END OF OVER:20 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | AFG: 153/6 | RR: 7.65
- Gulbadin Naib26 (21b)
- Rashid Khan3 (2b)
- Trevor Gwandu4-0-29-2
- Richard Ngarava4-0-34-0
3:02pm Like the other day, Afghanistan found themselves in early trouble, losing three wickets in the powerplay. But Rasooli, coming into the side today, held fort and then increased the tempo gradually, finishing with 58 off 42 balls. There were handy contributions from Naib and Omarzai too, and those cameos have helped Afghanistan get past 150.
A decent bowling display from Zimbabwe too. Burl was the pick and it was thus perplexing that he did not bowl out. On a tired surface, Raza and Masakadza also went for 45 runs in five overs, which could yet prove to be costly. They will not mind chasing 154, although they will be aware that on a pitch where the ball has spun, Afghanistan will come hard at them. Join us in a bit for the chase!
Ryan Burl: I bowled two overs with the big boundary, so was trying to bowl into the wicket. We went spinners from one end, seamers from the other end (because of how the pitch was playing). When fielders come to the party, it helps a lot. There were a couple of misfields last match and we wanted to improve. Just nine more runs on the board, and hopefully we can chase it down. It is a used wicket, so a little bit slow. Don't think it is too different to the first match.
Luke: "Don't understand why Ryan Burl wasn't bowled out." -- That does seem a puzzling decision...
Rashid comes in. He is standing outside off
Darwish Rasooli c Sikandar Raza b Gwandu 58 (70m 42b 6x4 1x6) SR: 138.09
160 on the cards. This looks like a solid total on this track and with Afghanistan's bowling attack. Gwandu to bowl the last over
END OF OVER:19 | 17 Runs | AFG: 147/5 | RR: 7.73
- Darwish Rasooli58 (40b)
- Gulbadin Naib23 (19b)
- Richard Ngarava4-0-34-0
- Blessing Muzarabani4-0-28-1
END OF OVER:18 | 8 Runs | AFG: 130/5 | RR: 7.22
- Gulbadin Naib18 (16b)
- Darwish Rasooli46 (37b)
- Blessing Muzarabani4-0-28-1
- Richard Ngarava3-0-17-0
Muzarabani to bowl out
END OF OVER:17 | 4 Runs | AFG: 122/5 | RR: 7.17
- Gulbadin Naib11 (11b)
- Darwish Rasooli45 (36b)
- Richard Ngarava3-0-17-0
- Sikandar Raza3-0-26-0