Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
50 | (wicket maiden) | ZIM: 216/10 (61 runs required, RR: 4.32)

  • Tanaka Chivanga0 (5b)
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi9-1-41-2
  • Fareed Ahmad9-2-27-1

This is Thilak Ram signing off on behalf of Binoy George and Vairavan K. Thank you all for your feedbacks and most of it was on Afghanistan's strike rotation. Do catch us in action for the second game in two days time. Until then take care and good bye.

That is it from us for now. Do switch to Amstelveen game where the Netherlands are inching towards the target against West Indies for the test lovers, you can see another enthralling day of test match cricket were England and New Zeland are fighting it out for a win.

Rahmat Shah has been adjudged Player of the match for his splendid knock with the bat.

With this win Afghanistan move up the ladder with 80 points in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League whereas for Zimbabwe they are languishing at 12th in the table just one spot ahead of The Dutch who are currently at the last in the table Afghan bowlers knew exactly what they were doing, kept piling up the dots to mount the pressure on the opposition. Everyone chipped in with wickets except for Mujeeb who was bit expensive. The two quicks were spot on, kept beating both the edges which helped the spinners later on to play around.

That was a clinical performance right from the start from the men in blue. Chasing 277 was always going to be tough against the top bowling side and heaps of dot ball early on in the power play didn't help their cause either. Chakabva was dismissed in the third over and they never really recovered. Innocent Kaia and the skipper Ervine struggled through their innings. Kaia at top the order gobbled up 78 delivery, i.e., 13 overs for his just 39 runs at strike rate of 50. Mohammad Nabi the chief destroyer pocketed four-for for mere 34 in his allotted quota. Sikandar Raza had his chances but the target way too large for his liking but there was no real partnership to trek the difficult terrain.

49.6
W
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Chatara, OUT, bangs in short on off, Chatara who stayed the leg side of the ball tries to play the upper cut, no pace to work with which means total power failure. Nabi out there takes as east catch

TL Chatara c Mohammad Nabi b Fazalhaq Farooqi 8 (30m 17b 1x4 0x6) SR: 47.05

49.5
0
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Chatara, no run, another yorker on stumps, neatly negotiated
49.4
0
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Chatara, no run, dug in short and was aimed at the left shoulder. Chatara tries to play the no-look hook but gets beaten
49.3
0
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Chatara, no run, another yorker on off stumps. Jams out
49.2
0
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Chatara, no run, yorker on off stumps, digs it out towards point
49.1
0
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Chatara, no run, slower ball on off from around the stumps, lazy push and miss

END OF OVER:
49 | (wicket maiden) | ZIM: 216/9 (61 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 4.40, RRR: 61.00)

  • Tanaka Chivanga0 (5b)
  • Tendai Chatara8 (11b)
  • Fareed Ahmad9-2-27-1
  • Fazalhaq Farooqi8-0-41-1
48.6
0
Fareed Ahmad to Chivanga, no run, off pace ball, opens the face of the bat and dabs to short third
48.5
0
Fareed Ahmad to Chivanga, no run, full on stumps, fends with ease
48.4
0
Fareed Ahmad to Chivanga, no run, saw the march and drops it short, slower ball too. Play and miss

Zimbabwe 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st5RW ChakabvaI Kaia
2nd61CR ErvineI Kaia
3rd25I KaiaW Madhevere
4th13Sikandar RazaI Kaia
5th20Sikandar RazaM Shumba
6th40Sikandar RazaRP Burl
7th32Sikandar RazaDT Tiripano
8th7DT TiripanoTL Chatara
9th13TL ChataraB Muzarabani
10th0TL ChataraTL Chivanga