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Zimbabwe worked hard to take a slender first innings lead of 32 runs with three wickets in hand. The hosts finished Day 2 at 281 for 7 in reply to Pakistan's 249.
Update at Lunch on Day 2: Zimbabwe look good at 67 for 1 after bowling out Pakistan for 249 in the First Test at Harare. Opener Vusi Sibanda took quite a few body blows to remain unbeaten on a brave 30 from 74 balls. Skipper Hamilton Masakadza who joined him in the 9th over has moved onto 19* from 44 balls which includes a confident six off Saeed Ajmal.

The Zimbabweans lost their first wicket when Junaid Khan from round the sticks angled one into the right-handed Tino Mawayo (13) and got it to seam away to force an edge. The hosts have batted out 24 overs before lunch losing only Mawayo. Prior to that, it took just two balls for the hosts to get the last Pakistani wicket with overnight batsman Saeed Ajmal losing his off stump to Tendai Chatara. Ajmal couldn’t add anything to his overnight score of 49 to miss out on what could have been a 2nd Test fifty.

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