Zimbabwe vs Pakistan, 2nd ODI at Harare, , Sep 11 2011 - Match Result

Post-match presentation

Brendan Taylor: "Unfortunately I made a bad decision at the toss, we were totally outplayed today. I wanted to put them in to bat, what in god's name made me want to say we want to bat I don't know. I apologise to the boys for that. We are all desperate to get better, and hopefully we can put a good performance together on Wednesday."

Misbah: "This is the way we want to play. Wonderful performance by the team, especially the bowlers at the start. Then both the openers played very well, lot of pressure on Farhat, and Hafeez is turning out to be a match-winner for us. we came here after a lay-off of almost three months, we are just improving with the games. we just want to play a balanced team, we want to give exposure to the youngsters but we also want to keep winning games."

Mohammad Hafeez is, unsurprisingly, the Man of the Match: " The hard work in the last few years is paying off for me. I worked a lot on my fitness. I think really understand the game now as I worked hard with my coach, I worked on my technique as well. The plan today was simple, the ball was not coming on early on, the more we played the more we would get used to wicket, so we just wanted to spend more time on this track."

Imran Farhat:"It was very good stand, Hafeez was playing very well, I was just supporting him, coach said take your time. Definitely I was under pressure (after first game failure) I was trying to cut down the shots, the coach and captain said just take your time, you have the ability. Tremendous performance from Hafeez, I'm learning a lot from him."

That's all we have today. Hop over here if you want to see how the India- England game is going. Thanks for all the mails, clearly everyone needs to work on their jinxing ability. Join us again for the final game on Wednesday. See you then!

Kamran Yousaf: "Misbah ul Haq's Captaincy Record is 100% so far." Five wins in five ODIs so far.

Mune: "Hafeez can have a batting average of 100 for all I care, but I won't forgive him for giving away his wicket in Mohali like that."

Yousuf: "So apparently, through to the semifinal of the world cup is not the cream of the crop."

Apologies. Hafeez's batting average this year is 43. His strike-rate is 77. Thanks to Priyashrav for pointing that out.

Will Hafeez finish this off with a six?

Here's the list for largest partnerships by Pakistan in ODIs.

Tajdar: "Rameez Raja Jr. would surely get a chance in 3rd ODI, as Pakistan would take this series and be keen in experimenting a few other youngsters." Perhaps they should rest Hafeez.

Sultan Babar: "They now have the highest opening partnership stand for Pakistan. Way to go Naeem, you jinxed him, lol..."

Gav: "Hafeez's opponents this year? Zimbabwe, Ireland, West Indies, the World cup and New Zealand. Not quite the cream of the crop"

Faisal: "Highest opening stand for Pakistan. Well Done!" Just what the Professor ordered.

Hafeez's stats in 2011: Batting avg: 77 Bowling avg: 30

This stand is now the fifth highest opening stand for Pakistan

Another stat. This time from Ben: "If these two can bat until 40.4 overs, it will be a Pakistan record for the highest number of balls faced in an opening partnership."

andyZaltzmann'sHair sent this in before the Powerplay was taken: "If I was Hafeez, I'd take the powerplay now he's got his hundred, and hopefully do Pak a favour and help get his team mate out. Or possibly run Farhat out and have the perfect match."