Cricket: Waqar wraps up Test

Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423-8 dec and 131-3 dec

Zimbabwe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289 and 134

Pakistan win by 131 runs

WAQAR YOUNIS, standing in as captain, returned match figures of 13 for 135 for Pakistan, his best in Test cricket, to condemn Zimbabwe to a 131-run defeat in Karachi yesterday.

Waqar, leading the side in place of Wasim Akram, his injured fellow fast bowler, took 6 for 44 in the second innings of the first Test as Zimbabwe were bowled out for 134 on the final day.

All but one of Waqar's victims in the match was either bowled or leg before, with over half coming via leg-before decisions. Zimbabwe's top scorer was the opener, Grant Flower, with 25.

(Final day: Pakistan won toss)

PAKISTAN First Innings 423 for 8 dec (Aamir Sohail 63, Shoaib Mohammad 81, Javed Miandad 70, Rashid Latif 68no).

ZIMBABWE - First Innings 289 (A Flower 63).

PAKISTAN - Second Innings

(Overnight: 111 for 3)

Inzamam-ul-Haq not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Asif Mujtaba not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Extras (b6 lb2 nb1 w1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Total (for 3 dec). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Fall: 1-47 2-76 3-108.

Bowling: Brandes 13-0-59-1; Rennie 3-0-24- 0; Streak 10-1-40-0.

ZIMBABWE - Second Innings

G W Flower b Ataur Rehman. . . . . . . . . . . . .25

M H Dekker lbw Waqar Younis . . . . . . . . . . . .0

A D R Campbell c Inzamam b Mushtaq. . . . . . . . .8

D L Houghton lbw Waqar Younis. . . . . . . . . . .18

* A Flower c Inzamam b Mushtaq. . . . . . . . . . 21

G J Whittal b Ataur Rehman. . . . . . . . . . . . .2

G Bruk-Jackson lbw Waqar Younis. . . . . . . . . . 4

S G Peall b Waqar Younus. . . . . . . . . . . . . .0

H H Streak not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

E A Brandes b Waqar Younis. . . . . . . . . . . . 17

J A Rennie lbw Waqar Younis. . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Extras (b12 lb5 nb3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Total (62.5 overs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Fall: 1-1 2-17 3-61 4-63 5-65 6-78 7-80 8-92 9-130.

Bowling: Waqar Younis 21.5-7-44-6; Ata-ur- Rehman 16-6-20-2; Mushtaq Ahmed 17-7- 24-2; Tauseef Ahmed 6-2-13-0; Aamir Sohail 2-0-16-0.