The second match of the Test series is being played between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. On Saturday, on the third day of the match, Afghanistan has taken a lead of 205 runs in the second innings. The team scored 291 runs for 7 wickets till stumps. Rahmat Shah scored a century in the second innings for Afghanistan. Ismat Alam remained not out after scoring a fifty. Blessing Muzarabani has taken 4 wickets from Zimbabwe. The first Test in Bulawayo was drawn even after running for 5 days. Afghanistan could score only 157 runs in the first innings
On Thursday, Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bowl. The Afghanistan team could score only 157 runs in the first innings. Rashid Khan scored the highest 25 runs. 7 other batsmen crossed the 10-run mark, but no one could play a big innings. From Afghanistan, Zia-ur-Rahman could score only 8 and Ahmadzai could score only 2 runs. Ismat Alam could not even open the account. Sikandar Raza and Newman Nyamhuri took 3-3 wickets in the first innings for Zimbabwe. Blessing Muzarabani took 2 and Richard Ngarava took 1 wicket. Bad start for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe had a very bad start in the first innings. The team lost 4 wickets for just 41 runs. Joylord Gumbi could score only 8, Ben Curran 15 and Dion Myers 5 runs. T Kaytano could not even open the account. Sikandar Raza then took charge of the innings with captain Craig Irvine. Both of them scored fifties and took the score past 100 runs. Raza was dismissed after scoring 61 runs. Williams-Irvine gave the lead
After Raza’s dismissal, Zimbabwe lost 7 wickets for 147 runs. Brian Bennett could score only 2 and Newman Nyamhuri could score only 11 runs. Sean Williams then shared a 73-run partnership with captain Irvine and took the score to 220. Williams was out after scoring 49 runs. Irvine was also out at the end on a score of 75 runs and the team’s score reached 243 runs. Rashid Khan took 4 wickets from Afghanistan. Ahmadzai got 3 and Farid Ahmad got 2 wickets. Zia-ur-Rahman also got a success. Afghanistan’s comeback in the second innings
Afghanistan was behind by 86 runs in the first innings, but the team made a comeback in the second innings. Opener Abdul Malik could score only 1 and Riaz Hasan could score only 11 runs. Rahmat Shah stood at one end, but in front of him Hashmatullah Shahidi got out after scoring 14, Zia-ur-Rahman 6 and Afsar Zazai 5 runs. Ismat took the team close to 300
Afghanistan lost 5 wickets for 69 runs. Here Shahidullah Kamal made a partnership of 67 runs with Rahmat and took the score beyond 100. After him, Ismat Alam hit a fifty and along with Rehmat Shah, took the score past 250. Rehmat was dismissed after scoring 139 runs and his 132-run partnership with Shahidullah was broken. Ismat then took over the innings with Rashid Khan. Both of them shared a 23-run partnership and took the score to 291 runs. Till stumps on the third day, Rashid returned not out after scoring 12 runs and Ismat returned not out after scoring 64 runs. Blessing Muzarabani from Zimbabwe took 4 wickets. Richard Ngarava got 2 and Sikandar Raza got 1 wicket. The match was affected by rain. In the second Test, the match had to be stopped several times due to rain. On the third day too, due to rain, stumps were done about an hour earlier. The play on the first day of the match also started late due to rain.
