Zimbabwe Beat Afghanistan in 3rd 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 3rd One Day international match was to be played on Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on 20th Oct, 2015. Series stands tied at 1-1 with 3 more games to play.

Afghanistan won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Zimbabwe team and 11 was looking like in this 3rd ONE 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 3rd  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 batted well and was able to post total of only 223 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and with top scores of N A Zadran who made 56 runs in 108 balls with 3 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 52 runs in 100 balls and M nabi who made 42 runs in 54 balls with 2 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 78 runs in 100 balls.

Zimbabwe was needed to score 224 runs in 50 over’s to win this match and to take lead in the series 2-1 with 2 more games to play in the series after this game.

Zimbabwe batted well and was able to chase the total of 224 runs in 49.4 over’s at the loss of 4 wickets with top scores by Richmond M who made 74 runs in 92 balls with 4 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 80 runs in 100 balls.

Zimbabwe won the match by 6 wickets and leads the series 2-1 in the 5 match ONE DAY series with 2 more games still to play.

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