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Match summary

Afghanistan in Zimbabwe

3rd ODI / Harare

Zimbabwe 127. Afghanistan 131 for 2.

Afghanistan win by 8 wickets.

Match Commentary

  1. Update

    Summary

    Over 27: 6 runs. Bowler: Wellington Masakadza. Afghanistan: 131/2 (rr 4.88)

  2. 26.5

    FOUR! Wellington Masakadza to Rahmat Shah. Left-arm orthodox stock back of a length, outside off on the back foot driving well timed for 4 runs

  3. 26.4

    Wellington Masakadza to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, wide outside off on the back foot worked well timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Brian Bennett

  4. 26.3

    Wellington Masakadza to Rahmat Shah. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off down the pitch driving well timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Ben Curran

  5. 26.2

    Wellington Masakadza to Rahmat Shah. Left-arm orthodox stock back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut for no run

  6. 26.1

    Wellington Masakadza to Rahmat Shah. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed to extra cover for no run, fielded by Craig Ervine

  7. Update

    Summary

    Over 26: 12 runs. Bowler: Newman Nyamhuri. Afghanistan: 125/2 (rr 4.81)

  8. 25.6

    FOUR! Newman Nyamhuri to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement half volley, off stump on the front foot flick well timed for 4 runs

  9. 25.6

    Wide. Newman Nyamhuri to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement short, off stump no foot movement leaving left alone through for 1 wides

  10. 25.5

    Newman Nyamhuri to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to extra cover for no run, fielded by Craig Ervine

  11. 25.5

    Wide. Newman Nyamhuri to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement short, outside off on the back foot pulled for 1 wides

  12. 25.4

    Newman Nyamhuri to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement short, outside off on the back foot upper cutted for no run

  13. 25.3

    FOUR! Newman Nyamhuri to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement short, wide outside off on the back foot cut well timed for 4 runs

  14. 25.2

    Newman Nyamhuri to Rahmat Shah. No movement short, outside off on the back foot steered well timed to third man for 1 run, fielded by Richard Ngarava

  15. 25.1

    Newman Nyamhuri to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement length ball, outside off on the back foot worked well timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Wellington Masakadza

  16. Update

    Summary

    Over 25: 6 runs. Bowler: Wellington Masakadza. Afghanistan: 113/2 (rr 4.52)

  17. 24.6

    Wellington Masakadza to Rahmat Shah. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed to extra cover for no run, fielded by Craig Ervine

  18. 24.5

    Wellington Masakadza to Rahmat Shah. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the back foot driving mis-timed to extra cover for no run, fielded by Craig Ervine

  19. 24.4

    Wellington Masakadza to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the back foot worked well timed to square leg for 1 run, fielded by Craig Ervine

  20. 24.3

    Wellington Masakadza to Rahmat Shah. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump down the pitch driving well timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Ben Curran

  21. 24.2

    Wellington Masakadza to Rahmat Shah. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the back foot driving mis-timed for no run

  22. 24.1

    FOUR! Wellington Masakadza to Rahmat Shah. Left-arm orthodox stock back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut well timed for 4 runs

  23. Update

    Summary

    Over 24: 6 runs. Bowler: Trevor Gwandu. Afghanistan: 107/2 (rr 4.46)

  24. 23.6

    FOUR! Trevor Gwandu to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement short, outside off on the back foot pulled well timed for 4 runs

  25. 23.5

    Trevor Gwandu to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement length ball, outside off on the back foot cut mis-timed to cover for no run, fielded by Brian Bennett

  26. 23.4

    Trevor Gwandu to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement short, wide outside off on the back foot pulled mis-timed to mid wicket for no run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  27. 23.3

    Trevor Gwandu to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot worked well timed to deep backward square leg for 2 runs, fielded by Wellington Masakadza

  28. 23.2

    Trevor Gwandu to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement length ball, outside off on the back foot pushed for no run

  29. 23.1

    Trevor Gwandu to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut well timed to cover for no run, fielded by Sean Williams

  30. Update

    Summary

    Over 23: 3 runs. Bowler: Wellington Masakadza. Afghanistan: 101/2 (rr 4.39)

  31. 22.6

    Wellington Masakadza to Rahmat Shah. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot well timed to backward point for no run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  32. 22.5

    Wellington Masakadza to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Ben Curran

  33. 22.4

    Wellington Masakadza to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off down the pitch worked for no run

  34. 22.3

    Wellington Masakadza to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the back foot worked well timed to short fine leg for no run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  35. 22.2

    Wellington Masakadza to Rahmat Shah. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Brian Bennett

  36. 22.1

    Wellington Masakadza to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Richard Ngarava

  37. Update

    Summary

    Over 22: 2 runs. Bowler: Trevor Gwandu. Afghanistan: 98/2 (rr 4.45)

  38. 21.6

    Trevor Gwandu to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot playing a backward defensive shot for 1 run

  39. 21.5

    Trevor Gwandu to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement short, outside off no foot movement leaving left alone through for no run

  40. 21.4

    Trevor Gwandu to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut for no run

  41. 21.3

    Trevor Gwandu to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot playing a backward defensive shot for no run

  42. 21.2

    Trevor Gwandu to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut for no run

  43. 21.2

    Wide. Trevor Gwandu to Hashmatullah Shahidi. No movement length ball, wide outside off no foot movement leaving left alone through for 1 wides

  44. 21.1

    OUT! Trevor Gwandu to Sediqullah Atal. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to deep extra cover for no run, caught by Brian Bennett. Sediqullah Atal Caught for 52.

  45. Update

    Summary

    Over 21: 4 runs. Bowler: Wellington Masakadza. Afghanistan: 96/1 (rr 4.57)

  46. 20.6

    Wellington Masakadza to Sediqullah Atal. Left-arm orthodox stock back of a length, outside off on the back foot worked well timed to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Newman Nyamhuri

  47. 20.5

    Wellington Masakadza to Rahmat Shah. Left-arm orthodox stock back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Brian Bennett

  48. 20.4

    Wellington Masakadza to Rahmat Shah. Left-arm orthodox stock back of a length, outside off on the back foot pushed well timed to extra cover for no run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  49. 20.3

    Wellington Masakadza to Rahmat Shah. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to extra cover for no run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  50. 20.2

    Wellington Masakadza to Sediqullah Atal. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Ben Curran

  51. 20.1

    Wellington Masakadza to Rahmat Shah. Left-arm orthodox stock length ball, off stump on the front foot driving well timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Ben Curran

  52. Update

    Summary

    Over 20: 7 runs. Bowler: Newman Nyamhuri. Afghanistan: 92/1 (rr 4.6)

  53. 19.6

    Newman Nyamhuri to Rahmat Shah. Slower ball back of a length, outside off on the back foot worked well timed to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Joylord Gumbie

  54. 19.6

    Wide. Newman Nyamhuri to Rahmat Shah. No movement short, wide outside off no foot movement leaving left alone through for 1 wides

  55. 19.5

    Newman Nyamhuri to Rahmat Shah. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot cut well timed to backward point for no run, fielded by Sean Williams

  56. 19.4

    Newman Nyamhuri to Rahmat Shah. No movement back of a length, outside off no foot movement leaving left alone through for no run

  57. 19.3

    Newman Nyamhuri to Rahmat Shah. No movement short, down leg on the back foot pulled mis-timed to fine leg for 2 runs, fielded by Ben Curran

  58. 19.2

    Newman Nyamhuri to Sediqullah Atal. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to mid on for 1 run, fielded by Trevor Gwandu

  59. 19.1

    Newman Nyamhuri to Sediqullah Atal. No movement length ball, off stump on the front foot flick well timed to deep square leg for 2 runs, fielded by Wellington Masakadza

  60. Update

    Summary

    Over 19: 2 runs. Bowler: Richard Ngarava. Afghanistan: 85/1 (rr 4.47)

  61. 18.6

    Richard Ngarava to Rahmat Shah. No movement back of a length, middle stump on the back foot steered well timed to gully for no run, fielded by Sean Williams

  62. 18.5

    Richard Ngarava to Rahmat Shah. No movement length ball, middle stump on the back foot steered well timed to gully for no run, run out attempt: missed stumps by Sean Williams

  63. 18.4

    Richard Ngarava to Rahmat Shah. No movement length ball, down leg on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot well timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Richard Ngarava

  64. 18.4

    Wide. Richard Ngarava to Rahmat Shah. No movement half tracker, down leg no foot movement leaving left alone through for 1 wides

  65. 18.3

    OUT! Richard Ngarava to Abdul Malik. No movement length ball, off stump on the back foot cut for no run. Abdul Malik Bowled for 29.

  66. 18.2

    Richard Ngarava to Sediqullah Atal. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot steered well timed to third man for 1 run, fielded by Trevor Gwandu

  67. 18.1

    Richard Ngarava to Sediqullah Atal. No movement yorker, off stump on the front foot flick mis-timed to square leg for no run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  68. Update

    Summary

    Over 18: 9 runs. Bowler: Newman Nyamhuri. Afghanistan: 83/0 (rr 4.61)

  69. 17.6

    Newman Nyamhuri to Abdul Malik. No movement half volley, down leg on the front foot flick well timed to mid wicket for no run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  70. 17.6

    Wide. Newman Nyamhuri to Abdul Malik. No movement short, down leg on the back foot pulled for 1 wides

  71. 17.5

    Newman Nyamhuri to Sediqullah Atal. No movement yorker, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Brian Bennett

  72. 17.4

    SIX! Newman Nyamhuri to Sediqullah Atal. No movement short, outside off on the back foot pulled well timed for 6 runs

  73. 17.3

    Newman Nyamhuri to Sediqullah Atal. No movement length ball, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot well timed to extra cover for no run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  74. 17.2

    Newman Nyamhuri to Abdul Malik. No movement short, middle stump on the back foot cut well timed to third man for 1 run, fielded by Ben Curran

  75. 17.1

    Newman Nyamhuri to Abdul Malik. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot cut for no run

  76. Update

    Summary

    Over 17: 4 runs. Bowler: Richard Ngarava. Afghanistan: 74/0 (rr 4.35)

  77. 16.6

    Richard Ngarava to Abdul Malik. No movement length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to mid off for 1 run, fielded by Wellington Masakadza

  78. 16.5

    Richard Ngarava to Abdul Malik. No movement short, middle stump on the back foot pulled mis-timed to mid off for no run, fielded by Wellington Masakadza

  79. 16.4

    Richard Ngarava to Abdul Malik. No movement length ball, off stump on the back foot steered well timed to gully for no run, fielded by Craig Ervine

  80. 16.3

    Richard Ngarava to Abdul Malik. No movement short, off stump on the back foot pulled for no run

  81. 16.2

    Richard Ngarava to Abdul Malik. No movement length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to mid off for no run, fielded by Wellington Masakadza

  82. 16.1

    Richard Ngarava to Sediqullah Atal. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot worked well timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Brian Bennett

  83. 16.1

    Wide. Richard Ngarava to Sediqullah Atal. No movement length ball, off stump on the back foot glancing for 1 wides

  84. 16.1

    Wide. Richard Ngarava to Sediqullah Atal. No movement yorker, down leg no foot movement flick for 1 wides

  85. Update

    Summary

    Over 16: 1 run. Bowler: Sikandar Raza. Afghanistan: 70/0 (rr 4.38)

  86. 15.6

    Sikandar Raza to Abdul Malik. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot driving mis-timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  87. 15.5

    Sikandar Raza to Abdul Malik. Off break half volley, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  88. 15.4

    Sikandar Raza to Abdul Malik. Off break back of a length, outside off on the back foot pulled mis-timed to mid wicket for no run, fielded by Sean Williams

  89. 15.3

    Sikandar Raza to Abdul Malik. Off break length ball, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot well timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  90. 15.2

    Sikandar Raza to Sediqullah Atal. Off break length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Brian Bennett

  91. 15.1

    Sikandar Raza to Sediqullah Atal. Off break length ball, outside off on the back foot pushed mis-timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Sikandar Raza

  92. Update

    Summary

    Over 15: 7 runs. Bowler: Richard Ngarava. Afghanistan: 69/0 (rr 4.6)

  93. 14.6

    Richard Ngarava to Abdul Malik. No movement length ball, middle stump on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot well timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Richard Ngarava

  94. 14.5

    Richard Ngarava to Abdul Malik. No movement back of a length, off stump on the back foot cut for no run

  95. 14.4

    Richard Ngarava to Abdul Malik. Off cutter back of a length, off stump on the back foot cut for no run

  96. 14.4

    Wide. Richard Ngarava to Abdul Malik. No movement short, down leg on the back foot pulled for 1 wides

  97. 14.3

    Richard Ngarava to Sediqullah Atal. No movement short, outside off on the back foot pulled well timed to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Brian Bennett

  98. 14.2

    Richard Ngarava to Abdul Malik. No movement length ball, middle stump on the back foot dropped well timed to extra cover for 1 run, run out attempt: missed stumps by Sikandar Raza

  99. 14.1

    FOUR! Richard Ngarava to Abdul Malik. No movement half volley, outside off on the front foot driving well timed for 4 runs

  100. Update

    Summary

    Over 14: 7 runs. Bowler: Sikandar Raza. Afghanistan: 62/0 (rr 4.43)

  101. 13.6

    Sikandar Raza to Abdul Malik. Off break yorker, outside off on the front foot driving mis-timed to long off for 1 run, fielded by Trevor Gwandu

  102. 13.5

    Sikandar Raza to Abdul Malik. Off break length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed to deep extra cover for 2 runs, fielded by Trevor Gwandu

  103. 13.4

    Sikandar Raza to Sediqullah Atal. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot flick well timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Ben Curran

  104. 13.3

    Sikandar Raza to Sediqullah Atal. Off break length ball, outside off on the back foot driving mis-timed to mid wicket for no run, fielded by Ben Curran

  105. 13.2

    Sikandar Raza to Abdul Malik. Off break length ball, outside off on the back foot worked well timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Brian Bennett

  106. 13.1

    Sikandar Raza to Abdul Malik. Off break length ball, outside off on the front foot driving well timed to deep backward point for 2 runs, fielded by Joylord Gumbie

  107. Update

    Summary

    Over 13: 4 runs. Bowler: Newman Nyamhuri. Afghanistan: 55/0 (rr 4.23)

  108. 12.6

    Newman Nyamhuri to Sediqullah Atal. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot playing a backward defensive shot for 2 runs

  109. 12.5

    Newman Nyamhuri to Sediqullah Atal. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot worked mis-timed to square leg for no run, fielded by Sean Williams

  110. 12.4

    Newman Nyamhuri to Sediqullah Atal. No movement short, outside off on the back foot cut for no run

  111. 12.3

    Newman Nyamhuri to Sediqullah Atal. No movement length ball, outside off on the back foot worked to bowler for no run, fielded by Newman Nyamhuri

  112. 12.2

    Newman Nyamhuri to Abdul Malik. No movement half volley, down leg on the front foot flick mis-timed to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Richard Ngarava

  113. 12.1

    Newman Nyamhuri to Sediqullah Atal. No movement back of a length, outside off on the back foot worked to backward square leg for 1 leg byes, fielded by Tadiwanashe Marumani

  114. Update

    Summary

    Over 12: 0 runs. Bowler: Sikandar Raza. Afghanistan: 51/0 (rr 4.25)

  115. 11.6

    Sikandar Raza to Abdul Malik. Off break length ball, outside off on the back foot pushed well timed to cover for no run, fielded by Ben Curran

  116. 11.5

    Sikandar Raza to Abdul Malik. Off break length ball, outside off on the front foot playing a forward defensive shot well timed to bowler for no run, fielded by Sikandar Raza