The third and final day-night international between Pakistan and Zimbabwe ended as a no result in Lahore on Sunday after play was ended by bad weather.
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Zimbabwe, chasing a target of 297 to win, were 60-0 before a power failure in a floodlight tower and a duststorm forced the players to walk off the field at Gaddafi Stadium.
The teams came back for one over during which Zimbabwe, chasing a revised target of 281 in 46 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis formula, added eight more runs without losing a wicket.
A heavy downpour then forced the players off the field once more before the umpires called off the match as there was no respite from rain.
Pakistan took the three-match series 2-0 having won the first game by 41 runs and the second by six wickets – both played in Lahore.
Mohammad Hafeez scored a run-a-ball 80 with eight fours and a six while debutant Babar Azam notched a 60-ball 54 to lift the home team to 296-9 after Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat on another flat pitch.
Hafeez was involved in a 115- run partnership with Azhar Ali, who made 46, before Babar and Anwar Ali (38 not out) gave the score a significant boost in the final overs with some superb batting.
Captain Ali was run out in the 20th over as he failed to complete a single. He hit four boundaries and a six during his 59-ball knock.
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Raza then came into his own, trapping Hafeez with a sharp delivery and followed it up by dismissing Asad Shafiq (16) and Sarfraz Ahmed (25) to improve on his 2-25 against Afghanistan at Bulawayo last year.
Babar kept his cool, reaching his maiden fifty off 54 balls with four boundaries as he and Anwar Ali helped Pakistan add 54 in the last five overs.
Zimbabwe had got off to a sound start with Vusi Sibanda not out on 28 and fellow opener Chamu Chibhabha on an unbeaten 39 before rain ruined the contest.
