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Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan, 1st Test

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1st Test, Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe, Test

ZIM

586-10 & 142-4 (135.2 & 34)

Vs

AFG

699-10 (197)

Toss delayed due to wet outfield

Zimbabwe 1st Inning 586-10 (135.2 ov) CRR:4.33

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Joylord Gumbie (WK) c A Zazai b N Zadran 9 30 1 0 30.00
Ben Curran b AM Ghazanfar 68 74 11 0 91.89
Takudzwanashe Kaitano c S Atal b Z Khan 46 115 4 1 40.00
Sean Williams c R Shah b N Zadran 154 174 10 3 88.51
Dion Myers c & b AM Ghazanfar 27 38 3 0 71.05
Craig Ervine (C) c A Zazai b Z Akbar 104 176 10 0 59.09
Brian Bennett Not out 110 124 5 4 88.71
Brandon Mavuta b Z Akbar 0 2 0 0 0.00
Newman Nyamhuri c A Zazai b Z Khan 26 38 2 1 68.42
Blessing Muzarabani b A Omarzai 19 34 1 1 55.88
Trevor Gwandu c A Zazai b AM Ghazanfar 3 9 0 0 33.33
Extras 20 (b 1, Ib 16, w 1, nb 2, p 0)
Total 586 (10 wkts, 135.2 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
43-1(Joylord Gumbie 9.3),
92-2(Ben Curran 25.3),
170-3(Takudzwanashe Kaitano 44.3),
220-4(Dion Myers 55.2),
383-5(Sean Williams 90.3),
465-6(Craig Ervine 110.2),
465-7(Brandon Mavuta 110.4),
506-8(Newman Nyamhuri 121.4),
548-9(Blessing Muzarabani 131.1),
586-10(Trevor Gwandu 135.2)
Bowler O M R W NB WD ECO
Naveed Zadran 23 1 109 2 0 1 4.74
Azmatullah Omarzai 19 1 66 1 0 0 3.47
Allah Ghazanfar 30.2 3 127 3 0 0 4.19
Zahir Khan 28 0 127 2 2 0 4.54
Zia ur Rehman Akbar 26 2 101 2 0 0 3.88
Abdul Malik 6 1 23 0 0 0 3.83
Hashmatullah Shahidi 3 0 16 0 0 0 5.33

Afghanistan 1st Inning 699-10 (197 ov) CRR:3.55

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Sediqullah Atal b T Gwandu 3 6 0 0 50.00
Abdul Malik c BJ Curran b B Muzarabani 23 55 1 0 41.82
Rahmat Shah c BJ Curran b N Nyamhuri 234 424 23 3 55.19
Hashmatullah Shahidi (C) lbw b B Bennett 246 474 21 0 51.90
Afsar Zazai (WK) c (sub J Campbell) b S Williams 113 169 5 3 66.86
Shahidullah Kamal Not out 29 42 3 0 69.05
Azmatullah Omarzai c & b B Bennett 0 1 0 0 0.00
Zia ur Rehman Akbar c (sub T Marumani) b S Williams 5 7 0 0 71.43
Allah Ghazanfar c T Gwandu b B Bennett 6 4 0 1 150.00
Naveed Zadran b B Bennett 0 1 0 0 0.00
Zahir Khan lbw b B Bennett 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras 40 (b 12, Ib 19, w 6, nb 3, p 0)
Total 699 (10 wkts, 197 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
3-1(Sediqullah Atal 1.5),
64-2(Abdul Malik 22.3),
428-3(Rahmat Shah 126.6),
639-4(Afsar Zazai 183.5),
679-5(Hashmatullah Shahidi 192.5),
679-6(Azmatullah Omarzai 192.6),
688-7(Zia ur Rehman Akbar 195.4),
699-8(Allah Ghazanfar 196.3),
699-9(Naveed Zadran 196.4),
699-10(Zahir Khan 196.6)
Bowler O M R W NB WD ECO
Blessing Muzarabani 28 7 52 1 0 2 1.86
Trevor Gwandu 33 1 142 1 2 1 4.30
Newman Nyamhuri 23 2 82 1 1 2 3.57
Sean Williams 45 1 145 2 0 0 3.22
Brandon Mavuta 40 0 152 0 0 1 3.80
Brian Bennett 28 1 95 5 0 0 3.39

Zimbabwe 2nd Inning 142-4 (34 ov) CRR:4.18

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Joylord Gumbie (WK) c H Shahidi b Z Khan 24 58 3 0 41.38
Ben Curran runout (A Zazai / S Kamal) 41 61 6 0 67.21
Takudzwanashe Kaitano lbw b Z Khan 5 6 0 0 83.33
Sean Williams Not out 35 40 4 0 87.50
Dion Myers b AM Ghazanfar 4 13 1 0 30.77
Craig Ervine (C) Not out 22 26 2 0 84.62
Extras 11 (b 0, Ib 11, w 0, nb 0, p 0)
Total 142 (4 wkts, 34 Ov)
Yet to Bat Brian Bennett,Brandon Mavuta,Blessing Muzarabani,Trevor Gwandu,Newman Nyamhuri
Fall of Wickets
73-1(Joylord Gumbie 19.4),
75-2(Ben Curran 20.2),
81-3(Takudzwanashe Kaitano 21.5),
88-4(Dion Myers 24.5)
Bowler O M R W NB WD ECO
Naveed Zadran 6 2 18 0 0 0 3.00
Allah Ghazanfar 6 0 34 1 0 0 5.67
Zia ur Rehman Akbar 9 0 28 0 0 0 3.11
Azmatullah Omarzai 3 0 8 0 0 0 2.67
Zahir Khan 10 0 43 2 0 0 4.30

Match Info

Match ZIM vs AFG, 1st Test, Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe,Test
Date Thursday, December 26th, 2024
Toss Zimbabwe elected to bat
Time 1:30 pm
Venue Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Allahuddien Paleker (South Africa), Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe, TV)
Zimbabwe SquadJoylord Gumbie,Ben Curran,Takudzwanashe Kaitano,Sean Williams,Craig Ervine,Dion Myers,Brian Bennett,Brandon Mavuta,Blessing Muzarabani,Trevor Gwandu,Newman Nyamhuri
Afghanistan SquadAbdul Malik,Sediqullah Atal,Rahmat Shah,Hashmatullah Shahidi,Allah Ghazanfar,Afsar Zazai,Azmatullah Omarzai,Shahidullah Kamal,Naveed Zadran,Zia ur Rehman Akbar,Zahir Khan