ZIM vs AFG 2024/25, Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan 3rd ODI, Harare Match Report, December 21, 2024

December 21, 2024

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Toss Afghanistan choose to bowl vs Zimbabwe

Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi received the toss and opted to bowl first within the third ODI in opposition to Zimbabwe in Harare.

Shahidi made two adjustments to the aspect which had crushed the hosts by 232 runs within the second ODI. Left-arm pacer Fareed Malik took the place of Fazalhaq Farooqi in a like-for-like alternative, whereas Afghanistan handed a debut to right-arm tempo bowler Bilal Sami. Sami, who has 34 wickets in 18 Listing A video games at a mean of 24.64, got here in for Naveed Zadran within the XI.

Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine introduced two adjustments as properly: Joylord Gumbie changed Dion Myers on the prime of the order, whereas left-arm spinner Wellington Masakadza took the place of right-arm seamer Tinotenda Maposa, who had made his debut within the second ODI on Thursday.

Afghanistan lead the three-match sequence 1-0, after the primary ODI was washed out. Zimbabwe are but to beat Afghanistan in a bilateral ODI sequence.

Afghanistan have received all of their final 5 ODI sequence in opposition to Zimbabwe, relationship again to October 2015, the primary one, in July 2014, was drawn 2-2.

Zimbabwe: 1 Joylord Gumbie, 2 Ben Curran, 3 Craig Ervine (capt), 4 Sean Williams, 5 Sikandar Raza, 6 Brian Bennett, 7 Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), 8 Wellington Masakadza, 9 Newman Nyamhuri, 10 Richard Ngarava, 11 Trevor Gwandu

Afghanistan: 1 Sediqullah Atal, 2 Abdul Malik, 3 Azmatullah Omarzai, 4 Rahmat Shah, 5 Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), 6 Mohammad Nabi, 7 Ikram Alikhil (wk), 8 Rashid Khan, 9 AM Ghazanfar, 10 Fareed Malik, 11 Bilal Sami

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