Afghanistan beats Zimbabwe by 35 runs to clean-sweep the series.
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The 3rd and last T20I match of the Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe, 2022 played today at Harare Sports Club, Harare, in which Afghanistan beats Zimbabwe by 35 runs to clean-sweep the series.
Afghanistan batted first after winning the toss, and started the inning not very well, Mohammad Nabi played a brilliant inning of 31 runs in 30 balls, Afsar Zazai scored 24 runs in 24 balls, Ihsanullah Janat scored 20 runs in 14 balls, Hazratullah Zazai 12 runs in 11 balls, apart from this no batsman could play well, Sharafuddin Ashraf scored 5 runs, Noor Ahmad remains unbeaten for 4 runs, Nijat Masood remains unbeaten for 4 runs, Najibullah Zadran dismissed just for 2 runs, and Rashid Khan dismissed for 2 runs, in this way, Afghanistan scored 125 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs and set a target of 126 runs for Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe bowlers Sikandar Raza took 2 wickets for 18 runs, Ryan Burl took 2 wickets for 22 runs, Tendai Chatara, Donald Tiripano, Ainsley Ndlovu, and Luke Jongwe got 1-1 wicket.
Zimbabwe, chasing 126 runs in the second inning, could manage just 90 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs and losing the match by 35 runs. Zimbabwe also started the inning very badly, Ryan Burl was dismissed just for 15 runs, Wesley Madhevere 14 runs, Ainsley Ndlovu remains unbeaten for 13 runs, Innocent Kaia dismissed for 12 runs, Tadiwanashe Marumani 11 runs, Tendai Chatara remains unbeaten for 6 runs, Luke Jongwe dismissed just for 4 runs, Clive Madande 2 runs, Craig Ervine 1 run, Sikandar Raza and Donald Tiripano dismissed without a score, in this way, Zimbabwe could manage just 90 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs, and lost the match by 35 runs.
Afghanistani bowlers performed very brilliantly, Noor Ahmad took 4 wickets just for 10 runs, Sharafuddin Ashraf took 2 wickets for 13 runs, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Rashid Khan got 1-1 wicket.
Afghanistani bowler Noor Ahmad was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliant bowling and took 4 wickets just for 10 runs.
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