- BATSMENRB4s6sSR16 drags it short, onto the backfoot to pull it towards mid-wicket but plays it straight into the throat of long-on for a simple catch 91/215.2 looped outside off, clears the frontleg to slog it on the rise but straight to long-off 90/150 slower outside off, stands tall and slaps it straight back but finds the fielder at long-off just inside the rope, superb effort by Rahmat shah and najibullah to get the team to this total, zimbabwe have to chase 334 in 50 overs. 333/521.4 flighted on leg, goes for a sweep but gets a top edge and straight to short fine leg 109/334.5 quicke on middle, tries to pushes it away to on-side but it keeps a tad low and goes through to hit the middle-stump 175/4Extras14 (b 2, lb 1, nb 5, w 6)TOTAL333/5 (50 Overs, RR: 6.66)Fall of wickets: 1-90 (Ihsanullah, 15.2 ov), 2-91 (Mohammad Shahzad, 15.6 ov), 3-109 (Asghar Afghan, 21.4 ov), 4-175 (Nasir Jamal, 34.5 ov), 5-333 (Rahmat Shah, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB KM Jarvis 9 0 77 1 8.55 0 1 BV Vitori 10 0 67 0 6.70 2 0 Sikandar Raza 10 0 58 1 5.80 0 0 AG Cremer 10 0 47 3 4.70 0 0 TL Chatara 8 2 63 0 7.87 0 4 RP Burl 3 0 18 0 6.00 0 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR8.4 back of length, moves back and lofts it using his wrist but plays it straight into the throat of long-on 52/27.5 Yorker! what a delivery, some swing in the air does him and it knocks the leg-stump out, unplayable 50/113.4 flighted up, gets him to drive and gets it from inside of the bat back to the bowler, nabi takes a sharp catch showing good reflex there 78/322.1 tossed up, goes for a reverse sweep but gets a bottom edge onto the leg-stump 114/428 short ball, goes for a pull but gets a top edge to fine leg and taken with reverse cup technique 135/726.1 looped up on middle, gets the frontleg infront and fails to get the bat anywhere close it, hits him on the pads, loud appeal and given 128/526.5 wrong'un, onto the frontfoot for a leg-spinner and it hits the inside pads and runs onto the middle-stump 129/628.4 wrong'un and traps him infront of the stumps, no hesitation from nigel llong to raise his finger 136/832 flighted outside off, comes down and pushes at it and lofts it high and straight to sweeper cover, who takes a good running catch 165/934.4 quicker ball on middle, onto the backfoot to defend but gets beaten and it hits the middle of middle stump, that secures the win for Afghanistan in the first of the five ODI's by a handsome margin of 154 runs 179/10Extras22 (b 6, lb 1, w 15)TOTAL179 all out (34.4 Overs, RR: 5.16)Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Solomon Mire, 7.5 ov), 2-52 (Hamilton Masakadza, 8.4 ov), 3-78 (Brendan Taylor, 13.4 ov), 4-114 (Craig Ervine, 22.1 ov), 5-128 (Ryan Burl, 26.1 ov), 6-129 (Malcolm Waller, 26.5 ov), 7-135 (Sikandar Raza, 27.6 ov), 8-136 (Graeme Cremer, 28.4 ov), 9-165 (Kyle Jarvis, 31.6 ov), 10-179 (Brian Vitori, 34.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Mujeeb Ur Rahman 8 2 41 2 5.12 0 0 Dawlat Zadran 5 0 29 1 5.80 1 0 Mohammad Nabi 7 2 25 1 3.57 0 0 Gulbadin Naib 7 0 40 1 5.71 2 0 Rashid Khan 5.4 0 26 4 4.58 3 0 Rahmat Shah 2 0 11 1 5.50 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Afghanistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Afghanistan led the 5-match series 1-0
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
09 February 2018 - day/night match (50-over match)
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Match Coverage
All Match NewsAfghanistan reach new heights with Rahmat Shah's century
Continuing their dominance over Zimbabwe, Afghanistan piled up their second-highest ODI total of 333 with Rahmat Shah's 114 off 110 balls the centerpiece of a resounding victory