Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan, Only Test at Harare, ZIM vs AFG, Oct 20 2025 - Full Scorecard

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ibrahim Zadran	c Welch b Muzarabani	19	23	25	4	0	82.60

Abdul Malik	run out (Welch/†Tsiga)	30	40	87	2	0	75.00

Rahmanullah Gurbaz	c Sikandar Raza b Chivanga	37	37	52	3	0	100.00

Hashmatullah Shahidi (c)	c Welch b Evans	7	14	33	1	0	50.00

Bahir Shah	c Bennett b Muzarabani	12	30	44	1	0	40.00

Afsar Zazai †	c †Tsiga b Evans	1	3	4	0	0	33.33

Ismat Alam	c †Tsiga b Muzarabani	8	16	24	1	0	50.00

Sharafuddin Ashraf	c Chivanga b Evans	0	3	12	0	0	0.00

Yamin Ahmadzai	not out	10	15	24	2	0	66.66
Khalil Gurbaz	c †Tsiga b Evans	2	13	18	0	0	15.38

Ziaur Rahman	b Evans	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 1)	1
Total	32.3 Ov (RR: 3.90, 174 Mins)	127
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Ibrahim Zadran, 5.4 ov), 2-77 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 15.3 ov), 3-88 (Abdul Malik, 17.1 ov), 4-100 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 22.1 ov), 5-102 (Afsar Zazai, 22.5 ov), 6-114 (Bahir Shah, 25.6 ov), 7-115 (Ismat Alam, 27.3 ov), 8-115 (Sharafuddin Ashraf, 28.1 ov), 9-127 (Khalil Gurbaz, 32.2 ov), 10-127 (Ziaur Rahman, 32.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Richard Ngarava	6	1	28	0	4.66	24	4	0	0	0
Blessing Muzarabani	11	1	47	3	4.27	44	6	0	0	0
5.4 to Ibrahim Zadran, Cries of catch it and taken in the slip cordon! Shorter in length and gets a hint of nibble outside off, flirts with danger and a tentative poke at the delivery brings the first wicket for Zimbabwe. Great areas, tight lines and he gets the reward. Fiery celebration. 23/1 25.6 to Bahir Shah, Oh, what a screamer! Muzarabani lets out a "whoooo" in celebration as Bennett flings himself to his left from gully and completes a great grab. Bahir pushes at at back of length delivery outside off and only gets a thick outside edge. Bennett was nearly parallel to the ground when he caught that. Zimbabwe's good day in the field continues with that, and Muzarabani gets a well deserved second wicket. 114/6 27.3 to Ismat Alam, Strangled down the leg side and Muzarabani has a third! Length delivery angled across, and Alam looked to glance it down leg. Think he ended up gloving it behind and Tsiga does the rest. Alam seems disappointed with the decision, but he has no recourse available since there's no DRS in this match. 115/7
Tanaka Chivanga	6	0	29	1	4.83	20	2	0	0	0
15.3 to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Gurbaz hits it straight to point! Chivanga went full and Gurbaz decided to charge down the track and looks to drive, but slices it straight to Sikandar Raza, and Gurbaz, who was looking good for his 37, has to depart. 77/2
Brad Evans	9.3	2	22	5	2.31	46	2	0	0	0
22.1 to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Glorious catch at gully! It's full outside off, hint of movement away, and Shahidi is tempted into the drive. The ball goes hard to Nick Welch's left and he makes no mistake grabbing it low. Huge boost for Zimbabwe just around 10 minutes before lunch!. 100/4 22.5 to Afsar Zazai, And another one goes! What a turnaround for Zimbabwe in this session! Evans is pumped on his Test return with two wickets in an over! This is a length ball outside off with just a nibble away after seaming. Zazai was looking to fend and the outside edge is gobbled up by Tsiga. 102/5 28.1 to Sharafuddin Ashraf, Ashraf looks to counter attack but perishes thanks to another brilliant catch! The Afghan collapse continues! Evans goes full outside off and Ashraf looks to go inside out. Ends up skying it to extra cover's left and Chivanga does well to move to his left and hold on to it while falling in front. 115/8 32.2 to Khalil Gurbaz, And now Evans draws the edge! Khalil backs away again as Evans digs it in short on off. It nips in and cramps the batter who pushes at it only to get a thick edge and Tsiga gobbles it up. 127/9 32.3 to Ziaur Rahman, Knocks him over with a yorker to get that fifer! Zimbabwe wrap up the innings in style! It's a toe-crusher on leg and the debutant can't get his bat down in time. Ricochets off his toes and uproots off stump and Zimbabwe's decision to bowl has been completely vindicated with Afghanistan bowled out for 127. 127/10

Zimbabwe 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennett	b Ziaur Rahman	6	9	17	1	0	66.66

Ben Curran	lbw b Ismat Alam	121	256	433	15	0	47.26

Nick Welch	b Ziaur Rahman	49	89	149	5	1	55.05

Brendan Taylor	b Ziaur Rahman	32	43	52	6	0	74.41

Craig Ervine (c)	lbw b Ismat Alam	5	8	18	1	0	62.50

Sikandar Raza	c Yamin Ahmadzai b Sharafuddin Ashraf	65	88	115	7	0	73.86

Tafadzwa Tsiga †	lbw b Ziaur Rahman	17	52	89	2	0	32.69

Brad Evans	not out	35	48	77	4	1	72.91
Richard Ngarava	b Ziaur Rahman	0	1	3	0	0	0.00

Blessing Muzarabani	b Ziaur Rahman	5	10	22	1	0	50.00

Tanaka Chivanga	lbw b Ziaur Rahman	5	16	36	1	0	31.25

Extras	(b 5, lb 11, nb 2, w 1)	19
Total	103 Ov (RR: 3.48, 510 Mins)	359
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Brian Bennett, 3.3 ov), 2-106 (Nick Welch, 33.1 ov), 3-154 (Brendan Taylor, 45.2 ov), 4-165 (Craig Ervine, 48.5 ov), 5-264 (Sikandar Raza, 75.3 ov), 6-302 (Ben Curran, 89.4 ov), 7-316 (Tafadzwa Tsiga, 92.4 ov), 8-316 (Richard Ngarava, 92.5 ov), 9-335 (Blessing Muzarabani, 96.3 ov), 10-359 (Tanaka Chivanga, 102.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Yamin Ahmadzai	24	7	62	0	2.58	114	7	0	1	0
Ziaur Rahman	32	4	97	7	3.03	143	14	0	0	0
3.3 to BJ Bennett, Oh, he's castled him! A maiden Test wicket for Ziaur Rahman! Full on off and it just straightens past the outside edge and sends off stump flying. Ziaur is pumped, as he should be, and Zimbabwe lose their first. 9/1 33.1 to NR Welch, Over the wicket, neither too short, nor too full, gets that big banana inswing and rattles the stumps, he shuffles across a touch and couldn't handle the late inswing, beautiful delivery, a dream delivery for a pacer, send the off-stump cartwheeling and he goes for 49. Can Afghanistan use this window to pick a few more late in the day?. 106/2 45.2 to BRM Taylor, Cricket's not a leveller, it's just a mean-spirited bully! Just ask Taylor, who's back after years and has to walk back, undone by an in-seaming shooter! Good length, lands outside off and nips in. Taylor didn't transfer his weight and tried to defend it straight. Got squared up trying to adjust with the low bounce and the seam. Got beat on the inside edge by a mile. Stumps flying. Zia celebrates as the moody cricket gods smile at him. 154/3 92.4 to TE Tsiga, Too much swing in? No, says Nitin Menon, the ump. Tsiga beaten on the flick as he plays with no footwork and a fully closed bat face. The fullish ball lands around fourth and finishes around leg. Decent knock from Tsiga. Done.. 316/7 92.5 to R Ngarava, No doubts on this one. Zia's used artistry to make Ngarava's batting look like it's that of a tailender. He played the initial line - fourth stump - but the goodest of good-length balls lands around fourth and beats the extra-cover punch. Bat twirls inwards but the ball had done its thing. Ping, go off the bails. Zia turns Bumrah with the high jump and air-punching after taking two in two. 316/8 96.3 to B Muzarabani, Muzarabani clears his front leg and swings, off stump has its feet ungrounded and bounces behind. Scenes. A dismissal from a Tom Cruise stunt scene... Cruise's batting might be similar to the Blessman's - clear front leg and swing for long-on... and the ball goes away and smacks off - like it did here. Of course Cruise will do multiple takes and editors will fix scenes in post-production... Also, Muzarabani next to Cruise would be a hell of photo - height-wise. Sorry, back to the cricket now. 335/9 102.6 to TL Chivanga, Now this looks very close and given! Huge appeal and umpire raises the finger. Length ball slanting in, swings just enough to beat his bat and raps him in front, excellent figures for Rahman, picks his seventh and cleans up the tail. Bowled a stupendous spell!. 359/10 See all photos
Sharafuddin Ashraf	17	4	65	1	3.82	67	7	1	0	0
75.3 to Sikandar Raza, Miscues the skier and gone! Big sigh of relief for Afghanistan! He went down to for a slog sweep and wanted to tonk it away, lost his shape and wasn't in control, hits very low on the bat and taken by Yamin who ran across deep square. A loose shot and a lapse of concentration, admonishes himself while taking the long walk back into the paviliion. 264/5
Ismat Alam	15	2	51	2	3.40	70	9	0	0	2
48.5 to CR Ervine, Oh thanks for coming. Lifetime's experience mocked... it's that pitch again. Moody, spiteful, giving little to no room for error. Ervine's back foot was in front of leg stump, front foot was slightly forward and across on off. He tried to flick the fullish ball angling in. Slightly across the line, beat the inside edge and hit the pad flush. No Hawk-Eye but that'd be impact middle, smashing middle or leg, if not both. Replay shows it hit him on the back leg, just over the pad, as Ervine lost balance and his upper-body leaned far forward. 165/4 89.4 to BJ Curran, Around the wicket, on a length or thereabouts and slanting into the pads and he hasn't connected! Convincng appeal for an lbw and umpire raises the finger in agreement! His foot is. behind the line and Curran departs after a wonderful innings! But certainly the new ball has done the trick and it's been tough to contend with conditions in the last 30 minutes or so. Credit to Ismat for creating two opportunities in this last over before TEA. 302/6
Khalil Gurbaz	9	0	54	0	6.00	26	6	1	0	0
Hashmatullah Shahidi	6	0	14	0	2.33	23	0	0	0	0

Afghanistan 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ibrahim Zadran	c †Tsiga b Ngarava	42	59	84	5	0	71.18

Abdul Malik	c Muzarabani b Ngarava	2	11	17	0	0	18.18

Rahmanullah Gurbaz	c †Tsiga b Chivanga	9	29	48	0	0	31.03

Hashmatullah Shahidi (c)	c Ervine b Ngarava	7	19	29	1	0	36.84

Bahir Shah	c Curran b Muzarabani	32	33	62	6	0	96.96

Afsar Zazai †	c Evans b Chivanga	18	36	76	2	0	50.00

Ismat Alam	c †Tsiga b Ngarava	16	26	41	2	0	61.53

Sharafuddin Ashraf	c Ervine b Ngarava	9	17	28	2	0	52.94

Yamin Ahmadzai	not out	13	19	28	1	1	68.42
Khalil Gurbaz	b Muzarabani	6	7	13	1	0	85.71

Ziaur Rahman	b Muzarabani	0	3	-	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 2, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)	5
Total	43 Ov (RR: 3.69, 216 Mins)	159
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Abdul Malik, 3.6 ov), 2-43 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 14.3 ov), 3-59 (Ibrahim Zadran, 17.6 ov), 4-60 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 19.5 ov), 5-109 (Bahir Shah, 29.4 ov), 6-127 (Afsar Zazai, 34.1 ov), 7-135 (Ismat Alam, 37.3 ov), 8-142 (Sharafuddin Ashraf, 39.5 ov), 9-159 (Khalil Gurbaz, 42.3 ov), 10-159 (Ziaur Rahman, 42.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Blessing Muzarabani	12	1	48	3	4.00	51	7	0	0	0
29.4 to Bahir Shah, The short one has finally worked for Muzarabani and Zimbabwe! That is so poor from Bahir. He's caught in knots as a short ball angles into his body, he is in no position to play it safely, so he just fends at it, and the ball pops up off the top of his bat for Curran to take an absolute dolly at short leg.. 109/5 42.3 to Khalil Gurbaz, That was coming. Muzarabani goes full and straight. Khalil backs away and misses a slog again, this time Muzarabani has got the line perfect for the ball to clatter into leg-stump.. 159/9 42.6 to Ziaur Rahman, There it is! Zimbabwe win! Muzarabani finishes it off with a perfect yorker, as the ball clatters into the base of middle stump.. 159/10
Richard Ngarava	13	2	37	5	2.84	58	4	0	0	0
3.6 to Abdul Malik, Wide of the crease, dug in short and angled on middle, he tries to break the shackles and free his arms, late on the pull and taken by the man at deep backward square. Muzarabani charging in from long leg makes no mistake and hangs onto it brilliantly. Zimbabwe get their first wicket and Afghanistan would have dearly liked to stay unscathed till the stumps but not to be. 10/1 17.6 to Ibrahim Zadran, is that another one taken down the leg side? Oh yeah, again! Fullish ball angling down the leg side and he tries to flick, but all he has done is help the ball into Tsiga's gloves.. 59/3 19.5 to Hashmatullah Shahidi, overpitched ball just outside off. He offers minimal footwork, and tries to fend, but the ball shapes away slightly and takes the outside edge to the slip cordon! Second slip dives forward and holds on.. 60/4 37.3 to Ismat Alam, one-handed take by the keeper! Oh that's a stunning catch. Length ball outside off and he slashes away from his body. Tsiga dives to his right, gets in front of first slip, but it has stuck in his webbing.. 135/7 39.5 to Sharafuddin Ashraf, that's five for Ngarava - the first time for him in Test cricket! Good length ball outside off and angling in. He fishes for a cut outside off and gets a thick edge to second slip.. 142/8
Brad Evans	6	0	28	0	4.66	24	5	0	0	0
Sikandar Raza	1	0	3	0	3.00	4	0	0	0	0
Tanaka Chivanga	11	1	40	2	3.63	49	4	1	1	1
14.3 to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, short ball angling down leg and he goes for the pull. But all he can do is get a glove on it and the ball has been pouched with ease!. 43/2 34.1 to Afsar Zazai, Chivanga is roaring again, and that's a soft, soft dismissal for Zazai. Full and wide outside off, Zazai doesn't quite commit to the drive fully, and he only manages to lob it into the hands of backward point, where Evans takes an easy catch.. 127/6

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Close of Play

Mon, 20 Oct - day 1 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 130/2 (Ben Curran 52*, Brendan Taylor 18*, 38 ov)

Tue, 21 Oct - day 2 - Afghanistan 2nd innings 34/1 (Ibrahim Zadran 25*, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 7*, 12 ov)

Wed, 22 Oct - day 3 - Afghanistan 2nd innings 159 (43 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Afghanistan 1st innings
Afghanistan: 50 runs in 10.3 overs (63 balls), Extras 0
Drinks: Afghanistan - 68/1 in 13.0 overs (Abdul Malik (1) 14, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 35)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (Abdul Malik (1) 16, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 37, Ex 0)
Afghanistan: 100 runs in 21.4 overs (130 balls), Extras 0
Lunch: Afghanistan - 106/5 in 24.0 overs (Bahir Shah 12, Ismat Alam 0)
Innings Break: Afghanistan - 127/10 in 32.3 overs (Yamin Ahmadzai 10)
Zimbabwe 1st innings
Tea: Zimbabwe - 40/1 in 14.0 overs (BJ Curran 21, NR Welch 10)
Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 17.4 overs (107 balls), Extras 4
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 112 balls (BJ Curran 29, NR Welch 21, Ex 3)
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 85/1 in 28.0 overs (BJ Curran 34, NR Welch 40)
Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 31.6 overs (193 balls), Extras 5
BJ Curran: 50 off 108 balls (5 x 4)
Bad Light: Zimbabwe - 130/2 in 38.0 overs (BJ Curran 52, BRM Taylor 18)
End Of Day: Zimbabwe - 130/2 in 38.0 overs (BJ Curran 52, BRM Taylor 18)

Day 2

Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 43.3 overs (262 balls), Extras 5
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 167/4 in 50.0 overs (BJ Curran 68, Sikandar Raza 1)
Zimbabwe: 200 runs in 58.6 overs (355 balls), Extras 6
Lunch: Zimbabwe - 214/4 in 62.0 overs (BJ Curran 79, Sikandar Raza 37)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls (BJ Curran 13, Sikandar Raza 37, Ex 0)
Sikandar Raza: 50 off 67 balls (6 x 4)
Zimbabwe: 250 runs in 71.1 overs (428 balls), Extras 7
BJ Curran: 100 off 217 balls (11 x 4)
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 266/5 in 78.0 overs (BJ Curran 101, TE Tsiga 1)
New ball taken at 80.3 overs
Zimbabwe: 300 runs in 87.3 overs (526 balls), Extras 12
Tea: Zimbabwe - 302/6 in 89.4 overs (TE Tsiga 11)
Zimbabwe: 350 runs in 101.1 overs (609 balls), Extras 19
Drinks: Zimbabwe - 355/9 in 102.0 overs (B Evans 35, TL Chivanga 1)
Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 359/10 in 103.0 overs (B Evans 35)
Afghanistan 2nd innings
Bad Light: Afghanistan - 34/1 in 12.0 overs (Ibrahim Zadran 25, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 7)
End Of Day: Afghanistan - 34/1 in 12.0 overs (Ibrahim Zadran 25, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 7)

Day 3

Afghanistan: 50 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 0
Drinks: Afghanistan - 77/4 in 23.4 overs (Bahir Shah 10, Afsar Zazai 6)
Afghanistan: 100 runs in 27.4 overs (166 balls), Extras 1
Lunch: Afghanistan - 127/6 in 34.1 overs (Ismat Alam 15)
Afghanistan: 150 runs in 40.4 overs (245 balls), Extras 4

Match Details

Harare Sports Club
Toss	Zimbabwe, elected to field first
Series	Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe
Season	2025/26
Player Of The Match	Ben Curran
Match number	Test no. 2604
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days	20,21,22 October 2025 - day (5-day match)
Test debut	Khalil Gurbaz Sharafuddin Ashraf Ziaur Rahman
Umpires	Adrian Holdstock Nitin Menon
TV Umpire	Forster Mutizwa
Reserve Umpire	Percival Sizara
Match Referee	Richie Richardson

Language

English

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Afghanistan Innings

Player Name		R	B
Ibrahim Zadran	caught	42	59
Abdul Malik	caught	2	11
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	caught	9	29
Hashmatullah Shahidi	caught	7	19
Bahir Shah	caught	32	33
Afsar Zazai	caught	18	36
Ismat Alam	caught	16	26
Sharafuddin Ashraf	caught	9	17
Yamin Ahmadzai	not out	13	19
Khalil Gurbaz	bowled	6	7
Ziaur Rahman	bowled	0	3
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)
Total	159(10 wkts; 43 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Muzarabani	12	1	48	3	4
R Ngarava	13	2	37	5	2.84
B Evans	6	0	28	0	4.66
Sikandar Raza	1	0	3	0	3
TL Chivanga	11	1	40	2	3.63 (1 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	10	Ibrahim Zadran	Abdul Malik
2nd	33	Ibrahim Zadran	Rahmanullah Gurbaz
3rd	16	Hashmatullah Shahidi	Ibrahim Zadran
4th	1	Hashmatullah Shahidi	Bahir Shah
5th	49	Afsar Zazai	Bahir Shah
6th	18	Afsar Zazai	Ismat Alam
7th	8	Sharafuddin Ashraf	Ismat Alam
8th	7	Yamin Ahmadzai	Sharafuddin Ashraf
9th	17	Yamin Ahmadzai	Khalil Gurbaz
10th	0	Yamin Ahmadzai	Ziaur Rahman

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