Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe 2015

Scorecard - 2nd T20I, Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (28 Oct 2015)

Zimbabwe

190/7 (20) RR:9.5

Afghanistan won by 5 wkts

MOM: Gulbadin Naib

Afghanistan

191/5 (19.5) RR:9.63

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20.0 - Naib to W Masakadza, FOUR, Masakadza ends the innings with a boundary. He looked to slog it across the line, but got an inside edge to fine leg and it scurried to the boundary boards

16.1 - Dawlat Zadran to C Ervine, FOUR, Dawlat Zadran gets this oen to climb awkwardly onto Ervine. Ervine has a flirty poke at it. Luckily for him, the outside edge goes past the keeper, who made a valiant dive for a boundary

15.1 - Nabi to Chigumbura, FOUR, short and wide from Nabi, Chigumbura pulls it away behind square on the on-side. Chigumbura nailed that one to perfection

14.0 - Nabi to Chigumbura, FOUR, juicy full toss from Amir Hamza, Mutumbami goes down the ground and it crashes into the boundary boards. It was in the air, but the long-off fielder can't get to it

13.0 - Rashid Khan to Chigumbura, FOUR, Chigumbura looks to cut, but the ball bounces on him. Chigumbura gets an edge to third man. The fielder in the deep looks to hunt it down but to no avail

6.5 - Amir Hamza to Mutumbami, FOUR, Mutumbami also gets inspired to play the slog sweep. Here, he smashes this in front of square on the on-side and it has enough legs to beat the mid-wicket fielder

6.3 - Amir Hamza to Sean Williams, FOUR, Williams is a maestro at playing the sweep. Here for the umpteenth time, Williams sweeps it and threads the gap between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket with pinpointed perfection

6.0 - Sadiq to Sean Williams, FOUR, Williams dances down the track, doesn't get to the pitch of the ball. However, he still goes with the shot. The fielder at long-on attempts to pouch the catch. He even dived forward, but it bounces in front of him and runs away to the boundary boards

5.1 - Sadiq to Sean Williams, FOUR, Williams advances down the track and then slog sweeps to long-on. It came off the middle of the bat. Williams is in prime form

4.4 - Rashid Khan to Sean Williams, FOUR, Three fours in a row for Williams! Again he uses the reverse sweep and thumps in front of square for a boundary

4.3 - Rashid Khan to Sean Williams, FOUR, Williams plays across the line by planting his front foot down the pitch. The ball rockets through behind square on the on-side for a boundary

4.2 - Rashid Khan to Sean Williams, FOUR, Williams is one those batsmen who is good at employing the reverse sweep. He uses the shot this time around finds the gap through the backward point region with needlepoint perfection and it runs away to the boundary boards

3.4 - Naib to S Raza, FOUR, Raza clears his front leg and lofts it over cover for a sparkling boundary. He cleared his front leg quickly and that helped his cause

3.0 - Dawlat Zadran to S Raza, FOUR, Raza smacks this delivery across the line and connects it well. It runs away to the deep square leg region

2.5 - Dawlat Zadran to S Raza, FOUR, Raza goes over the extra-cover region and it runs away to the boundary boards. He connected it well there, though his feet didn't move

2.0 - Naib to Sean Williams, FOUR, overpitched from Naib, Williams thwacks it over mid-off. Consecutive boundaries for Williams

1.5 - Naib to Sean Williams, FOUR, to mid wicket, Williams takes it from the off-stump and lofts it over the infield and collects a boundary through mid-wicket

19.1 - Naib to M Waller, SIX Waller clears his front leg to this slower one and hoicks it over wide long-on for a maximum. He picked up the slower one well there

12.4 - Rashid Khan to Mutumbami, SIX, Mutumbami picks the length quickly and brings out the slog sweep to thump it over mid-wicket for a six. It was a meaty blow

10.5 - Rashid Khan to Mutumbami, SIX, Mutumbami though connects this one from the middle of the bat with a slog sweep and it sails into the fence on the on-side

5.2 - Sadiq to Sean Williams, SIX, Williams continues to play with a touch of bravado. Here he smacks this away over deep mid-wicket by using the slog sweep and it goes all the way

4.5 - Rashid Khan to Sean Williams, SIX, Williams is putting up a fine exhibition of power-hitting. Here he sweeps from outside off and doesn't look to keep it down. It sails over deep mid-wicket

3.2 - Naib to S Raza, SIX, Naib attempts the slower one, Raza picks it up quite well and lofts it over mid-wicket. It sails all the way into the stands. Thunderous stroke from the batsman

19.2 - Naib to M Waller, out Caught by Shafiqullah!! Naib though, outfoxes the batsman with a back of the hand slower one this time around. Waller looked to slog it across the line, but didn't time it well. The fielder at long-off shows good reflexes to pouch the catch, just inside the ropes. M Waller c Shafiqullah b Naib 12(9) [6s-1]

18.0 - Amir Hamza to Chigumbura, out Caught by Najibullah!! Chigumbura struggled for timing throughout the innings and eventually he loses his wicket. He advanced down the track, looked to slog it across the line, but found the fielder at long-on with perfection.Chigumbura c Najibullah b Amir Hamza 33(28) [4s-3]

16.2 - Dawlat Zadran to C Ervine, out Caught by Naib!! Dawlat Zadran finally gets the reward for his sterling efforts. He pitches this on a good length, Ervine looks to play the big shot by standing on the leg-stump, but it goes straight to the fielder at extra cover. C Ervine c Naib b Dawlat Zadran 4(3) [4s-1]

14.5 - Amir Hamza to Mutumbami, out Lbw!! Mutumbami's handy innings comes to an end. He attempts to reverse sweep, but the ball was fired in full. Mutumbami misses and is plumb in front of the sticks. The tourists needed that wicket. Mutumbami lbw b Amir Hamza 43(33) [4s-1 6s-2]

8.1 - Rashid Khan to Sean Williams, out Caught by Shafiqullah!! Williams's bazling innings has ended as Rashid Khan takes the key scalp. Williams looked to play aggressively by taking on the leggie. He danced down the track, lofted it, but couldn't beat the man at long-off, and has to take the long walk back to the pavilion. Sean Williams c Shafiqullah b Rashid Khan 54(26) [4s-8 6s-2]

3.5 - Naib to S Raza, out Caught&Bowled!! Raza, the in-form batsman too is dismissed. Now that is a big blow. Raza, in the past has shown that he likes to take on the short ball. However, this time around, he got a top-edge on the pull and Gulbadin pouched the catch. S Raza c and b Naib 21(13) [4s-3 6s-1]

0.2 - Dawlat Zadran to Chibhabha, out Bowled!! Dawlat Zadran has struck for the tourists straightaway. The pacer is delighted as he has prised out a key scalp. It was bowled on a length, Chibhabha looked to heave it across the line and chopped it onto the stumps. His feet was rooted the crease there. Chibhabha b Dawlat Zadran 0(2)

13.5 - Nabi to Mutumbami, 1 run, Mutumbami nurdles it to square leg

7.1 - Nabi to Mutumbami, 1 run, Mutumbami shimmies down the track and slaps it to long-off

6.4 - Amir Hamza to Sean Williams, 1 run, Williams has amassed a cracking fifty. This has been a truly amazing knock from him and has lifted the sagging spirits in the hosts' camp. Williams backs away to this delivery and drills it to long-off. This fifty which came off a mere 21 balls is also the joint quickest fifty by a Zimbabwean in T20Is

19.3 - Mpofu to Shafiqullah, FOUR, excellent cricket from Shafiq, that should do it for his team, bends down low, brings out the paddle sweep and beats the short fine leg fielder, races away to the fence in a hurry

17.5 - Mpofu to Naib, FOUR, Naib is taking this game away from Zimbabwe! Another full toss from Mpofu, Naib clears his left leg and flicks it behind square on the on-side for a boundary

17.4 - Mpofu to Naib, FOUR, this is excellent cricket from Naib, shuffles across, takes the ball on the full and paddles it up and over short fine for a boundary

17.2 - Mpofu to Naib, FOUR, Naib misses his length, Naib gets underneath the delivery and heaves it wide of mid-wicket, hits the gap between two fielders and collects a boundary

16.0 - Neville Madziva to Naib, FOUR, that's nicely played by Naib, yorker length delivery and on Naib's toes, he gets inside the line and plays a paddle flick, beats short fine and races away to the fence in a hurry

15.1 - Neville Madziva to Naib, FOUR, short of a length and on the stumps, Naib rocks back and pulls it in front of square on the on-side for a boundary

14.2 - Chibhabha to Naib, FOUR, fraction short and just outside off, Naib swivels across and pulls it past square leg for a boundary

13.2 - Sean Williams to Naib, FOUR, Naib shimmies down the track to a well flighted delivery and heaves it wide of mid-wicket for a boundary

11.3 - Sean Williams to Nabi, FOUR, tossed up and well outside leg, Nabi goes down low and sweeps it very fine, beats short fine and races away to the fence in a hurry

7.5 - Sean Williams to Usman Ghani, FOUR, nicely played by Ghani, brings up his maiden T20I fifty as well, this was pushed through flatter and outside off, Ghani uses Williams' pace and cuts it behind square on the off-side, reaches his fifty as well, his 1st in T20Is

6.3 - W Masakadza to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, tossed up and just outside off, Shahzad gets forward and drills it back past the bowler for a boundary

4.3 - Neville Madziva to Usman Ghani, FOUR, the bouncer from Madziva, Ghani was way too late on the pull, gets a top-edge that flies past the keeper and races away to the fence in a hurry

3.2 - Muzarabani to Usman Ghani, FOUR, tad fuller and just outside off, Ghani stands tall and drills it back past the bowler, races away to the fence in a hurry

3.0 - Neville Madziva to Usman Ghani, FOUR, top-edge and four! This was banged in short and on the stumps, Ghani went for the pull, is late on the shot and the top-edge flies over the keeper's head

2.5 - Neville Madziva to Usman Ghani, FOUR, banged in short and down the leg-side, Ghani swivels across and pulls it behind square on the on-side for a boundary

2.1 - Neville Madziva to Usman Ghani, FOUR, too short from Madziva, Ghani rocks back and pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary

2.0 - Muzarabani to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, appeal for LBW, this was full and on the off-stump line, Shahzad pushed forward, there were two sounds on that, the edge is found and it races away to the third man fence

0.1 - Mpofu to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, aggressive start from Masakadza, comes down the track and slashes a short and wide ball over point, off the mark with a boundary

18.2 - Muzarabani to Sadiq, SIX, that has been smashed out of the ground!! Low full toss from Muzarabani, he missed the yorker, Sadiq gets underneath it and slams it high and over long leg, hit the roof and rolled out of the stadium

10.1 - Chibhabha to Usman Ghani, SIX, that's massive from Ghani! He picked up the length early, swings through the line and sends the ball miles into the stands at long-on

6.5 - W Masakadza to Usman Ghani, SIX, this one was given more air, Ghani gets a big stride forward and launches it into the sightscreen, massive hit that

5.1 - Mpofu to Usman Ghani, SIX, that's massive from Ghani, length ball from Mpofu, he gets well forward and lifts it back over the bowler's head for a maximum

19.0 - Muzarabani to Naib, out Sadiq Run Out!! Excellent cricket from Muzarabani, this was full and just outside off, Naib drove back at the bowler. He did well to bend down and stopped the ball cleanly, Sadiq was setting off for a quick single. Muzarabani throws down the stumps with the batsman well short. Sadiq run out (Muzarabani) 11(5) [6s-1]

16.1 - Muzarabani to Najibullah, out Bowled!! Crucial wicket for Zimbabwe. This was full and on the leg-stump line, Najibullah went for an expansive slog across the line, misses the ball completely and the leg-stump is knocked out. Najibullah b Muzarabani 2(4)

14.5 - Chibhabha to Nabi, out, Nabi Run Out!! 1 run completed. That's a huge blow for AFG. This was pitched up outside off, Nabi lifted it over point and wanted the second run. Mpofu sprinted across from the deep and makes a powerful return to the keeper. Nabi was always struggling on the second run and is caught well short. Nabi run out (Mpofu/Mutumbami) 15(11) [4s-1]

10.5 - Chibhabha to Mohammad Shahzad, out Lbw!! One brings two for Zimbabwe! This was full and on the stumps, Shahzad was looking to work it towards the on-side, misses and is hit on the pads. The impact was well within the stumps and was going into hit, all of a sudden, AFG find themselves in some trouble. Mohammad Shahzad lbw b Chibhabha 24(20) [4s-3]

10.4 - Chibhabha to Usman Ghani, out Caught by Neville Madziva!! That's a stunning catch and the partnership has been broken. This was a full ball and just outside off, Ghani was looking to go back over the bowler's head, doesn't strike it cleanly enough. The ball was in the air for a long time, Madziva came rushing across from long-off, puts in the dive as the ball dipped onto him and completes a wonderful catch. Usman Ghani c Neville Madziva b Chibhabha 65(45) [4s-6 6s-3]

18.1 - Muzarabani to Naib, 3 runs, full and well outside off, Naib goes hard on the drive and slices it over cover. The batsmen run hard and come back for the third run, excellent fifty for Naib

5.2 - Mpofu to Usman Ghani, wide, the bouncer from Mpofu, but it's well down the leg-side, called as a wide