Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    0.1 out first ball! Golden duck for the debutant. Back of a length, just outside off, but moving in - off the deck. Tries to ride the bounce and defend, but it takes an edge before crashing into the stumps 0/1
    13.1 edged and taken by gully. That's not a shot he'll want to watch on the replay. Went for a booming cover drive to a full ball outside off that moved a touch away after swinging in. Got a healthy edge that flew to the fielder, who takes it reverse cup in front of him. 52/4
    2.2 edged and taken! And this is the big wicket Zimbabwe would've wanted. Fullish, just outside off. Rahmat presses forward to defend. Ball moves slightly away, takes a thin edge, and goes into the safe hands of the keeper. 8/2
    9.6 interesting - is that a bump ball/clean catch? Zimbabwe think it's out. This was overpitched, Wide outside off, Munir tries to drive. Hits the bat and lobs into the hands of first slip. Batsman thinks it might have been a bump ball or maybe it wasn't a clean catch, so he stands his ground. Umpire gives soft signal out but asks the TV umpire to review. Confirmed OUT, and the extra deliveries due to the two no balls end up in a wicket 37/3
    15.3 castled. That's a beauty of a delivery. Inswinging yorker from around the wicket, and he plays all over it, as the ball bursts through his defences to shatter the stumps. 69/5
    33.4 he raises the finger! A good innings comes to a close. A wicket, perhaps, against the run of play. Full, on middle. He tries to defend inside the line of the ball. Takes the edge, and straight to the keeper. 109/7
    26.5 pays the price for trying to fish at it! Fullish, just outside off stump. Chooses to stick the bat out, when he could've left it. Takes a tiny outside edge, into the keeper's gloves, and the captain has to walk back 91/6
    43.2 inside edge taken by short leg. Raza has given this a pleasing loop, it dips and bounces, Wasi is not fully forward to defend, he's only half-cock. The ball bounces higher than he would have anticipated while turning, takes the inside shoulder of the bat to pop up. Easy catch completed. 122/8
    not out
    16
    35
    52
    3
    0
    45.71
    44.5 he's holed out to mid-on. Given some air, fuller ball, he takes a stride out and the intention is to get it over the in-field, but the ball goes off the inside half of his bat and plops to mid-on for a fairly comfortable catch 123/9
    46.6 and Muzarabani ends it with a catch in the slips. His fourth wicket, and he's ended the innings for Afghanistan. Zahir looked all at sea in this over and Muzarabani finally got it in the right spot, on the stumps and moving across him a touch, the familiar poke comes out, takes the outside edge and flies to the fielder. 131/10
    Extras
    7 (b 4, nb 2, w 1)
    TOTAL
    131 all out (47 Overs, RR: 2.78)
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Abdul Malik, 0.1 ov), 2-8 (Rahmat Shah, 2.2 ov), 3-37 (Munir Ahmad, 9.6 ov), 4-52 (Ibrahim Zadran, 13.1 ov), 5-69 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 15.3 ov), 6-91 (Asghar Afghan, 26.5 ov), 7-109 (Afsar Zazai, 33.4 ov), 8-122 (Abdul Wasi, 43.2 ov), 9-123 (Yamin Ahmadzai, 44.5 ov), 10-131 (Zahir Khan, 46.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    B Muzarabani1234844.0000
    VM Nyauchi1013433.4002
    DT Tiripano1252412.0010
    RP Burl71901.2800
    SC Williams32411.3300
    Sikandar Raza30812.6600
  • BATSMEN
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    14.4 hits the back leg and the appeal for lbw is given! Full, just outside off, and he tries to defend from middle thinking it will turn. It goes with the arm, hits the back leg, in front of off stump. This would've crashed into middle 38/3
    0.4 cleaned him up. Inswinging yorker that has just gone through him. Kasuza was looking to flick this through midwicket, but it moved away after swinging in and splattered the stumps. 5/1
    9.2 beautiful! Full, just outside off but angling in with the arm. He tries to defend from around middle and off stump, but plays inside the ball's line. Past the edge, and crashes into off stump. 22/2
    71.1 strikes immediately, tossed up fuller on the legs and flicked straight to the fielder, Hashmatullah at short midwicket. A wonderful knock comes to an end. 250/9
    14.5 appeal for lbw first ball, and given! He's on a hat-trick. Length ball just outside off stump and skidding through. He wants to nudge it to the leg side but the ball zips right through, goes past the bat's edge (which is quite small at this stage because he's closed it's face), and hits his front leg. Impact may just have been outside off, but there's no DRS. A 50-50 decision that goes the bowling side's way 38/4
    31.6 he's sliced it to deep point. Tossed up wide outside off and Raza was looking skittish for some reason, he went for it hard, but it was a little too far outside off, and he only slices it in the air. Fielder lurking there and he takes it safely 109/5
    40.2 strikes second ball, nips in from round the wicket, strikes the pad in line, seems a bit high, loud appeal and given. 137/6
    61.6 caught at short leg. Zahir has broken the stand. Nice loop and he gets it on the right length too, drawing Chakabva forward to defend. Pitches on off and spins enough to take the inside edge, go onto pad and lob up for an easy catch close in. End of a fine innings 212/7
    63.4 caught by short leg. Got him pressing on the front foot to defend, but this was on that perfect length again - such a dangerous bowler when his length is right - and Tiripano's forward lunge could still not get him to the pitch of the ball. Dips, spins enough to get the inside edge that lobs up to the fielder off the pad. 224/8
    not out
    12
    17
    36
    2
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    70.58
    71.6 another wicket for Hamza, pitches and goes straight on to hit the top of the off stump, as Nyauchi played down the wrong line, picks up his 6th wicket. 250/10
    Extras
    12 (b 2, lb 8, nb 1, w 1)
    TOTAL
    250 all out (72 Overs, RR: 3.47)
    Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Kevin Kasuza, 0.4 ov), 2-22 (Tarisai Musakanda, 9.2 ov), 3-38 (Prince Masvaure, 14.4 ov), 4-38 (Wessly Madhevere, 14.5 ov), 5-109 (Sikandar Raza, 31.6 ov), 6-137 (Ryan Burl, 40.2 ov), 7-212 (Regis Chakabva, 61.6 ov), 8-224 (Donald Tiripano, 63.4 ov), 9-250 (Sean Williams, 71.1 ov), 10-250 (Victor Nyauchi, 71.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Yamin Ahmadzai17.124812.7910
    Amir Hamza2537563.0000
    Zahir Khan1908124.2600
    Abdul Wasi8.502302.6001
    Ibrahim Zadran201316.5000
  • BATSMEN
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    43.4 edged behind and his vigil has ended. Zadran had a couple of iffy shots, possibly tiredness setting in. This was full and well outside off, on a sixth stump line, he tried to drive it, bat well away from body and feet not really moving, only got a bit of a tickle behind that the keeper gobbles up. End of a fine innings. 129/8
    1.3 another duck for Malik! nips in from short of a length and takes the outside edge as Malik played back, taken by Chakabva. 5/1
    4.5 lovely delivery fuller, Munir plays down the wrong line and misses it, strikes the pad in line, loud appeal and given. 6/2
    7.2 slower ball traps him in front. Dips in late and Rahmat was too early into the shot, playing completely down the wrong line. Falling over as he looked to turn that square, but the ball curved in dramatically to him low on the pad in front of the stumps 15/3
    9.5 short ball does it That is excellent from the bowler, not so much from the batsman. Followed the full one with a short ball that was rising up to his throat and the batsman can't resist having a go at that. He's not in perfect position, not well balanced, and the hook gets a top edge. Madhevere at deep square leg has to run to his right and dive forward, he does both superbly to hold on. 21/4
    10.4 and he's caught him at slip or is it lbw? Peach of a ball from Williams - he can't do much wrong today can he? - and he gets his man. Given a nice rev, has him coming forward to defend, pitches on middle and spins past the bat, takes the edge and into slip's hands. In fact, the ball has hit his back pad too, and in line with the stumps, so it is in fact lbw because it is pad first and then bat 21/5
    16.1 gone through him. Asghar was stuck in the crease and Muzarabani pitched this full and got it to jag back in sharply. Big gap between bat and pad and the ball zooms through it to knock the stumps over. 47/6
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    39
    1
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    32.14
    24.6 lovely delivery to knock the off stump, pitches outside the leg stump and turns past the bat as Wasi plays down the wrong line. 81/7
    not out
    21
    47
    76
    1
    1
    44.68
    43.5 gone first ball, caught at second slip. A super catch, and it's Sean Williams who's the fielder. The delivery is too good for a No.10. Pitches on a length and straightens outside off, the batsman can't help following with his hands and it flies off the shoulder of the bat. Williams flings himself to his right and grabs it. 129/9
    45.3 it's all over. Zahir backs away to try and slog this into the offside, but gets it off the end of the bat and the ball swirls high rather than far, and straight to mid-off. 135/10
    Extras
    10 (b 4, lb 1, w 5)
    TOTAL
    135 all out (45.3 Overs, RR: 2.96)
    Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Abdul Malik, 1.3 ov), 2-6 (Munir Ahmad, 4.5 ov), 3-15 (Rahmat Shah, 7.2 ov), 4-21 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 9.5 ov), 5-21 (Afsar Zazai, 10.4 ov), 6-47 (Asghar Afghan, 16.1 ov), 7-81 (Abdul Wasi, 24.6 ov), 8-129 (Ibrahim Zadran, 43.4 ov), 9-129 (Yamin Ahmadzai, 43.5 ov), 10-135 (Zahir Khan, 45.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    B Muzarabani841421.7500
    VM Nyauchi713034.2810
    SC Williams602814.6600
    DT Tiripano9.322332.4200
    RP Burl701311.8500
    Sikandar Raza401604.0000
    W Madhevere41601.5000

Match Details

Toss

Afghanistan , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Zimbabwe led the 2-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00

Match days

2,3, March 2021 (5-day match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Close of Play

  • Tue, 2 Mar - day 1 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 133/5 (SC Williams 54*, RP Burl 8*, 39 ov)
  • Wed, 3 Mar - day 2 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 17/0 (3.2 ov) - end of match

Match Notes