Pakistani policemen stand guard as spectators watch the first Twenty20 Cricket match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Lahore, Pakistan, May 22, 2015. Zimbabwe are the first test-playing nation to tour Pakistan since a 2009 terror attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore left the driver dead and several players injured. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza
LAHORE (Reuters) - Pakistan marked international cricket's return to the trouble-torn country with a five-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the first Twenty20 International at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium on Friday.
Openers Mukhtar Ahmed (83) and Ahmed Shehzad (55) added 142 runs before captain Shahid Afridi hit a boundary off the first ball he faced to seal an emotional victory with three balls to spare.
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