Zimbabwe Beaten by Afghanistan in 4th 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 4^th One Day international match was to be played on Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on 22^nd Oct, 2015. Zimbabwe leads the series 2-1 with 2 more games to play.

Zimbabwe won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Zimbabwe team and 11 was looking like in this 4^th 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 4th 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

Zimbabwe batted well and was able to post total of only runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and with top scores of S Raza who made 86 runs in 113 balls with 5 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 76 runs in 100 balls and Chamu C who made 26 runs in 32 balls with 4 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 81 runs in 100 balls.

Afghanistan was needed to score 185 runs in 50 over’s to win this match and to level the series 2-2 with 1 more games to play in the series after this game.

Afghanistan batted well and was able to chase the total of 185 runs in 46.4 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets with top scores by M Shahzad who made 80 runs in 81 balls with 7 4’s and 3 six at the strike rate of 99 runs in 100 balls.

Afghanistan won the match by 3 wickets and levels the series 2-2 in the 5 match ONE DAY series with 1 more games still to play.

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