ZIM VS AFG - 1st ODI, Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe, 2022

That would be it for the evening. Zimbabwe have a lot of sort out, and they have a couple of days to try and do it. Until we see you then, with the same teams, same time, at the same venue, ta ta!!

Rahmat Shah | MoM: The wicket was not very good for batting in the initial overs. So the plan was go on till at least 35 overs because we have hitters in the team. That plan worked for us.

Hashmatullah Shahidi | Winning captain: It was a fantastic performance by the boys. The pitch was difficult in the morning and the ball was seaming. My partnership with Rahmat Shah was important and we told each other that we need to take it to the end as seniors. We'll try in the next match to improve our over-rate. Ten points were important for us.

Craig Ervine | Losing captain: I thought we started extremely well. But those two Afghanistan batsmen set the platform to reap the rewards at the end of the innings for them. We were excellent in patches but we struggled in the other patches. We have struggled in the past to put the entire package together. With the bat, we had a good partnership upfront but we lost wickets regularly. Unfortunately we had the tail batting at the end, and that was the difference.

17:12 Local Time, 15:12 GMT, 20:42 IST: This really was no contest. Zimbabwe batted out their entire quota of overs to get bowled out, but at no stage looked looked in control of this chase. 276 wasn't going to be easy, certainly not against the kind of spin that Afghanistan had at their disposal. And it pretty much went to script. Mohammad Nabi kept it extremely tight in the middle overs, constantly puncturing the chase with regular wickets. The only batsman who showed some fighting touch was Sikandar Raza, but Rashid Khan trapped him in the crease with a sharp googly, and that was pretty much it. It in fact could've been over a lot earlier had the fielders held on to their catches. Stick around, here come the presentations ..

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Chatara, out Caught by Nabi!! And the formality's done. After digging out the entire over, Chatara tries cutting a short-wide delivery, and toe-ends it straight down third man's throat. Chatara c Nabi b Fazalhaq Farooqi 8(17) [4s-1]

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Chatara, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Chatara, no run, yorker, base of leg-stump now. And Chatara's happy just digging them out

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Chatara, no run, an in-angling bouncer. Chatara sways away and swishes but doesn't connect

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Chatara, no run, another yorker just outside off, squeezed into himself

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Chatara, no run, tries a quick yorker, but misses his mark, and Chatara jams the low full toss to point

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Chatara, no run, a slower one outside off, and yet another poke and miss

Fareed Ahmad to Tanaka Chivanga, no run, sticks an opened bat face outside off and guides it to backward point

Fareed Ahmad to Tanaka Chivanga, no run, yorker, base of off, dug out

Fareed Ahmad to Tanaka Chivanga, no run, back of a length, outside off, a slap and a miss

Fareed Ahmad to Tanaka Chivanga, no run, full, outside off, driven to cover

Fareed Ahmad to Tanaka Chivanga, no run, another drop. Chivanga punches it straight back down the pitch, and Malik -despite getting both palms to it - can't hang on

Tanaka Chivanga, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Fareed Ahmad to Muzarabani, out Bowled!! The middle-stump's sent cartwheeling. Full, quick, you-miss-I-hit stuff. Muzarabani clears out his front leg and has a wild swing across the line. Nope, not even close to making connection. Muzarabani b Fareed Ahmad 10(11) [4s-1]

Fareed Ahmad to Muzarabani, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!