November 12, 2002	Tuesday	Ramazan 6, 1423

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HARARE, Nov 11: Centuries by Inzamam-ul-Haq and Taufiq Umar on the third day of the first Test put Pakistan in complete control against Zimbabwe Monday.

Inzamam’s 112 made him only the second Pakistani to reach 6,000 Test runs after Javed Miandad, and it was only the 16th time in Test history that a batsman scored 100 runs in the session before lunch.

Pakistan were eventually bowled out for 369 as opener Taufiq made 111 to stabilise a sometimes lackadaisical innings by the tourists.

Zimbabwe reached 19 for one in search of an unlikely victory target of 430 when bad light ended play 13 overs early. Dion Ebrahim and Alistair Campbell were both nine not out.

Pakistan were dismissed for 285 in their first innings, to which Zimbabwe replied with 225.

Inzamam began his innings needing 32 runs to join Pakistan’s 6,000 club. He bludgeoned 48 runs of his half century in boundaries, needing just 53 balls to reach it.

He was out five balls after reaching his 17th Test hundred, having faced 107 balls and hit 20 fours.

Pakistan started the day on 14 for one and suffered their only loss of the morning session to the 15th ball of the day, when Younis Khan played away from his body and edged a delivery from fast bowler Henry Olonga to Campbell at second slip.

Taufiq batted for six hours and faced 229 balls before he became one of Andy Blignaut’s three victims.