32.3Evans to Z Sharifi127/10
Clean Bowled. OUT! Bowled. Brad Evans to Ziaur Rahman Sharifi. Reverse Swing-In yorker, middle stump on the back foot defending, hit pad. The first innings has concluded, with Afghanistan bowled out for 127 runs. The Zimbabwe bowlers delivered an impressive performance, taking regular wickets throughout the innings. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was the top scorer for Afghanistan, making 37 runs, while Abdul Malik added 30 runs to the total. For Zimbabwe, Brad Evans excelled by taking five wickets in the innings. Please join us shortly for the second innings.
32.2Evans to K Gurbaz127/9
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Brad Evans to Khalil Gurbaz. Seaming in back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, top edge, caught by Tsiga. Nine down for Afghanistan.
28.1Evans to S Ashraf115/8
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Brad Evans to Sharafuddin Ashraf. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to extra cover, caught by Chivanga. Skies it in the air and gone.
27.3Muzarabani to I Alam115/7
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Blessing Muzarabani to Ismat Alam. Back of a length, middle stump on the back foot glancing, inside edge, caught by Tsiga. Ismat Alam departs.
25.6Muzarabani to S Mahboob114/6
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Blessing Muzarabani to Baheer Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, outside edge in the air uncontrolled to second slip, caught by Bennett. Another one bites the dust.
22.5Evans to A Zazai102/5
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Brad Evans to Afsar Zazai. Back of a length, outside off stump down the track defending, outside edge, caught by Tsiga. Tafadzwa Tsiga takes a marvellous catch.
22.1Evans to H Shahidi100/4
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Brad Evans to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot driving, outside edge in the air uncontrolled to gully, caught by Welch. Brad Evans takes his first wicket.
17.1A Khan88/3
Run OUT. OUT! Run Out. Tanaka Chivanga to Abdul Malik. Half volley, off stump on the back foot pushing, mis-timed to short extra cover, fielded by Welch, by Tsiga. Big mix-up between the batters.
15.3Chivanga to R Gurbaz77/2
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Tanaka Chivanga to Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Length ball, outside off stump down the track driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to backward point, caught by Butt.
5.4Muzarabani to I Zadran23/1
Catch OUT. OUT! Caught. Blessing Muzarabani to Ibrahim Zadran. In-swinging back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, outside edge to third slip, caught by Welch. Blessing Muzarabani provides the early breakthrough