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  • Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe by 21 runs to take collection

    Afghanistan prolonged its profitable tour of Zimbabwe by clinching their Twenty20 collection after a 21-run victory within the second match.

    That gave the guests a 2-0 lead within the three-match collection.

    Afghanistan got here into the T20 internationals after sweeping Zimbabwe 3-0 within the one-day worldwide collection.

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    #ZIMvAFG | #Go toZimbabwe pic.twitter.com/V8caQ3FCkL

    — Zimbabwe Cricket (@ZimCricketv) June 12, 2022

    Pace bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi took 1-19 with a show of financial bowling at Harare Sports Club. He was the important thing bowler in limiting Zimbabwe to 149-7 after Afghanistan selected to bat first and scored 170-5.

    Najibullah Zadran was Afghanistan’s prime scorer with 57 runs, earlier than being run out, whereas captain Mohammad Nabi hit 43 not out.
    Zadran smashed six fours and one six in his 46-ball innings.

    In reply, Zimbabwe opener Innocent Kaia was run out for 54 with Sikandar Raza dismissed for 41 by star Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan (2-32), because the hosts fell quick in the long run.

    “It is good that we won the series,” Nabi mentioned.

    “The Zimbabwean guys batted very well, especially Raza and Kaia. When Rashid took the Raza wicket, that was the most important wicket for us, the game changed.” The third T20 recreation is on Tuesday.

  • Afghanistan penalized for deliberately conceding boundary to maintain Zimbabwe tail-ender on strike

    Afghanistan got a run penalty throughout the 2nd Test in opposition to Zimbabwe after certainly one of their fielders intentionally conceded a boundary of the final ball of an over in order that Zimbabwe’s No.10 batsman could be on strike within the subsequent over.
    The uncommon incident occurred on Day 3 of the Test on Friday, when Zimbabwe have been on 281 for 8 with middle-order batsman Sikandar Raza (79*) holding one finish. Along with Raza was Blessing Muzarabani, who Afghanistan wished to have on strike.
    Raza hit a yorker by means of the duvet area. The ball stopped inches in need of the boundary ropes. This was when fielder Hashmatullah Shahidi did one thing uncommon. While stopping the ball, he put certainly one of his toes over the boundary rope.

    Afghanistan wished to have a full crack at @BLESSINGMUZARA1 and maybe that’s why to disclaim strike to @SRazaB24, Shahidi whereas fielding had one foot over the boundary. The umpires rightfully determined to offer penalty for that deliberate effort by the fielder.#AFGvZIM pic.twitter.com/nzVi8zC784
    — Satendra Singh, MD (@drsitu) March 12, 2021
    On-field umpires Ahmed Shah Pakteen and Aleem Dar convened within the center after the over and signaled that they’d determined Shahidi’s act was intentional. An further run was awarded to Zimbabwe and Raza was allowed to retain strike for the subsequent over.
    According to 19.8 of The Laws of Cricket, ‘If the boundary results from an overthrow or from the willful act of a fielder, the runs scored shall be any runs for penalties awarded to either side and the allowance for the boundary and the runs completed by the batsmen, together with the run in progress if they had already crossed at the instant of the throw or act.’

  • AFG vs ZIM: Skipper Afghan scores maiden Test ton as Afghanistan dominate on Day 1

    Image Source : TWITTER/@ACBOFFICIALS Asghar Afghan
    Captain Asghar Afghan scored his maiden Test ton as a dominant Afghanistan reached 307/3 on Day 1 of their second Test in opposition to Zimbabwe on Wednesday on the Sheikh Zayed Stadium. Afghan is barely the second Afghanistan participant to attain a century in Test cricket after Rahmat Shah.

    Afghanistan misplaced their first two wickets within the first 15 overs of the day however Ibrahim Zadran (72) and Hashmatullah Shahidi (86 batting) noticed them via to the tip of the primary session. 

    The pair ended up placing 65 runs for the third wicket and the partnership was damaged when Zadran edged Ryan Burl to first slip.

    Afghan then got here and took on the Zimbabwe bowlers. He ended up reaching his century in 121 balls, hitting 12 fours and two sixes. At stumps, Afghan was on 106 off 135 balls and his partnership with Shahidi for the fourth wicket was value 186 runs.

    Afghanistan want to draw the two-match collection after Zimbabwe received the primary Test by 10 wickets.

  • AFG vs ZIM | Zimbabwe thrash Afghanistan by 10 wickets as followers witness one other two-day Test

    Image Source : TWITTER/ZIMBABWE CRICKET Zimbabwe Test aspect
    Just days after India’s two-day end towards England in Ahmedabad, Zimbabwe shocked Afghanistan by 10 wickets in just below two days within the first Test match in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. 
    Sean Williams turned the third Zimbabwean Test captain to attain a century in Asia after Tatenda Taibu and Craig Ervine. Williams scored 105 off 174 balls, his third century in Test cricket, as his workforce put up 250 runs in reply to Afghanistan’s 131 all out within the first innings.

    Afghanistan spinner Amir Hamza, in the meantime took six wickets as Zimbabwe ended their innings with a lead of 119 runs. In reply, the Afghanistan aspect was bundled out for 135 of their second innings, giving Zimbabwe a partly 17-run goal to beat.

    This is the primary time since 1889 when two consecutive Tests have wrapped up in two days. Last week, India thrashed England by 10 wickets on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad to go 2-1 up within the four-Test collection. 
    “It was a improbable workforce efficiency. I used to be actually pleased with my seam bowlers. Obviously, it was a tough wicket to bat on, however these challenges are available Test cricket. If we take them head on, we’ll succeed. Test cricket can swing in a few video games.
    “In this game, the senior players came to the party, which is what I want. The younger guys will learn from it. (Partnership with Raza) He took the role of being more aggressive than I did. I had to deal with a bit more spin than him. I was just happy to see the senior players stand up,” Man of the Match Sean Williams mentioned on the presentation ceremony.