Monday, October 20, 2025

Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan Only Test Match Scoreboard, Results, 2025 Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe Only Test Match at Harare Highlights

RESULT
Only Test, Harare, October 20 - 22, 2025, Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe

AFG 127 & 159

ZIM 359

Zimbabwe won by an innings and 73 runs

Afghanistan 1st Innings 

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Ibrahim Zadran 
19 23 4 0 82.60
c Welch b Muzarabani
Abdul Malik 
30 40 2 0 75.00
run out (Welch/†Tsiga)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 
37 37 3 0 100.00
c Sikandar Raza b Chivanga
Hashmatullah Shahidi (c)
7 14 1 0 50.00
c Welch b Evans
Bahir Shah 
12 30 1 0 40.00
c Bennett b Muzarabani
Afsar Zazai †
1 3 0 0 33.33
c †Tsiga b Evans
Ismat Alam 
8 16 1 0 50.00
c †Tsiga b Muzarabani
Sharafuddin Ashraf 
0 3 0 0 0.00
c Chivanga b Evans
Yamin Ahmadzai 
10 15 2 0 66.66
not out
Khalil Gurbaz 
2 13 0 0 15.38
c †Tsiga b Evans
Ziaur Rahman 
0 1 0 0 0.00
b Evans
Extras 1 (lb 1)
Total 127 
32.3 Ov (RR: 3.90)

Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Ibrahim Zadran, 5.4 ov), 2-77 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 15.3 ov), 3-88 (Abdul Malik, 17.1 ov), 4-100 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 22.1 ov), 5-102 (Afsar Zazai, 22.5 ov), 6-114 (Bahir Shah, 25.6 ov), 7-115 (Ismat Alam, 27.3 ov), 8-115 (Sharafuddin Ashraf, 28.1 ov), 9-127 (Khalil Gurbaz, 32.2 ov), 10-127 (Ziaur Rahman, 32.3 ov)

Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB

Richard Ngarava
6 1 28 0 4.66 0 0
Blessing Muzarabani
11 1 47 
3
4.27 0 0
Tanaka Chivanga
6 0 29 
1
4.83 0 0
Brad Evans
9.3 2 22 
5
2.31 0 0

Zimbabwe 1st Innings 

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Brian Bennett 
6 9 1 0 66.66
b Ziaur Rahman
Ben Curran 
121 256 15 0 47.26
lbw b Ismat Alam
Nick Welch 
49 89 5 1 55.05
b Ziaur Rahman
Brendan Taylor 
32 43 6 0 74.41
b Ziaur Rahman
Craig Ervine (c)
5 8 1 0 62.50
lbw b Ismat Alam
Sikandar Raza 
65 88 7 0 73.86
c Yamin Ahmadzai b Sharafuddin Ashraf
Tafadzwa Tsiga †
17 52 2 0 32.69
lbw b Ziaur Rahman
Brad Evans 
35 48 4 1 72.91
not out
Richard Ngarava 
0 1 0 0 0.00
b Ziaur Rahman
Blessing Muzarabani 
5 10 1 0 50.00
b Ziaur Rahman
Tanaka Chivanga 
5 16 1 0 31.25
lbw b Ziaur Rahman
Extras 19 (b 5, lb 11, nb 2, w 1)
Total 359 
103 Ov (RR: 3.48)

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Brian Bennett, 3.3 ov), 2-106 (Nick Welch, 33.1 ov), 3-154 (Brendan Taylor, 45.2 ov), 4-165 (Craig Ervine, 48.5 ov), 5-264 (Sikandar Raza, 75.3 ov), 6-302 (Ben Curran, 89.4 ov), 7-316 (Tafadzwa Tsiga, 92.4 ov), 8-316 (Richard Ngarava, 92.5 ov), 9-335 (Blessing Muzarabani, 96.3 ov), 10-359 (Tanaka Chivanga, 102.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB

Yamin Ahmadzai
24 7 62 0 2.58 1 0
Ziaur Rahman
32 4 97 
7
3.03 0 0
Sharafuddin Ashraf
17 4 65 
1
3.82 0 0
Ismat Alam
15 2 51 
2
3.40 0 2
Khalil Gurbaz
9 0 54 0 6.00 0 0
Hashmatullah Shahidi
6 0 14 0 2.33 0 0

Afghanistan 2nd Innings 

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Ibrahim Zadran 
42 59 5 0 71.18
c †Tsiga b Ngarava
Abdul Malik 
2 11 0 0 18.18
c Muzarabani b Ngarava
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 
9 29 0 0 31.03
c †Tsiga b Chivanga
Hashmatullah Shahidi (c)
7 19 1 0 36.84
c Ervine b Ngarava
Bahir Shah 
32 33 6 0 96.96
c Curran b Muzarabani
Afsar Zazai †
18 36 2 0 50.00
c Evans b Chivanga
Ismat Alam 
16 26 2 0 61.53
c †Tsiga b Ngarava
Sharafuddin Ashraf 
9 17 2 0 52.94
c Ervine b Ngarava
Yamin Ahmadzai 
13 19 1 1 68.42
not out
Khalil Gurbaz 
6 7 1 0 85.71
b Muzarabani
Ziaur Rahman 
0 3 0 0 0.00
b Muzarabani
Extras 5 (b 2, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)
Total 159 
43 Ov
 (RR: 3.69)

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Abdul Malik, 3.6 ov), 2-43 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 14.3 ov), 3-59 (Ibrahim Zadran, 17.6 ov), 4-60 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 19.5 ov), 5-109 (Bahir Shah, 29.4 ov), 6-127 (Afsar Zazai, 34.1 ov), 7-135 (Ismat Alam, 37.3 ov), 8-142 (Sharafuddin Ashraf, 39.5 ov), 9-159 (Khalil Gurbaz, 42.3 ov), 10-159 (Ziaur Rahman, 42.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB

Blessing Muzarabani
12 1 48 
3
4.00 0 0
Richard Ngarava
13 2 37 
5
2.84 0 0
Brad Evans
6 0 28 0 4.66 0 0
Sikandar Raza
1 0 3 0 3.00 0 0
Tanaka Chivanga
11 1 40 
2
3.63 1 1

Close of Play

Mon, 20 Oct - day 1 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 130/2 (Ben Curran 52*, Brendan Taylor 18*, 38 ov)
Tue, 21 Oct - day 2 - Afghanistan 2nd innings 34/1 (Ibrahim Zadran 25*, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 7*, 12 ov)
Wed, 22 Oct - day 3 - Afghanistan 2nd innings 159 (43 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 3
Afghanistan: 50 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 0
Drinks: Afghanistan - 77/4 in 23.4 overs (Bahir Shah 10, Afsar Zazai 6)
Afghanistan: 100 runs in 27.4 overs (166 balls), Extras 1
Lunch: Afghanistan - 127/6 in 34.1 overs (Ismat Alam 15)
Afghanistan: 150 runs in 40.4 overs (245 balls), Extras 4

Match Details

Harare Sports Club
Toss Zimbabwe, elected to field first
Series 
Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe
Season 
2025/26
Player Of The Match 
Zimbabwe
Ben Curran
Match number 
Test no. 2604
Hours of play (local time) 10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days 20,21,22 October 2025 - day (5-day match)
Test debut 
Khalil Gurbaz
Khalil Gurbaz
Sharafuddin Ashraf
Sharafuddin Ashraf
Ziaur Rahman
Ziaur Rahman
Umpires 
South Africa
Adrian Holdstock
India
Nitin Menon
TV Umpire 
Zimbabwe
Forster Mutizwa
Reserve Umpire 
Zimbabwe
Percival Sizara
Match Referee 
West Indies
Richie Richardson

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