- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.4 back of length outside off, comes down and tries to guide it down thirdman but plays it straight into the hands of Ihsanullah at the slips 18/17.5 tossed outside off, goes for a sweep but gets a bottom edge and taken cleanly by shahzad behind the stumps, wickets in quick succession for afghanistan 44/37.3 flighted on off, tries to play a inside-out drive over covers but plays it straight into the throat of mid-off at the top of the circle 43/228.4 flighted up, onto the frontfoot to defend but gets beaten by the flight and it hits him on the backleg, loud appeal and given 126/722.4 wrong'un, goes on the backfoot to play it towards on-side but misses and gets hit on the backfoot, loud-appeal and up goes the finger 117/422.5 quick and flat on middle stump, onto the knees to sweep but misses it and gets hit on the frontleg, loud-appeal and given 117/526 tossed up, goes onto the backfoot to play it straight but misses it and gets trapped infront of the stumps, loud appeal and given 124/631.3 good lenght outside off, goes for a pull but gets a top edge and straight in the air taken by the bowler himself 134/832.4 wrong'un, onto the frontfoot to defend but had to clue of it and it went through the defense to disturb the off-stump 139/934.3 flighted up on middle, swings again towards mid-wicket but gets the top edge and this time straight to Mujeeb are short fine leg who takes it with reverse cup, Afghanistan have wrapped up Zimbabwer for just 154 runs 154/10Extras8 (lb 6, w 2)TOTAL154 all out (34.3 Overs, RR: 4.46)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Hamilton Masakadza, 4.4 ov), 2-43 (Brendan Taylor, 7.3 ov), 3-44 (Solomon Mire, 7.5 ov), 4-117 (Sikandar Raza, 22.4 ov), 5-117 (Ryan Burl, 22.5 ov), 6-124 (Malcolm Waller, 25.6 ov), 7-126 (Craig Ervine, 28.4 ov), 8-134 (Graeme Cremer, 31.3 ov), 9-139 (Tendai Chatara, 32.4 ov), 10-154 (Brian Vitori, 34.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ Dawlat Zadran 6 1 28 1 4.66 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 10 1 45 3 4.50 Mohammad Nabi 4 0 28 0 7.00 Gulbadin Naib 6 0 23 1 3.83 Rashid Khan 8.3 1 24 5 2.82
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.3 short outside off, cuts it uppishly and straight to point fielder, an absolute blinder of a catch as he hit that very firmly 16/17.1 good length on middle, tries to clear the mid-on fielder but gets it from the inside half of the bat and plays it straight to waller at mid-on for a simple catch 43/217.4 looped on middle, onto the frontfoot to defend but misses and gets trapped infront of the wickets, loud appeal and given 112/326.3 comes down early and pushed wide from the bowler, goes after it and gets a top edge in the air and taken by chisoro at mid-on 150/4Extras6 (lb 1, w 5)TOTAL158/4 (27.3 Overs, RR: 5.74)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Mohammad Shahzad, 3.3 ov), 2-43 (Ihsanullah, 7.1 ov), 3-112 (Rahmat Shah, 17.4 ov), 4-150 (Nasir Jamal, 26.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ BV Vitori 2 0 14 0 7.00 TL Chatara 5 0 18 2 3.60 B Muzarabani 6 0 50 0 8.33 AG Cremer 9 1 49 1 5.44 RP Burl 5.3 0 26 1 4.72
Match Details
Toss
Zimbabwe , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Afghanistan led the 5-match series 2-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30 Interval 17.30-18.15, Second Session 18.15-22.15
Match days
13 February 2018 - day/night match (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Afghanistan innings: 1x7 ball over (over no 18)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsRashid's five-wicket haul dismantles Zimbabwe
The legspinner's variations skittled Zimbabwe for 154 in 34.3 overs, after which Rahmat Shah and Nasir Jamal secured the chase with fifties each