makes room and slogs it to mid on for a single and go 2-0 up in the series!
Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan, 2nd ODI at Harare, ZIM v AFG, Jun 06 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 33 balls remaining)
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Ibrahim Zadran is the Player of the match: The wicket was much better for batting today and I decided that I would play my natural game. I really enjoy batting with Rahmat Shah. I can play my shots with him around me.
Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afghanistan captain: The team is playing very well and I am very happy with that. We are trying to get 30 points from this series. We got 20 points. If we get 10 more we can move to the second position in the table
Craig Ervine, Zimbabwe captain: We know that the conditions become better in the afternoon session. We got starts but couldn't kick on. We knew that 260-270 was going to be par. We knew that facing the new ball would be a challenge. A match can change in 5 overs, we have shown that today
Zimbabwe would've noticed how the Afghanistan batters went about their job. The middle-order batters of Zimbabwe, all of them, got a start but couldn't quite kick on. While Ryan Burl got a half-century, it was in the company of the last two batters. He could've probably done better with one of the batters from the middle-order
Afghanistan, through the partnership of Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah, show to Zimbabwe what might have been! Though they were a wicket down, Ibrahim Zadran went after the bowlers in the powerplay. While Rahmat Shah settled in, Ibrahim Zadran was the aggressor and when Ibrahim Zadran slowed down a touch in sight of a milestone, Rahmat Shah attacked the bowlers. Rahmat Shah got within touching distance of a century, but fell before getting one, like in the first game
Farhad: "Might be Afghanistan's first ever inning without a SIX "This is the list of their innings wihout a six, Farhad
comes forward and dabs it to short third-man fielder
pushes it to the off side and sets off for a single
short ball on the stumps. He rocks back and pulls it behind square for another boundary. Just a stroke away from a win now
comes forward and defends it to the off side
weaves out of the way of the short delivery
short ball outside the off stump. He rocks back and pulls it to deep midwicket for a boundary
fuller ball on the pads. He comes forward and turns it to midwicket. Good fielding saves a boundary
outside the off stump and left alone
comes forward and steers it to third man for a single
good length ball outside the off stump. He hangs back and punches it to cover. Can't find the gap there
defends it back to the bowler
wide down the leg stump line
good length delivery outside the off stump. He dabs it to third man with soft hands. He has to come running in but can't prevent a couple
fuller ball outside the off stump. He leans back and slams this delivery to sweeper cover for a couple
short delivery outside the off stump. Left alone
good length ball outside the off stump and left alone
wide down the leg stump line
outside the off stump and left alone