Pakistan needs 264 runs to win second test

HARARE: Pakistan needs 264 to win the second test against Zimbabwe and sweep the series 2-0 after bowling the home team out for 199 soon after lunch on the fourth day on Friday.

Rahat Ali had match-leading figures of 5-52 as Zimbabwe lost wickets quickly after being 117-1 at one stage on Thursday.

Spinners Abdur Rehman and Saeed Ajmal had two wickets each and Zimbabwe added just 78 runs and lost six wickets in just over a session after being 121-4 overnight.

Captain Brendan Taylor made 27 and wicketkeeper batsman Richmond Mutumbami 29 but there was little else from the Zimbabwean middle and lower order, leaving Pakistan with a reasonable score to chase and over a day to get there and win the short series.