Inzamam's tearful farewell

Mar 21, 2007

The teams observed a minute's silence in memory of Bob Woolmer before the start of play•AFP

Inzamam-ul-Haq was in blistering form, clearly intent on marking his final one-day innings in style•AFP

But Imran Nazir took control of the game...•AFP

Mohammad Sami helped reduce Zimbabwe to 30 for 3•AFP

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Chigumbura to Kamran Akmal, OUT, weak backfoot prod, no footwork, he chased it and a thin edge was caught by Taylor, although he did his best to drop it, as he has a number of other balls in the tournament to date. But he clung on, and Zimbabwe have the breakthrough•AFP

27.4 Mupariwa to Inzamam-ul-Haq, OUT, fine catch, a very fine catch to end a brilliant batsman's one-day career. Inzamam trying to launch another six over long-on but got an outside edge behind Williams' head at mid-off who jogged back and took it in front of his nose. Fine catch•AFP

...reaching a brilliant century...•AFP

Before the rain fell, delaying the match•AFP

And he gets a big standing ovation; each Zimbabwe player jogs over to shake his hand. And as he raises his bat, his Pakistan side all come down to greet their captain who, by now, is in tears. He takes his helmet off, acknowledges the crowd while wiping the tears dry. And 15 years ago today, Inzamam scored 60 off 37 balls to help Pakistan win the World Cup semi-final against New Zealand•AFP

...and going on to make 160•AFP

15.1 Shahid Afridi to Chigumbura, OUT, another big swing but he misses, it's straight, and he's gone down in a blaze of hitting•AFP