So the T20s and ODIs are over and the Test Series is going to start from Tuesday. Pakistan and Zimbabwe have played 15 Test matches in total. Pakistan won 9, Zimbabwe won 2 and 4 resulted in a draw. In last 11 years Pakistan and Zimbabwe played only 1 Test match that was in 2011, Pakistan won that match comfortably by 7 wickets.

Zimbabwe played last Test Series against Bangladesh which resulted in a draw 1-1 while Pakistan is coming from a lost Test series against South Africa.


Test Squad
Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Abdur Rehman, Adnan Akmal (wk), Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Ehsan Adil, Faisal Iqbal, Junaid Khan, Khurram Manzoor, Mohammad Hafeez, Rahat Ali, Saeed Ajmal, Shan Masood, Wahab Riaz, Younis Khan


Batting
From Pakistan current Test squad only Mohammad Hafeez got a Test century against Zimbabwe in his only Test match against Zimbabwe in 2011. In current tour Hafeez is looking in good form he scored a fifty in T20 series and thn a fifty and a century in ODI series.

In last Test match between Zimbabwe and Pakistan Tino Mawoyo was the key player for Zimbabwe. He scored his highest Test score 163* in that match against Pakistan which helped his team to post a total of 412 in 1st innings against Pakistan in 2011 Test match.


Bowling
In last Test match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe Aizaz Cheema and Saeed Ajmal were the highest wicket takers for Pakistan. Cheema got 8 wickets while Ajmal got 6 wickets in that match.

Ray Price was the highest wicket taker for Zimbabwe in that test match but he is already Retired from international cricket.


Trivia

* In current Test squad of Pakistan only Younis Khan is the player who played more thn 1 Test match against Zimbabwe and he was part of Pakistan Test team in 2002 Zimbabwe tour.

* Hamilton Masakadza is the only player from current Zimbabwe team who played more thn 1 Test match against Pakistan, He was part of Zimbabwe Test team in 2002 series against Pakistan.

* In last test match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe, Mohammad Hafeez was man of the match he scored 157 runs and got 4 wickets in that match.

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