ZIM vs AFG Ball by Ball Commentary

OUT! BOWLED! A length ball on leg, Blessing Muzarabani opens up his body and swings but misses and it crashes the stumps. Afghanistan win by 50 runs.

Length ball outside off. Gwandu knocks it to point for a single.

Full and on leg. Trevor looks to push at it but misses.

Too full and on middle, Blessing Muzarabani drives it down to long on for a single.

Well defended! A yorker on middle, Trevor Gwandu gets his bat down and blocks it out.

Serves it full and outside off, slower one. Trevor Gwandu looks to drive it but misses.

A length and outside off, Trevor Gwandu looks to push at it but misses.

OUT! TAKEN! Raza goes and that should be the game for Afghanistan! Serves it short and on middle, Raza goes back and pulls but not with conviction, it goes high and to mid-wicket where Azmatullah Omarzai takes it.

FOUR!  Raza single-handedly keeps the hopes alive! A low full toss, outside off. Raza just opens the face of the bat, guides it to third man for a boundary.

TWO MORE! Fuller ball, outside off, Raza drives it through covers for a couple of runs.

Too full and on middle. Blessing Muzarabani blocks it out.

OUT! BOWLED! Rashid Khan against left handers is such a threat! Floated full and on middle, zips off the surface and beats Richard Ngarava's slog-sweep to crash the stumps. Sikandar Raza has his head down.

Tad short and on middle and leg, Raza pulls it to square leg for a single.

TWO WIDES! Down the leg side, Richard Ngarava misses his flick and it rolls past the keeper for one.

OUT! GONE! Clutch! Khan strikes again! Flighted full and on middle, invites the lefty for the big stroke and Wellington Masakadza slog-sweeps but straight to deep mid-wicket where Naveen-ul-Haq tumbles back and takes it.

Touch fuller and wide of off. Raza hits it down to long off for a single.

Very full and around off, Raza prods and defends it out.

Length and outside off. Raza guides it to third man for a single.

A slower length ball outside off, Wellington Masakadza taps it to mid off for a single.

Naveen-ul-Haq serves it full and from around the wicket, outside off, Wellington Masakadza looks to play but the ball dies along the ground.

A good length ball, just outside off, Raza dabs it to third man for a single.

On middle, Wellington Masakadza plays it to square leg for a single.

OUT! TAKEN! Naveen-ul-Haq gets his second wicket! Bangs it short and angling on middle, Musekiwa looks to pull but is hurried and top edges it to cover. Zubaid Akbari takes a dolly there.

Musekiwa keeps the strike as he turns this full ball to long on.

Tossed up, outside off, Musekiwa looks to push it but mistimes his shot on the deck.

Flat and outside off Musekiwa punches it to cover.

SIX! 11 runs of three balls! Floats it full and on middle, Musekiwa lofts it down to long on and it goes all the way. Just what Zimbabwe wanted from Musekiwa.

FOUR! HIT HARD! Slightly short and outside off, Musekiwa slaps it over exrta cover and it goes past long off in a flash.

IN THE AIR BUT SAFE! Flighted full and outside off, Raza swings his bat hard but slices his shot to deep point. The fielder runs in but it falls well short.

A dot to end the over! 11 runs off the over! Floats it full and on off, Musekiwa pushes it back to the bowler.

Bowls it full and on middle, Raza plays it to long on and rotates the strike.

This is full and outside off, Musekiwa chops it to point for a quick single.

Flat and turning in from middle. Raza nudges it to mid-wicket for a single.

Serves it full and on off, Raza looks to drive but gets an inside edge behind square leg for a couple more.

SIX! Raza takes on Khan! Touch short and around off, quicker one from Rashid and Raza hammers it over long on for a biggie.

Angles in a full ball on middle, Raza hits it down to long on for a single.

Ahmad serves it full and outside off, Tashinga Musekiwa pushes it to long off for a single.

Goes full and outside off, Raza drives it hard and to deep cover for a single.

Bowls a yorker slanting outside off, Raza leaves it alone and shakes his head later on.

FOUR! CLOSE! A slower bumper outside off, Raza opens the face of the bat and dabs it to the left of short third man who dives but it evades him. A boundary.

Short of a length and outside off, Raza slaps it back to the bowler.

Googly on the middle. Musekiwa plays across the line and gets stuck on the back pad. Half an appeal from the bowler but umpire was unmoved.

OUT! LBW! Rashid Khan gets his man! Bowls it too full, at the stumps. Burl misses the sweep yet again and gets pinned in front. An appeal and up goes the finger. Zimbabwe are deep in trouble now. Half the side is back in the hut.

Quicker and fuller at the stumps. Burl sweeps and misses.

Full on the leg. Burl looks to turn it around the corner. Misses and gets hit on the pad. Half an appeal was turned down.

Flat, at the stumps. Raza knocks it to deep mid-wicket for one.

Tossed up on the leg. Burl works it through square leg for one.

Slower length ball, at the stumps. Burl turns it through mid-wicket for one.

Slower bumper angled down the leg. Raza pulls it to long-leg for one.

On a length, outside off. Burl cuts it to deep point for one.

On a length, angling down the leg. Burl flicks and misses. It clips the thigh pad on the way to the keeper.

BYE! On a length, outside off. Raza swings and misses. Gurbaz fails to collect it cleanly and gives away a bye.

Back of a length around off. Raza dabs it to short third.

A single to end a successful over for Afghanistan as Raza plays it to long on.

On middle, Burl pushes it down to long on for a single.

OUT! BOWLED! What happened there? Ohh, Mujeeb Ur Rahman has bowled him out. Flatter and turning in around off, Brian Bennett goes back but plays the wrong line, he misses his flick and it goes past his edge and clips the top of off.

This is full and on middle, Raza eases it to long off for a single.

Flat and outside off, spins in. Raza knocks it to point.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman bowls it full and on off, Raza blocks.

On middle, Raza eased it down to long on for a single.

Very full and on middle, Bennett sweeps it to square leg for a single.

On off, Brian Bennett pushes it to cover.

Flatter and outside off, Bennett punches it to cover.

A googly, full and outside off, Bennett looks to push but inside edges it past the stumps.

Length and on middle. Raza eases it down to long on for a single.

Serves it full and spinning on middle, Raza nudges it to long on for a single.

Full and on off, Brian Bennett works it through covers for a single.

Too full and on middle, Bennett turns it to square leg for a couple of runs.

Full and on off, Raza pushes it to long off and gets off the strike.

OUT! Straight to the fielder! Flatter and outside off, Wessly Madhevere goes back and punches hard but straight to Mohammad Nabi at cover.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman tosses it up and bowls it on off, Bennett punches it to cover.

Slants in a full ball on middle, Bennett tucks it to square leg for a single to end the over. Decent Powerplay for Zimbabwe.

A length ball on middle, Bennett turns it to mid-wicket for a single.

A single as Wessly Madhevere steers it to third man.

This is full and on off, Wessly Madhevere pushes it to cover.

A good length ball on middle and leg, Wessly Madhevere turns it to mid-wicket.

On middle, fuller and Bennett nudges it to mid-wicket for a single.

Outside off. Wessly Madhevere dabs it to third man for a couple of runs.

TWO WIDES! Down the leg side, Bennett fails to flick and the keeper fails to stop it cleanly. One run taken.

TWO RUNS! This is full and on off, Bennett pushes it to mid off, Nabi dives to his left but half-stops and they take another run.

FOUR! SHOT! Threads it through! Outside off angled away and Bennett flashes his blade through covers for a boundary.

Good stuff from Ahmad! Length and on middle, Bennett defends it out.

Goes full and bowls it on leg, nips back in. Bennett again misses his flick. An appeal for LBW but it was going down.

Wide! Length and too straight on leg, Bennett fails to flick it away.

Angles it short and outside off, Bennett slashes and misses. An appeal for caught behind but more in hope.

OUT! GONE! Myers goes now! Short of a length and on middle, Myers pulls it well, but gets more height than distance. The fielder at deep square leg runs to his left, very close to the fence but holds his nerves.

Shorter and outside off, shapes away. Myers without any foot movement tries to push but misses.

FOUR! Solid shot! Gives a bit of width outside off on a length. Myers slaps it through covers and it races to the fence.

Wide! Slides it full and down the leg side, Myers misses his flick.

Length ball, outside off, Myers punches it to cover.

Lovely nut! Bowls the outswinger, full and outside off, Myers looks to drive it away but misses.

RISKY SINGLE! Full and on off, Bennett pushes it to mid off and calls for a quick single. The fielder hits the stumps at the bowler's end but the replay shows Bennett was in.

Pushes it full and around off, rolls his fingers on it. Myers looks to drive but inside edges it onto the pads.

Slants in a length ball on middle, Myers bunts it to mid-wicket.

OUT! GONE! Poor shot to be honest form Marumani! Walks down to a short ball and gets in an uncomfortable position. Marumani swings his bat and ramps it to deep point where Azmatullah Omarzai takes it near the ropes.

A good length ball on middle, Bennett turns it to mid-wicket for a single.

Serves it full and around off, Bennett pushes it back to the bowler.

SIX! NAILED! In the hitting arc of Bennett, short and on middle, he stands tall and pulls it over square leg for a biggie. Good start for the hosts.

Tossed up full and on middle, Bennett drills it to long on for a single.

FOUR! This is clever! Floats it full and on leg, Bennett sweeps it behind square leg for a boundary.

Too full and around off, Marumani sweeps it to square leg for a single.

Goes for the reverse hit again but this is just outside off and Marumani misses.

FOUR! Finds the gap! He is making his go to shot recently. On middle, Marumani reverse sweeps it through cover-point for a boundary.

Serves it full and slanting on middle, Marumani reverse sweeps it to point.

Short in length and on top of off. Bennett taps it to cover.

A good length ball on off and it nips in. Bennett misses his flick and gets hit high on the pads. He wants a single and roams out of his crease but gets back in quickly.

Drags his shot! Full and outside off, Bennett inside edges his push to square leg.

Zimbabwe are underway! Touch too full and on middle, Bennett flicks it through mid-wicket and comes back for the second.

Short in length and outside off, Bennett slashes his blade and misses.

Naveen-ul-Haq starts with an inswinger full and on middle, Brian Bennett blocks it out.