The strike, which is Zaki’s tenth of the season will earn Zamalek £500,000.

The player, who’s on a one-year loan at Wigan from Zamalek, had a contract term obliging the Latics to pay the Cairo club £500,000 once he scores ten goals.

Bolton could have opened the scoring on 17 minutes when Kevin Davies was released through on Mike Pillott, before Paul Scharner’s perfect tackle saved Wigan from conceding.

Wigan took a strong hold of the game afterwards as Lee Cattermole and Emile Heskey had two golden opportunities saved by Jussi Jaaskelainen.

On 44 minutes, Wigan were awarded a penalty after Andy O'Brien’s tackle on Henri Camara. Zaki stepped up confidently to send Jaaskelainen the wrong way.

In the second half, Bolton went gung ho in order to find an equalizer. They almost scored when Danny Shittu’s header was cleared off the line by Wilson Palacios. TV replays suggested that the ball might have crossed the line.

On 63 minutes, Pollitt produced a brilliant double save to deny Bolton. Johan Elmander’s initial effort from inside the box was parried by the keeper, before he palmed the rebound at full stretch.

Bolton had their best chance of the game in injury time, when Matt Taylor’s early cross was headed by Shittu ahead of Pollitt, but the defender bitterly watched the ball clinch the bar.

The win lifts Wigan to seventh place with 28 points, while Bolton are in eleventh on 23.

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