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International series at Harare Sports Club today.
The hosts trail the series 20 in the threematch series after losing by five runs in Bulawayo last week and then crashing to a 10wicket defeat in the second game on Sunday.

Despite the poor run of fortunes against the Pakistanis in the games played to date, Zimbabwe would certainly not want to end the tour winless.
Coach Alan Butcher said he hoped to come back stronger following the two defeats and, with that in mind, a better performance is expected from the home side today.
Although they toiled in vain in the last game, Butcher indicated he may not want see many changes to the team, giving a lifeline to players like Chamu Chibhabha and Malcom Waller to prove themselves.

Zimbabwe, however, might need to strengthen their middle order, while working on improving their attitude and adopting a more confident approach to the game.
Skipper Brendan Taylor made a big mistake when he made the wrong call after winning an important toss in the last ODI.

While Taylor wanted to field, which would have made sense given that the conditions in the morning helped the bowlers, he mistakenly chose to bat and paid a big prize. His efforts to change the call were rejected.
Pakistan have enjoyed success during this tour after winning the only Test and taking an unassailable lead in the ODI series.

With the series in the bag, they have all the satisfaction they may need for this tour and may decide to rest their key players to give a run to some of the youngsters in the squad.
The teams will meet on Friday and Sunday for the two Twenty20 matches that wrap up the tour.

Squads
Zimbabwe: Chamu Chibhabha, Vusi Sibanda, Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor (c), Tatenda Taibu (wk), Malcolm Waller, Elton Chigumbura, Prosper Utseya, Ray Price, Chris Mpofu, Brian Vitori, Kyle Jarvis, Regis Chakabva, Craig Ervine, Gregory Lamb, Tino Mawoyo
Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Younis Khan, MisbahulHaq (c), Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Adnan Akmal (wk), Sohail Tanvir, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Aizaz Cheema, Azhar Ali, Rameez Raja, Asad Shafiq, Sohail Khan, Taufeeq Umar, Yasir Shah