Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan, 2nd Test at Bulawayo, ZIM vs AFG, Jan 02 2025 - Full Scorecard

RESULT
2nd Test, Bulawayo, January 02 - 06, 2025, Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe
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157 & 363
(T:278) 243 & 205

Afghanistan won by 72 runs

Player Of The Match
25, 4/94, 23 & 7/66
rashid-khan
Player Of The Series
392 runs
rahmat-shah
Afghanistan 1st Innings
Zimbabwe 1st Innings
Afghanistan 2nd Innings
Zimbabwe 2nd Innings
Match Flow
Info
Afghanistan 1st Innings 
Batting RBM4s6sSR
c †Gumbie b Nyamhuri1736561047.22
run out (Bennett)1231491038.70
b Sikandar Raza1964943029.68
lbw b Nyamhuri1330522043.33
c Kaitano b Ngarava1624392066.66
c †Gumbie b Muzarabani1220372060.00
b Sikandar Raza023000.00
c Bennett b Muzarabani25203740125.00
not out 816371050.00
b Sikandar Raza2740028.57
c Bennett b Nyamhuri1719221189.47
Extras(b 2, lb 9, nb 2, w 3)16
Total
44.3 Ov (RR: 3.52)
157
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Riaz Hassan, 10.4 ov), 2-29 (Abdul Malik, 11.3 ov), 3-59 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 22.1 ov), 4-81 (Rahmat Shah, 29.6 ov), 5-83 (Afsar Zazai, 30.6 ov), 6-84 (Ismat Alam, 31.3 ov), 7-112 (Shahidullah, 36.4 ov), 8-125 (Rashid Khan, 38.4 ov), 9-130 (Yamin Ahmadzai, 39.6 ov), 10-157 (Fareed Ahmad, 44.3 ov)
BowlingOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
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30.6 to Afsar Zazai, Ngarava picks up his first wicket and Afghanistan are now in real trouble. That was a sharp short of a length ball aiming for his ribs. Zazai can't quite negate that, fends at it and lobs a simple catch to short leg. The third umpire checks for the front-foot no-ball. He is tight on the crease, but the first point of impact his just behind.. 83/5
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36.4 to Shahidullah, nicked and gone! Muzarabani finally has a wicket! And he finally has a wicket because he gets the line and the length right. In the channel, just outside off. Shahid does not know whether to play it or leave it. He cannot decide whether to come forward or stay back either, and ends up nibbling at it loosely. A faint tickle and Gumbie makes no mistake! Afghanistan seven down now, and Muzarabani roars in delight!. 112/7
38.4 to Rashid Khan, and Rashid perishes to the short ball! Not quite the perfect dismissal you'd associate with the short-ball plan. But this will do for now. Short and wide, and Rashid thinks he can cash in. Gets decent purchase on it, but severely lacks the placement or the power. Picks out Bennett to perfection on the deep point fence, and Muzarabani has two in quick succession!. 125/8
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11.3 to Abdul Malik, a snorter, and the finger goes up! Afghanistan rocked again! This is dug in short again, and rears up, getting awfully big on Malik. He cannot get his gloves out of the way and the ball flicks it, floating through to the keeper. Zimbabwe are up and about now, and Afghanistan under a bit of pressure!. 29/2
22.1 to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Huge, sustained appeal for lbw ... and finally umpire Ahsan Raza raises his finger. Shahidi is not pleased one bit. He hangs around for a while before finally trudging off. Was an excellent delivery regardless. Good length ball that slants back into Shahidi and fizzes through to catch him in front of the stumps. Shahidi is stuck in the crease and on the backfoot and rapped bang in front of the stumps. Not sure what he was complaining about. That was plumb.. 59/3
44.3 to Fareed Ahmad, goes straight up, and Bennett takes it! Nyamhuri has his third, and Afghanistan have been bowled out for 157! Banged into the track on middle and off. Fareed tries to smash it into next week but makes a complete meal of it. No room to free the arms and he shanks it towards deep backward square leg. Bennett settles under it and does the rest. A stark contrast to Afghanistan's first innings in the first Test and Zimbabwe will be happy with their bowling effort!. 157/10
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29.6 to Rahmat Shah, The unrelenting pressure from Raza pays dividends, and Rahmat loses his leg stump. It was a needless shot from Rahmat, but the pressure from Raza did him in. Fired in on the stumps like he has throughout his spell. Rahmat tries to go for a cheeky lap, misses and sees his leg stump pushed back. Raza exults, Rahmat is distraught.. 81/4
31.3 to Ismat Alam, The off stump has gone for a walk, and Alam's debut lasts all of two balls. That is some splendid bowling from Raza. He saw the first ball that Alam was circumspect with his foot movement. So, he is fires this flatter and right in blockhole on off. Alam plays all around it and sees his stumps in a mess. Raza goes on his celebratory run. 84/6
39.6 to Yamin Ahmadzai, knocks him over with an absolute peach! Fizzed through on a length just outside off. Ahmadzai thinks this is coming into him and plays for the turn. The ball, though, goes straight on and if anything, perhaps straightens a shade. Beaten all ends up, and Ahmadzai hears the death rattle soon after. Raza has three, Zimbabwe have nine!. 130/9
Zimbabwe 1st Innings 
Batting RBM4s6sSR
c Abdul Malik b Fareed Ahmad828412028.57
lbw b Fareed Ahmad1534722044.11
c †Afsar Zazai b Yamin Ahmadzai024000.00
b Zia-ur-Rehman611041426058.65
c †Afsar Zazai b Yamin Ahmadzai5991055.55
c Riaz Hassan b Rashid Khan751652494245.45
c †Afsar Zazai b Rashid Khan22215009.09
b Rashid Khan111242091.66
c †Afsar Zazai b Rashid Khan4952708094.23
b Yamin Ahmadzai1970011.11
not out 45140080.00
Extras(b 9, lb 2, nb 1)12
Total
73.3 Ov (RR: 3.30)
243
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Joylord Gumbie, 7.6 ov), 2-20 (Takudzwanashe Kaitano, 8.4 ov), 3-36 (Ben Curran, 13.3 ov), 4-41 (Dion Myers, 14.6 ov), 5-112 (Sikandar Raza, 37.4 ov), 6-119 (Brian Bennett, 42.4 ov), 7-147 (Newman Nyamhuri, 46.6 ov), 8-220 (Sean Williams, 65.6 ov), 9-225 (Richard Ngarava, 70.2 ov), 10-243 (Craig Ervine, 73.3 ov)
BowlingOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
1836233.448210000
8.4 to T Kaitano, He's been strangled down leg side! Fires this full on leg and Kaitano goes for the flick and gets an edge that Zazai grabs. That's two wickets in two overs for Afghanistan!. 20/2
14.6 to D Myers, He's nicked off! Yamin bangs it in short outside off and Myers goes for the cut but only manages a top edge that's taken comfortably by Afsar Zazai. Zimbabwe suddenly in a spot of bother!. 41/4
70.2 to R Ngarava, Knocks him over! Gets this length ball to seam in from outside off past the inside edge as Ngarava can't get the bat down in time. It stayed low as well, and Ahmadzai has his third! Middle stump was off the ground!. 225/9
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7.6 to J Gumbie, Edged and taken! Or is it? The umpires are going to check if this has carried to second slip. Gumbie edged one earlier this over and he again prods with hard hands at this length ball angling in from well outside off. Abdul Malik takes it low to his left, and only once quick replay is enough to convince the officials that Gumbie has to walk back!. 19/1
13.3 to BJ Curran, Given! Beats his inside edge as Curran misses the flick and that looked good for the money. Inswinger on a length just outside off, Curran plays down the wrong line and he is struck pretty adjacent. Finger went up almost immediately. He was hit around the front of off, and the height was not going to be an issue there. 36/3
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42.4 to BJ Bennett, Has he edged it? The umpire thinks so! Wrong'un on a length outside off turns in sharply and also bounces a fair bit. Bennett punches at it but plays the wrong line and gets an inside edge. Change of ends works wonders for Rashid and Afghanistan!. 119/6
46.6 to NT Nyamhuri, Cleans him up! Rashid Khan hits right back with a googly on a length outside off that knocks over the off pole! Nyamhuri took a step forward but had to adjust and then tried to cut it away, but the spin in from outside off meant he was cramped for room!. 147/7
65.6 to SC Williams, Huge appeal for caught behind but it's turned down! But wait a second! Williams is walking! He was on 49 and he walks! Rashid angles in a full ball around off and Williams is looking to tuck this leg side. But it's the wrong'un that does the trick again for Rashid, as the ball spins away past the outside edge. Rashid does deliver the breakthrough!. 220/8
73.3 to CR Ervine, Holes out at deep backward square! Rashid finishes with a four-for as Ervine brings out the slog sweep again. He hit it off the toe end of the bat and that goes straight to the fielder. Zimbabwe secure a lead of 86. 243/10
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37.4 to Sikandar Raza, Bowled him first ball! Raza goes across the stumps to paddle-sweep and he misses it altogether! This was tossed up around middle and leg and snuck in low to hit the stumps. Was too full to sweep. Raza walks back disappointed after making 61.. 112/5
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Afghanistan 2nd Innings 
Batting RBM4s6sSR
c Nyamhuri b Muzarabani1570020.00
c †Gumbie b Muzarabani1122282050.00
lbw b Muzarabani13927540114050.54
b Sikandar Raza1326303050.00
c Bennett b Ngarava617301035.29
c Myers b Ngarava515241033.33
c Kaitano b Muzarabani2253923041.50
c Kaitano b Muzarabani1011812979055.80
c †Gumbie b Muzarabani2327473085.18
c Sikandar Raza b Ngarava1957822133.33
not out 26170033.33
Extras(b 10, lb 2, nb 1, w 8)21
Total
113.5 Ov (RR: 3.18)
363
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Abdul Malik, 1.2 ov), 2-18 (Riaz Hassan, 7.1 ov), 3-43 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 13.5 ov), 4-55 (Zia-ur-Rehman, 20.4 ov), 5-69 (Afsar Zazai, 24.4 ov), 6-136 (Shahidullah, 47.5 ov), 7-268 (Rahmat Shah, 87.5 ov), 8-318 (Rashid Khan, 97.1 ov), 9-356 (Ismat Alam, 109.5 ov), 10-363 (Yamin Ahmadzai, 113.5 ov)
BowlingOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
25.547632.941159030
20.4 to Zia-ur-Rehman, Short ball does the trick! It's directed at him and he is cramped as he tries to get his bat in the way. The ball chips up off high on the bat to short fine leg!. 55/4
24.4 to Afsar Zazai, Taken at backward point! Zazai flashes hard at this full ball outside off and ends up hitting it straight to DIon Myers who takes a good low catch to his right. 69/5
113.5 to Yamin Ahmadzai, Nasty throat ball around the line off and he gets cramped for room, leaving the bat in the air and edging it to first slip and Raza makes no mistakes, lunges forward and pockets the catch low. Fantastic, menacing short one to the tailender gets the job done as Afghanistan get bowled out for 363. Time for lunch. 363/10
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1.2 to Abdul Malik, Leading edge lobs up to mid-on! Abdul Malik looks to tuck this length ball leg side but the extra bounce sees it hit high on the bat. Nyamhuri takes an easy chance and Malik has to walk. He can't make too much of the luck he received last over!. 1/1
7.1 to Riaz Hassan, Zimbabwe go up again and so does the umpire's finger this time! Back of a length in that probing corridor just outside off. Threatens to angle in but decks away just a smidgen. Riaz has to play at it and in the end, feathers it through to Gumbie. A nice, low catch by the keeper and Afghanistan are two down very early in the piece. Muzarabani, meanwhile, is absolutely pumped!. 18/2
47.5 to Shahidullah, And it goes straight to the silly point fielder! You've got to love it when a good plan comes together! It's a length ball outside off that Shahidullah prods defensively at. It goes off the outside half of the bat to Kaitano at silly point, who was positioned there just now just for this kind of an opportunity! Partnership broken!. 136/6
87.5 to Rahmat Shah, Rahmat Shah departs! Good length ball darted on the stumps zipping through, sharp inwards movement, Rahmat Shah tries to play off the front foot, beaten by the pace and seam movement, hits the back pad. Massive appeal and the umpire raises his finger!. 268/7
97.1 to Rashid Khan, Muzarabani bounces Rashid out for his first Test five-for! "Come on," he roars! It's a sharp bouncer around off. Rashid was looking to duck and takes his eyes off. His hands instinctively come up to protect the head and the ball pops up off the gloves. Gumbie takes it after settling under it to his left. 318/8
109.5 to Ismat Alam, Drops short on middle and off, stays deep in the crease and pulls it across the line, guiding it straight into the hands of the fielder at short midwicket who didn't have to move a muscle to gobble it up, Kaitano with the simplest of the catches. Take a bow; it was a herculean effort from the debutant, getting to his century and putting Afghanistan on the path of ascendency. 356/9
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13.5 to Hashmatullah Shahidi, cleans him up with a corker! And Shahidi cannot believe what has just happened! Fizzed through on a fullish length on middle and off. Plenty of revs on this, meaning that this drifts in, making Shahidi play down the middle-stump line. The ball, though, snakes away after pitching and breezes past the outside edge, leaving the stumps in a mess. Shahidi just stands there, trying to fathom what has happened before walking off utterly dejected and disappointed. Massive moment in the game!. 43/3
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Zimbabwe 2nd Innings (T: 278 runs)
Batting RBM4s6sSR
c Abdul Malik b Zia-ur-Rehman1545692033.33
b Rashid Khan38531135071.69
c Abdul Malik b Rashid Khan2156642137.50
c Hashmatullah Shahidi b Rashid Khan38831482045.78
lbw b Rashid Khan616161037.50
lbw b Rashid Khan531031414151.45
b Rashid Khan1625202064.00
b Rashid Khan022000.00
lbw b Zia-ur-Rehman023000.00
run out (Shahidullah/†Afsar Zazai)323310013.04
not out 034000.00
Extras(b 12, lb 3)15
Total
68.3 Ov (RR: 2.99)
205
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Joylord Gumbie, 13.6 ov), 2-63 (Ben Curran, 20.5 ov), 3-89 (Takudzwanashe Kaitano, 29.2 ov), 4-99 (Dion Myers, 33.4 ov), 5-157 (Sikandar Raza, 52.4 ov), 6-177 (Sean Williams, 58.3 ov), 7-177 (Brian Bennett, 58.5 ov), 8-178 (Newman Nyamhuri, 59.3 ov), 9-205 (Richard Ngarava, 67.3 ov), 10-205 (Craig Ervine, 68.3 ov)
BowlingOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
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1514422.93654100
13.6 to J Gumbie, Reverse-sweep goes wrong for Gumbie this time! It's full around middle and leg and going on with the angle. Gumbie only manages to sky it off the gloves and Abdul Malik pouches it at first slip. Zia-ur-Rehman delivers the first breakthrough!. 43/1
59.3 to NT Nyamhuri, Proloooooooonged appeal for an lbw and umpire was pressurized into raising his finger, well there was not much doubt too. Pitched up and got it turn just enough to beat his bat on middle, hits the knee-roll and there's not much confusion about it. Would have gone onto to hit the middle and Zimbabwe have capitulated big time in the last 30 minutes.. 178/8
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20.5 to BJ Curran, What a gorgeous delivery! Fires a pinpoint accurate legbreak and it spun back appreciably as he tried to cut and ended up chopping on! Hits the bat on the turf in frustration and admonishes himself but that is the quality and expertise of Rashid Khan who is a genuine wicket-taker and he eventually finds a way to breach through the defence. Lovely variations and artistry. 63/2
29.2 to T Kaitano, Rashid doing Rashid things. You can't drop your guard against him. Goes down on one knee to sweep and miscues it by getting a top-edge to Abdul Malik at slip. This is a huge breakthrough just at the wrong time for Zimbabwe as they were looking stable out there and the partnership was blossoming. Took too much risk against the quality of Rashid and perished in the process. Perfect result for Afghanistan just before the Tea.. 89/3
33.4 to D Myers, Raps him in front and up goes the finger! Rashid Khan is running through Zimbabwe again! This is a googly outside off, Myers wants to defend on the front foot but is playing for turn away and gets struck on the front pad. That was pretty adjacent!. 99/4
52.4 to Sikandar Raza, Cries of catch it and it's plucked sharply at silly mid-off, Shahid swallows it down his throat and it's a soft dismissal. Rashid bowled way behind the popping crease and landed it short, Raza tried it lift it up and over the fielder and will be gutted to lose his wicket in this fashion. It was slipping away from Afghanistan and they have bounced back with a timely wicket which restores parity to this game. 157/5
58.3 to SC Williams, Rashid Khan has the last laugh and picks up a fifer! More flight on this occasion, lands it a touch shorter on the rough patch and gets it to turn in prodigiously, beating his ambitious slog-sweep and Williams ends up making a horrible mess of his stumps. Zimbabwe in a spot of bother and the extra bit of aggression and counter-attack has cost them a big wicket. Rashid has done an incredible job once again, he keeps finding ways to pick wickets and whenever you take him for granted, he finds a way to fox you. He is a legend. 177/6
58.5 to BJ Bennett, Disturbs the furniture again! Pitched up on middle from over the wicket and didn't turn much, straightened a touch, he tries to get behind the line and sees the bails come off. The pendulum swings in the favor of Afghanistan. Deafening silence in the crowd as Zimbabwe find themselves in dire straits. 177/7
68.3 to CR Ervine, Abu Dhabi, Chattogram, Dehradun and now Bulawayo - the latest red-letter day in Afghanistan's red-ball sojourn! A come-from-behind victory that will reverberate and resonate with those back home, and will stoke the fire that this is where Afghanistan belong, right in the thick of Test cricket and perhaps in times to come, as a permanent fixture in the format they have, so far, played so very little of but appear primed to make a mark in! Coming back to the ball. There is an enormous lbw shout, with the ball pitching outside off and turning back into Ervine. He was shaping for the sweep but played all over it. Impact may or may not have been outside off but umpire Ahsan Raza was convinced it struck Ervine in line and that it would have also gone on to hit the stumps. Joy for Afghanistan, and there are smiles and hugs in their dressing room; dejection and disappointment for Ervine. He was waging a lone battle (almost) and in the end, he just ran out of partners!. 205/10
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Close of Play
Thu, 02 Jan - day 1 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 6/0 (Joylord Gumbie 4*, Ben Curran 1*, 3 ov)
Fri, 03 Jan - day 2 - Afghanistan 2nd innings 46/3 (Rahmat Shah 18*, Zia-ur-Rehman 0*, 15 ov)
Sat, 04 Jan - day 3 - Afghanistan 2nd innings 291/7 (Ismat Alam 64*, Rashid Khan 12*, 91 ov)
Sun, 05 Jan - day 4 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 205/8 (Craig Ervine 53*, Richard Ngarava 3*, 66 ov)
Mon, 06 Jan - day 5 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 205 (68.3 ov) - end of match
Match Flow
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
  • Wet Ground: Afghanistan - 291/7 in 91.0 overs (Ismat Alam 64, Rashid Khan 12)
  • Afghanistan: 300 runs in 93.5 overs (564 balls), Extras 18
  • 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (Ismat Alam 21, Rashid Khan 23, Ex 6)
  • Drinks: Afghanistan - 339/8 in 103.0 overs (Ismat Alam 96, Yamin Ahmadzai 3)
  • Ismat Alam: 100 off 173 balls (9 x 4)
  • Afghanistan: 350 runs in 107.2 overs (645 balls), Extras 21
  • Innings Break: Afghanistan - 363/10 in 113.5 overs (Fareed Ahmad 2)
  • Zimbabwe 2nd innings
  • Drinks: Zimbabwe - 43/1 in 14.0 overs (BJ Curran 28)
  • Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 0
  • Tea: Zimbabwe - 92/3 in 31.0 overs (Sikandar Raza 15, D Myers 1)
  • Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 34.4 overs (208 balls), Extras 3
  • 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 89 balls (Sikandar Raza 21, CR Ervine 21, Ex 8)
  • Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 49.3 overs (297 balls), Extras 11
  • Drinks: Zimbabwe - 150/4 in 50.0 overs (Sikandar Raza 37, CR Ervine 22)
  • Zimbabwe: 200 runs in 65.1 overs (391 balls), Extras 15
  • CR Ervine: 50 off 94 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
  • Bad Light: Zimbabwe - 205/8 in 66.0 overs (CR Ervine 53, R Ngarava 3)
  • End Of Day: Zimbabwe - 205/8 in 66.0 overs (CR Ervine 53, R Ngarava 3)
  • Lunch: Zimbabwe - 0/0
Match Details
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
TossZimbabwe, elected to field first
Series
Season2024/25
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series resultAfghanistan won the 2-match series 1-0
Match numberTest no. 2574
Hours of play (local time)10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days2,3,4,5,6 January 2025 - day (5-day match)
Test debut
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Language
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