Afghan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015–16

Afghan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015–16
	Zimbabwe	Afghanistan
Dates	8 October 2015 – 29 October 2015
Captains	Elton Chigumbura	Asghar Stanikzai
One Day International series
Results	Afghanistan won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs	Sean Williams (152)	Mohammad Nabi (223)
Most wickets	Wellington Masakadza (10)	Dawlat Zadran (9) Amir Hamza (9)
Player of the series	Mohammad Nabi (Afg)
Twenty20 International series
Results	Afghanistan won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Sikandar Raza (80)	Usman Ghani (78)
Most wickets	Chamu Chibhabha (2)	Dawlat Zadran (5)

The Afghan cricket team toured Zimbabwe between 8 and 29 October 2015. The tour consisted of five One Day International (ODI) matches, two Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) and two tour matches.^[1] This was the first time for Afghanistan to play a five-match bilateral ODI series.^[2]

Having won the first two ODIs, Afghanistan lost the next two matches. The Afghans won the last ODI, taking the ODI series 3–2 and becoming the first Associate side to beat a Full Member nation in a multi-game ODI series.^[3][4] Afghanistan won the T20I series 2–0.

Squads

ODIs		T20Is
Zimbabwe[5]	Afghanistan[6]	Zimbabwe[5]	Afghanistan[7]
Elton Chigumbura (c) Brian Chari Chamu Chibhabha Tendai Chisoro Craig Ervine Luke Jongwe Neville Madziva Wellington Masakadza Tinotenda Mutombodzi Richmond Mutumbami Taurai Muzarabani John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Sikandar Raza Sean Williams	Asghar Stanikzai (c) Aftab Alam Amir Hamza Dawlat Zadran Fareed Ahmad Hashmatullah Shahidi Mirwais Ashraf Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Shahzad Najibullah Zadran Nawroz Mangal Noor Ali Zadran Samiullah Shinwari Shafiqullah Shapoor Zadran	Elton Chigumbura (c) Brian Chari Chamu Chibhabha Tendai Chisoro Craig Ervine Luke Jongwe Neville Madziva Wellington Masakadza Tinotenda Mutombodzi Richmond Mutumbami Taurai Muzarabani John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Sikandar Raza Sean Williams	Asghar Stanikzai (c) Aftab Alam Amir Hamza Fareed Ahmad Gulbadin Naib Karim Sadiq Mirwais Ashraf Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Shahzad Nawroz Mangal Rashid Khan Samiullah Shinwari Shafiqullah Shapoor Zadran Usman Ghani

Tour matches

One-day: Zimbabwe Chairman's XI v Afghanistan

8 October 2015 Scorecard

Afghanistan  356/5 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe Chairman's XI 286 (48.1 overs)
Noor Ali Zadran 98 (123) Tendai Chisoro 3/48 (10 overs)		Kevin Kasuza 80 (97) Nawroz Mangal 2/22 (3 overs)

Afghanistan won by 70 runs Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Christopher Phiri (Zim) and Trevor Phiri (Zim)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• 15 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

One-day: Zimbabwe Chairman's XI v Afghanistan

10 October 2015 Scorecard

Afghanistan  226 (49 overs)	v	Zimbabwe Chairman's XI 204 (44.1 overs)
Mohammad Shahzad 72 (94) Tapiwa Mufudza 3/57 (10 overs)		Tendai Chisoro 63 (55) Amir Hamza 2/12 (6 overs)

Afghanistan won by 22 runs Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Christopher Phiri (Zim) and Trevor Phiri (Zim)

• Zimbabwe Chairman's XI won the toss and elected to field.

ODI series

1st ODI

16 October 2015 Scorecard

Afghanistan  122 (34.1 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 126/2 (23.2 overs)
Najibullah Zadran 25 (31) Wellington Masakadza 4/21 (6.1 overs)		Chamu Chibhabha 58 (69) Aftab Alam 1/21 (5 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 8 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Wellington Masakadza (Zim)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Tendai Chisoro (Zim) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

18 October 2015 Scorecard

Afghanistan  271/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 213 (46.4 overs)
Mohammad Nabi 116 (121) Tinotenda Mutombodzi 2/40 (7 overs)		Luke Jongwe 46 (33) Samiullah Shinwari 2/23 (4 overs)

Afghanistan won by 58 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afg)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rashid Khan (Afg) made his ODI and List A debut.
• Mohammad Nabi (Afg) scored his first century in ODIs.^[8]

3rd ODI

20 October 2015 Scorecard

Afghanistan  223/8 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 229/4 (49.4 overs)
Noor Ali Zadran 56 (108) Tendai Chisoro 2/40 (10 overs)		Richmond Mutumbami 74 (92) Amir Hamza 3/47 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) Player of the match: Richmond Mutumbami (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI

22 October 2015 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  184/8 (50 overs)	v	Afghanistan 185/7 (46.4 overs)
Sikandar Raza 86 (113) Dawlat Zadran 3/37 (9 overs)		Mohammad Shahzad 80 (81) Tendai Chisoro 3/38 (10 overs)

Afghanistan won by 3 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) Player of the match: Mohammad Shahzad (Afg)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

24 October 2015 Scorecard

Afghanistan  245/9 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 172 (44.1 overs)
Noor Ali Zadran 54 (88) Wellington Masakadza 3/31 (9 overs)		Sean Williams 102 (124) Dawlat Zadran 4/22 (8 overs)

Afghanistan won by 73 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Sean Williams (Zim) and Dawlat Zadran (Afg)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Sean Williams (Zim) scored his first ODI century.^[4]

T20I series

1st T20I

26 October 2015 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  153/5 (20 overs)	v	Afghanistan 154/4 (19.1 overs)
Sikandar Raza 59 (41) Dawlat Zadran 3/29 (4 overs)		Najibullah Zadran 37* (26) Sean Williams 1/20 (2 overs)

Afghanistan won by 6 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Dawlat Zadran (Afg)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rashid Khan, Usman Ghani (Afg) and Tendai Chisoro, Wellington Masakadza (Zim) all made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

28 October 2015 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  190/7 (20 overs)	v	Afghanistan 191/5 (19.5 overs)
Sean Williams 54 (26) Dawlat Zadran 2/24 (4 overs)		Usman Ghani 65 (45) Chamu Chibhabha 2/37 (4 overs)

Afghanistan won by 5 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Langton Rusere (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Gulbadin Naib (Afg)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Afghanistan to tour Zimbabwe for five ODIs, two T20Is". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
2. "Afghanistan's chance at history in series decider". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
3. "Afghanistan defend 245 in historic series win". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
4. "Afghanistan, the fastest Associate off the blocks". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
5. "Zimbabwe Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
6. "Afghanistan One-Day Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
7. "Afghanistan Twenty20 Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
8. "Afghanistan level series with Nabi century". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo