UAE ODI Tri-Sequence 2026/27, AFG vs ZIM Last Match Report, October 23, 2026

Afghanistan 170 for 3 (Zadran 70*, Rahmat 43, Nyamhuri 2-43) beat Zimbabwe 169 (Raza 68, Rashid 3-41, Nabi 2-25, Sami 2-27, Farooqi 2-41) by seven wickets

Afghanistan’s chase was easy due to how that they had bowled and fielded after Zimbabwe determined to bat first.

He walked into bat in what was a well-known state of affairs as Zimbabwe misplaced their first three wickets shortly. Their high order crumbled equally even within the two round-robin matches of the tri-series. Farooqi cleaned up Tadiwanashe Marumani, earlier than Omarzai had Brian Bennett caught and bowled with wonderful reflexes in his follow-through.

AM Ghazanfar, nevertheless, topped Omarzai’s efforts with an outstanding one-handed catch at brief sq. leg after Tafadzwa Tsiga flicked Farooqi uppishly within the subsequent over. When Sami had Brendan Taylor caught behind within the thirteenth over, Zimbabwe have been in freefall at 55 for 4.

However Raza and Ryan Burl briefly rescued Zimbabwe. They targeted on choosing up those and twos, and performed out Rashid’s first spell. Raza and Burl struck a number of boundaries, till Zadran dropped the latter on 30. Raza quickly reached his half-century, because it regarded just like the pair have been about to pull Zimbabwe out of a troublesome state of affairs.

Nabi’s second wicket adopted quickly afterwards when wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz affected an outstanding stumping. Wessley Madhevere missed the ball whereas coming down the monitor, because the ball deflected off his pad. Gurbaz collected the ball that was going away from him and broke the stumps in a single movement, giving Nabi his three hundredth wicket throughout codecs in worldwide cricket.

Rashid then got here again into the assault and picked up three fast wickets. He trapped Brad Evans lbw for 1 earlier than bowling Newman Nyamhuri with a ball that he delivered from at the very least two yards behind the popping crease. Rashid then obtained the large one as Raza’s second try for an enormous hit within the over discovered the long-off fielder. He had earlier struck Rashid for a 98-metre six over midwicket.

Rashid regarded primed to select up his fourth wicket, however Wellington Masakadza and Blessing Muzarabani resisted him. In reality, the tenth-wicket pair lasted for practically ten overs throughout which they added 32 runs. It was the second-highest partnership of Zimbabwe’s innings. When Sami trapped Masakadza for 8, it lastly ended issues for Zimbabwe as they posted a sub-par whole within the last.

Afghanistan tore into the Zimbabwe assault of their reply. Zadran kicked issues off with a flurry of boundaries off Evans, together with an enormous six over sq. leg within the fourth over. Gurbaz took over from that time, cracking the left-arm fast Nyamhuri for consecutive fours within the eighth over. He launched Muzarabani over wonderful leg, earlier than choosing up Evans down the bottom for sixes.

Nyamhuri minimize Gurbaz’s keep brief when the batter carved a slower ball into Madhevere’s lap at level. Gurbaz struck six boundaries, together with the 2 sixes, in his 31-ball 36. Nyamhuri additionally eliminated Sediqullah Atal shortly afterwards, because the left-hand batter was caught behind for six.

Captain Rahmat Shah then took management of the chase. He picked the singles and doubles fairly often with Zadran, who was additionally snug on the crease. The pair went by means of 77 balls with out hitting a boundary, however hardly regarded misplaced. Rahmat’s cover-driven 4 within the twenty seventh over broke the duck, earlier than Zadran slogged Raza for an additional 4 within the over.

Rahmat slammed Masakadza’s brief ball for his first six, hammered over midwicket, earlier than Burl took a superb catch at brief midwicket with eight runs left within the chase. Rahmat made 43 off 63 balls with a 4 and a six every. Shahidi and Zadran, who struck 4 fours and a six in his 96-ball keep, scored the remaining runs simply thereafter.