Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe (Afghanistan Cricket Team vs Zimbabwe Cricket Team) 2nd T20I LiveAfghanistan vs Zimbabwe (Afghanistan Cricket Team vs Zimbabwe Cricket Team) 2nd T20I Live: After losing the T20I series opener to Zimbabwe, Afghanistan find themselves in a do-or-die situation as they lock horns with the hosts in second fixture against the hosts at Harare Sports Club. Afghanistan have won the toss and opted to bat first. They are playing with 3 changes, Zubaid, Gulbadin, and Darwish are in while Hazratullah, Karim and Ishaq are left out.
Earlier in the opening fixture, Tashinga Musekiwa struck 11 runs off the final over on Wednesday to give Zimbabwe their second-ever victory against Afghanistan in a T20 international. After hitting 10 runs off five balls, including a four, to tie the scores in the first of a three-match series, he claimed one run from the final ball bowled by Azmatullah Omarzai for a dramatic win.
Playing XIs:
Zimbabwe: Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani(w), Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza(c), Ryan Burl, Wessly Madhevere, Tashinga Musekiwa, Wellington Masakadza, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Trevor Gwandu
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sediqullah Atal, Zubaid Akbari, Darwish Rasooli, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan(c), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fareed Ahmad Malik
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16.6 – Just four singles off that over! A skiddy bumper now, tight on off and Gulbadin Naib looks to ramp it away but misses.
Batsman_1 : Gulbadin Naib 11(11)
Batsman_2 : Darwish Rasooli 45(36)
Bowler : Richard Ngarava 0/17(3)
Over : 17
Run : 4
Wicket : 0
Score : 122/5
16.5 – Excellent stop from Dion Myers. Full and just outside off, Rasoolistays deep and crunches the cover drive but can’t get it through the inner circle and it will only be a single.
16.4 – Sees the batter moving and digs in a quick short one well across off, Rasooli fails to reach it and no wide is called either, dot ball.
16.3 – Slower one, into the pitch and angled well across off, Naib looks to fetch and pull but mistimes it through square leg for one more.
16.2 – Banged into the deck and over middle and leg, Rasooli sets up to pull but miscues it down to long on for just another single.
16.1 – Good length on off, Naib punches it just wide of short cover and scampers across for a quick single.
15.6 – Fractionally short over middle, played off the back foot through mid-wicket for a single to ene the over.
Batsman_1 : Gulbadin Naib 9(8)
Batsman_2 : Darwish Rasooli 43(33)
Bowler : Sikandar Raza 0/26(3)
Over : 16
Run : 10
Wicket : 0
Score : 118/5
15.5 – Short one over middle and leg, Naib pulls it well behind square leg and picks up a couple of more runs.
15.4 – FOUR! Edged away and Sikandar Raza is not happy with that. Nagging length on off, straightening a bit as well, Gulbadin Naib looks to drive but gets an outside edge just past the keeper and the ball rolls away into the fence.
15.3 – Stump-to-stump bowling again from Raza, this is just pushed down to long on for one more by Rasooli.
15.2 – Dragged length on middle, Naib rocks back and manages to work it past mid-wicket this time for a single.
15.1 – Flatter and on middle, Naib pushes it down but straight to mid-wicket.
15.1 – WIDE! Floated up, spilled down the leg side for a wide.
14.6 – Almost another spectacular catch but Ryan Burl has done brilliantly to save the six, or has he?
Batsman_1 : Darwish Rasooli 42(32)
Batsman_2 : Gulbadin Naib 1(3)
Bowler : Trevor Gwandu 1/23(3)
Over : 15
Run : 12
Wicket : 0
Score : 108/5
14.5 – FOUR! SHOT! Back of a length and outside off, Darwish Rasooli stays upright and leg side of the ball before slapping it flat and over extra cover for a boundary. The 100 is up for Afghanistan as well.
14.4 – A genuine slower ball now, full and wide, Gulbadin Naib squeezes it away square through the off side for a single.
14.3 – Takes a bit pace off this one and bowls it wide of the off stump, Naib looks to cut but the ball stays pretty low and skids through.
14.2 – Goes full and around off, right in the blockhole, Gulbadin Naib jams it back to the bowler.
14.1 – Hard length on middle, hit away on the up and through the line, down to long on for a single.
Gulbadin Naib is the new man in.
13.6 – OUT! CAUGHT! Outstanding athleticism from Wessly Madhevere and Mohammad Nabi has to depart!
13.5 – Fractionally short again and around middle, Rasooli rocks back and swats it down to long on for a single.
13.4 – Rasooli misses out on another freebie! Too short and wide, cut away hard but straight to Sikandar Raza at cover.
13.3 – Excellent running this time. A touch short on middle and leg, Rasooli works it away down to cow corner and picks up two runs.
13.2 – Dragged length, sliding it into the batter, Nabi goes back and across and forces it down to long on for one more.
13.1 – Not all that full and around off, hit away through the line and down to long off for a single.
12.6 – No run there! Slower again, into the pitch and around off, Nabi looks to drop and run but gets an inside edge off the pads towards backward point.
Batsman_1 : Mohammad Nabi 3(5)
Batsman_2 : Darwish Rasooli 27(25)
Bowler : Blessing Muzarabani 1/20(3)
Over : 13
Run : 4
Wicket : 0
Score : 91/4
12.5 – Takes pace off and bowls it a bit short around off, Rasooli waits well and plays it square through the off side for one more.
12.4 – Hard length on off, nipping back in sharply, Nabi gets an inside edge onto the pads and the ball rolls to the off side. The batters pick up a quick single as well.
12.3 – Back of a length, aimed in at the body, Rasooli tucks it away through mid-wicket and turns the strike over.
11.5 – On middle and leg, nudged away to the on side for a quick single by Nabi. Ryan Burl is quick to chase the ball down and a direct hit at the bowler’s end would have been close.
12.2 – Length ball at the stumps, Nabi leans on and just pushes it a bit wide of mid on looking for two but has to settle for the single.
12.1 – Off the pads! Blessing Muzarabani comes back in and slips a fuller delivery down leg, Nabi gets tangled down the leg side but the ball goes off the pads and is pouched by the keeper.
11.6 – Short of a length and around off, Rasooli rocks back and punches it away straight towards extra cover.
Batsman_1 : Darwish Rasooli 25(23)
Batsman_2 : Mohammad Nabi 1(1)
Bowler : Ryan Burl 1/11(2)
Over : 12
Run : 3
Wicket : 1
Score : 87/4
