Afghan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015–16
| Afghan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015–16 | |||||
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| Dates | 8 October 2015 – 29 October 2015 | ||||
| Captains | Elton Chigumbura | Asghar Stanikzai | |||
| One Day International series | |||||
| Result | 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 | |||||
| Result | 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 that Afghanistan had played a five-match bilateral ODI series.[2]
Afghanistan won the ODI series 3–2 and became 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
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Afghanistan[6] |
Zimbabwe[5] |
Afghanistan[7] |
Tour matches
One-day: Zimbabwe Chairman's XI v Afghanistan
8 October 2015 Scorecard |
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- 15 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
One-day: Zimbabwe Chairman's XI v Afghanistan
ODI series
1st ODI
16 October 2015 Scorecard |
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tendai Chisoro (Zim) made his ODI debut.
2nd ODI
18 October 2015 Scorecard |
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rashid Khan (Afg) made his ODI and List A debut.
- Mohammad Nabi (Afg) scored his first ODI century.[8]
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
24 October 2015 Scorecard |
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- 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 |
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- 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
References
- ↑ "Afghanistan to tour Zimbabwe for five ODIs, two T20Is". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ↑ "Afghanistan's chance at history in series decider". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ↑ "Afghanistan defend 245 in historic series win". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Afghanistan, the fastest Associate off the blocks". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Zimbabwe Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ↑ "Afghanistan One-Day Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ↑ "Afghanistan Twenty20 Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ↑ "Afghanistan level series with Nabi century". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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