Zimbabwean cricket team against Afghanistan in the UAE in 2017–18

The Zimbabwe cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates to play the Afghanistan cricket team in February 2018 to play two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and five One Day International (ODI) matches.[1][2] Initial reports suggested that it would include Afghanistan's first Test match since being awarded Test status by the International Cricket Council in June 2017,[3][4] but instead the tour consisted of just limited overs matches. An official from Zimbabwe Cricket said that both sides were still in talks to play a Test match, but that would be at some point after the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[2]

Zimbabwean cricket team against Afghanistan in 2017–18
 
  Afghanistan Zimbabwe
Dates 5 – 19 February 2018
Captains Asghar Stanikzai Graeme Cremer
One Day International series
Results Afghanistan won the 5-match series 4–1
Most runs Rahmat Shah (272) Brendan Taylor (207)
Most wickets Rashid Khan (16) Graeme Cremer (9)
Player of the series Rashid Khan (Afg)
Twenty20 International series
Results Afghanistan won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Mohammad Nabi (85) Hamilton Masakadza (47)
Most wickets Rashid Khan (5) Tendai Chatara (4)
Blessing Muzarabani (4)

Afghanistan won the T20I series 2–0, moving up to eighth place in the ICC T20I Championship, above Sri Lanka.[5] Afghanistan won the ODI series 4–1.[6]

Squads

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T20Is ODIs
  Afghanistan[7]   Zimbabwe[8]   Afghanistan[7]   Zimbabwe[8]

T20I series

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1st T20I

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5 February 2018
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
120/9 (20 overs)
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  Afghanistan
121/5 (14.4 overs)
Solomon Mire 34 (21)
Rashid Khan 3/19 (4 overs)
Mohammad Nabi 40* (27)
Blessing Muzarabani 2/36 (4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 5 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg)
Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afg)

2nd T20I

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6 February 2018
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
158/9 (20 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
141/5 (20 overs)
Mohammad Nabi 45 (26)
Tendai Chatara 3/20 (4 overs)
Sikandar Raza 40 (26)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/21 (4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 17 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Izatullah Safi (Afg) and Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg)
Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afg)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

ODI series

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1st ODI

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9 February 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
333/5 (50 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
179 (34.4 overs)
Rahmat Shah 114 (110)
Graeme Cremer 3/47 (10 overs)
Solomon Mire 34 (25)
Rashid Khan 4/26 (5.4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 154 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg)
Player of the match: Rahmat Shah (Afg)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was Afghanistan's biggest win in terms of runs against any team in ODIs and it was also their biggest win against a Test-playing nation.[9]

2nd ODI

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11 February 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
333/5 (50 overs)
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  Afghanistan
179 (30.1 overs)
Brendan Taylor 125 (121)
Rashid Khan 2/36 (10 overs)
Dawlat Zadran 47* (29)
Graeme Cremer 4/41 (5.1 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 154 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg)
Player of the match: Brendan Taylor (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was Zimbabwe's biggest win, in terms of runs, against Afghanistan in ODIs.[10]

3rd ODI

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13 February 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
154 (34.3 overs)
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  Afghanistan
158/4 (27.3 overs)
Craig Ervine 39 (55)
Rashid Khan 5/24 (8.3 overs)
Rahmat Shah 56 (52)
Tendai Chatara 2/18 (5 overs)
Afghanistan won by 6 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg)
Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Afg)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was Afghanistan's biggest winning margin against Zimbabwe in ODIs, in terms of wickets (6).[11][12]

4th ODI

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16 February 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
134 (38 overs)
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  Afghanistan
135/0 (21.1 overs)
Craig Ervine 54* (73)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 5/50 (10 overs)
Afghanistan won by 10 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
Player of the match: Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afg)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afg) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs and became the youngest player ever to take an ODI five-wicket haul.[13]
  • This was Afghanistan's biggest winning margin against Zimbabwe in ODIs, in terms of wickets (10).[14][15]

5th ODI

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19 February 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
241/9 (50 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
95 (32.1 overs)
Javed Ahmadi 76 (87)
Sikandar Raza 2/41 (10 overs)
Craig Ervine 32 (75)
Rashid Khan 3/13 (5.1 overs)
Afghanistan won by 146 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg)
Player of the match: Sharafuddin Ashraf (Afg)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was Zimbabwe's 500th ODI.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Afghanistan to play Ireland, Zimbabwe in Sharjah". Times of India. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Afghanistan, Zimbabwe to play limited-overs series in February 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Streak urges more elite cricket for Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Ireland & Afghanistan awarded Test status by International Cricket Council". BBC News. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe to go eighth in the ICC T20I Team Rankings". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Zimbabwe falter despite Afghan collapse". Cricket365. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Shahzad back in Afghanistan squad for Zimbabwe series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Vitori added to Zimbabwe squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Afghanistan's Largest victories in One-Day Internationals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Zimbabwe's Largest victories in One-Day Internationals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Afghanistan's Largest victories in One-Day Internationals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Rashid's five-wicket haul dismantles Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Mujeeb Zadran, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi fold Zimbabwe for 134 in 4th ODI". Cricket Country. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  14. ^ "Afghanistan's Largest victories in One-Day Internationals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  15. ^ "Mujeeb's maiden five-for seals Afghanistan's series win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  16. ^ "Records - Results Summary". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
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