made a half-century partnership with Roy Kaya.

 

Roy Kaya saved an end but was made LBW by Hassan Ali on a score of 48 and then in the next over he also got the wicket of Regis Chakboa thanks to another catch by Imran Butt in the slip.

 

Imran Butt has taken eight catches in three Tests so far and his slip catches have reminded him of Majid Khan, Javed Miandad, Iqbal Qasim and Younis Khan. The expectation is that they will also prove their choice in batting.

 

In the second session, Shaheen Shah Afridi's bowling was in full swing and he took three wickets off just 15 balls.