Zimbabwe Beat Afghanistan in 1st ODI of Series played in Zimbabwe, 2015

Afghanistan was scheduled to play a 5 Match ONE DAY International Series in Zimbabwe in 2015. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series. The 1st T 20 international match was to be played on Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on 16th Oct, 2015.

Afghanistan won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Zimbabwe team and 11 was looking like in this 1stONE DAY international match: Elton Chigumbura (c), Chamu Chibhabha, Tinashe Panyangara, Craig Ervine, Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza, Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Richmond Mutumbami (wk), Sikandar Raza, John Nyumbu, Tendai Chisoro

And Afghanistan team and 11 was looking like this in this 1st ONE DAY international Match: Asghar Stanikzai (c), Mohammad Nabi, Nawroz Mangal, Noor Ali Zadran, Samiullah Shenwari, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Shapoor Zadran, Aftab Alam, Dawlat Zadran, Amir Hamza, Najibullah Zadran

Afghanistan did not bat well and was able to post total of only 122 runs in 34.1 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and with top scores of N Zadran who made 25 runs in 31 balls with 3 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 81 runs in 100 balls and D Zadran who made 25 runs in 34 balls with 3 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 74 runs in 100 balls.

Zimbabwe was needed to score 123 runs in 50 over’s to win this match and to lead the series 1-0 with 4 more games to play in this series.

Zimbabwe batted well and able to chase the total of 123 runs in only 23.2 over’s at the loss of 2 wickets and top scored by Chamu C who made 58 runs in 69 balls with 4 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 84 runs in 100 balls.

Zimbabwe won the match by 8 wickets and leads the series 1-0 in the 5 match ONE DAY series with 4 more games still to play.

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