Afghanistan Vs Zimbabwe 1St Odi
Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - 2018 (2017/18) · Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah · 9 February 2018
Afghanistan won by 154 runs
Afghanistan won by 154 runs. Rahmat Shah top-scored with 114 for Afghanistan. Rashid Khan took 4/26.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
- Date
- 9 February 2018
- Toss
- Afghanistan, chose to bat
- Result
- Afghanistan won by 154 runs
- Player of the match
- Rahmat Shah
- Captains
- Asghar Afghan (Afghanistan), Graeme Cremer (Zimbabwe)
- Umpires
- Ahmed Shah Pakteen and NJ Llong
- Match referee
- RB Richardson
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat.
Afghanistan batted first and made 333 for 5. Rahmat Shah top-scored with 114 off 110 balls, and Najibullah Zadran made 81. Graeme Cremer took 3 for 47 for Zimbabwe. The innings was built on a 158-run stand for the fifth wicket between Najibullah Zadran and Rahmat Shah, 47% of the total. That was well above the 2010s average first-innings total at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, 230 across 42 ODIs.
Chasing 334, Zimbabwe made 179 all out. Solomon Mire top-scored with 34 off 25 balls, and Craig Ervine made 33. Rashid Khan took 4 for 26 for Afghanistan. From 114 for 4 they lost 4 wickets for 22 runs, to 136 for 8.
Afghanistan won by 154 runs.
AFGHANISTAN: 333 FOR 5
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Shahzad | c Brian Vitori b Graeme Cremer | 36 | 40 |
| Ihsanullah | c Solomon Mire b Graeme Cremer | 54 | 53 |
| Rahmat Shah | c Craig Ervine b Kyle Jarvis | 114 | 110 |
| Asghar Afghan | c Tendai Chatara b Graeme Cremer | 3 | 10 |
| Nasir Jamal | b Sikandar Raza | 31 | 41 |
| Najibullah Zadran | not out | 81 | 51 |
Did not bat: Dawlat Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan
Extras 14 · Total 333 for 5
| Bowler (Zimbabwe) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Jarvis | 9 | 0 | 77 | 1 |
| Brian Vitori | 10 | 0 | 67 | 0 |
| Sikandar Raza | 10 | 0 | 58 | 1 |
| Graeme Cremer | 10 | 0 | 47 | 3 |
| Tendai Chatara | 8 | 2 | 63 | 0 |
| Ryan Burl | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-90 (Ihsanullah, 15.2 ov), 2-91 (Mohammad Shahzad, 15.6 ov), 3-109 (Asghar Afghan, 21.4 ov), 4-175 (Nasir Jamal, 34.5 ov), 5-333 (Rahmat Shah, 49.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Mohammad Shahzad (36) and Ihsanullah (54) | 90 | 92 |
| second | Mohammad Shahzad (0) and Rahmat Shah (1) | 1 | 4 |
| third | Asghar Afghan (3) and Rahmat Shah (15) | 18 | 34 |
| fourth | Nasir Jamal (31) and Rahmat Shah (34) | 66 | 80 |
| fifth | Najibullah Zadran (81) and Rahmat Shah (64) | 158 | 95 |
ZIMBABWE: 179 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Masakadza | c Rahmat Shah b Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 16 | 26 |
| Solomon Mire | b Dawlat Zadran | 34 | 25 |
| Brendan Taylor | c & b Mohammad Nabi | 16 | 17 |
| Craig Ervine | b Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 33 | 42 |
| Sikandar Raza | c Samiullah Shinwari b Gulbadin Naib | 25 | 36 |
| Ryan Burl | lbw b Rashid Khan | 2 | 14 |
| Malcolm Waller | b Rashid Khan | 0 | 4 |
| Graeme Cremer | lbw b Rashid Khan | 1 | 5 |
| Kyle Jarvis | c Gulbadin Naib b Rahmat Shah | 20 | 14 |
| Tendai Chatara | not out | 2 | 17 |
| Brian Vitori | b Rashid Khan | 8 | 8 |
Extras 22 · Total 179 all out
| Bowler (Afghanistan) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 8 | 2 | 41 | 2 |
| Dawlat Zadran | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 7 | 2 | 25 | 1 |
| Gulbadin Naib | 7 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| Rashid Khan | 5.4 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
| Rahmat Shah | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-50 (Solomon Mire, 7.5 ov), 2-52 (Hamilton Masakadza, 8.4 ov), 3-78 (Brendan Taylor, 13.4 ov), 4-114 (Craig Ervine, 22.1 ov), 5-128 (Ryan Burl, 26.1 ov), 6-129 (Malcolm Waller, 26.5 ov), 7-135 (Sikandar Raza, 27.6 ov), 8-136 (Graeme Cremer, 28.4 ov), 9-165 (Kyle Jarvis, 31.6 ov), 10-179 (Brian Vitori, 34.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Hamilton Masakadza (16) and Solomon Mire (34) | 50 | 47 |
| second | Hamilton Masakadza (0) and Brendan Taylor (2) | 2 | 5 |
| third | Brendan Taylor (14) and Craig Ervine (11) | 26 | 30 |
| fourth | Craig Ervine (22) and Sikandar Raza (8) | 36 | 51 |
| fifth | Sikandar Raza (12) and Ryan Burl (2) | 14 | 24 |
| sixth | Malcolm Waller (0) and Sikandar Raza (0) | 1 | 4 |
| seventh | Graeme Cremer (1) and Sikandar Raza (5) | 6 | 7 |
| eighth | Graeme Cremer (0) and Kyle Jarvis (1) | 1 | 4 |
| ninth | Kyle Jarvis (19) and Tendai Chatara (2) | 29 | 20 |
| tenth | Brian Vitori (8) and Tendai Chatara (0) | 14 | 16 |
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