- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.3 Gumbie gets the edge! Length ball just outside off. Gumbie shuffles to the off side and tries to fend from behind the ball's line. Takes the edge to the keeper! 43/125.3 Bowled him! Tossed up good length ball on the fifth stump line, defends off the front foot, this one turns in towards the wicket, goes through the gap between bat and pad, hits the off stump."This is the one!" exclaims Zazai excitedly from behind the wicket. Ben Curran's incredible innings came to an end. 92/244.3 Generously flighted ball around the stumps, wrong-un, turning away from the batter, Kaitano goes down on one knee, big swing of the bat as he attempts to slog sweep the ball over the cow corner region, hits the outside edge of the toe end of the bat and straight into the hands of the slip fielder. Atal makes no mistake at the slip position, holding on to it with reverse cup. 170/390.3 short ball plan works! Williams falls to the trap. Bouncer after bouncer from Zadran and Williams finally bites. Pulled to the fielder in the deep. 383/555.2 soft dismissal! Taken on the followthrough. Short of good length ball around off. Myers opens his stance to flat-bat a shot through the on-side but ends up toe-ending the shot straight back after being caught in his crease. Sharp catch by Ghazanfar at his eye-line. Wicket against the run of play! 220/4110.2 Nicked through to Zazai! Short of a length ball outside off, Ervine hangs back and plays the square cut shot late, thick inside edge of the bat as the ball kept a bit low, and the wicket keeper makes no mistake behind the stumps. 465/6110.4 Cleaned him up! Generously flighted good length ball on middle-off with the arm, misreads the line of the ball and plays off the front foot, misses the line of the ball and crashed onto the stumps 465/7121.4 full ball wider outside off. Goes for an expansive shot with the ball turning away, but it turns away, and takes the outside edge to the keeper! 506/8Extras15 (b 1, lb 11, nb 2, w 1)TOTAL509/8 (123 Overs, RR: 4.12)Yet to bat: T GwanduFall of wickets: 1-43 (Joylord Gumbie, 9.3 ov), 2-92 (Ben Curran, 25.3 ov), 3-170 (Takudzwanashe Kaitano, 44.3 ov), 4-220 (Dion Myers, 55.2 ov), 5-383 (Sean Williams, 90.3 ov), 6-465 (Craig Ervine, 110.2 ov), 7-465 (Brandon Mavuta, 110.4 ov), 8-506 (Newman Nyamhuri, 121.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Naveed Zadran 22 2 94 2 4.27 1 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 15 1 53 0 3.53 0 0 AM Ghazanfar 28 3 108 2 3.85 0 0 Zahir Khan 27 0 123 2 4.55 0 2 Zia-ur-Rehman 23 2 83 2 3.60 0 0 Abdul Malik(1) 6 1 23 0 3.83 0 0 Hashmatullah Shahidi 3 0 16 0 5.33 0 0 Afghanistan Team Sediqullah Atal Abdul Malik Rahmat Shah Allrounder Hashmatullah Shahidi (c) Azmatullah Omarzai Allrounder Afsar Zazai † Wicketkeeper Shahidullah Allrounder AM Ghazanfar Bowler Zia-ur-Rehman Allrounder Naveed Zadran Bowler Zahir Khan Bowler
Current Run Rate
CRR
4.12
Minimum Ov. Rem
Min. Ov. Rem
51.0
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
41/1 (4.1)
Current Run Rate
CRR
4.12
Minimum Ov. Rem
Min. Ov. Rem
51.0
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
41/1 (4.1)
Match Details
Toss
Zimbabwe , elected to bat first
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
26,27,28,29,30 December 2024 (5-day match)
Match Notes
- Zimbabwe 1 st Innings
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs after 10.4 overs,(64 balls) in 55 minutes, 7x4 0x6
- Drinks: Zimbabwe: 56 runs/1 wkt, after 12 overs, 2 ex, 8x4 0x6,( B.Curran 40, T.Kataino 5)
- Willams S: 152 runs off 166 balls in 259 minutes, 10x4 3x6
- Zimbabwe: 400 runs after 92 .5 overs, 14 ex, 38x4 4x6
- Drinks: Zimbabwe: 419 runs/ 5wkts, after 99 overs, 14 ex, 40x4 4x6,( C.Ervine 79, B.Bennett 22)
- Zimbabwe: 450 runs after 106 overs(639balls) 52x4 4x6
- C.Ervine: 100 runs off 167 balls in 222 minutes, 10x4 0x6
- Lunch: Zimbabwe: 471 runs/ 7 wkts, after 113 overs, 15 ex, 44x4 4x6,(B.Bennett 46, N.Nyamhuri 2)
- B.Bennett: 50 runs off 75 balls in 111 minutes, 5x4 0x6
Match Coverage
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