Zimbabwe Beaten by Afghanistan in 2nd 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 2nd One Day international match was to be played on Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on 18th Oct, 2015. Zimbabwe lead the series 1-0.

Afghanistan won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Zimbabwe team and 11 was looking like in this 2nd 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 2nd  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 271 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 6 wickets and with top scores of M Nabi who made 116 runs in 121 balls with 3 4’s and 6 six at the strike rate of 96 runs in 100 balls and N A Zadran who made 60 runs in 99 balls with 5 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 61 runs in 100 balls.

Zimbabwe was needed to score 272 runs in 50 over’s to win this match and to take lead in the series 2-0 with 3 more games to play in the series.

Zimbabwe batted well but was unable to chase the total of 272 runs and was only able to make 213 runs in 46.4 over’s and was bowled out with top scores by Luke J who made 46 runs in 33 balls with 7 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 139 runs in 100 balls.

Afghanistan won the match by 58 runs and levels the series 1-1 in the 5 match ONE DAY series with 3 more games still to play.

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