Who Will Win Pakistan vs Zimbabwe 3rd ODI?
After hammering hosts Zimbabwe in the first two matches, Pakistan will now look to clinch the series in the third one-day international at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. The match will be played on July 18 with live action scheduled to commence at 9:15 AM local time.
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Toss Prediction
The wicket at the Queens Sports Club tends to favor the batsmen more during the first period of play. Moreover, seven of the last nine one-day internationals played at this ground have been won by the side batting first. So toss is going to be key here and the team that wins it is likely to bat first.
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Zimbabwe vs Pakistan 3rd ODI...
Zimbabwe Team News & Playing 11
ZIM Team News
Batsman Malcolm Waller has withdrawn himself from the ODI squad and his departure means that Zimbabwe are now without eight of their regular players. While Solomon Mire and Kyle Jarvis are already out injured, five other players including former skipper Graeme Cremer and Brendan Taylor continue to remain unavailable. We expect the hosts to go unchanged into this game.
ZIM Key Players
Hamilton Masakadza is the key man in this Zimbabwean batting line-up. The skipper is one of the leading run-getters for the side in ODIs and is coming on the back of a half-century in the last game. Peter Moor also hit a fifty in that game while Tarisai Musakanda has scored 45 runs in the two matches. Chamu Chibhabha is an experienced campaigner in the side with 16 ODI half-centuries and he too will be expected to make a sizeable contribution here.
None of the Zimbabwean bowlers could pick up a wicket last time and the hosts will need their opening bowlers Tendai Chatara and Blessing Muzarabani to give them a good start with the ball this time. Chatara now has 75 wickets in 56 ODIs and he was the best of the lot in the first match of the series. Muzarabani has not taken too many wickets for Zimbabwe but he can create some pressure with his tight bowling from the other end.
ZIM Recent Form
After last winning against Ireland in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier at Harare, Zimbabwe have lost their next four one-day internationals on the trot. The hosts have lost the first two matches of the ongoing ODI series against Pakistan by huge margins; they lost the opening encounter by 201 runs before conceding a nine-wicket win to their opponents in the second.
Zimbabwe Predicted Playing 11
Brian Chari, Chamu Chibhabha, Hamilton Masakadza (c), Tarisai Musakanda, Peter Moor, Ryan Murray (wk), Donald Tiripano, Liam Nicholas Roche, Wellington Masakadza, Tendai Chatara, Blessing Muzarabani
Pakistan Team News & Playing 11
PAK Team News
Pakistan would be tempted to stick with the winning combination after having won the first two matches of the series without even breaking a sweat. None of their players were reported to be injured at the time of writing and we expect them to go into this third ODI with an unchanged line-up.
PAK Key Players
Openers Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman have already given the Zimbabwean bowlers plenty of headache. Both have whacked a century each in the first and the second match respectively. Fakhar is looking in a terrific touch with scores of 60 and 117* and he looks set for another big knock here. Babar Azam, currently the world no. 2 batsman in ODI cricket, has also looked fluent in his strokes and one can expect him to produce a quality innings on Wednesday.
Majority of the Pakistani bowlers have had a great time so far in this series. Usman Khan and Shadab Khan have taken a four-wicket haul each and they are likely to cause problems for the hosts once again. Hasan Ali and Mohammad Amir are two other bowlers in the side who can wreak havoc with the ball on their day. The former is currently number three in the ICC ODI rankings for bowlers with 66 wickets in 32 matches.
PAK Recent Form
Pakistan went into this series on the back of a 0-5 drubbing against New Zealand and are now slowly getting themselves back on the winning track with comfortable wins in the first two games at Bulawayo. The visitors, in order to keep their fifth position in the ICC ODI rankings, will have to win at least two of the remaining three fixtures in this series.
Pakistan Predicted Playing 11
Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed (c/wk), Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir, Usman Khan
Jul 18, 2018
12:45 IST / 7:15 GMT
Queens Sports Club - Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Zim vs Pak 
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