Illustrated Story

Dominant Afghanistan complete easy win

Mohammad Shahzad took his time early on before initiating the acceleration with a brisk fifty  Chris Whiteoak
Usman Ghani's tough stay was ended when he was bowled in the seventh over for 5  Chris Whiteoak
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Graeme Cremer provided the breakthrough with a skiddy delivery but Zimbabwe did not have much to smile about thereafter  Chris Whiteoak
Shahzad blitzed the bowling from the other end, and frequently cleared the boundary to bring up his ton  Chris Whiteoak
His 67-ball 118 was the highest individual score from an Associate nation and the fourth overall. Afghanistan compiled a mammoth 215  Chris Whiteoak
Zimbabwe were never really in the hunt for a series-levelling win after losing early wickets  Chris Whiteoak
They had quickly slumped to 34 for 5 in the sixth over, and the match was virtually decided  Chris Whiteoak
Hamilton Masakadza provided resistance with a confident 63, but it was a task too far as Zimbabwe folded for 134  Chris Whiteoak
Afghanistan completed a 81-run win and also took the series 2-0, their second T20 series win against Zimbabwe in under three months  Chris Whiteoak
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