Wellington Masakadza
Blessing Muzarabani
B Sami|5.3|0|27|2
| 0 | 43.3 | 43.3: Bilal Sami to Wellington Masakadza, OUT! PLUMB! That looks pretty straight. Angling in, on a length, on middle. Wellington looks to block it but misses and wears it on his back pad. A loud appeal and the finger goes up straightaway. Wellington refers. Nothing on Ultra Edge and Ball Tracking shows three reds. Zimbabwe have been bowled out for 169 runs. |
| 1 | 43.2 | 43.2: Bilal Sami to Blessing Muzarabani, Angling in, on off, Blessing Muzarabani looks to block it but edges it to third man for a single. |
| 0 | 43.1 | 43.1: Bilal Sami to Blessing Muzarabani, Hits the deck hard, on off, Blessing Muzarabani fends it to point. |
| 0 | 42.6 | 42.6: AM Ghazanfar to Wellington Masakadza, Short, on off, Wellington Masakadza punches it to cover. |
6 Over | Run: 168/9 | Run Rate: 3.91
| 1 | 42.5 | 42.5: AM Ghazanfar to Blessing Muzarabani, Top edge, safe! Short, on off, Blessing Muzarabani looks to pull it but gets a top edge that lands safely at the front of deep mid-wicket. The batters cross. |
| 0 | 42.4 | 42.4: AM Ghazanfar to Blessing Muzarabani, Flatter, on leg, Blessing Muzarabani flicks it to square leg. |
| 0 | 42.3 | 42.3: AM Ghazanfar to Blessing Muzarabani, Quicker, on leg, Blessing Muzarabani flicks it to square leg. |
| 0 | 42.2 | 42.2: AM Ghazanfar to Blessing Muzarabani, Close! Short, on off, Blessing Muzarabani swings hard but misses. Somehow the ball misses the stumps and goes just over the off pole. Dot. |
| 1 | 42.1 | 42.1: AM Ghazanfar to Wellington Masakadza, Short, on off, Wellington Masakadza slaps it through covers for a single. |
| 0 | 41.6 | 41.6: Bilal Sami to Blessing Muzarabani, Fullish, on off, Blessing Muzarabani blocks it back to the bowler. |
6 Over | Run: 166/9 | Run Rate: 3.95
| 0 | 41.5 | 41.5: Bilal Sami to Blessing Muzarabani, Hits the deck hard, outside off, Blessing Muzarabani leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 41.4 | 41.4: Bilal Sami to Blessing Muzarabani, Bangs it short, on leg, Blessing Muzarabani ducks under it. |
| 0 | 41.3 | 41.3: Bilal Sami to Blessing Muzarabani, Much fuller, on off, Blessing Muzarabani taps it to cover. |
| 0 | 41.2 | 41.2: Bilal Sami to Blessing Muzarabani, Back of a length, outside off, Blessing Muzarabani has a waft at it but misses. |
| 6 | 41.1 | 41.1: Bilal Sami to Blessing Muzarabani, SIX! Well, well, that has gone all the way! Full and on off, Blessing Muzarabani latches onto it and powers it down the ground. The ball lands on the boundary cushion for a maximum. |
| 0 | 40.6 | 40.6: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, Much fuller, on off, Wellington Masakadza taps it to cover. |
6 Over | Run: 160/9 | Run Rate: 3.90
| 0 | 40.5 | 40.5: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, A mixup but no harm done! Flatter, on off, Wellington Masakadza taps it to mid on and calls for one but there is a mixup. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. The batters make it home back in time. |
| 1 | 40.4 | 40.4: Mohammad Nabi to Blessing Muzarabani, Shortish, on leg, Blessing Muzarabani knocks it to mid on for a single. |
| 1 | 40.3 | 40.3: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, Much fuller, on off, Wellington Masakadza eases it to cover for a quick single. Rashid Khan throws it toward the keeper who makes a shy at the stumps. |
| 0 | 40.2 | 40.2: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, Flatter, on leg, Wellington Masakadza flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 40.1 | 40.1: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, Arm ball, a bit short, Wellington Masakadza punches it to cover. |
| 4 | 39.6 | 39.6: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, FOUR! A frustrating end to another fine spell by Rashid Khan. Tossed up on the stumps, it is the googly again. Blessing Muzarabani picks it early, lunges across and whips it down to deep square leg for a boundary. |
6 Over | Run: 158/9 | Run Rate: 3.95
| 0 | 39.5 | 39.5: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, Rashid Khan was dead set on reviewing it, but he's wasted it. Flatter one around leg, pushed through at the stumps. Blessing Muzarabani gets pegged back and plays all around it, getting struck on the pads. The appeal for LBW is turned down, but Rahmat Shah does review it. Ball Tracking that the ball is marginally pitching outside leg and it stays Not Out. |
| 0 | 39.4 | 39.4: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, Nagging length on the pads, nurdled away towards square leg. |
| 0 | 39.3 | 39.3: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, A smidge fuller and on middle, turning back in. Muzarabani goes for the heave leg side but misses and gets hit on the pads. |
| 0 | 39.2 | 39.2: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, Flatter this time, darted into the pads, Blessing Muzarabani tucks it down on the leg side. |
| 2 | 39.1 | 39.1: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, Too full and on the pads, nicely clipped away wide of deep square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 38.7 | 38.6: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, Nagging length again, just outside off. Masakadza pushes it down to the right of the bowler, who dives across and makes a save. |
7 Over | Run: 152/9 | Run Rate: 3.90
| 0 | 38.6 | 38.5: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, Flighted delivery, held back a bit and bowledaround off. Masakadza defends it out. |
| 0 | 38.5 | 38.4: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, Tossed up on off stump, Masakadza lunges forward to defend. |
| 0 | 38.4 | 38.4: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, WIDE! Bowled a bit more round-armish and angled down leg. Masakadza misses the flick and the ball goes down leg, rolling to fine leg for a couple of runs. The 150 is now up for Zimbabwe. |
| 0 | 38.3 | 38.3: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, Beaten! Quicker through the air, a bit full and outside off. Wellington Masakadza looks to drive at it but the ball beats the outside edge. |
| 0 | 38.2 | 38.2: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, OUT! PLUMB! That looks pretty straight. Angling in, on a length, on middle. Wellington looks to block it but misses and wears it on his back pad. A loud appeal and the finger goes up straightaway. Wellington refers. Nothing on Ultra Edge and Ball Tracking shows three reds. Zimbabwe are bowled out for 169 runs. |
| 2 | 38.1 | 38.1: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, Shorter in length, slogged away high and wide of deep mid-wicket for a couple of more handy runs. |
| 0 | 37.6 | 37.6: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, FOUR BYES! Welcome runs for Zimbabwe. Bowled really slow and drifted onto the pads. The ball turns and goes past the pads, and past the keeper as well, rolling into the fine leg fence. Rashid isn't happy with the keeper, but Rahmanullah Gurbaz asks him what he could have even done, and probably he's right. |
6 Over | Run: 147/9 | Run Rate: 3.87
| 0 | 37.5 | 37.5: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, Tossed up at the stumps, Muzarabani lunges to defend. |
| 0 | 37.4 | 37.4: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, Ooh, that's really close to the off stump. Rashid slows it right up, floating it outside the line of off stump. Muzarabani goes for another slog sweep but is beaten by the turn and the ball ends up just missing the outside of the off stump. |
| 0 | 37.3 | 37.3: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, A swing and a miss! Tossed up outside off, Muzarabani sets up for the slog sweep but fails to connect. |
| 0 | 37.2 | 37.2: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, Drifted into the pads, Blessing Muzarabani plays it to the leg side. |
| 1 | 37.1 | 37.1: Rashid Khan to Wellington Masakadza, Flatter one around off, swatted down to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 36.6 | 36.6: Mohammad Nabi to Blessing Muzarabani, Tossed up around off, blocked off by Muzarabani. |
6 Over | Run: 142/9 | Run Rate: 3.84
| 0 | 36.5 | 36.5: Mohammad Nabi to Blessing Muzarabani, Half an appeal for LBW, but turned down. Probably pitching outside leg. This is bowled on a dragged length and around leg. Blessing Muzarabani rocks back to flick but plays all around it and wears it on the pads. |
| 0 | 36.4 | 36.4: Mohammad Nabi to Blessing Muzarabani, Bowled from around the wicket, floated up around off. Blessing Muzarabani plays it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 36.3 | 36.3: Mohammad Nabi to Blessing Muzarabani, Flighted up around off, Blessing blocks it off. |
| 0 | 36.2 | 36.2: Mohammad Nabi to Blessing Muzarabani, No run, played towards mid wicket. |
| 1 | 36.1 | 36.1: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, In the air, but will fall short. Dragged length around off, Wellington Masakadza rocks back to pull and slices it high over mid off. The fielder from the deep comes in but the ball falls well short and a single is taken. |
| 0 | 35.6 | 35.6: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, That's a good review and Blessing Muzarabani lives to fight another day. A wrong'un, relatively full and darting back in from off stump. Muzarabani hops onto the back foot but gets pegged in front of the stumps and gets struck on the pad. There is a huge appeal for LBW, and the finger is raised. The third umpire is called in and Ball Tracking shows that the ball would have just gone over the stumps. Not Out. |
6 Over | Run: 141/9 | Run Rate: 3.92
| 1 | 35.5 | 35.5: Rashid Khan to Wellington Masakadza, Nagging length around off, turning away a bit. Masakadza edges it down with soft hands towards short third and picks up a single. |
| 0 | 35.4 | 35.4: Rashid Khan to Wellington Masakadza, Pushed through flatter again, angling it across off. Masakadza hops back and jams it down to the right of the bowler, who dives across to make a stop. |
| 1 | 35.3 | 35.3: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, Flatter and drifted into the pads, worked away just behind square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 35.2 | 35.2: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, Tossed up on off and middle, Blessing Muzarabani gets half a stride forward and blocks it off. |
| 0 | 35.1 | 35.1: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, Bowled into the pitch and pushed just down the leg side. No wide called. |
| 0 | 34.6 | 34.6: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, Good length, sliding it back into the stumps. Masakadza backs away and cuts it hard towards cover-point. |
6 Over | Run: 139/9 | Run Rate: 3.97
| 1 | 34.5 | 34.5: Mohammad Nabi to Blessing Muzarabani, Floated up, in and around off, Muzarabani squeezes it off the outside edge and in front of point for a quick single. |
| 0 | 34.4 | 34.4: Mohammad Nabi to Blessing Muzarabani, A bit flatter, sliding it into the front pad. Blessing Muzarabani leans on and blocks it off. |
| 0 | 34.3 | 34.3: Mohammad Nabi to Blessing Muzarabani, Nagging length at the stumps, kept out by Muzarabani. |
| 0 | 34.2 | 34.2: Mohammad Nabi to Blessing Muzarabani, On a dragged length, turning back in a long way from off stump. Muzarabani stays back and plays all over it, getting hit high on the pads. |
| 1 | 34.1 | 34.1: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, Short ball over off stump, Masakadza pulls it off the back foot to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 33.6 | 33.6: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, Wow, how has that missed the stumps? Another big googly, tossed up just outside off. Blessing Muzarabani goes down on one knee and throws the kitchen sink at the slog sweep, but misses and the ball goes a whisker over the off stump. |
6 Over | Run: 137/9 | Run Rate: 4.03
| 0 | 33.5 | 33.5: Rashid Khan to Blessing Muzarabani, Tossed up wide outside off, and this is the attempted googly. Blessing Muzarabani has a poke at it but misses. |
| 0 | 33.4 | 33.4: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, OUT! CAUGHT! Rashid Khan does get the last laugh in his battle with Sikandar Raza, and has three wickets to his name now. Khan tosses this one up on off stump, not all that full. Raza steps out and looks to go big but loses his shape. The ball gets sliced over mid off and Ibrahim Zadran comes in from the fence to take a safe reverse-cup catch. Afghanistan are just one wicket away from bowling Zimbabwe out now. |
| 0 | 33.3 | 33.3: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Flatter now, on a dragged length and at the stumps. Raza keeps it out. |
| 6 | 33.2 | 33.2: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, SIX! That's some strike by Sikandar Raza, but he's feeling the cramps a bit more after that shot. Tossed up at the stumps, Raza sits down and slog-sweeps it, smoking the ball over deep square leg and out of the ground as well. |
| 0 | 33.1 | 33.1: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Fuller one, tossed up on middle and leg. Raza plays it off the inside edge to square leg. |
| 0 | 32.6 | 32.6: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, Floated up on the stumps, holds a bit in the deck. Masakadza punches it out to mid on. |
6 Over | Run: 131/8 | Run Rate: 3.97
| 0 | 32.5 | 32.5: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, Slower through the air, slanted into the pads. Masakadza nudges it gently to the on side. |
| 0 | 32.4 | 32.4: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, On a length and around off, kept out off the back foot this time by Masakadza. |
| 0 | 32.3 | 32.3: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, Bowled from wider on the crease, sliding it in at the stumps. Masakadza blocks it off again. |
| 0 | 32.2 | 32.2: Mohammad Nabi to Wellington Masakadza, Darted in at the stumps, fairly full. Wellington Masakadza watchfully blocks it off. |
| 1 | 32.1 | 32.1: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, Dragged shorter over middle, this is pulled off the back foot to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 31.6 | 31.6: Rashid Khan to Newman Nyamhuri, OUT! TIMBER! That's special from Rashid Khan and another one bites the dust for Zimbabwe, leaving them in tatters at 130/8. Rashid brings out the leg-break now, tossing it up full on off and middle. Newman Nyamhuri leans on to flick it leg side, but the ball dips right in front and then turns away past the outside edge to smash into the off stump. Actually, Rashid bowled this one from a couple of yards behind the stumps. |
6 Over | Run: 130/8 | Run Rate: 4.06
| 0 | 31.5 | 31.5: Rashid Khan to Newman Nyamhuri, A googly now, tossed up at the stumps. Nyamhuri gets forward and manages to block it off. |
| 1 | 31.4 | 31.4: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Drifted onto the pads a bit, Raza nurdles it to the leg side and this time, he takes the single, leaving Nyamhuri with 2 balls to keep out. |
| 0 | 31.3 | 31.3: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Tossed up at the stumps, Raza leans on and pushes it to wide mid on, and denies the single again. |
| 0 | 31.2 | 31.2: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Held back a bit, flighted up around off, Raza watchfully defends. |
| 0 | 31.1 | 31.1: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Flatter googly on off, turns in a bit. Raza works it into the open space to the right of mid-wicket but doesn't take the single. |
| 0 | 30.6 | 30.6: Mohammad Nabi to Newman Nyamhuri, Lovely delivery. Floated up outside off, inviting a drive and this one just holds its line, going a few inches away from the batter, and beating the outside edge. |
6 Over | Run: 129/7 | Run Rate: 4.16
| 0 | 30.5 | 30.5: Mohammad Nabi to Newman Nyamhuri, Half an appeal for LBW, turned down. Pushed through a bit quicker and on middle, turning it in. Nyamhuri leans on and is beaten past the inside edge, getting hit on the pads. Probably sliding down leg. |
| 0 | 30.4 | 30.4: Mohammad Nabi to Newman Nyamhuri, Nicely flighted, on off. Newman Nyamhuri leans on to flick but gets an inside edge to short fine leg. |
| 1 | 30.3 | 30.3: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, On the shorter side again, Raza backs away and hits it square through the off side for a single. |
| 0 | 30.2 | 30.2: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, Fractionally short and over middle, punched off the back foot but straight to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 30.1 | 30.1: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, Good length outside off, sliding back on. Raza stays back and smacks it down to cover. |
| 0 | 29.6 | 29.6: Rashid Khan to Brad Evans, OUT! LBW! Rashid Khan doesn't even look back and continues his celebration as the umpire's finger goes up. However, Brad Evans has reviewed it. Another googly from Rashid, landing it on a nagging length and just outside off. Evans gets pushed onto the back foot as the ball turns in and beats the inside edge to hit the top of the right pad. The third umpire has a quick look at it. There's nothing on UltraEdge and Ball Tracking comes up with three reds. The on-field decision stands and Zimbabwe are now 128/7. Rashid does strike in his 250th international match, and he is delighted with it. |
6 Over | Run: 128/7 | Run Rate: 4.27
| 1 | 29.5 | 29.5: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Short ball, turning it in. Sikandar Raza rocks back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 1 | 29.4 | 29.4: Rashid Khan to Brad Evans, Flighted delivery outside off, this is eased through the off side for a single. |
| 0 | 29.3 | 29.3: Rashid Khan to Brad Evans, Tossed up at the stumps, blocked off by Evans. |
| 1 | 29.2 | 29.2: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Oh, Sikandar Raza was struggling big time there, and a direct hit would have certainly sent him packing. Shorter on middle, angled to the left of short fine leg. Raza looks for the single but initially Brad Evans is a bit hesitant. However, he does go through and Raza then has to scamper to the other end. |
| 0 | 29.1 | 29.1: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Tossed up on middle, slightly into the pitch. Raza leans on and gets a leading edge that goes well short of the bowler |
| 0 | 28.6 | 28.6: Mohammad Nabi to Brad Evans, No run there, and it will be a wicket-maiden for Mohammad Nabi. Floated up outside off, Brad Evans squeezes it away behind point and looks for a single but Raza sends him back. |
6 Over | Run: 125/6 | Run Rate: 4.31
| 0 | 28.5 | 28.5: Mohammad Nabi to Brad Evans, Nicely flighted on off and middle, Evans lunges ahead to block. |
| 0 | 28.4 | 28.4: Mohammad Nabi to Brad Evans, Dragged length, at just 75.6 kph and outside off. Evans stays back and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 28.3 | 28.3: Mohammad Nabi to Brad Evans, Floated fuller and on middle, Evans eases it to mid on. |
| 0 | 28.2 | 28.2: Mohammad Nabi to Wessly Madhevere, OUT! STUMPED! That's stunning work from Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Mohammad Nabi drags the length back, sliding it in from outside off at a very gentle pace. Wessly Madhevere is down the pitch again, looking to flick it away but is beaten in flight. The ball goes on to clip the thigh pad and lobs to the right of the keeper. Gurbaz springs across to his right, pouches it with the outstretched glove and throws it back onto the stumps with Madhevere nowhere to be found. According to the on-air commentators, this is Nabi's 300th international wicket. |
| 0 | 28.1 | 28.1: Mohammad Nabi to Wessly Madhevere, Flighted up at the stumps, Madhevere steps out and nudges it on the bounce to the short mid-wicket fielder. |
| 0 | 27.6 | 27.6: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Sikandar Raza, A bumper now, pitching it over middle and slanting it across a bit. Raza hangs back, leans behind a bit and looks to ramp but misses. |
6 Over | Run: 125/5 | Run Rate: 4.46
| 1 | 27.5 | 27.5: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Wessly Madhevere, Back of a length and outside off, Madhevere presses back and angles it down to the right of deep third for another single. |
| 1 | 27.4 | 27.4: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Sikandar Raza, Pace off again, a tad shorter and on the pads. This is worked away behind square leg for a single. |
| 6 | 27.3 | 27.3: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Sikandar Raza, SIX! Excellent adjustment from Raza. Slower one, pitched up around off. Sikandar Raza skips down the track, and is nearly undone by the lack of pace, but holds back for a second more befoe unleashing a heave over wide long on, picking up six runs. |
| 1 | 27.2 | 27.2: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Wessly Madhevere, Looking for two, but they won't get it. A skiddy bumper over middle, slower too. Madhevere controls the pull well and gets it down in front of square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 27.1 | 27.1: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Wessly Madhevere, On a hard length around off, angling it back in. Madhevere blocks it off. |
| 0 | 26.6 | 26.6: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, Short of a length, sliding into the batter. Raza hangs back and jams it out. |
6 Over | Run: 116/5 | Run Rate: 4.30
| 1 | 26.5 | 26.5: Mohammad Nabi to Wessly Madhevere, Tossed up around off, Wessly Madhevere eases it through wide mid on and picks up a single. |
| 0 | 26.4 | 26.4: Mohammad Nabi to Ryan Burl, OUT! CAUGHT! Mohammad Nabi does get his man eventually, and the 60-run stand is broken. Nabi drags the length short, sliding it down leg and this is there to be hit. Ryan Burl doesn't go for the full-blooded pull and just tries to help it behind square leg. The timing it good and the ball flies over backward square leg. Bilal Sami comes charging in from the deep and puts in a lunging dive to pouch it well, and even hangs on to it when his elbows thud into the turf. |
| 1 | 26.3 | 26.3: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, FIFTY for the Zimbabwe skipper, and this has been a real fighting knock from Sikandar Raza. Full and straight, swept down to deep backward square leg for a single. This is Raza's 27th ODI half-century. |
| 0 | 26.2 | 26.2: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, Tossed up at the stumps, eased back down the pitch by Raza. |
| 0 | 26.1 | 26.1: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, Clean tackle from Nabi! Floated up at the stumps, Raza gets forward and eases it towards the non-striker. Nabi moves across to his right and sticks out a right leg, pushing the ball to short mid-wicket and also tumbling Burl in the process. Raza stays on 49. |
| 0 | 25.6 | 25.6: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ryan Burl, Good length, around the top of off. Burl stays upright and solidly blocks it to cover. A string of five dots to end the over from Farooqi. |
6 Over | Run: 114/4 | Run Rate: 4.38
| 0 | 25.5 | 25.5: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ryan Burl, A skiddy, length ball at the stumps, Burl blocks it off. |
| 0 | 25.4 | 25.4: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ryan Burl, Nice change-up from Farooqi. Slower one, bowled full and outside off, cutting back in a bit. Burl looks to cover drive but is well beaten. |
| 0 | 25.3 | 25.3: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ryan Burl, Pitched up on middle, Burl punches it back down the track and towards the non-striker. Sikandar Raza dramatically tries to get out of the way and even ends up flat on the deck, seeking respite from the heat, but Farooqi gets a hand on the ball and it doesn't even reach Raz. |
| 0 | 25.2 | 25.2: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ryan Burl, Good length in the channel, Ryan Burl stands tall and punches it out to cover. |
| 1 | 25.1 | 25.1: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Sikandar Raza, Short of a good length, over middle, and pushed down to mid on for a single. |
| 1 | 24.6 | 24.6: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, Good length on middle, played off the back foot and down to long on for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 113/4 | Run Rate: 4.52
| 1 | 24.5 | 24.5: Mohammad Nabi to Ryan Burl, DROPPED! Ibrahim Zadran spills what should have been a regulation chance, and instantly points to the lights to save himself from a blemish. Flighted up on off stump, Burl skips down the track and slices the lofted shot down to long off. Zadran comes charging in from the deep and eventually has to reverse-cup it around his head, ending up shelling it. Single taken. |
| 1 | 24.4 | 24.4: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, Tossed up around off, eased away through the off side for a single. |
| 0 | 24.3 | 24.3: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, A full ball down leg, Raza sits down and sweeps it straight to backward square leg, unable to believe that he hasn't found the gap there. |
| 2 | 24.2 | 24.2: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, Slower one outside off, Sikandar Raza rocks back and powers it away wide to the right of deep cover, racing back for a couple of runs. Raza is labouring out there and conditions look very humid. |
| 1 | 24.1 | 24.1: Mohammad Nabi to Ryan Burl, Flatter one on a length, sliding it in with a round-arm, on off. Burl makes room and hits it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 1 | 23.6 | 23.6: Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, Good running again. Flatter delivery on off, Burl stabs it down to cover and scampers through for another single. |
6 Over | Run: 107/4 | Run Rate: 4.46
| 1 | 23.5 | 23.5: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Quicker one, darted into middle and leg. Raza gets pegged back and jams it off the inside edge through backward square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 23.4 | 23.4: Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, Good length around off, punched away past point for a single. |
| 2 | 23.3 | 23.3: Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, Nicely bowled. Nagging length on off, squaring up the batter. Ryan Burl has a poke at it and gets an outside edge that goes wide of the slip fielder and runs down to deep third for a couple of runs more. |
| 1 | 23.2 | 23.2: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Full again, outside off and this is smacked down to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 23.1 | 23.1: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Nice and full around off, squeezed away off the outside edge down to backward point. |
| 2 | 22.6 | 22.6: Mohammad Nabi to Ryan Burl, Fullish length around off, Burl goes back to a fuller one and tries to drive but edges it down through the vacant short third region for a couple of runs. 100 up for Zimbabwe. |
6 Over | Run: 101/4 | Run Rate: 4.39
| 1 | 22.5 | 22.5: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, Good length over middle, punched off the back foot and down to long on for one more. |
| 1 | 22.4 | 22.4: Mohammad Nabi to Ryan Burl, Slow and short, wide outside off, cut away firmly to deep point for a single. |
| 1 | 22.3 | 22.3: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, Risky single! Nagging length, sliding it in with the arm from outside off. Sikandar Raza rocks back and dabs it down to point. The batters decide late to go for the single and Bilal Sami attacks the ball well, underarming a throw to the keeper. Rahmanullah Gurbaz whips of the bails as Burl dives in, and replays show that he is safe. |
| 0 | 22.2 | 22.2: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, Slower through the air again, floated up at the stumps. Raza leans on to block. |
| 0 | 22.1 | 22.1: Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, Slower and a bit shorter outside off, Raza backs away and slaps it down to extra cover. |
| 1 | 21.6 | 21.6: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Tossed up, full and straight, driven down to long on for a single. 7 off the over. |
6 Over | Run: 96/4 | Run Rate: 4.36
| 0 | 21.5 | 21.5: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Flatter delivery at the stumps, Raza watchfully blocks it off. |
| 4 | 21.4 | 21.4: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, FOUR! Rashid has been a bit all over the place so far in this game. Well short and down leg, Sikandar Raza half-pulls it down to deep backward square leg and picks up another boundary. |
| 1 | 21.3 | 21.3: Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, Rashid now bowls this one from behind the stumps, tossing it on the stumps. Burl eases it down to long on for a run. |
| 0 | 21.2 | 21.2: Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, Around the wicket to the left-hander, darting it in from outside off. Burl stays back and cuts it to the point fielder. |
| 1 | 21.1 | 21.1: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Tossed up on the stumps, Raza shows the full face of the blade and drives it past the diving bowler, to his right and down to long on for a single. |
| 1 | 20.6 | 20.6: AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza, Five off the over, and these two are now starting to tick along rather nicely. Nice and full, outside off. Raza leans on and pushes it through wide mid off for another single. |
6 Over | Run: 89/4 | Run Rate: 4.24
| 1 | 20.5 | 20.5: AM Ghazanfar to Ryan Burl, Flatter and on the pads, tucked away neatly past square leg for one more. |
| 1 | 20.4 | 20.4: AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza, Good hustle from the batters. Tossed up on off, Raza leans on and eases it towards wide mid off. Rashid Khan scampers across from extra cover and slides to his right but can't cut it off. Single taken. |
| 1 | 20.3 | 20.3: AM Ghazanfar to Ryan Burl, Short of a length and over middle. This is pulled off the back foot and down to cow corner for a run. |
| 0 | 20.2 | 20.2: AM Ghazanfar to Ryan Burl, Nagging length around off, turns back in a bit. Burl hangs back to cut, but ends up chopping it back down the track. |
| 1 | 20.1 | 20.1: AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza, Fuller one, angled well into the pads. Raza takes the front leg out and hits it down to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 19.6 | 19.6: Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, Flatter delivery around the pads, Burl nurdles it into the leg side. |
6 Over | Run: 84/4 | Run Rate: 4.20
| 4 | 19.5 | 19.5: Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, FOUR! This time Burl does find the gap. Floated up a bit wide of the off stump. Burl lunges across and hammers it square through covers for a boundary. This partnership now moves to 29 runs. |
| 0 | 19.4 | 19.4: Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, Tossed up outside off, this is hit away straight to cover. |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.3: Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, Beaten! A quicker wrong'un that turns, Burl has a poke at it outside his off stump but the ball goes past the outside edge. |
| 1 | 19.2 | 19.2: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Flatter one, on a dragged length and on middle. Raza rocks back and plays it down with a vertical bat towards long on for a single. |
| 0 | 19.1 | 19.1: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, A googly, at 86.2 kph and floated up on off. Raza gets forward to block. |
| 0 | 18.6 | 18.6: AM Ghazanfar to Ryan Burl, Lobbed up, way too full and wide outside off. Burl smacks the square drive to the fielder inside the ring at cover. |
6 Over | Run: 79/4 | Run Rate: 4.16
| 2 | 18.5 | 18.5: AM Ghazanfar to Ryan Burl, Flicked from the front of the hand again, too full and outside off. Ryan Burl drills the drive wide of deep cover for another brace. |
| 0 | 18.4 | 18.4: AM Ghazanfar to Ryan Burl, An appeal for LBW, but it is turned down. No review is taken as it did seem to be going down leg. The crrom ball now, flighted up on off, sliding it back in. Burl looks to cogver drive but is well beaten and gets hit on the back leg. |
| 2 | 18.3 | 18.3: AM Ghazanfar to Ryan Burl, Quicker one from around the wicket, bowled well short and from the front of the hand. Burl hammers it away wide of deep cover and picks up two runs. |
| 0 | 18.2 | 18.2: AM Ghazanfar to Ryan Burl, A bit more flighted, on leg stump, Burl leans on and caresses it to mid on. |
| 0 | 18.1 | 18.1: AM Ghazanfar to Ryan Burl, On a length, pitching it outside the line of leg stump. Burl looks to whip it away but misses and gets hit on the pads. |
| 1 | 17.6 | 17.6: Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, Nagging length, pitching it around leg at 86 kph. Burl works it away to the left of mid-wicket and picks up a single. |
6 Over | Run: 75/4 | Run Rate: 4.17
| 0 | 17.5 | 17.5: Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, Flatter one on middle and leg, Burl nudges it across to mid-wicket. |
| 2 | 17.4 | 17.4: Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, Floated up outside off, and this is driven away off the outside half of the blade and through backward point for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 17.3 | 17.3: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Slightly tossed up, around off. Raza goes down to slog sweep but miscues it behind square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 17.2 | 17.2: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Full and flat, landing it on the popping crease on off stump. Raza is late on it and has to jam the bat down to keep it out. |
| 0 | 17.1 | 17.1: Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, Rashid starts with a fuller one on off, pushing it through quicker. Raza gets half a stride in to block it off. |
| 4 | 16.6 | 16.6: Bilal Sami to Ryan Burl, FOUR! A rare loose ball, and Zimbabwe get a boundary after nearly 5 overs. Fuller and sliding down leg, Ryan Burl flicks it away fine of fine leg and picks up four runs. |
6 Over | Run: 71/4 | Run Rate: 4.18
| 1 | 16.5 | 16.5: Bilal Sami to Sikandar Raza, Slower one outside off, steered down to deep third for a single. |
| 2 | 16.4 | 16.4: Bilal Sami to Sikandar Raza, Length ball on off and middle, Sikandar Raza swings across the line, but this is more of an agricultural heave, coming off the inside half of the blade. The ball rolls towards square leg, and Azmatullah Omarzai cuts it off running to his right, keeping it down to two runs. |
| 0 | 16.3 | 16.3: Bilal Sami to Sikandar Raza, Good length on off. Raza keeps the bat face slightly open and plays it late, tapping it down to point. |
| 0 | 16.2 | 16.2: Bilal Sami to Sikandar Raza, Hard length around off, Raza plays it close to the body, pushing it down between point and cover and looks for a single, but Burl sends him back. |
| 0 | 16.1 | 16.1: Bilal Sami to Sikandar Raza, Short of a length, pitched wide of the off stump. Raza stands tall and slaps it down to the mid off fielder. |
| 1 | 15.6 | 15.6: AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza, Slower now, a tad shorter, and on middle. Raza rocks back, waits well and smcks it down to long on for another single. |
6 Over | Run: 64/4 | Run Rate: 4.00
| 1 | 15.5 | 15.5: AM Ghazanfar to Ryan Burl, Flatter one outside off, cut away to deep point for a run. |
| 0 | 15.4 | 15.4: AM Ghazanfar to Ryan Burl, Ghazanfar sees Burl charging and shortens the length, sliding it into the pads. Burl looks to whip it through the leg side but misses and wears it on the thigh pad. |
| 1 | 15.3 | 15.3: AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza, Shorter on middle, angling in. Raza rocks back and works it to the right of mid-wicket, where Hashmatullah Shahidi chases after it and keeps it down to a single. |
| 0 | 15.2 | 15.2: AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza, A loopy delivery now, floated up full and wide outside off. Sikandar Raza drills the drive along the turf but finds the fielder at cover. |
| 0 | 15.1 | 15.1: AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza, Flighted up on middle and leg, Raza leans on and drives it to mid on. |
| 0 | 14.6 | 14.6: Bilal Sami to Ryan Burl, That nearly snuck through. Full-pitched delivery on off, angling in a bit. Burl looks to cover drive but gets an inside edge onto the back leg. |
6 Over | Run: 61/4 | Run Rate: 4.07
| 0 | 14.5 | 14.5: Bilal Sami to Ryan Burl, Back of a length and outside off, Ryan Burl swats the pull down to mid on. |
| 1 | 14.4 | 14.4: Bilal Sami to Sikandar Raza, A bit shorter and around off, Raza leans back and stays low, angling it off the face of the bat to deep third for a single. |
| 0 | 14.3 | 14.3: Bilal Sami to Sikandar Raza, That's gone nowhere. Hard length outside off, bowling it into the pitch. Raza hangs back and swings across the line but gets a big inside edge onto the pads, and the ball trickles away towards the vacant short leg region. |
| 1 | 14.2 | 14.2: Bilal Sami to Ryan Burl, Back of a length and wide outside off. This is cut away through backward point for a single. |
| 0 | 14.1 | 14.1: Bilal Sami to Ryan Burl, Pitched full of a good length, just outside off. Burl tucks it with the angle and towards mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 13.6 | 13.6: AM Ghazanfar to Ryan Burl, Floated up around off, eased away square through the off side for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 59/4 | Run Rate: 4.21
| 0 | 13.5 | 13.5: AM Ghazanfar to Ryan Burl, Tossed up again, straighter in line. Burl skips down the track and gets a bit too forward, having to dig it out on the full. |
| 0 | 13.4 | 13.4: AM Ghazanfar to Ryan Burl, Tossed up on off, drifting in a bit. Burl leans on to defend. |
| 0 | 13.3 | 13.3: AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza, A slider now, angled into the pads. Raza rocks back to flick but gets an inside edge off the pads and collects a single as the ball rolls bhind square leg. |
| 0 | 13.2 | 13.2: AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza, Full of a length, on the stumps and dipping on the batter. Raza hangs back and defends it ight under his eyes. |
| 0 | 13.1 | 13.1: AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza, Nagging length, flatter at almost 95 clicks, and darted into middle and leg. Raza dabs it to the on side. |
| 0 | 12.6 | 12.6: Bilal Sami to Ryan Burl, Good length, on middle and off. Ryan Burl solidly blocks it to extra cover. End of a succesful over for Bilal Sami. |
6 Over | Run: 57/4 | Run Rate: 4.38
| 0 | 12.5 | 12.5: Bilal Sami to Ryan Burl, Sami hits the deck hard, bowling it around the top of middle and off. Burl stays back and smacks it down to mid on. |
| 1 | 12.4 | 12.4: Bilal Sami to Sikandar Raza, Back of a length and around off, slower too. Raza hangs back and guides it down to deep third for one more. |
| 1 | 12.3 | 12.3: Bilal Sami to Ryan Burl, Shorter now, angled across off. Burl presses back and edges it down to deep third for a single. |
| 0 | 12.2 | 12.2: Bilal Sami to Ryan Burl, Good length around off, played off the front foot and punched away sweetly to cover. |
| 0 | 12.1 | 12.1: Bilal Sami to Brendan Taylor, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! That's a poor dismissal and Brendan Taylor will be kicking himself here. Bilal Sami bowls it short and wide, with a hint of away movement. It is there to be hit and Taylor throws his hands at it, only managing an outside edge through to the keeper. Rahmanullah Gurbaz takes a good catch to his right and this budding stand is broken. Zimbabwe are now 55/4. |
| 6 | 11.6 | 11.6: AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza, SIX! Wow, the hang time on that was glorious. Darted in, full and straight, Sikandar Raza stays deep and gets under the ball, whacking it high and handsome over cow corner for a biggie. 50 up for Zimbabwe. |
6 Over | Run: 55/3 | Run Rate: 4.58
| 0 | 11.5 | 11.5: AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza, Flighted ball, not all that full and on off. Raza blocks it off. |
| 1 | 11.4 | 11.4: AM Ghazanfar to Brendan Taylor, Floated up, full and straight. Taylor eases it towards mid on, and the short mid-wicket fielder cannot quite cut it off, diving to his left andTaylor picks up a single. |
| 0 | 11.3 | 11.3: AM Ghazanfar to Brendan Taylor, Too full, drifted into the legs. Taylor ends up nearly flicking it straight into the hands of the short mid-wicket fielder. |
| 1 | 11.2 | 11.2: AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza, Fired in, full and straight. Raza drives it down to long on and rotates strike. |
| 1 | 11.1 | 11.1: AM Ghazanfar to Brendan Taylor, Nagging length, attacking middle. Taylor leans on and taps it to the left of the short mid-wicket fielder and picks up a single. |
| 0 | 10.6 | 10.6: Bilal Sami to Sikandar Raza, Short of a length, hitting the deck hard and outside off. Raza presses up on his toes and hits it down to cover. |
6 Over | Run: 46/3 | Run Rate: 4.18
| 1 | 10.5 | 10.5: Bilal Sami to Brendan Taylor, Full and straight, Taylor leans on and punches it through the legs of the non-striker. The mid on fielder scampers across and makes a half stop as Taylor pinches a single. |
| 1 | 10.4 | 10.4: Bilal Sami to Sikandar Raza, Back of a length, tighter around off. Raza cuts it late and off the cue end of the blade, down to deep third for a single. |
| 4 | 10.3 | 10.3: Bilal Sami to Sikandar Raza, FOUR! Living dangerously is the Zimbabwe skipper. Hard length wide outside off, no foot movement from Raza as he just throws his hands at it and gets an inside edge past the stumps. The ball rolls away into the fine leg fence. |
| 2 | 10.2 | 10.2: Bilal Sami to Sikandar Raza, Just over. Back of a length, darted back into the batter. Raza gets cramped form room but goes through with the short-arm jav, mistiming it over the mid-wicket fielder for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 10.1 | 10.1: Bilal Sami to Brendan Taylor, Pitched up wide of the off stump, Brendan Taylor goes after it and gets a thick outside edge down to deep third and picks up a single. |
| 0 | 9.6 | 9.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sikandar Raza, Good-length delivery, wide of the off stump. Raza leaves it alone. Zimbabwe are 37/3 after the first 10 overs. |
6 Over | Run: 37/3 | Run Rate: 3.70
| 1 | 9.5 | 9.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brendan Taylor, Full of a good length, seams back in towards middle. Taylor leans on and flicks it behind square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 9.4 | 9.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brendan Taylor, Full-pitched delivery, hammering it right on the popping crease on off. Taylor digs it out to mid on. |
| 1 | 9.3 | 9.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sikandar Raza, Length again, a bit shorter and on the pads, worked away through mid-wicket for a single by Raza. |
| 0 | 9.2 | 9.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sikandar Raza, Hard length on off, slants back in. Raza nudges it across to the leg side. |
| 1 | 9.1 | 9.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brendan Taylor, On a good length, hitting the deck hard, Taylor tucks it down between square leg and mid-wicket, turning the strike over. |
| 1 | 8.6 | 8.6: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Brendan Taylor, Good length around middle, cutting back in. Taylor tucks it down to fine leg for a single. Fazalhaq Farooqi seems pretty famished here and this might be the last over of his current spell. |
6 Over | Run: 34/3 | Run Rate: 3.78
| 1 | 8.5 | 8.5: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Sikandar Raza, Slower one, floated up at the stumps. Raza gets inside the line and dabs it through backward square leg for a run. |
| 0 | 8.4 | 8.4: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Sikandar Raza, Good length, attacking the stumps, Raza tucks it across to mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 8.3 | 8.3: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Sikandar Raza, FOUR! A bit risky, but that's well played. Full and angled back in a long way towards middle and leg. Sikandar Raza exposes the leg stump as he gets across and leans on before flicking it up and over the square leg region for a welcom boundary. |
| 0 | 8.2 | 8.2: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Sikandar Raza, Slower delivery, floating it up around off and getting some shape into the right-hander. Raza gets well forward, nearly gets yorked, but manages to toe-end it towards mid on. |
| 0 | 8.1 | 8.1: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Sikandar Raza, Back of a length, sliding it in from outside off. Raza gets well outside his crease and blocks it off with soft hands. |
| 0 | 7.6 | 7.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brendan Taylor, Pitched up well wide of the off stump and going straight on. Brendan Taylor leaves it alone. |
6 Over | Run: 28/3 | Run Rate: 3.50
| 1 | 7.5 | 7.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sikandar Raza, Wider on the crease and shaping the ball into the pads. Sikandar Raza clips it down to deep backward square leg and picks up a single. |
| 0 | 7.4 | 7.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sikandar Raza, Full of a good length, in that corridor of uncertainty. Raza hops to the off side and covers the line well to defend. |
| 0 | 7.3 | 7.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sikandar Raza, A tad fuller, hitting the deck hard and around the fifth-stump line. Raza hangs back a bit and stabs it down towards gully. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sikandar Raza, Another outswinger, on a good length and around off. Raza tentatively blocks it off the front foot. |
| 0 | 7.1 | 7.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Sikandar Raza, Full and wide outside off, a hint of outswing on it. Raza strides across and makes a leave. |
| 1 | 6.6 | 6.6: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Sikandar Raza, Back of a length and wide outside off, Sikandar Raza looks to come down the track, but adjusts and angles it down to deep third for a single. Wickets in three consecutive overs for Afghanistan now. |
6 Over | Run: 27/3 | Run Rate: 3.86
| 0 | 6.5 | 6.5: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Sikandar Raza, A big inswinger now, relatively full and angled in at the stumps. Sikandar Raza gets forward and manages to block it back down the pitch. |
| 0 | 6.4 | 6.4: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tafadzwa Tsiga, OUT! CAUGHT! That is a stunner of a catch from AM Ghazanfar, and Afghanistan can do no wrong at the moment. After three wide deliveries, Fazalhaq Farooqi slides one in full and at the pads. Tafadzwa Tsiga flicks it away but slightly in the air and firmly to the right of square leg. However, Ghazanfar just springs across and sticks out his right hand, managing to cling on brilliantly. 22/0 has now quickly become 26/3 for Zimbabwe. |
| 0 | 6.3 | 6.3: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tafadzwa Tsiga, Pushed even wider now, full and hugging the tramline outside off. Tsiga leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 6.2 | 6.2: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tafadzwa Tsiga, Pitched up around the sixth-stump line, Tsiga leaves, and the ball swings a bit after leaving the batter. |
| 0 | 6.1 | 6.1: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tafadzwa Tsiga, Beaten! Full of a good length, angled in from outside off, and this one holds its line a bit. Tafadzwa Tsiga has a feel for it and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 5.6 | 5.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! This was coming, and for the second game running, Azmatullah Omarzai takes a brilliant return catch. Omarzai pitches the ball up on off, and angles it in, but takes some pace off it. Brian Bennett leans on and looks to drive straight and on the up, but there's some hold in the pitch. Bennett skews it off the inside half of the blade, and Omarzai just sticks out a right hand in his followthrough, snaffling it brilliant to close out a wicket-maiden over. Zimbabwe are now 26/2. |
6 Over | Run: 26/2 | Run Rate: 4.33
| 0 | 5.5 | 5.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, Five dots in the over. Short of a good length, over off and middle, wristed down to the man at silly mid on. |
| 0 | 5.4 | 5.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, Pitched up a bit, just outside off, a bit slower too. Bennett gets forward and blocks it off. Omarzai has bowled 9 straight dot balls to Bennett now. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, Gets away with that one, does Omarzai. Full and wide outside off, Bennett goes after it but laces the drive straight to cover-point. |
| 0 | 5.2 | 5.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, On a hard length, in and around off. Bennett stands tall and pats it down to mid off. |
| 0 | 5.1 | 5.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, Back of a length and over off, looking to angle it back in. Bennett stays back and flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 4.7 | 4.6: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tafadzwa Tsiga, Full of a good length, shaping back in quite a bit from wide of the off stump. Tsiga gets on the front foot and taps it to short extra cover. 9 runs and a wicket off that over. |
7 Over | Run: 26/1 | Run Rate: 5.20
| 0 | 4.6 | 4.5: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tafadzwa Tsiga, Sweetly struck, but Tsiga finds the fielder. Full and outside off, Tsiga leans on and drives it straight to Sediqullah Atal at short extra cover. |
| 0 | 4.5 | 4.4: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tafadzwa Tsiga, Bowled from around the wicket now, looking for the one that straightens but this is bowled a fair bit wide of the off stump. Tsiga leaves it alone. |
| 4 | 4.4 | 4.3: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tafadzwa Tsiga, FOUR! Farooqi looks to swing it back into the right-hander as well, but misses his mark and pays the price. Full and swinging into the pads, Tafadzwa Tsiga flicks it nicely through square leg and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 0 | 4.3 | 4.2: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tadiwanashe Marumani, OUT! TIMBER! When Fazalhaq Farooqi gets it right, it always looks so good. Farooqi bowls a big in-dipper, pitching it a bit full and outside off, and gets it to swing back in a fair bit, pretty late too. Tadiwanashe Marumani is caught back on the crease and plays all around a straight one. The ball sneaks past the blade and makes a mess of the stumps behind. Zimbabwe are now 22/1 after 4.2 overs. |
| 0 | 4.2 | 4.2: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tadiwanashe Marumani, WIDE! Skiddy length, but again, this is slipped down the leg side. Marumani looks to tickle it away but misses. |
| 4 | 4.1 | 4.1: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tadiwanashe Marumani, FOUR! Wrong line from Farooqi. A slower ball, full and on the pads, but there's no one at square leg or at deep mid-wicket. Tadiwanashe Marumani clips it away in front of square leg and the ball trickles away into the fence. |
| 0 | 3.6 | 3.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, Five straight dots to close out another tidy over by Omarzai. Just back of a length, hitting the top of off. Bennett dabs it down towards silly mid on. |
6 Over | Run: 17/0 | Run Rate: 4.25
| 0 | 3.5 | 3.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, On a good length, slanted back in towards the stumps. Bennett shows the full face of the blade and punches it down to the left of mid on, where the fielder gets around quickly and makes the stop. |
| 0 | 3.4 | 3.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, Pitched full and outside off, shaping it away a wee bit. Brian makes a leave. |
| 0 | 3.3 | 3.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, Another inside edge, indicating the slow nature of the deck. Hard length outside off, Bennett stays back and plays away from the body, getting an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 0 | 3.2 | 3.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, Good length, in the channel, and Bennett looks to play on the up. However, the ball comes sluggishly off the deck and the inside edge is found. |
| 1 | 3.1 | 3.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Tadiwanashe Marumani, A tad shorter and wide of the off stump, Marumani hangs back and eases it to the left of deep backward point for a run. |
| 0 | 2.6 | 2.6: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Brian Bennett, Ooh, the inside edge saves Brian Bennett here. Skiddy length, in and around off and shaping back in at 129.2 kph. Bennett is caught on the crease and jars at it, getting an inside edge onto the back leg. |
6 Over | Run: 16/0 | Run Rate: 5.33
| 0 | 2.5 | 2.5: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Brian Bennett, The length is pulled back a bit, pitching it on middle and leg. Bennett blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 2.4 | 2.4: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tadiwanashe Marumani, On the money again from Farooqi. Full and around off, this one swings back in towards middle stump. Marumani jams the bat down and gets an inside edge down to fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 2.3 | 2.3: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tadiwanashe Marumani, Some genuine swing this time. Full of a good length, angling back in sharply. Marumani goes hard at the heave again and ends up jamming it off the inside edge to mid-wicket. |
| 2 | 2.2 | 2.2: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tadiwanashe Marumani, Pitched full and straight now, Marumani looks to heave it through mid-wicket, but ends up smearing it away through the vacant square leg region for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tadiwanashe Marumani, Pitched fuller on off, trying to swing it away. Marumani solidly blocks it off the front foot. |
| 0 | 1.6 | 1.6: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, Tidy start by Omarzai, just a single off it. Heavy length, a bit straighter and angling in. Brian Bennett tucks it down to mid-wicket, where the fielder fumbles but no single is taken. |
6 Over | Run: 13/0 | Run Rate: 6.50
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.5: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, The attempted inswinger, on a hard length and pushing it in from outside off. Brian Bennett defends it to cover. |
| 0 | 1.4 | 1.4: Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, Omarzai goes wider on the crease, darting the ball in towards off and middle. Bennett stays in his crease and blocks it under the eyes. |
| 1 | 1.3 | 1.3: Azmatullah Omarzai to Tadiwanashe Marumani, Shorter in length, pretty straight too. Marumani gets on his toes and turns it to the left of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Azmatullah Omarzai to Tadiwanashe Marumani, Good length on leg, Marumani looks to nudge it leg side but closes the bat face early and gets a leading edge down to cover. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Azmatullah Omarzai to Tadiwanashe Marumani, No movement in the air. Full of a good length, in and around off. Marumani presses back a bit to block it out. |
| 4 | 0.6 | 0.6: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Brian Bennett, FOUR! Uppish, but nailed in the gap again, and Zimbabwe are off to a flier. Good length, again wide outside off. Bennett throws his hands at it and smacks it through cover-point for another boundary. 12 off the first over. |
6 Over | Run: 12/0 | Run Rate: 12.00
| 4 | 0.5 | 0.5: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Brian Bennett, FOUR! That's been pummeled to the fence. Farooqi comes around the wicket and bowls a wide half-volley, and Bennett obliges by creaming it past covers for a boundary. |
| 0 | 0.4 | 0.4: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Brian Bennett, A crunching drive, but straight to the fielder. Nice and full, around the fifth stump, Brian Bennett gets forward and nails it to the cover fielder. |
| 3 | 0.3 | 0.3: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Tadiwanashe Marumani, Great commitment from Rashid Khan to save a run for his side, but that's a fine shot from Tadiwanashe Marumani. Pitched up around off, shaping it away, Marumani leans on and caresses it through extra cover and picks up three runs. |
| 1 | 0.2 | 0.2: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Brian Bennett, Bennett and Zimbabwe are off the mark. Full and wide again, Bennett goes after the wide one and edges it through the vacant gully region, down to deep third and picks up a single. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Fazalhaq Farooqi to Brian Bennett, A bit of swing away! Full and pushed wide of the off stump, Brian Bennett expects the inswinger and goes for the cover drive, but the ball angles past the outside edge. |
