Welcome to Sportstar’s dwell protection from day 5 of the primary Take a look at between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan on the Queens Sports activities Membership Floor in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
ZIM vs AFG – 1st Take a look at Scorecard
Day 4 report
Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi was unbeaten on 179 as Afghanistan trailed Zimbabwe by 71 runs after a rain-shortened fourth day on Sunday.
He and double-centurion Rahmat Shah placed on 364 for the third wicket earlier than the latter was out having made a career-best 234 on the Queens Sports activities Membership.
Zimbabwe gained the toss and posted a document 586 in its first innings. Afghanistan was 515-3 in reply when rain intervened, stopping any play after 1pm native time.
The umpires waited practically 4 hours earlier than calling the play off, strengthening the probability of a attract a match dominated by batters.
Extra rain is predicted for the ultimate day on Monday as each groups chase a primary Take a look at victory since beating one another three years in the past in a sequence in Abu Dhabi.
Shah, 231 in a single day, added three runs to his private finest earlier than getting an out of doors edge off Take a look at debutant Newman Nyamhuri’s bowling. Ben Curran caught the ball within the gully.
The departure of Shah, who struck three sixes and 23 fours in a 424-ball stand, introduced no respite for the six-man Zimbabwe assault.
Cautious Shahidi continued to bat successfully whereas hitting 18 fours. He’s 22 runs in need of a career-best Take a look at complete after making an unbeaten 200 towards Zimbabwe three years in the past.
The skipper obtained good help from Afsar Zazai, who was unbeaten on 46. The wicketkeeper confronted 87 deliveries and scored a six and three fours.
Medium-pacer Trevor Gwandu took the wicket of opener Sediqullah Atal for 3. However he was the most costly of the house bowlers, conceding 107 runs.
Afghanistan gained the Twenty20 and one-day worldwide sequence in Zimbabwe forward of the primary of two Checks. The second is about to start out on January 2.
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SQUADS
Zimbabwe: Craig Ervine (c), Brian Bennett, Johnathan Campbell, Takudzwa Chataira, Ben Curran, Joylord Gumbie, Trevor Gwandu, Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brandon Mavuta, Nyasha Mayavo, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, Newman Nyamhuri, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams.
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Abdul Malik, Afsar Zazai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Bahir Shah, Bashir Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad, AM Ghazanfar, Ikram Alikhil, Ismat Alam, Naveed Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Rashid Khan, Riaz Hassan, Sediqullah Atal, Yamin Ahmadzai, Zahir Khan, Zahir Shehzad, Zia-ur-Rehman.