f63148 t2604	Zimbabwe v Afghanistan
	Afghanistan in Zimbabwe 2025/26 (Only Test)
Venue	Harare Sports Club, Harare on 20th, 21st, 22nd October 2025 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to field
Result	Zimbabwe won by an innings and 73 runs
Umpires	AT Holdstock (South Africa), NN Menon (India)
TV umpire	F Mutizwa
Referee	RB Richardson (West Indies)
Reserve Umpire	P Sizara
Close of play day 1	Zimbabwe (1) 130/2 (Curran 52*, Taylor 18*; 38 overs)
Close of play day 2	Afghanistan (2) 34/1 (Ibrahim Zadran 25*, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 7*; 12 overs)
Player of the Match	BJ Curran
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3

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Afghanistan first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
Ibrahim Zadran	c Welch b Muzarabani	19	23	24	4	-	16
Abdul Malik	run out (Welch->Tsiga)	30	40	84	2	-	22
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	c Sikandar Raza b Chivanga	37	37	49	3	-	18
*Hashmatullah Shahidi	c Welch b Evans	7	14	32	1	-	11
Bahir Shah	c Bennett b Muzarabani	12	30	43	1	-	25
+Afsar Zazai	c Tsiga b Evans	1	3	3	-	-	2
Ismat Alam	c Tsiga b Muzarabani	8	16	23	1	-	12
Sharafuddin Ashraf	c Chivanga b Evans	0	3	11	-	-	3
Yamin Ahmadzai	not out	10	15	24	2	-	12
Khalil Gurbaz	c Tsiga b Evans	2	13	18	-	-	12
Ziaur Rahman	b Evans	0	1	1	-	-	1
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 32.3 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Ibrahim Zadran, 5.4 ov), 2-77 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 15.3 ov), 3-88 (Abdul Malik, 17.1 ov), 4-100 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 22.1 ov), 5-102 (Afsar Zazai, 22.5 ov), 6-114 (Bahir Shah, 25.6 ov), 7-115 (Ismat Alam, 27.3 ov), 8-115 (Sharafuddin Ashraf, 28.1 ov), 9-127 (Khalil Gurbaz, 32.2 ov), 10-127 (Ziaur Rahman, 32.3 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Ngarava	6	1	28	0	-	-	24	4	-
Muzarabani	11	1	47	3	-	-	44	6	-
Chivanga	6	0	29	1	-	-	20	2	-
Evans	9.3	2	22	5	-	-	46	2	-

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Zimbabwe first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BJ Bennett	b Ziaur Rahman	6	9	17	1	-	6
BJ Curran	lbw b Ismat Alam	121	256	423	15	-	190
NR Welch	b Ziaur Rahman	49	89	145	5	1	65
BRM Taylor	b Ziaur Rahman	32	43	59	6	-	29
*CR Ervine	lbw b Ismat Alam	5	8	17	1	-	6
Sikandar Raza	c Yamin Ahmadzai b Sharafuddin Ashraf	65	88	111	7	-	54
+TE Tsiga	lbw b Ziaur Rahman	17	52	85	2	-	41
BN Evans	not out	35	48	73	4	1	31
R Ngarava	b Ziaur Rahman	0	1	1	-	-	1
B Muzarabani	b Ziaur Rahman	5	10	21	1	-	8
LT Chivanga	lbw b Ziaur Rahman	5	16	31	1	-	14
Extras	(5 b, 11 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Bennett, 3.3 ov), 2-106 (Welch, 33.1 ov), 3-154 (Taylor, 45.2 ov), 4-165 (Ervine, 48.5 ov), 5-264 (Sikandar Raza, 75.3 ov), 6-302 (Curran, 89.4 ov), 7-316 (Tsiga, 92.4 ov), 8-316 (Ngarava, 92.5 ov), 9-335 (Muzarabani, 96.3 ov), 10-359 (Chivanga, 102.6 ov)

Afghanistan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Yamin Ahmadzai	24	7	62	0	1	-	114	7	-
Ziaur Rahman	32	4	97	7	-	-	143	14	-
Sharafuddin Ashraf	17	4	65	1	-	-	67	7	1
Ismat Alam	15	2	51	2	-	2	70	9	-
Khalil Gurbaz	9	0	54	0	-	-	26	6	1
Hashmatullah Shahidi	6	0	14	0	-	-	23	-	-

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Afghanistan second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
Ibrahim Zadran	c Tsiga b Ngarava	42	59	85	5	-	40
Abdul Malik	c Muzarabani b Ngarava	2	11	17	-	-	9
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	c Tsiga b Chivanga	9	29	48	-	-	21
*Hashmatullah Shahidi	c Ervine b Ngarava	7	19	28	1	-	15
Bahir Shah	c Curran b Muzarabani	32	33	58	6	-	21
+Afsar Zazai	c Evans b Chivanga	18	36	72	2	-	26
Ismat Alam	c Tsiga b Ngarava	16	26	38	2	-	20
Sharafuddin Ashraf	c Ervine b Ngarava	9	17	27	2	-	14
Yamin Ahmadzai	not out	13	19	27	1	1	14
Khalil Gurbaz	b Muzarabani	6	7	13	1	-	4
Ziaur Rahman	b Muzarabani	0	3	2	-	-	3
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Abdul Malik, 3.6 ov), 2-43 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 14.3 ov), 3-59 (Ibrahim Zadran, 17.6 ov), 4-60 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 19.5 ov), 5-109 (Bahir Shah, 29.4 ov), 6-127 (Afsar Zazai, 34.1 ov), 7-135 (Ismat Alam, 37.3 ov), 8-142 (Sharafuddin Ashraf, 39.5 ov), 9-159 (Khalil Gurbaz, 42.3 ov), 10-159 (Ziaur Rahman, 42.6 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Muzarabani	12	1	48	3	-	-	51	7	-
Ngarava	13	2	37	5	-	-	58	4	-
Evans	6	0	28	0	-	-	24	5	-
Sikandar Raza	1	0	3	0	-	-	4	-	-
Chivanga	11	1	40	2	1	1	49	4	1

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Afghanistan (1) 106/5 (Bahir Shah 12*, Ismat Alam 0*; 24 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Zimbabwe (1) 40/1 (Curran 21*, Welch 10*; 14 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Zimbabwe (1) 214/4 (Curran 79*, Sikandar Raza 37*; 62 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Zimbabwe (1) 302/6 (Tsiga 11*; 89.4 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Afghanistan (2) 127/6 (Ismat Alam 15*; 34.1 overs)
--> Afghanistan first innings: 50 in 10.3 overs
--> Afghanistan first innings: 100 in 21.4 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 50 in 17.4 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 100 in 31.6 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 150 in 43.3 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 200 in 58.6 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 250 in 71.1 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 300 in 87.3 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 350 in 101.1 overs
--> Afghanistan second innings: 50 in 16.4 overs
--> Afghanistan second innings: 100 in 27.4 overs
--> Afghanistan second innings: 150 in 40.4 overs
--> Sharafuddin Ashraf made his debut in Test matches
--> Khalil Gurbaz made his debut in Test matches
--> Ziaur Rahman made his debut in Test matches
--> Ibrahim Zadran made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Abdul Malik made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Rahmanullah Gurbaz made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Hashmatullah Shahidi made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Bahir Shah made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Afsar Zazai made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Ismat Alam made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Sharafuddin Ashraf made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Yamin Ahmadzai made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Khalil Gurbaz made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Ziaur Rahman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Sikandar Raza made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BN Evans made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> R Ngarava made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> B Muzarabani made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LT Chivanga made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Abdul Malik (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Test matches
--> Abdul Malik (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> Rahmanullah Gurbaz (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> BJ Curran (1) 50 in 108 balls with 5 fours
--> BJ Curran (1) passed his previous highest score of 68 in Test matches
--> BJ Curran (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> BJ Curran (1) 100 in 217 balls with 11 fours
--> BJ Curran (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> Sikandar Raza (1) 50 in 67 balls with 6 fours
--> Bahir Shah (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Test matches
--> Bahir Shah made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> Bahir Shah made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> Ibrahim Zadran made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> Ibrahim Zadran made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> Rahmanullah Gurbaz made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> Rahmanullah Gurbaz made his debut in Zimbabwe in Test matches
--> Ziaur Rahman made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> Khalil Gurbaz made his debut in Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> BN Evans achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed Sharafuddin Ashraf in the Afghanistan first innings (previous best was 2-41)
--> BN Evans achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Afghanistan first innings
--> BN Evans achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Afghanistan first innings (previous best was 5-25)
--> Ziaur Rahman achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Zimbabwe first innings
--> Ziaur Rahman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed LT Chivanga in the Zimbabwe first innings (previous best was 6-63)
--> R Ngarava achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed Sharafuddin Ashraf in the Afghanistan second innings (previous best was 4-53)
--> R Ngarava achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Afghanistan second innings
--> R Ngarava achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed Sharafuddin Ashraf in the Afghanistan second innings (previous best was 4-14)
--> R Ngarava achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Afghanistan second innings
--> Abdul Malik (16) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (37) added 50 in 57 balls for the Afghanistan 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> BJ Curran (29) and NR Welch (21) added 50 in 112 balls for the Zimbabwe 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> BJ Curran (13) and Sikandar Raza (37) added 50 in 80 balls for the Zimbabwe 5th wicket in the first innings

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