Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan Match Stats

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! The set batsman departs, just what Zimbabwe wanted! Dion Myers comes around the wicket to the left-hander, bowls on a good length just outside off stump and moving away from the batsman. Hashmatullah Shahidi drives hard at it and gets an outside edge to the wicket keeper. The back bone of the Afghanistan innings walks back now. Has he done enough for his side to get over line?

Back of a length and outside off, Azmatullah Omarzai hits it straight towards the fielder at covers.

FOUR! Fuller and down the middle, Azmatullah Omarzai flicks it through square leg for a boundary.

On a length and on off, Azmatullah Omarzai cuts it towards backward point and straight towards the fielder.

FOUR! Short and wide from the bowler Azmatullah Omarzai doesn't miss out, connects well, and dispatches it past short cover for a good boundary!

Outside off and fuller, Azmatullah Omarzai defends it to short covers.

A single now as this is worked towards point.

It is full and on off. Azmatullah Omarzai blocks it out watchfully.

On middle and leg. Omarzai tucks it to square leg.

Slower through the air, full and on off. Azmatullah Omarzai drives it to cover but not in the gap.

Fuller, on off. Azmatullah Omarzai defends it to point for a quick single.

A single to end the over! It is flatter, around middle. Nabi goes back and punches it down to long on for another single. 20 short of the target now.

Really good running this time! Full length, outside off. Nabi gets on his front foot and fends it to cover. The call is for a single and they get it quite comfortably in the end. 

On a length, in the channel. Azmatullah Omarzai leaves it alone by playing dropping his wrists.

A length ball, on off. Azmatullah Omarzai pushes it out.

Back of a length, around middle and leg. Azmatullah Omarzai is left with not much room. He tries to pull it away but gets it to lob towards mid on off the bottom half.

Four dots in a row now! Length, on off, blocked out.

Back of a length, outside off. Azmatullah Omarzai cuts it to covers. A great over by Chatara just a single off it.

Floated and full, outside off. Nabi defends it to point.

It is tossed up, around middle. It turns away a touch off the deck. Nabi plays it to covers off the outer half.

Looped up, around off, defended out.

Fuller, on off. Nabi pushes it to cover for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Azmatullah Omarzai is gutted with himself. Another man bites the dust for Afghanistan and that too at the wrong time. It looks like this fixture is coming back to life. Burl goes short and outside off. Azmatullah Omarzai tries to cut it away on the back foot. He does so but straight to the fielder at short cover. Dion Myers takes a sharp catch there.

Fuller, on leg. Khan goes down and sweeps it to short fine leg. No run taken. Just a single and a wicket off it. Can Zimbabwe build on this momentum?

FOUR! Inching closer to the finish line now. Shorter and on middle, Mohammad Nabi pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary.

Outside off and on a length, Mohammad Nabi looks to play at it but misses.

On off, Mohammad Nabi cuts it to short third man and straight towards the fielder.

Length and outside off, this is driven past covers for a brace.

Outside off, this is cut to point for one.

Full and on middle, Rashid Khan flicks it past mid-wicket. The fielder chases it. Three runs taken.

Floats the ball towards the leg stump. Rashid Khan works it off his leg fine of square leg. Brilliant effort from Dion Myers as he saves a boundary.

Slightly short and on middle stump. Punches off the back foot to mid-wicket.

Short again and wide this time. Mohammad Nabi hits it well but stopped well by the diving point fielder.

SIX! BOOM! There it is, Mohammad Nabi scores the winning runs here. It is short and on off. Nabi stays back and smokes it over the mid-wicket fence for a maximum. AFGHANISTAN WIN THE GAME BY 4 WICKETS.