Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan — Match Centre
Match drawn
Toss: Zimbabwe chose to bat
Match details
- Status
- Result · Match drawn
- Match
- 1st Test · TEST · International
- Scheduled start
- Thu 5 Nov 2026 · 12:00 PM Bangladesh time
Thu 5 Nov · 10:00 AM (local time, UTC+04:00) - Scheduled end
- Mon 9 Nov 2026 · 7:00 PM Bangladesh time
Mon 9 Nov · 5:00 PM (local time, UTC+04:00) - Scheduled length
- 4 days
- Toss
- Zimbabwe chose to bat
- Match referee
- Graeme Labrooy (SL)
- Umpire
- Jayaraman Madanagopal (IND)
- Umpire
- Rashid Riaz (PAK)
- TV umpire
- Ahmed Shah Durrani (AFG)
- Data
- Scores fetched Thu 12 Nov 2026 · 2:37 AM Bangladesh time
Scorecard
Zimbabwe · 504/10 (134.3)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IInnocent Kaia | c Rahmanullah b Qais Ahmad | 34 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 66.67 |
 Ben Curran | b Saleem Safi | 42 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 37.17 |
 Brendan Taylor | c Ziaur Rahman Sharifi b Hashmatullah Shahidi | 131 | 168 | 14 | 4 | 77.98 |
 Brian Bennett (c) | c Zia-ur-Rehman b Qais Ahmad | 128 | 206 | 11 | 0 | 62.14 |
 Craig Ervine | lbw b Zia-ur-Rehman | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| AAntum Naqvi | c Ikram Alikhil b Zia-ur-Rehman | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 60.00 |
 Wessly Madhevere | c Ikram Alikhil b Ziaur Rahman Sharifi | 54 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 77.14 |
| TTafadzwa Tsiga † | lbw b Qais Ahmad | 44 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 54.32 |
 Graeme Cremer | not out | 34 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 66.67 |
 Newman Nyamhuri | lbw b Saleem Safi | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 32.00 |
 Blessing Muzarabani | b Saleem Safi | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mohammad Saleem Safi | 27.3 | 6 | 82 | 3 | 3.00 |
 Ziaur Rahman Sharifi | 20.0 | 3 | 79 | 1 | 4.00 |
 Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar | 46.0 | 7 | 170 | 2 | 3.70 |
 Qais Ahmad | 27.0 | 2 | 120 | 3 | 4.40 |
 Shahidullah Kamal | 2.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 |
 Hashmatullah Shahidi | 12.0 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 2.60 |
Afghanistan · 514/10 (169.4)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sediqullah Atal | c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Graeme Cremer | 105 | 213 | 6 | 3 | 49.30 |
| AAbdul Malik | c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Newman Nyamhuri | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
| RRahmanullah Zadran | run out (Madhevere) | 113 | 188 | 12 | 1 | 60.11 |
 Rahmat Shah (c) | st Tafadzwa Tsiga b Graeme Cremer | 173 | 347 | 14 | 3 | 49.86 |
| Hashmatullah Shahidi | c Brian Bennett b Newman Nyamhuri | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 42.86 |
| Shahidullah Kamal | c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Newman Nyamhuri | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Ikram Alikhil † | c Ben Curran b Graeme Cremer | 40 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 48.19 |
| Qais Ahmad | c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Newman Nyamhuri | 27 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 69.23 |
| Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar | c Tafadzwa Tsiga b Blessing Muzarabani | 15 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 15.15 |
| Mohammad Saleem Safi | b Newman Nyamhuri | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 64.29 |
| Ziaur Rahman Sharifi | not out | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 233.33 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessing Muzarabani | 35.0 | 9 | 93 | 1 | 2.70 |
| Newman Nyamhuri | 30.4 | 6 | 82 | 5 | 2.70 |
| Wessly Madhevere | 15.0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Graeme Cremer | 55.0 | 5 | 177 | 3 | 3.20 |
| AAntum Naqvi | 29.0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 3.20 |
| Brian Bennett | 5.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3.60 |
Zimbabwe · 523/5 (122.1)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IInnocent Kaia | lbw b Zia-ur-Rehman | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 |
| Ben Curran | c Shahidullah Kamal b Zia-ur-Rehman | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 54.55 |
| Brendan Taylor | run out (Zia-ur-Rehman/Ikram Alikhil) | 82 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 93.18 |
| Brian Bennett (c) | b Saleem Safi | 58 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 67.44 |
| Craig Ervine | not out | 206 | 279 | 23 | 2 | 73.84 |
| AAntum Naqvi | c Shahidullah Kamal b Abdul Malik | 61 | 136 | 2 | 0 | 44.85 |
| Wessly Madhevere | not out | 100 | 108 | 2 | 3 | 92.59 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ziaur Rahman Sharifi | 14.0 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 2.90 |
| Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar | 50.0 | 4 | 173 | 2 | 3.50 |
| Mohammad Saleem Safi | 16.0 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 3.90 |
| Qais Ahmad | 5.0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 6.40 |
| Hashmatullah Shahidi | 12.0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 5.30 |
| AAbdul Malik | 11.1 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 5.80 |
| Shahidullah Kamal | 10.0 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 5.70 |
| Sediqullah Atal | 4.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6.80 |
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Info
| Result | Match drawn |
| Match | 1st Test · TEST |
| Series | Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe in UAE, 2026 |
| Date & time | Thu 5 Nov 2026 · 12:00 PM Bangladesh time |
| Ended | Mon 9 Nov 2026 · 7:00 PM Bangladesh time |
| Venue | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah |
| Toss | Toss: Zimbabwe chose to bat |
| Match referee | Graeme Labrooy (SL) |
| Umpire | Jayaraman Madanagopal (IND) |
| Umpire | Rashid Riaz (PAK) |
| TV umpire | Ahmed Shah Durrani (AFG) |