Zimbabwe tour of Afghanistan in UAE 2026
🗓️ · 📍 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Match drawn
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| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
c Rahmanullah b Qais Ahmad | 34 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 66.67 |
b Saleem Safi | 42 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 37.17 |
c Ziaur Rahman Sharifi b Hashmatullah Shahidi | 131 | 168 | 14 | 4 | 77.98 |
Brian Bennett (c) c Zia-ur-Rehman b Qais Ahmad | 128 | 206 | 11 | 0 | 62.14 |
lbw b Zia-ur-Rehman | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
Antum Naqvi c Ikram Alikhil b Zia-ur-Rehman | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 60.00 |
c Ikram Alikhil b Ziaur Rahman Sharifi | 54 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 77.14 |
Tafadzwa Tsiga (wk) lbw b Qais Ahmad | 44 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 54.32 |
not out | 34* | 51 | 4 | 0 | 66.67 |
lbw b Saleem Safi | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 32.00 |
b Saleem Safi | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 |
| Extras (b 8, lb 3, w 0, nb 0, p 0) | 11 | ||||
| Total (all out, 134.3 Ov, RR 3.75) | 504 | ||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Saleem Safi | 27.3 | 6 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.98 |
| Ziaur Rahman Sharifi | 20 | 3 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.95 |
| Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar | 46 | 7 | 170 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.70 |
| Qais Ahmad | 27 | 2 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.44 |
| Shahidullah Kamal | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.50 |
| Hashmatullah Shahidi | 12 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.58 |
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Graeme Cremer | 105 | 213 | 6 | 3 | 49.30 |
c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Newman Nyamhuri | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
Rahmanullah Zadran run out (Madhevere) | 113 | 188 | 12 | 1 | 60.11 |
Rahmat Shah (c) st Tafadzwa Tsiga b Graeme Cremer | 173 | 347 | 14 | 3 | 49.86 |
c Brian Bennett b Newman Nyamhuri | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 42.86 |
c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Newman Nyamhuri | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Ikram Alikhil (wk) c Ben Curran b Graeme Cremer | 40 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 48.19 |
c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Newman Nyamhuri | 27 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 69.23 |
c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Blessing Muzarabani | 15 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 15.15 |
b Newman Nyamhuri | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 64.29 |
Ziaur Rahman Sharifi not out | 7* | 3 | 0 | 1 | 233.33 |
| Extras (b 4, lb 10, w 1, nb 2, p 0) | 17 | ||||
| Total (all out, 169.4 Ov, RR 3.03) | 514 | ||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessing Muzarabani | 35 | 9 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.66 |
| Newman Nyamhuri | 30.4 | 6 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2.67 |
| Wessly Madhevere | 15 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.53 |
| Graeme Cremer | 55 | 5 | 177 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.22 |
| Antum Naqvi | 29 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.17 |
| Brian Bennett | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
lbw b Zia-ur-Rehman | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 |
c Shahidullah Kamal b Zia-ur-Rehman | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 54.55 |
run out (Zia-ur-Rehman/Ikram Alikhil) | 82 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 93.18 |
Brian Bennett (c) b Saleem Safi | 58 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 67.44 |
not out | 206* | 279 | 23 | 2 | 73.84 |
Antum Naqvi c Shahidullah Kamal b Abdul Malik | 61 | 136 | 2 | 0 | 44.85 |
not out | 100* | 108 | 2 | 3 | 92.59 |
| Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 1, nb 0, p 0) | 3 | ||||
| Total (5 wkts, 122.1 Ov, RR 4.28) | 523 | ||||
Did not bat: Tafadzwa Tsiga, Graeme Cremer, Newman Nyamhuri, Blessing Muzarabani
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ziaur Rahman Sharifi | 14 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.93 |
| Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar | 50 | 4 | 173 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.46 |
| Mohammad Saleem Safi | 16 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.88 |
| Qais Ahmad | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.40 |
| Hashmatullah Shahidi | 12 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.33 |
| Abdul Malik | 11.1 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.82 |
| Shahidullah Kamal | 10 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.70 |
| Sediqullah Atal | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
Sediqullah AtalBatter
Abdul MalikBatter
Shahidullah KamalBatting Allrounder
Rahmat Shah (c)Batter
Hashmatullah ShahidiBatter
Ikram Alikhil (wk)WK-Batter
Rahmanullah ZadranBatter
Qais AhmadBowler
Zia-ur-Rehman AkbarBowler
Ziaur Rahman SharifiBowler
Mohammad Saleem SafiBowler
Ismat AlamBatting Allrounder
Yamin AhmadzaiBowler
Afsar ZazaiWK-Batter
Khalil GurbazBowler
Ben CurranBatter
Innocent KaiaBatting Allrounder
Brian Bennett (c)Batting Allrounder
Brendan TaylorWK-Batter
Craig ErvineBatter
Antum NaqviBowling Allrounder
Wessly MadhevereBatting Allrounder
Tafadzwa Tsiga (wk)WK-Batter
Graeme CremerBowler
Newman NyamhuriBowler
Blessing MuzarabaniBowler
Brad EvansBowling Allrounder
Wellington MasakadzaBowler
Kundai MatigimuBowler
Ernest MasukuBowler
Tadiwanashe MarumaniWK-Batter
Vincent MasekesaBowling Allrounder
