- 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! 506/8131.1 Yorker delivery darted on the off stump, Muzarabani tries to block it on the pitch while moving away from the wicket, failed to connect and the bails are flying! Omarzai gets his first Test Match wicket 548/9135.2 Good length ball around off, Gwandu tries to clear the in-field, attempts to heave it over covers, hits the outside edge of the bat and a straightforward catch for Zazai behind the stumps 586/10Extras20 (b 1, lb 16, nb 2, w 1)TOTAL586 all out (135.2 Overs, RR: 4.33)Fall 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), 9-548 (Blessing Muzarabani, 131.1 ov), 10-586 (Trevor Gwandu, 135.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Naveed Zadran 23 1 109 2 4.73 1 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 19 1 66 1 3.47 0 0 AM Ghazanfar 30.2 3 127 3 4.18 0 0 Zahir Khan 28 0 127 2 4.53 0 2 Zia-ur-Rehman 26 2 101 2 3.88 0 0 Abdul Malik(1) 6 1 23 0 3.83 0 0 Hashmatullah Shahidi 3 0 16 0 5.33 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.5 Forced through bat and pads! Good length ball with slight deviation towards the stumps, follows the line of the ball and tries to play across the line to the mid wicket region, beaten by the late seam movement and the rattled the stumps! The middle stump flew off behind. 3/122.3 Short pitched ball on the stumps, plays the pull shot and finds the leading edge towards fine leg region, miscued it due to the extra bounce, Ben Curran covered his ground and gobbles it up with ease 64/2126.6 gone! Zimbabwe can finally breathe a sigh of relief! The never-ending stand is halted at 364. Simple catch for the man at gully, as Rahmat went driving away from his body. Nymahuri floated this one wide of off, and on that teasing and inviting length in the channel outside off. Rahmat went pushing hard at it, and the outside edge carried nicely to gully 428/3192.5 gets across, and lap sweeps... but in the meanwhile, Bennett appeals animated for lbw, and has his way! He got this one to dip on a fullish length on the stumps, and there was no turn this time. Shahidi was across early and played the lap almost premeditatively, only for him to miss and get struck right in front. Bennett can afford a smile after striking in his 26th over, as Shahidi departs for a massive 246 679/5183.5 In the airr.. And taken! Back of a length ball with extra bounce turning away pitching on the off stump, moves away to make room outside leg, plays the square cut shot, mistimed the stroke and edges it straight to backward point, substitute fielder Campbell dives in to complete the catch 639/4192.6 return catch for Bennett! He's on a hat-trick! At least something for Zimbabwe to cheer about after ages on the field. The ball was on a length, and slightly quicker, while landing just outside off. Omarzai heaved at it across the line first ball, but ended up getting a top edge. The ball skied up and took a while coming back down, even as Bennett takes it with a reverse cup 679/6195.4 excellent catch by the sub fielder Marumani! He was placed at long-on - maybe just a few steps inside - but ran forward a long way while keeping his eyes on the ball all along. Eventually, he grabbed it and tumbled forward as Williams got his second wicket. Williams had angled this in, and bowled on a fullish length on the stumps, only for Zia to try and hoick this across the line. But he ended up miscuing it, and the ball ballooned off the top half of the bat 688/7196.3 taken at long-on! Afghanistan are in search of quick runs, and that is costing them wickets. Bennett bowled this on a short of a length around middle and off, and naturally, the pace was a bit quicker. It almost seemed to hurry on to Ghazanfar, who looked to whip it hard, but ended up skying it down the ground. Gwandu went low and slid to his right to grab the ball just over the ground 699/8196.4 gone! The middle stump is flattened first ball! Bennett is on a hat-trick again. Again Bennett bowled on a short of a length, although this one came around middle and off. Naveed looked to half-swipe at it, almost as if having decided to play this shot last night itself. But the ball kept low, and he ended up getting a bottom edge 699/9196.6 Bennett has five! Afghanistan are rolled over after lunch. He slowed it down on this occasion, and got this to dip on a fullish length on middle and off. The ball went on with the angle from around the wicket, and while Zahir looked to push forward from off, he was beaten and struck in front. Bennett knew he had his man, and got the decision he wanted even before he completed his appeal 699/10Extras40 (b 12, lb 19, nb 3, w 6)TOTAL699 all out (197 Overs, RR: 3.54)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Sediqullah Atal, 1.5 ov), 2-64 (Abdul Malik, 22.3 ov), 3-428 (Rahmat Shah, 126.6 ov), 4-639 (Afsar Zazai, 183.5 ov), 5-679 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 192.5 ov), 6-679 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 192.6 ov), 7-688 (Zia-ur-Rehman, 195.4 ov), 8-699 (AM Ghazanfar, 196.3 ov), 9-699 (Naveed Zadran, 196.4 ov), 10-699 (Zahir Khan, 196.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB B Muzarabani 28 7 52 1 1.85 2 0 T Gwandu 33 1 142 1 4.3 1 2 NT Nyamhuri 23 2 82 1 3.56 2 1 SC Williams 45 1 145 2 3.22 0 0 B Mavuta 40 0 152 0 3.8 1 0 BJ Bennett 28 1 95 5 3.39 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR19.4 edged to slip! No matter if the lbws aren't given, Zahir does it on his own. He bowled this on a length around sixth stump, and the ball just about hinted to turn in. Gumbie shifted his weight back, and went pushing, only for him to get an outside edge for a simple catch to slip. And just as Gumbie departs, it starts raining there 73/120.2 Back of a length turning in on middle-leg, taps it mid wicket and sets off for a quick single, the circle fielder dived to his right-side and sends it at the striker's end, Kaitano refused the single a bit too late with Curran already stranded on the middle of the pitch. He made a late attempt to return back to the crease but was a few yards short 75/221.5 gone! Zahir strikes again! He angled this in from around the wicket, and got this to land on a full length on middle. Kaitano went for the paddle sweep with his front foot right in line with the stumps, but missed the ball. The length, I think, was too full for that shot 81/324.5 bowled him! Beautiful bowling. Afghanistan are smelling something, I'm sure. This was drifting in, and landed on a fullish length on middle and off. It was just the length to draw the batter forward, as Myers looked to defend. But the ball turned the other way, and went on to hit off stump. Zimbabwe losing their way after the rain break 88/4Extras11 (lb 11)TOTAL142/4 (34 Overs, RR: 4.17)Fall of wickets: 1-73 (Joylord Gumbie, 19.4 ov), 2-75 (Ben Curran, 20.2 ov), 3-81 (Takudzwanashe Kaitano, 21.5 ov), 4-88 (Dion Myers, 24.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Naveed Zadran 6 2 18 0 3 0 0 AM Ghazanfar 6 0 34 1 5.66 0 0 Zia-ur-Rehman 9 0 28 0 3.11 0 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 3 0 8 0 2.66 0 0 Zahir Khan 10 0 43 2 4.3 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Zimbabwe , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
2-match series level 0-0
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)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Thu, 26 Dec - day 1 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 363/4 (SC Williams 145*, CR Ervine 56*, 85 ov)
- Fri, 27 Dec - day 2 - Afghanistan 1st innings 95/2 (Rahmat Shah 49*, Hashmatullah Shahidi 16*, 30 ov)
- Sat, 28 Dec - day 3 - Afghanistan 1st innings 425/2 (Rahmat Shah 231*, Hashmatullah Shahidi 141*, 125 ov)
- Sun, 29 Dec - day 4 - Afghanistan 1st innings 515/3 (Hashmatullah Shahidi 179*, Afsar Zazai 46*, 156 ov)
- Mon, 30 Dec - day 5 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 142/4 (34 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Afsar Zazai: 50 off 96 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 199 balls (Hashmatullah Shahidi 46, Afsar Zazai 51, Ex 3)
- Afghanistan: 550 runs in 165.3 overs (996 balls), Extras 30
- Hashmatullah Shahidi: 200 off 414 balls (18 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 150 runs in 267 balls (Hashmatullah Shahidi 59, Afsar Zazai 85, Ex 7)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 580/3 in 172.0 overs (Hashmatullah Shahidi 200, Afsar Zazai 86)
- Afghanistan: 600 runs in 175.3 overs (1056 balls), Extras 34
- Afsar Zazai: 100 off 152 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 200 runs in 325 balls (Hashmatullah Shahidi 80, Afsar Zazai 110, Ex 10)
- Afghanistan: 650 runs in 187.4 overs (1129 balls), Extras 37
- Lunch: Afghanistan - 656/4 in 189.0 overs (Hashmatullah Shahidi 236, Shahidullah 10)
- Innings Break: Afghanistan - 699/10 in 197.0 overs (Shahidullah 29)
- Zimbabwe 2nd innings
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (J Gumbie 10, BJ Curran 35, Ex 5)
- Tea: Zimbabwe - 65/0 in 17.0 overs (J Gumbie 19, BJ Curran 39)
- Rain: Zimbabwe - 73/1 in 19.5 overs (BJ Curran 41, T Kaitano 0)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 26.4 overs (160 balls), Extras 11
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (SC Williams 25, CR Ervine 22, Ex 3)
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 142/4 in 34.0 overs (SC Williams 35, CR Ervine 22)
- Hashmatullah Shahidi: 150 off 297 balls (16 x 4)
- Afghanistan: 450 runs in 134.3 overs (810 balls), Extras 29
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 476/3 in 141.0 overs (Hashmatullah Shahidi 162, Afsar Zazai 25)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 92 balls (Hashmatullah Shahidi 23, Afsar Zazai 25, Ex 2)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 93 balls (Hashmatullah Shahidi 22, Afsar Zazai 29, Ex 2)
- Afghanistan: 500 runs in 149.5 overs (902 balls), Extras 30
- Lunch: Afghanistan - 507/3 in 154.0 overs (Hashmatullah Shahidi 171, Afsar Zazai 46)
- Rain: Afghanistan - 515/3 in 156.0 overs (Hashmatullah Shahidi 179, Afsar Zazai 46)
- Tea: Afghanistan - 515/3 in 156.0 overs (Hashmatullah Shahidi 179, Afsar Zazai 46)
- Rain: Afghanistan - 515/3 in 156.0 overs (Hashmatullah Shahidi 179, Afsar Zazai 46)
- End Of Day: Afghanistan - 515/3 in 156.0 overs (Hashmatullah Shahidi 179, Afsar Zazai 46)
- Rahmat Shah: 50 off 98 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Afghanistan: 100 runs in 32.1 overs (193 balls), Extras 4
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (Rahmat Shah 26, Hashmatullah Shahidi 22, Ex 2)
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 143/2 in 49.0 overs (Rahmat Shah 77, Hashmatullah Shahidi 34)
- Afghanistan: 150 runs in 50.5 overs (306 balls), Extras 6
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 201 balls (Rahmat Shah 51, Hashmatullah Shahidi 47, Ex 2)
- Hashmatullah Shahidi: 50 off 116 balls (6 x 4)
- Rahmat Shah: 100 off 198 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Lunch: Afghanistan - 191/2 in 65.0 overs (Rahmat Shah 104, Hashmatullah Shahidi 51)
- Afghanistan: 200 runs in 68.1 overs (410 balls), Extras 10
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 283 balls (Rahmat Shah 85, Hashmatullah Shahidi 60, Ex 6)
- Afghanistan: 250 runs in 81.3 overs (491 balls), Extras 19
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 263/2 in 84.0 overs (Rahmat Shah 142, Hashmatullah Shahidi 76)
- 3rd Wicket: 200 runs in 375 balls (Rahmat Shah 110, Hashmatullah Shahidi 76, Ex 15)
- Rahmat Shah: 150 off 281 balls (14 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Rain: Afghanistan - 272/2 in 87.0 overs (Rahmat Shah 150, Hashmatullah Shahidi 77)
- Tea: Afghanistan - 298/2 in 94.0 overs (Rahmat Shah 156, Hashmatullah Shahidi 94)
- Afghanistan: 300 runs in 94.1 overs (567 balls), Extras 23
- 3rd Wicket: 250 runs in 441 balls (Rahmat Shah 137, Hashmatullah Shahidi 94, Ex 19)
- Hashmatullah Shahidi: 100 off 201 balls (14 x 4)
- Afghanistan: 350 runs in 103.2 overs (623 balls), Extras 24
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 361/2 in 107.0 overs (Rahmat Shah 191, Hashmatullah Shahidi 118)
- 3rd Wicket: 300 runs in 511 balls (Rahmat Shah 161, Hashmatullah Shahidi 118, Ex 22)
- Rahmat Shah: 200 off 371 balls (21 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Afghanistan: 400 runs in 118.3 overs (714 balls), Extras 26
- 3rd Wicket: 350 runs in 598 balls (Rahmat Shah 190, Hashmatullah Shahidi 139, Ex 22)
- End Of Day: Afghanistan - 425/2 in 125.0 overs (Rahmat Shah 231, Hashmatullah Shahidi 141)
- Zimbabwe 1st innings
- 5th Wicket: 150 runs in 190 balls (SC Williams 82, CR Ervine 61, Ex 8)
- SC Williams: 150 off 166 balls (10 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Zimbabwe: 400 runs in 92.5 overs (559 balls), Extras 14
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 72 balls (CR Ervine 22, BJ Bennett 27, Ex 1)
- Zimbabwe: 450 runs in 105.6 overs (638 balls), Extras 15
- CR Ervine: 100 off 167 balls (10 x 4)
- CR Ervine: 100 off 171 balls (10 x 4)
- Lunch: Zimbabwe - 471/7 in 113.0 overs (BJ Bennett 46, NT Nyamhuri 2)
- BJ Bennett: 50 off 75 balls (5 x 4)
- Zimbabwe: 500 runs in 120.5 overs (727 balls), Extras 15
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 541/8 in 129.0 overs (BJ Bennett 75, B Muzarabani 16)
- Zimbabwe: 550 runs in 131.4 overs (792 balls), Extras 16
- BJ Bennett: 100 off 121 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 586/10 in 135.2 overs (BJ Bennett 110)
- Afghanistan 1st innings
- Tea: Afghanistan - 0/0
- Afghanistan: 50 runs in 12.3 overs (75 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Afghanistan - 52/1 in 14.0 overs (Abdul Malik (1) 15, Rahmat Shah 31)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (Abdul Malik (1) 16, Rahmat Shah 31, Ex 3)
- Bad Light: Afghanistan - 95/2 in 30.0 overs (Rahmat Shah 49, Hashmatullah Shahidi 16)
- End Of Day: Afghanistan - 95/2 in 30.0 overs (Rahmat Shah 49, Hashmatullah Shahidi 16)
- Zimbabwe 1st innings
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 56/1 in 12.0 overs (BJ Curran 40, T Kaitano 5)
- BJ Curran: 50 off 54 balls (7 x 4)
- Lunch: Zimbabwe - 92/2 in 25.3 overs (T Kaitano 13)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 26.2 overs (158 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (T Kaitano 19, SC Williams 31, Ex 0)
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 146/2 in 38.4 overs (T Kaitano 32, SC Williams 35)
- Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 39.6 overs (240 balls), Extras 2
- SC Williams: 50 off 58 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Zimbabwe: 200 runs in 50.3 overs (304 balls), Extras 4
- Tea: Zimbabwe - 204/3 in 52.0 overs (SC Williams 54, D Myers 23)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (SC Williams 22, D Myers 27, Ex 1)
- Zimbabwe: 250 runs in 62.6 overs (379 balls), Extras 5
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (SC Williams 22, CR Ervine 27, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 275/4 in 68.0 overs (SC Williams 88, CR Ervine 30)
- SC Williams: 100 off 115 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Zimbabwe: 300 runs in 71.6 overs (433 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 305/4 in 73.0 overs (SC Williams 107, CR Ervine 41)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 136 balls (SC Williams 53, CR Ervine 47, Ex 3)
- CR Ervine: 50 off 80 balls (5 x 4)
- Second new ball taken at 80.2 overs
- Zimbabwe: 350 runs in 81.5 overs (493 balls), Extras 12
- End Of Day: Zimbabwe - 363/4 in 85.0 overs (SC Williams 145, CR Ervine 56)
- Afghanistan 1st innings
- Second new ball taken at 80.1 overs
- 108.5: One run short by Hashmatullah Shahidi
- 108.5: One run short by Hashmatullah Shahidi
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