AFG VS ZIM - 2nd T20I, Afghanistan v Zimbabwe in UAE, 2018

Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe

Afghanistan won by 17 runs

ZIM -141/5 (19.6)

AFG -158/9 (19.6)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Mohammad Nabi

Batter

R
B
4s
6s
SR
6
7
0
0
85.71
12
6
1
1
200

Bowler

O
M
R
W
ECO
4
0
29
0
7.25

So, Afghanistan with this 2-0 whitewash, move to the eighth place in the T20I rankings going over Sri Lanka. They just keep getting better and their spinners have played a huge role in their success. That's all we have from this match. We'll be back for the ODI series starting from Friday. Can Zimbabwe bounce back? Do join us to find out. Until then, it's a goodbye from all of us down here.

22:25 Local Time, 18:25 GMT, 23:55 IST: A superb performance from Afghanistan. The batsmen posted a par-score of 158 and that was enough for their spinners. Masakadza did hit a couple of boundaries, but couldn't convert it into something substantial. At the halfway stage, the Zimbabweans were 62/3. That's when Ryan Burl and Raza joined hands. They were involved in a fifty partnership, but Stanikzai had Rashid Khan's overs up his sleeves and the leg-spinner didn't disappoint the captain. Bowling four overs on the trot from the 13th over, the 19-year-old was at his economical best. He picked the wickets of Raza and Burl to finish with figures of 4-0-23-2.

END OF OVER 20

13 Runs

ZIM: 141 - 5

0 4 L1 1 6 1

Peter Moor

12 (6)

Malcolm Waller

6 (7)

Aftab Alam

4-0-29-0

19.6

Aftab Alam to Moor, 1 run, back of a length delivery, heaved away to deep backward square leg for a single. Afghanistan win by 17 runs and they seal the series 2-0!

19.5

6

Aftab Alam to Moor, SIX, that's been muscled down the ground! A very full ball, Moor stays deep in the crease and bludgeons it over the bowler's head for a maximum

19.4

Aftab Alam to Waller, 1 run, low full toss outside off, carved over covers

19.3

Aftab Alam to Moor, leg byes, 1 run, moves leg-side and misses the flick against this in-angling pitched up delivery. Hits the back leg and dies down on the off-side

19.2

4

Aftab Alam to Moor, FOUR, short ball, Moor pulls it away square leg for a boundary. Too late!

19.1

Aftab Alam to Moor, no run, good ball. A yorker length delivery wide of off, Moor backs away and hence can't reach out

Six balls left, 31 needed!

END OF OVER 19

6 Runs

ZIM: 128 - 5

2 W 1 1 2 0

Peter Moor

1 (1)

Malcolm Waller

5 (6)

Rashid Khan

4-0-23-2

18.6

Rashid Khan to Waller, no run, a quick googly and Waller is hurried into the pull shot. Gets hit high on the thigh pad. Too high!

18.5

Rashid Khan to Waller, 2 runs, googly on middle and leg, Malcolm Waller pulls it behind square leg and Moor is almost at the other end. Waller wasn't keen on the second. The former had given up and didn't bother to run back. However, the throw from the deep was a wild one. Was flung well over the keeper and that allows Waller to return back for a brace

18.4

Rashid Khan to Moor, 1 run, heaved away to the right of long-on. Just a single

18.3

Rashid Khan to Waller, 1 run, dropped! Waller clears his front leg to slap this length ball to cover. It went quickly to the fielder, where Asghar Stanikzai puts it down. He apologises to the bowler

Peter Moor, right handed bat, comes to the crease

18.2

W

Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, out Caught by Shafiqullah!! Gone! Rashid Khan dismisses Ryan Burl - the big wicket. The left-hander perishes trying to play the big shot. A quicker ball around off, Burl swings across the line and gets a top-edge that goes miles up in the air. Shafiqullah, at long-on, moves to his left, settles under it and gobbles it up. Ryan Burl c Shafiqullah b Rashid Khan 30(30) [4s-2]

Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

18.1

Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, 2 runs, fetches from outside off and miscues the swipe to the left of long-on. Two taken

37 needed in two overs!

END OF OVER 18

7 Runs

ZIM: 122 - 4

2 2 0 1 1 1

Ryan Burl

28 (28)

Malcolm Waller

2 (3)

Aftab Alam

3-0-17-0

17.6

Aftab Alam to Ryan Burl, 1 run, very full and outside off, Burl toe-ends the drive towards mid-off

17.5

Aftab Alam to Waller, 1 run, backs away and slaps a length ball to the left of cover, who is quick to cut it off. Just a single