Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe — Match Centre

1st T20I · Tue 27 Oct 2026 · 8:30 PM Bangladesh time · Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah · Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe in UAE, 2026

Afghanistan177/10 (19.5)

Zimbabwe140/10 (19.1)

Afghanistan won by 37 runs

Toss: Zimbabwe chose to bowl

Cricket ball resting on a floodlit outfield

Match details

Status: Result · Afghanistan won by 37 runs
Match: 1st T20I · T20 · International
Series: Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe in UAE, 2026
Scheduled start: Tue 27 Oct 2026 · 8:30 PM Bangladesh time
Tue 27 Oct · 6:30 PM (local time, UTC+04:00)
Scheduled end: Wed 28 Oct 2026 · 12:00 AM Bangladesh time
Tue 27 Oct · 10:00 PM (local time, UTC+04:00)
Scheduled length: 3 h 30 min
Ball-by-ball (provider): first update Mon 26 Oct 2026 · 6:45 PM Bangladesh time
last update Tue 27 Oct 2026 · 11:50 PM Bangladesh time (1 day)
Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Toss: Zimbabwe chose to bowl
Match referee: Hamimullah Hamid (AFG)
Umpire: Ahmad Shah Pakteen (AFG)
Umpire: Farooq Khan (AFG)
TV umpire: Ahmed Shah Durrani (AFG)
Data: Scores fetched Thu 29 Oct 2026 · 6:35 PM Bangladesh time

Scorecard

Afghanistan · 177/10 (19.5)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rahmanullah Gurbaz †	c Sikandar Raza b Wellington Masakadza	18	21	2	0	85.71
Ibrahim Zadran (c)	c Brian Bennett b Brad Evans	5	6	1	0	83.33
Sediqullah Atal	c Tadiwanashe Marumani b Ernest Masuku	2	2	0	0	100.00
MMohammad Akram	lbw b Ernest Masuku	4	2	1	0	200.00
Shahidullah Kamal	c Ryan Burl b Newman Nyamhuri	46	42	2	3	109.52
Azmatullah Omarzai	c and b Sikandar Raza	7	8	0	0	87.50
IIjaz Ahmad Ahmadzai	c Ryan Burl b Brad Evans	52	22	4	4	236.36
Rashid Khan	c Madhevere b Newman Nyamhuri	30	10	1	4	300.00
Noor Ahmad	c Brad Evans b Newman Nyamhuri	6	4	1	0	150.00
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	c Sikandar Raza b Newman Nyamhuri	1	2	0	0	50.00
Fazalhaq Farooqi	not out	0	0	0	0	0.00

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Newman Nyamhuri	3.5	31	4	8.10
Brad Evans	4.0	34	2	8.50
EErnest Masuku	4.0	41	2	10.20
Wellington Masakadza	4.0	38	1	9.50
Sikandar Raza	4.0	33	1	8.20

Zimbabwe · 140/10 (19.1)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennett	c Shahidullah Kamal b Mujeeb Ur Rahman	13	18	0	0	72.22
Ben Curran	c Azmatullah Omarzai b Fazalhaq Farooqi	7	8	1	0	87.50
IInnocent Kaia	b Rashid Khan	24	26	2	1	92.31
Ryan Burl	c Shahidullah Kamal b Fazalhaq Farooqi	32	24	0	2	133.33
Sikandar Raza (c)	c Azmatullah Omarzai b Mujeeb Ur Rahman	17	13	1	1	130.77
Tadiwanashe Marumani †	lbw b Rashid Khan	7	6	1	0	116.67
Wessly Madhevere	c Sediqullah Atal b Shahidullah Kamal	17	8	1	1	212.50
Brad Evans	lbw b Azmatullah Omarzai	4	6	0	0	66.67
Newman Nyamhuri	c Rashid Khan b Fazalhaq Farooqi	2	3	0	0	66.67
EErnest Masuku	b Azmatullah Omarzai	0	1	0	0	0.00
Wellington Masakadza	not out	7	2	0	1	350.00

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Fazalhaq Farooqi	3.1	13	3	4.10
Azmatullah Omarzai	4.0	39	2	9.80
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	4.0	27	2	6.80
Rashid Khan	4.0	20	2	5.00
Noor Ahmad	3.0	28	0	9.30
Shahidullah Kamal	1.0	12	1	12.00

Commentary

17.2

SIX! Shahidullah Kamal to Madhevere, SIX, straight down the ground

17.1

Shahidullah Kamal to Madhevere, 2 runs, short outside off, Wessly Madhevere belts the cut to sweeper cover and they come back for a 2nd. The throw comes to Shahidullah Kamal's end and Brad Evans is stretching to make it in. It's a flat powerful throw right on top of the stumps on the bounce. Has Evans made it back? Or is he short. The ball is collected cleanly by Kamal and he breaks the stumps. Touch and go and the decision goes in favor of Zimbabwe

Shahidullah Kamal, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack

16.6

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Madhevere, 1 run, slower-ball on a short of length outside off, Wessly Madhevere goes on the back foot and cuts to backward point. They take a quick single

16.5

FOUR! Fazalhaq Farooqi to Madhevere, FOUR, good batting. Wessly Madhevere turns into a left-hander and helps this away. Was a slower-ball on middle and leg, Madhevere gets it well wide of short third man

16.4

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Brad Evans, 1 run, to long-on

16.3

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Brad Evans, no run, another slower-ball and on a good length on middle and off, Brad Evans gets forward to defend, it's off a thick leading-edge but doesn't carry back to Fazalhaq Farooqi

16.2

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Brad Evans, no run, slower-ball on a length outside off, cuts away, Brad Evans has no clue as he pushes at it and is beaten

Brad Evans, right handed bat, comes to the crease

16.1

OUT! Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ryan Burl, out Caught by Shahidullah Kamal!! What a fabulous catch and Fazalhaq Farooqi can't contain his smile as he tries to close his mouth with his hand. A slower-ball on a short of length outside off, Ryan Burl gets forward and absolutely hammered it. It's flying at the rate of knots to the left of extra-cover and Kamal pouches it with no fuss one-handed to his left. Made it look so easy as he throws the ball away in delight. The last hope for Zimbabwe departs. Replays show that Kamal moved and put out an outstretched left hand and the ball stuck. Ryan Burl c Shahidullah Kamal b Fazalhaq Farooqi 32(24) [6s-2]

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ryan Burl, Caught!!

15.6

Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, 1 run, on a good length on off, Ryan Burl goes on the back foot and taps it to the point area. Easy single

15.5

Rashid Khan to Madhevere, 1 run, flat good length outside off, Wessly Madhevere backs away and cuts hard to deep point

15.4

Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, 1 run, flat good length just outside off, Ryan Burl goes on the back foot and pulls to long-on

15.3

Rashid Khan to Madhevere, 1 run, bowled from 24-25 yards. The googly and Wessly Madhevere goes on the back foot to nudge it down to long-on to get off the mark

15.2

OUT! Rashid Khan to Tadiwanashe Marumani, Lbw!!

Rashid Khan to Tadiwanashe Marumani, Lbw!!

15.1

FOUR! Rashid Khan to Tadiwanashe Marumani, , smashed for four. It's on a flat good length outside off, Tadiwanashe Marumani goes on the back foot and deep in his crease to pull it hard and wide of the deep mid-wicket fielder

14.6

Azmatullah Omarzai to Tadiwanashe Marumani, 1 run, yorker length outside off, Tadiwanashe Marumani opens the face of the bat and guides it to backward point. A quick single taken

14.5

Azmatullah Omarzai to Ryan Burl, 1 run, . He is giggling about it after the throw misses. It's a length delivery outside off, Burl hacks it to long-on and he wanted two. Sent back and he just gave up. Luckily the throw misses

14.5

Azmatullah Omarzai to Ryan Burl, , way outside off, full and left alone for the wide

14.4

Azmatullah Omarzai to Ryan Burl, 2 runs, slower-ball on a short of length outside off, Ryan Burl goes on the back foot and pulls wide of deep mid-wicket. Comes back for the 2nd

14.3

Azmatullah Omarzai to Tadiwanashe Marumani, 1 run, another slower-ball and again the full one outside off, holds up on Tadiwanashe Marumani who gets forward to chip. Luckily mid-off is back or else Marumani was walking back to the middle

14.2

Azmatullah Omarzai to Tadiwanashe Marumani, no run, was it the slower-ball? May well have been. On a fuller length outside off, moves away, Tadiwanashe Marumani pushes at it and is beaten as it doesn't carry to Rahmanullah Gurbaz

12.6

Noor Ahmad to Sikandar Raza, 1 run, to deep mid-wicket

12.5

Noor Ahmad to Ryan Burl, 1 run, flat back of a length on middle, Ryan Burl goes on the back foot and whips it to deep mid-wicket

12.4

SIX! Noor Ahmad to Ryan Burl, , that's his hitting area. On a length and the googly on middle, spinning back in, Ryan Burl gets forward and thumps the heave flat over deep square leg. Second six of the over as Rashid has a chat with Noor

12.3

Noor Ahmad to Ryan Burl, 2 runs, just wide of Atal at long-off as It's tossed up full outside off, Ryan Burl gets forward to loft, slices it and gets away. Just falls beyond the sprawling dive and the outstretched right hand of Atal. He looks to have landed badly and is holding his right arm

12.2

Noor Ahmad to Ryan Burl, no run, the googly and it's a quicker one on middle and leg, Ryan Burl goes on the back foot to flick and the thick inside edge hits the leg and doesn't go far

The ball is lost. They are searching for it in the stands. A break in play. A replacement ball is now being brought out.

12.1

SIX! Noor Ahmad to Ryan Burl, , that's in the slot and Ryan Burl is a powerful striker of the ball. He gets forward and smashes it way back over wide long-on. Was full and Burl didn't hold back on the loft on off-stump

11.6

Rashid Khan to Ryan Burl, 1 run, He runs and dives to his right at short third man. It's tossed up full outside off, Ryan Burl gets forward to heave, the thick outside edge loops and Farooqi went for it but couldn't hang on

11.5

Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, 1 run, full on off, Sikandar Raza gets forward to push and it runs off a thick outer half of the bat wide of backward point. They take a quick single

11.4

Rashid Khan to Sikandar Raza, 2 runs, tossed up full on middle, Sikandar Raza gets low to slogsweep and gets it to the right of deep mid-wicket. Takes on the fielder and makes it beating the throw to Rahmanullah Gurbaz on the bounce

10.2

Noor Ahmad to Sikandar Raza, no run

10.1

Noor Ahmad to Ryan Burl, 1 run, on a length outside off, Ryan Burl shuffles across and sweeps to deep mid-wicket. Again didn't time it

9.6

Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ryan Burl, 1 run, to backward point

9.5

Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ryan Burl, no run, tossed up full on middle and leg, Ryan Burl gets forward to flick to mid-wicket, straight to the fielder

9.4

Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Sikandar Raza, 1 run, Length delivery on middle, nudged to the right of Mujeeb who is quick and gets to the ball. Turns around and fires at the bowler's end. Misses. Raza was struggling

9.3

OUT! Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Brian Bennett, Caught by Shahidullah Kamal!! Brian Bennett has holed out. Was in the slot and full on middle, Bennett should've put that away for six, he gets forward to loft and picks out Kamal at long-on who takes a well-judged two-hander over his head. Knew he was inside the cushions and made no mistake. Zimbabwe in big trouble now as are taken.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Brian Bennett, Caught!!

9.2

Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ryan Burl, 1 run, full outside off, Ryan Burl gets forward to drive to long-off

9.1

Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Ryan Burl, no run, tossed up full just outside off, Ryan Burl gets forward and drives it back

8.6

Noor Ahmad to Ryan Burl, 1 run, short of length outside off, Ryan Burl goes on the back foot and punches wide of extra-cover for one

8.5

Noor Ahmad to Brian Bennett, 1 run, on a good length outside off, the googly, Brian Bennett gets forward to force it to sweeper cover

8.4

Noor Ahmad to Ryan Burl, 1 run, full outside off, Ryan Burl gets forward to drive and it's a thick inside half to wide mid-on who is on the edge of the ring

8.3

Noor Ahmad to Brian Bennett, 1 run, tossed up full on off, Brian Bennett gets forward to drill it hard and straight to long-off

8.2

Noor Ahmad to Ryan Burl, 1 run, quicker and turns into middle, Ryan Burl gets forward to flick, a thick inside edge rolls to his right and they take a quick single

8.2

Noor Ahmad to Ryan Burl, , fired down leg, Ryan Burl flicks and misses. Rahmanullah Gurbaz can't gather and short fine is there

8.1

Noor Ahmad to Brian Bennett, 1 run, tossed up full on middle, Brian Bennett gets forward to flick and the thick leading-edge rolls through cover-point

7.6

Rashid Khan to Innocent Kaia, Bowled!!

7.5

Rashid Khan to Innocent Kaia, no run

7.4

FOUR! Rashid Khan to Innocent Kaia, , Rashid Khan releases the pressure and he knows it. It's a drag-down on leg-stump, Innocent Kaia goes on the back foot and helps the pull, beats the dive of deep backward square-leg to his right. Welcome boundary that

7.3

Rashid Khan to Innocent Kaia, no run, quicker and stump-to-stump line, Innocent Kaia gets forward to defend and it's off a thick inside half to mid-wicket. Three dots in a row

7.2

Rashid Khan to Innocent Kaia, no run, Innocent Kaia is really struggling. It's another googly and there's no room on this good length just outside off, still Kaia wants to cut as he leans back. Misses and it's

7.1

Rashid Khan to Innocent Kaia, no run, quicker good length on middle, Innocent Kaia goes on the back foot to pull, the thick inside edge hits the leg and rolls close to his feet

6.6

Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, 1 run, the googly and full outside off, Innocent Kaia gets forward to drive to long-off

6.6

Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, , another wide down leg, Innocent Kaia sweeps and misses. Mujeeb Ur Rahman a bit off with his line

6.5

Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Innocent Kaia, no run, the googly again. Length and sliding down leg, Innocent Kaia flicks and misses. Rapped on the pad but missing leg

3.6

Azmatullah Omarzai to Innocent Kaia, , to backward square leg

3.5

Azmatullah Omarzai to Innocent Kaia, no run, wild from Innocent Kaia. He comes down the track and looks to slog across the line, it's a short of length and he misses. Bounces over the stumps

3.4

FOUR! Azmatullah Omarzai to Innocent Kaia, , that's a poor delivery and put away. A low full-toss and sliding into the pads, Innocent Kaia gets forward and flicks well wide of deep square leg to his left

3.3

Azmatullah Omarzai to Innocent Kaia, no run, full just outside off, Innocent Kaia gets forward and shows the full face of the bat to drive to mid-off

3.2

Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, 3 runs, thick inside half and over mid-wicket. It's full and Brian Bennett is on the charge as he heaves. Atal chases and takes some turf as he slides near the deep mid-wicket fence. But saves the four

3.1

Azmatullah Omarzai to Innocent Kaia, 1 run, full just outside off, Innocent Kaia gets forward and drops it in front of cover-point and they take a quick single

2.6

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Innocent Kaia, 1 run, given as a run. Short on the stumps, Innocent Kaia goes on the back foot to pull, is early into the shot. It's off the glove according to Farooq Khan and rolls away to the backward point area

2.5

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Innocent Kaia, no run, slower-ball and full outside off, Innocent Kaia drives and the thick outside edge is stopped with a dive to his left by short third man

2.4

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Innocent Kaia, 2 runs, Ijaz from deep backward square-leg runs and dives to his right to save two. It's a length delivery on off, Innocent Kaia is on the walk as he flicks, off the thick inside half of the bat

2.3

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Innocent Kaia, no run, look at the swag of Farooq Khan. He is chewing his gum and says not out to a loud LBW appeal. It nips back in and strikes Innocent Kaia in line but the bounce would've taken it over. Might have struck both pads as it decked in from a good length. Kaia beaten by the pace and nip. Afghanistan don't review

2.2

OUT! Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ben Curran, Caught by Azmatullah Omarzai!! Short ball ends Ben Curran's stay. He is already batting outside his crease but he is rushed by this one. It's outside off and he wants to pull off the front foot. It is totally mistimed and a simple catch to mid-wicket. Fazalhaq Farooqi has his first.

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ben Curran, Caught!!

2.1

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ben Curran, no run, full-toss and the slower-ball it is. Dips below the waist and Ben Curran swings to short fine. Didn't time it

1.6

Azmatullah Omarzai to Ben Curran, 1 run, slower-ball and full on the pads, Ben Curran gets forward to flick to deep backward square-leg

1.5

Azmatullah Omarzai to Ben Curran, no run, back of a length outside off, Ben Curran goes on the back foot to pull and mistimes it to mid-wicket

1.4

Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, 1 run, short of length outside off, shapes away, Brian Bennett goes on the back foot and glides to short third man. Farooqi fumbles on the dive and they take one

1.3

Azmatullah Omarzai to Ben Curran, 1 run, full and shapes back into off, Ben Curran gets forward to drive in front of Rashid at mid-off who fails to pick it up

1.2

FOUR! Azmatullah Omarzai to Ben Curran, , short and sits up for Ben Curran outside off. He goes on the back foot and slams the pull wide of mid-on. Beats Ibrahim to his left

1.1

Azmatullah Omarzai to Brian Bennett, leg byes, 1 run, big inswinger and comes back in sharply off the seam. It's sliding down as Brian Bennett goes on the back foot to flick and misses. They take a legbye

0.6

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Ben Curran, no run

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Info

Result	Afghanistan won by 37 runs
Match	1st T20I · T20
Series	Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe in UAE, 2026
Date & time	Tue 27 Oct 2026 · 8:30 PM Bangladesh time
Venue	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Toss	Toss: Zimbabwe chose to bowl
Match referee	Hamimullah Hamid (AFG)
Umpire	Ahmad Shah Pakteen (AFG)
Umpire	Farooq Khan (AFG)
TV umpire	Ahmed Shah Durrani (AFG)

Playing XI

Afghanistan

Bench: Noor ul Rahman, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Abdullah Tarakhail

Zimbabwe

Bench: Kundai Matigimu, Blessing Muzarabani, Tafadzwa Tsiga, Vincent Masekesa