Zimbabwe VS Afghanistan
Rashid Khan takes 7 wickets in Afghanistan’s second innings © Sportzpics
Rashid Khan’s seven-wicket haul gives Afghanistan a 72-run victory in the second Test in Bulawayo, helping the visiting team close out the series 1-0 after the first rubber ended in a draw did. Zimbabwe were already on the brink of defeat going into the final day with 8 wins and 205 losses, losing their last two wickets without adding anything to their tally overnight.
Rashid would have batted in the first over and dismissed Richard Ngalaba had captain Hashmattullah Shahidi not run in from cover and converted a points chance. It didn’t make much of a difference as Ngalaba fell in the next over and was run out by Shahidullah Kamal after a miscommunication on a run with Craig Irvine. Irvin, who kept Zimbabwe alive heading into the fifth day, even if only slightly, had his leg trapped before that, giving Rashid the seventh wicket of the innings and giving Afghanistan victory. .
Afghanistan managed to turn the tables on the home side with centuries through Rahmat Shah (139 runs) and Ismat Alam (101 runs) before Rashid ran through Zimbabwe’s batting line-up in the final two days. . They gave up the lead in the first inning.
Similar to the second attack, Zimbabwe’s first innings also relied on their three senior batsmen to continue attacking and gain the upper hand. Sikandar Raza (61), Irvine (75) and Sean Williams (49) exceeded Afghanistan’s total number of innings in the first innings, but they will not be able to fully combine in the second innings ahead of the target of 278 innings. I couldn’t. Ben Curran, Takuzwanashe Kaitano and Raza started, but Rashid took them all out on the fourth day. Irvine tried to fight back again, but was unable to maintain their below-middle standings with the rest. above. In the end, Zimbabwe finished with 11 wickets in the match, with Rashid batting away Zimbabwe’s best batsman of the game.
Quick score: Afghanistan 157 (Rashid Khan 25, Sikandar Raza 3-30, Newman Nyamhuri 3-42) & 363 (Rahmat Shah 139, Ismat Alam 101, Blessing Muzarabani 6-95) beat Zimbabwe 243 (Craig Irvin 75, Sikandar Raza 61) ; Rashid Khan 4-94, Yamin Ahmadzai 3-62) & 205 (Craig Irvin 53, Rashid Khan 7/66) 72 runs difference
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