Debutants Riaz, Rauf share five wickets for Pakistan

Sheikhupura, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's debutant pace bowlers Abdul Rauf and Wahab Riaz shared five wickets to bowl out Zimbabwe for 181 runs in the fifth and final one-day international on Saturday.

Rauf a strapping tall pacer took 3 for 45 and Riaz a left armer 2 for 19 in their spells as Zimbabwe struggled on a ground where their last win against Pakistan came nine years ago.

Pakistani selectors gave caps to four new players and the move paid off as debutant Rizwan Ahmed started the Zimbabwe slide by running out Vusi Sibanda in the 6th over.

Zimbabwe were losing wickets regularly to struggle to 5 for 67 before Brendan Taylor (49) and Elton Chigumbura (34) spared their blushes with a fighting partnership of 85 from 123 balls.

After Sibanda went run out for 18 from fine leg, captain Hamilton Masakadza (5) was caught and bowled by Rauf before Riaz got into the act.

Bowling at a nippy pace, Riaz had Tatenda Taibu (6) caught driving in the covers and Sean Williams caught at long on after he faced 42 balls for his 19 runs. Williams, in form in the series, played a loose shot.

Captain Shoaib Malik than bowled Chamu Chibhabha for one to leave the visitors struggling to avoid a whitewash in the series.

Chigumbura and Taylor, who hit five fours in his 79 balls innings, batted sensibly as the bowlers got some help from the pitch which had bounce and turn in it.

Chigumbura eventually succumbed to the wiles of left arm spinner Fawad Alam, who had him stumped after he faced 57 balls at the total of 152. In the next over, Malik bowled Taylor.