Afghanistan won by 5 wkts
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With just one more T20I to go, Zimbabwe need to come back strong tomorrow. Difficult, given they have now lost six out of six T20Is to Afghanistan, but it's certainly not impossible. Looking forward to a better contest tomorrow, ta-ta!
21:58 Local Time, 17:58 GMT, 23:28 IST: Convincing from Afghanistan, despite the fact that they've lost five wickets in a small chase. It was all set up by the bowlers in the first innings, who dragged Zimbabwe from scoring 50 inside 5 overs to just 120/9 in 20 overs. Slower balls from pacers did the trick and then Rashid Khan picked three on a sluggish pitch. Shahzad scored a quickfire 20 on his return from the one-year doping ban and despite wickets falling regularly, Nabi's 27-ball 40 made short work of the chase.
Jarvis to Nabi, wide, short down leg.. that's the win
Jarvis to Nabi, FOUR, full, drilled wide of mid-off
Jarvis to Shafiqullah, 1 run, drags the short ball to long leg
Jarvis to Shafiqullah, SIX, muscles this short ball over deep square leg. 6 needed
Jarvis to Shafiqullah, wide, short and too wide outside off, evading Shafiqullah's upper slash
Jarvis to Shafiqullah, no run, swings across the line of a slower delivery, misses
Kyle Jarvis [3.0-0-11-1] is back into the attack
END OF OVER 14
13 Runs
AFG: 108 - 5
1 1 4 1 0 6
Shafiqullah Shafiq
7 (6)
Mohammad Nabi
36 (26)
Muzarabani
4-0-36-2
Muzarabani to Nabi, SIX, short down leg, Nabi helps the pull over fine leg
Muzarabani to Nabi, no run, they celebrate for a caught behind but given not out. Nabi makes room, misses the pull and deflects it off the shoulder to the keeper here. So a good call from the umpire
Muzarabani to Shafiqullah, 1 run, square leg umpire had to duck.. forcefully swatted over his head
Muzarabani to Shafiqullah, FOUR, fetches the pull from outside off and swivels it round the corner
Muzarabani to Nabi, 1 run, shuffles outside the line of this short ball and fends it to square leg
Muzarabani to Shafiqullah, 1 run, waits and steers it behind backward point
END OF OVER 13
8 Runs
AFG: 95 - 5
1 0 1 0 6 0
Shafiqullah Shafiq
1 (3)
Mohammad Nabi
29 (23)
Ryan Burl
2-0-11-1
Ryan Burl to Nabi, no run, sharp turn on the leg break, left alone
Ryan Burl to Nabi, SIX, dragged down, pulled big over deep mid-wicket
Ryan Burl to Nabi, no run,
Ryan Burl to Shafiqullah, 1 run, flighted delivery mowed across but falls short of long-on
Ryan Burl to Shafiqullah, no run, loud appeal but going down. Doesn't read the indrifter