Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe — Match Centre
Afghanistan won by 158 runs
Toss: Afghanistan chose to bat
Match details
- Status
- Result · Afghanistan won by 158 runs
- Match
- 2nd Match · ODI · International
- Scheduled start
- Mon 19 Oct 2026 · 5:30 PM Bangladesh time
Mon 19 Oct · 3:30 PM (local time, UTC+04:00) - Scheduled end
- Tue 20 Oct 2026 · 1:30 AM Bangladesh time
Mon 19 Oct · 11:30 PM (local time, UTC+04:00) - Scheduled length
- 8 h
- Ball-by-ball (provider)
- first update Sun 18 Oct 2026 · 7:12 PM Bangladesh time
last update Tue 20 Oct 2026 · 12:40 AM Bangladesh time (1 day) - Toss
- Afghanistan chose to bat
- Match referee
- Dave Gilbert (AUS)
- Umpire
- Ahsan Raza (PAK)
- Umpire
- Farooq Khan (AFG)
- TV umpire
- Allahudien Paleker (RSA)
- Data
- Scores fetched Tue 27 Oct 2026 · 1:35 AM Bangladesh time
Scorecard
Afghanistan · 294/10 (50.0)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rahmanullah Gurbaz † | b Ernest Masuku | 25 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 125.00 |
 Ibrahim Zadran | c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Brad Evans | 90 | 96 | 9 | 2 | 93.75 |
 Sediqullah Atal | c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Sikandar Raza | 102 | 110 | 8 | 1 | 92.73 |
 Rahmat Shah (c) | b Ernest Masuku | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 58.33 |
 Azmatullah Omarzai | c Brendan Taylor b Ernest Masuku | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 88.89 |
 Hashmatullah Shahidi | c Ryan Burl b Blessing Muzarabani | 28 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 93.33 |
 Mohammad Nabi | c Sikandar Raza b Brad Evans | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 112.50 |
 Rashid Khan | b Brad Evans | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 114.29 |
 AM Ghazanfar | c Wellington Masakadza b Blessing Muzarabani | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
 Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi | run out (Madhevere/Brendan Taylor) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
 Fazalhaq Farooqi | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Blessing Muzarabani | 9.0 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 7.60 |
 Brad Evans | 10.0 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 4.80 |
| EErnest Masuku | 8.0 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 5.50 |
 Sikandar Raza | 10.0 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 5.40 |
 Wellington Masakadza | 4.0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7.50 |
 Ryan Burl | 4.0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.20 |
 Wessly Madhevere | 5.0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4.00 |
Zimbabwe · 136/10 (38.4)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brian Bennett | lbw b AM Ghazanfar | 31 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 77.50 |
 Ben Curran | b Fazalhaq Farooqi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| TTafadzwa Tsiga | c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Fazalhaq Farooqi | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 |
 Brendan Taylor † | run out (Azmatullah Omarzai) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Sikandar Raza (c) | b Rashid Khan | 48 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 60.00 |
| Ryan Burl | lbw b Rashid Khan | 31 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 49.21 |
| Wessly Madhevere | lbw b Rashid Khan | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71.43 |
| Brad Evans | c Ibrahim Zadran b Mohammad Nabi | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 140.00 |
| Wellington Masakadza | run out (Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi) | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 |
| EErnest Masuku | b Rashid Khan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Blessing Muzarabani | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | 5.0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 3.00 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | 5.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3.60 |
| AM Ghazanfar | 7.0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi | 6.0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4.70 |
| Rashid Khan | 8.0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 2.10 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 7.4 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 4.80 |
Commentary
36.4
Mohammad Nabi to Brad Evans, no run, the length is not there as Brad Evans comes down the track and then he defends it back
36.3
Mohammad Nabi to Brad Evans, no run, back over the wicket. On a good length on middle, Brad Evans goes on the back foot and turns it to the right of mid-wicket. Wants a run but sent back by Wellington Masakadza
36.2
FOUR! Mohammad Nabi to Brad Evans, B0$, change of angle. From round the wicket and pitches outside the leg-stump, Brad Evans brings out the reverse-sweep and gets it wide of backward point for four
36.1
SIX! Mohammad Nabi to Brad Evans, B0$, slower and tossed up full outside off, Brad Evans gets forward and low and lofts cleanly, manages to clear long-on
35.6
Rashid Khan to Wellington Masakadza, no run, tossed up full just outside off, Wellington Masakadza gets forward to drive, the thick outside-edge runs to short third man who dives to his right to cut it off. A B0$ even as Rashid Khan still keeps talking to Ahsan Raza about the LBW decision
35.5
Rashid Khan to Wellington Masakadza, no run, B0$ The ump's call by Ahsan Raza saves Wellington Masakadza. It rushes him on the pull, pitched in line and he goes on the back foot to pull, misses. Rapped on the back leg. Raza took his time to turn down the appeal. Afghanistan review and B1$
B0$ The impact saves the batter.
B0$
35.4
OUT! Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, B0$ Bowled!! Sikandar Raza's luck runs out. The tossed up googly and right through the bat and pad gap. Raza gets forward and the bat is angled as he looks to push at it. This spins back in and knocks back the off-stump. Lovely bowling and now Zimbabwe have a task on their hands to get to 196. B1$
Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, B0$ Bowled!!
35.3
Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, no run, turns back in this good length delivery on off, Sikandar Raza goes on the back foot and punches, mid-wicket gets across and cuts it off to his left
35.2
Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, no run, tossed up full this leg-break outside off, Sikandar Raza with a forward defence
35.1
Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, no run, flat good length outside off, Sikandar Raza goes on the back foot and cuts, finds backward point
34.6
Mohammad Nabi to Brad Evans, 2 runs, slower and tossed up outside off, Brad Evans comes down the track and is not to the pitch of the ball, drags the heave wide of deep mid-wicket for a couple
34.5
Mohammad Nabi to Brad Evans, no run, again tossed up full on off, Brad Evans gets forward to turn it towards square-leg and is sent back by Sikandar Raza
34.4
Mohammad Nabi to Brad Evans, no run, back over the wicket. Nicely tossed up full on off, Brad Evans gets forward to defend
34.3
Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, 1 run, now Mohammad Nabi round the wicket. Flat good length on middle, Sikandar Raza goes on the back foot and punches it down to long-on
34.2
FOUR! Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, B0$, hammers this off the back foot wide of extra-cover and gives long-off no chance to his left. It's a good length delivery and spins back into middle, Sikandar Raza goes on the back foot and crunches that hard
34.1
Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, no run, B0$ Third life for Sikandar Raza. It's a good length delivery outside off, he goes on the back foot and cuts, simple chance and down it goes. Omarzai can't believe it. That should've been taken
33.6
Rashid Khan to Brad Evans, no run, flat good length on middle-stump, Brad Evans goes on the back foot to nudge it to mid-wicket
33.5
Rashid Khan to Brad Evans, 2 runs, from 24-yards. On a good length outside off, short, Brad Evans goes on the back foot and cuts wide of sweeper cover for two to get off the mark
B0$
33.4
OUT! Rashid Khan to Madhevere, B0$ Lbw!! B1$
Rashid Khan to Madhevere, B0$ Lbw!!
33.3
Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, 1 run, tossed up full on leg-stump, Sikandar Raza gets forward to flick to deep square-leg
33.2
Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, no run, flat good length just outside off, Sikandar Raza goes on the back foot and punches it straight to the fielder at cover. Again he shakes his head
33.1
Rashid Khan to Madhevere, 1 run, flat good length on off, Wessly Madhevere goes on the back foot and punches it down to long-on
32.6
Mohammad Nabi to Madhevere, 1 run, slower and the off-break turns into middle, Wessly Madhevere backs away and chops the cut wide of cover
32.5
Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, 1 run, on a good length on middle, Sikandar Raza goes on the back foot and punches to the left of Mohammad Nabi and beats his dive
32.4
Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, no run, slower and the good length delivery spins back in on middle-stump, Sikandar Raza goes on the back foot and cuts hard and straight to extra-cover. He shakes his head as he feels he has missed out
32.3
Mohammad Nabi to Madhevere, 1 run, slower and tossed up full outside off, Wessly Madhevere sinks low and laps it behind the keeper`
B0$, irrespective of what happens here or in the final league game.
31.6
Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, no run
31.5
Rashid Khan to Madhevere, 1 run, full outside off, Wessly Madhevere gets forward to drive square on the off-side and is off the mark with a single to sweeper cover
31.4
Rashid Khan to Madhevere, no run, the 24-yarder. Tossed up full on middle, spins back in, Wessly Madhevere gets forward to defend, the thick inside-edge goes to short fine
B0$
31.3
OUT! Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, B0$ Lbw!! Ryan Burl has a word with Sikandar Raza but walks off. They don't review. Was this sliding down leg? It's tossed up full around leg-stump, Burl gets forward for a big mow across the line, misses and is rapped on the back leg. The ball was turning and Ahsan Raza has the finger up slowly. Need ball-tracking to find out if it was hitting or missing or clipping. B1$. So out it would've been even with a review. B2$
Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, B0$ Lbw!!
31.2
Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, no run, flat and keeps low on a good length on off, Ryan Burl goes on the back foot to tuck, the thick inside-edge goes back on to the pad
31.1
Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, no run, pitches outside the leg-stump, full, Ryan Burl sweeps and misses
B0$
30.6
Mohammad Nabi to Ryan Burl, 1 run, Ryan Burl is sent back for the 2nd. It's full outside off, the reverse-sweep is out and it's wide of backward point. Zia the man chasing and Raza doesn't want to take the risk of the 2nd
29.6
Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi to Sikandar Raza, no run, quick bouncer and Sikandar Raza does well to get under it
29.5
FOUR! Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi to Sikandar Raza, B0$, finally a boundary to break the shackles. It's a short of length delivery and tight on off, Sikandar Raza goes on the back foot and short-arm jabs the pull, over mid-wicket and there's no protection in the deep. B1$
29.4
Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi to Sikandar Raza, 2 runs, Sikandar Raza gets lucky. It's slightly off-pace and full around off, he gets forward to loft, miscues it. Rashid runs back at mid-off and the ball just lands in front of his dive and his outstretched hands
29.3
Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi to Ryan Burl, 1 run, full and very full on off, Ryan Burl gets forward to drive, off the toe-end and rolls to third man
29.2
Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi to Ryan Burl, 2 runs, short of length on leg-stump, Ryan Burl goes on the back foot and mistimes the pull wide of deep square-leg, for a couple
29.1
Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi to Ryan Burl, no run, short of length on leg-stump, cramps Ryan Burl for room, he goes on the back foot and defends to backward point
Time for a B0$ These two tied down by the spinners. Lots of dots being played at the moment and Rahmat Shah has kept fielders inside the ring to make them go for a big shot. The asking rate is going up every over and Zimbabwe need a move on.
28.6
Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, no run, that's unfortunate. It's punched to the left of Ryan Burl who can't get his bat out of the way. Deflects off his bat towards Mohammad Nabi and it's a dot
28.5
Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, no run, tossed up full on middle, Sikandar Raza gets forward to defend to cover
28.4
Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, no run, the off-break turns into middle-stump, good length and Sikandar Raza goes on the back foot to force it straight to the fielder at extra-cover
28.3
Mohammad Nabi to Ryan Burl, 1 run, Ryan Burl puts in a dive and makes it easily, even though the dive wasn't needed. It's full on the pads, Burl flicks and the inside-edge hits the pad and rolls away to his right. Sikandar Raza calls him through as the keeper gets across to try and effect a run-out
28.2
Mohammad Nabi to Ryan Burl, no run, a packed off-side and Ryan Burl finds extra-cover. On a length outside off, turns away, Ryan Burl cuts hard but straight to the fielder
28.1
Mohammad Nabi to Ryan Burl, no run, tossed up full outside off, Ryan Burl sets up for a reverse-sweep and misses
27.6
Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi to Ryan Burl, 1 run, short of length on the pads, Ryan Burl prevents the maiden over with a flick to deep backward square-leg
27.5
Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi to Ryan Burl, no run, no room at all this over. Tight length delivery on middle, Ryan Burl turns it to mid-wicket
27.4
Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi to Ryan Burl, no run, full just outside off, Ryan Burl gets forward to push and it's to the right of Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi. Four dots in a row
27.3
Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi to Ryan Burl, no run, back of a length and tight on middle-stump, Ryan Burl goes on the back foot to defend to backward point
27.2
Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi to Ryan Burl, no run, short of length and rushes Ryan Burl on off-stump, he pulls and mistimes it to mid-wicket
27.1
Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi to Ryan Burl, no run, short of length and tight on middle, Ryan Burl goes on the back foot to defend in front of cover. He sends Sikandar Raza back
B0$
26.6
Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, no run, flat good length on middle, Sikandar Raza goes on the back foot and pushes it back to Mohammad Nabi
26.5
Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, no run, this off-break turns in, from a good length on off, Sikandar Raza makes room slightly and punches it straight to the fielder at cover-point. Mohammad Nabi has a big smile on his face
26.4
Mohammad Nabi to Ryan Burl, 1 run, lots of flight outside off, Ryan Burl makes room and cuts the length delivery to long-off
26.3
Mohammad Nabi to Ryan Burl, no run, slower and tossed up full on leg-stump, Ryan Burl makes room and drives straight to the fielder at extra-cover
26.2
Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, 1 run, the off-break is on a good length outside off, turns in, Sikandar Raza goes on the back foot and makes room to cut it hard to long-off
26.1
Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, no run, slower and turns into middle, Sikandar Raza goes on the back foot and nudges it to square-leg
25.6
Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, 2 runs, the googly and on a good length outside off, spins away, Ryan Burl punches it wide of sweeper cover for an easy two
25.5
Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, no run, tossed up full on middle, Ryan Burl gets forward to defend, a thick inside-edge goes back on to the pad. The stifled appeal for LBW is rightly turned down
25.4
Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, 2 runs, full outside the leg-stump, Ryan Burl gets forward to flick wide of backward square-leg. They run hard and come back for the 2nd
25.3
Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, no run, tossed up full outside the leg-stump, Ryan Burl gets forward to flick gently to mid-wicket
25.2
Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, no run, no turn, quicker good length on off, Ryan Burl punches it back to Rashid Khan
25.1
Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, 1 run, flat good length just outside off, Sikandar Raza goes on the back foot and whips it straight down the ground for one
24.6
Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, 1 run, flat good length on off, Sikandar Raza goes on the back foot and punches it down to long-on
24.5
Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, no run, slower and tossed up full on middle, Sikandar Raza gets forward to turn it softly to mid-wicket
24.4
Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, 2 runs, the off-break is on a good length outside off, turns in slightly, Sikandar Raza goes on the back foot and cuts wide of backward point. Rashid chases it down to keep it to two. Slides to flick it back to the other man giving company
24.3
Mohammad Nabi to Sikandar Raza, no run, slower and turns into middle, Sikandar Raza makes room to thrash it on the off-side, but finds cover
24.2
Mohammad Nabi to Ryan Burl, 1 run, slower and on a good length outside off, Ryan Burl goes on the back foot and cuts hard and straight to sweeper cover
24.1
Mohammad Nabi to Ryan Burl, no run, nicely tossed up and Ryan Burl is down the track, but defends it back. Mohammad Nabi from round the wicket with a slip in
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Info
| Result | Afghanistan won by 158 runs |
| Match | 2nd Match · ODI |
| Series | ODI Tri-Nation Series in UAE, 2026 |
| Date & time | Mon 19 Oct 2026 · 5:30 PM Bangladesh time |
| Venue | Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi |
| Toss | Toss: Afghanistan chose to bat |
| Match referee | Dave Gilbert (AUS) |
| Umpire | Ahsan Raza (PAK) |
| Umpire | Farooq Khan (AFG) |
| TV umpire | Allahudien Paleker (RSA) |
Playing XI
Afghanistan
- Ibrahim Zadran
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk)
- Sediqullah Atal
- Rahmat Shah (c)
- Hashmatullah Shahidi
- Azmatullah Omarzai
- Mohammad Nabi
- Rashid Khan
- AM Ghazanfar
- Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi
- Fazalhaq Farooqi
Bench: Ikram Alikhil, Bilal Sami, Yamin Ahmadzai, Nangeyalia Kharoti
Zimbabwe
- Brian Bennett
- Ben Curran
- Tafadzwa Tsiga
- Brendan Taylor (wk)
- Sikandar Raza (c)
- Wessly Madhevere
- Ryan Burl
- Brad Evans
- Wellington Masakadza
- Ernest Masuku
- Blessing Muzarabani
Bench: Craig Ervine, Newman Nyamhuri, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Vincent Masekesa