18.0 -
Luke Jongwe to Nabi, FOUR, one too many slower short balls from Jongwe. He concedes a boundary finally. Nabi backs away, waits for the ball to arrive and flays it over a leaping backward point, runs away to the fence in no time
17.0 -
Donald Tiripano to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, the lap shot has finally come off. Shahzad comes right across, sinks low and laps this full toss to the right of short fine leg, got it fine enough and it crashes into the fence in no time
16.0 -
Tendai Chisoro to Nabi, byes, FOUR, Nabi backs away and the bowler follows him with a straighter one, Nabi fails to work it away and the keeper doesn't glove it too, runs away for four byes. No stopping the run flow at Sharjah today
15.2 -
Tendai Chisoro to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, another boundary for Shahzad. He stands tall and lofts this flighted delivery inside-out over extra cover, runs away to the fence
13.0 -
Chibhabha to Sadiq, FOUR, punch-drives this length delivery outisde off through the extra cover region, the fielder from long-off runs to his left, puts in the dive but fails to stop the ball from going over the fence
12.0 -
Luke Jongwe to Sadiq, FOUR, slower short ball that's slightly down leg, Sadiq looks to pull it away fine, gets a top-edge and the ball loops over the keeper to his left, runs away to the fence in no time. The runs are flowing here at Sharjah
11.0 -
Cremer to Stanikzai, FOUR, poor bowling from Cremer. Concedes 20 in this over. It was dragged short once again, Stanikzai goes back and muscles the pull, put in a lot of bottom hand and gets it in the gap between deep mid-wicket and long-on, another boundary for the Blue Tigers
10.5 -
Cremer to Stanikzai, FOUR, a rank long hop and Stanikzai won't miss out. He rocks back and pulls it through the deep square leg region, no need to run for those
10.2 -
Cremer to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, this time Cremer bowls it flatter well outside off, Shahzad kneels down, reaches out and drags the sweep to the deep mid-wicket fence
7.3 -
Chibhabha to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, and now he brings his own half-century. Gets behind the line of a ball outside off and pulls it to deep mid-wicket to bring the milestone
7.2 -
Chibhabha to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, another attempt to power it across the line, didn't time it too well and the fielder at long-on almost took a brilliant catch. Raza ran to his right, put in the slide, got both hands to it but the ball pops out and trickles over the boundary. That would go down as a dropped chance
6.0 -
Chibhabha to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, powers the ball off the middle and it just evaded mid-off's stuck out hand. Full ball, Shahzad got under it and wooded the ball uppishly
5.3 -
Chibhabha to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, that's brutal and it's deft. Gets low on his knees, extends his hands as he sunk low and fetches the ball from outside off to play the uppish lap to fine leg
4.5 -
Luke Jongwe to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, an overdose of short ball but Shahzad refuses to choke. Moved away from this short ball and threw his bat with an uppish cut shot to third man
3.2 -
Tendai Chisoro to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, horribly dragged down outside off, Shahzad sunk low to get under that one. Protracted his hands and flayed it to the sweeper cover fence. Not along the carpet that
2.1 -
Donald Tiripano to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, a desperate dive by Waller at deep square leg but just not good enough. The pull was dragged off the inner half but Shahzad put in too much power there. Too much fuelled and it beat the dive comfortably
19.1 -
Luke Jongwe to Naib, SIX, second ball and Naib joins the party! Short ball slightly wide outside off, Naib picks the length early and smashes the pull over the cow corner fence for another six. This is now the highest total against Zimbabwe in a T20I
18.4 -
Donald Tiripano to Nabi, SIX, that's a glorious shot. Nabi just goes slightly across to this full ball and loft-drives it way over the sweeper cover fence, that was timed beautifully. 200 up for the Afghans
16.3 -
Donald Tiripano to Nabi, SIX, another maximum! Slower ball banged in short and at the batsman, Nabi had all the time in the world to rock back, he pulls it hard and gets it to the left of deep square leg, where Peter Moor jumps across but the ball sails over his head, lands well beyond the rope
14.1 -
Chibhabha to Shafiqullah, SIX, 150 up for the Blue Tigers! Pitched up outside off, Shafiq goes slightly across, bends low and hoicks it over the deep mid-wicket fence
12.3 -
Chibhabha to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, Shahzad is not going to hold back. Once again he manages to get under this length ball and tonks it wide of long-on, didn't time it too well, but the amount of power he put into it, it easily sails into the stands
12.1 -
Chibhabha to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, full toss and it's been smashed. Shahzad goes deep in the crease and smacks it well over the deep mid-wicket fence. A flat six to enter the nineties
10.1 -
Cremer to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, Shahzad was waiting for this. Even before the ball was bowled, he employed an open stance, kneels down and slog sweeps it way over the deep mid-wicket fence, that went over the roof. Call for the replacement. This is brilliant striking from the Afghan opener. Brings up the 100 for Afghanistan, the second fifty coming off just 19 balls
9.5 -
S Raza to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, this was darted at the batsman and Shahzad pulls it way over the deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum
9.4 -
S Raza to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, and the free hit sees itself out of the ropes. shortish on middle, Shahzad pummels it out of the ground with a pull to backward square leg
9.0 -
Cremer to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, how big was that? Kept sailing over. Shahzad is putting his long handle to great use here. Fetched this ball with protracted hands and swung across. The ball pinged bat's middle and sailed over the deep mid-wicket fence
8.3 -
Cremer to Stanikzai, SIX, that's timed! Advances down the pitch, muscles the loft down the ground and lets the ball sail through. The bat almost patted Stanikzai's back in its followthrough
7.1 -
Chibhabha to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, that looked gargantuan and what a way to bring the half-century for Afghanistan! The length ball on off, Shahzad backs away and swings across. The ball finds it own wings and paragliding over cow corner
1.3 -
Tendai Chisoro to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, that's a biggie! Made room with a leg-stumpish slide, gets under this flighted delivery and pummels it down the ground
20.0 -
Luke Jongwe to Naib, out Naib Run Out!! 1 run completed. Naib gets run out trying to sneak in an extra run for his team's cause. Slower ball wide outside off, Naib goes right across and swipes it across the line, sends it through the backward square leg region, the ball went straight towards the fielder and Naib is caught short by miles as the throw comes in quickly at the striker's end. Naib run out (Donald Tiripano/Mutumbami) 13(6) [6s-1]
18.5 -
Donald Tiripano to Nabi, out Bowled!! Nabi's innings come to an end, but he has done his job. Nothing but a back-of-the-hand slower ball that was angled in on middle, Nabi was backing away to try and slog it for another maximum, gets completely beaten by the lack of pace and the ball crashes into the middle stump. Nabi b Donald Tiripano 22(12) [4s-1 6s-2]
14.4 -
Chibhabha to Shafiqullah, out Caught by Peter Moor!! Another one bites the dust. The Afghans are not caring about their wickets, they just want to score some big runs and why not? They can afford to. Short delivery from Chibhabha, Shafiq goes for the pull, doesn't get it off the middle, the fielder at deep backward square leg takes an easy catch. Shafiqullah c Peter Moor b Chibhabha 8(6) [6s-1]
13.3 -
Tendai Chisoro to Sadiq, out Caught by Peter Moor!! Sadiq's cameo comes to an end. This was floated up well outside off, Sadiq reaches out but can only slice the drive, it was in the air for a long time and the sweeper takes an easy catch. Sadiq c Peter Moor b Tendai Chisoro 12(5) [4s-2]
11.4 -
Luke Jongwe to Stanikzai, out Bowled!! Jongwe finally gets a wicket to provide some respite to his team. Just short of a good length and just outside off, Stanikzai was looking to slog it into the on-side, can only manage an inside edge that rattles the stumps. Brins an end to the 73-run stand between the Afghan skipper and Shehzad. Stanikzai b Luke Jongwe 18(12) [4s-2 6s-1]
6.1 -
Cremer to Usman Ghani, out Bowled!! And he's bowled him! Ghani looked stuck, especially when you're seeing Mohammad Shahzad power the ball around. The quicker ball from the spinner, Ghani looked to cut it from in front of off. Was cramped and was taken aback by the pace too. Missed it altogether and the ball cannoned the off-stump back. First blood for Zimbabwe. Usman Ghani b Cremer 5(13)
16.4 -
Donald Tiripano to Nabi, 2 runs, another catch has been put down now! Zimbabwe are losing the plot completely. This was full on the stumps, Nabi hoicks it wide of long-on, it looked like Cremer had it covered as he runs across and tries to pouch it, but makes a mess. The ball pops out of his hands and was trickling away towards the ad-cushion, before Cremer pulled it back for the fielder running in from deep mid-wicket. Dropped it and then saved two runs
14.3 -
Chibhabha to Mohammad Shahzad, 1 run, that's a big drop! How costly will this turn out to be? Shahzad comes across to try and slog this over mid-wicket, was outfoxed by the lack of pace, ends up getting a top-edge that goes high in the air, the keeper calls for it, runs to his right but makes a complete mess of it, the ball was swerving around and he could only manage a fingertip on it. Should have been taken
13.2 -
Tendai Chisoro to Mohammad Shahzad, 1 run, Shahzad becomes only the second batsman from an Associate nation to score a T20I hundred(Richie Berington was the first one). This was bowled flatter outside off, Shahzad gently taps it in front of backward point and hurries across to the other end. Takes his helmet off and smiles in delight. His team-mates are also up on their feet. One can understand how much it means to the whole team by observing the reaction from the non-striker, Sadiq. Even he was leaping in joy at the other end, pumping the air with his fists. Shahzad gets down on his knees and kisses the ground (sajda as we call it)
10.0 -
S Raza to Mohammad Shahzad, 1 run, 50 of the partnership comes up with this single. Shahzad once again swings his bat across the line and sends this flatter delivery soaring over the deep backward square leg fence