Pakistan stamped its authority over Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on Friday, winning the first of two Twenty20 matches by a huge margin of 85 runs.
Mohammad Hafeez was the star of the show, scoring 71 before taking four wickets.
Pakistan raced to 198 for four — a record against Zimbabwe — with the highest previously set by South Africa with 194-6 at Kimberley last year.
Then it bundled out Zimbabwe for 113 in the 16th over, condemning the home side to a fifth successive loss to the tourists, who also won the one-off Test as well as three one-day internationals.
Brendan Taylor won the toss for Zimbabwe and put Pakistan into bat.
Hafeez and Asad Shafiq responded by racing to 34 in three overs and the tone was set with 10 boundaries struck off the first 27 balls.
Shafiq's 38 came off 34 balls and man-of-the-match Hafeez's 71 required only 48.
Zimbabwe was never going to get close to the 199 set for victory, and apart from Chamu Chibhabha's 28 and Charles Coventry's 30, there was next to no resistance.
Scoreboard
Pakistan: M. Hafeez c Coventry b Chibhabha 71, A. Shafiq (run out) 38, Rameez lbw b Price 23, U. Akmal (not out) 22, S. Malik c Masakadza b Jarvis 7, S. Tanvir (not out) 17; Extras (lb-4, w-15, nb-1): 20; Total (for four wkts. in 20 overs): 198.
Fall of wickets: 1-74, 2-147, 3-154, 4-180.
Zimbabwe bowling : Mpofu 4-0-59-0, Jarvis 4-0-30-1, Price 4-0-35-1, Chigumbura 3-0-31-0, Masakadza 2-0-22-0, Chibhabha 3-0-17-1.
Zimbabwe : V. Sibanda c Misbah b Sohail 7, C. Chibhabha lbw b Hafeez 28, C. Zhuwayo c U. Akmal b Sohail 0, B. Taylor c Yasir b Tanvir 10, H. Masakadza c Yasir b Hafeez 12, E. Chigumbura c Tanvir b Hafeez 1, C. Coventry c U. Akmal b Ajmal 30, T. Taibu (run out) 6, R. Price b Hafeez 3, K. Jarvis c Yasir b Cheema 0, C. Mpofu (not out) 4; Extras (lb-4, w-8): 12; Total (in 15.2 overs): 113.
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-13, 3-37, 4-64, 5-64, 6-77, 7-102, 8-104, 9-104.
Pakistan bowling : Tanvir 3-0-24-1, Sohail 2-0-13-2, Cheema 3-0-21-1, Yasir 3-0-31-0, Hafeez 2.2-0-10-4, Ajmal 2-0-10-1.
