Pakistan Women capped off a dominant series with a nine-wicket demolition of Zimbabwe Women in the third and final ODI at the National Stadium in Karachi, completing a 3-0 sweep that lifted them to second place in the ICC Women's Championship 2025-29 standings with eight points from six matches.
Zimbabwe, invited to bat first by stand-in captain Muneeba Ali, posted 222 for 9 in their 50 overs without ever threatening to set a truly imposing target. Beloved Biza top-scored with a fluent 73 off 88 balls, while Kelis Ndhlovu offered solid support with 51 off 72. Tasmia Rubab led the bowling attack with three wickets, and Ayesha Zafar was miserly throughout, conceding just 13 runs in six overs on her way to two dismissals.
What followed was barely a contest. Sadaf Shamas and Gull Feroza had made a habit of dismantling Zimbabwe this series, and they did so once more with a 220-run opening stand - Pakistan's second-highest partnership for any wicket in WODIs and their third consecutive 150-plus stand of the series. Their combined tally of 571 runs across three matches is the highest ever by an opening pair in a bilateral ODI series.
Gull was the aggressor, reaching her hundred off just 83 balls to break her own record for the fastest ODI century by a Pakistan women's batter - one she had set only three days earlier. She finished unbeaten on 106, ending the series with 256 runs at an average of 128. Sadaf fell agonisingly short of consecutive hundreds, caught for 90 in the 32nd over.
Pakistan completed the chase in 31.5 overs at 7.07 runs per over, the highest scoring rate by any team in a successful chase of a 200-plus target in women's cricket.
@B0$ Zimbabwe 222/9 in 50 overs (Beloved Biza 73, Kellis Ndhlovu 51; Tasmia Rubab 3-49, Ayesha Zafar 2-13) lost to Pakistan 225/1 in 31.5 overs (Gull Feroza 106*, Sadaf Shamas 90) by nine wickets
