The Afghan cricket team toured Zimbabwe between 8 and 29 October 2015. The tour consisted of five One Day International (ODI) matches, two Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) and two tour matches.[1] This was the first time for Afghanistan to play a five-match bilateral ODI series.[2]
| Afghan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015–16 | |||
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| Zimbabwe | Afghanistan | ||
| Dates | 8 October 2015 – 29 October 2015 | ||
| Captains | Elton Chigumbura | Asghar Stanikzai | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Afghanistan won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
| Most runs | Sean Williams (152) | Mohammad Nabi (223) | |
| Most wickets | Wellington Masakadza (10) |
Dawlat Zadran (9) Amir Hamza (9) | |
| Player of the series | Mohammad Nabi (Afg) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Afghanistan won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Sikandar Raza (80) | Usman Ghani (78) | |
| Most wickets | Chamu Chibhabha (2) | Dawlat Zadran (5) | |
Having won the first two ODIs, Afghanistan lost the next two matches. The Afghans won the last ODI, taking the ODI series 3–2 and becoming the first Associate side to beat a Full Member nation in a multi-game ODI series.[3][4] Afghanistan won the T20I series 2–0.
Squads edit
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Zimbabwe[5]
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Afghanistan[7]
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Tour matches edit
One-day: Zimbabwe Chairman's XI v Afghanistan edit
8 October 2015
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- 15 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
One-day: Zimbabwe Chairman's XI v Afghanistan edit
ODI series edit
1st ODI edit
16 October 2015
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tendai Chisoro (Zim) made his ODI debut.
2nd ODI edit
18 October 2015
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rashid Khan (Afg) made his ODI and List A debut.
- Mohammad Nabi (Afg) scored his first century in ODIs.[8]
3rd ODI edit
4th ODI edit
5th ODI edit
24 October 2015
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Sean Williams (Zim) scored his first ODI century.[4]
T20I series edit
1st T20I edit
26 October 2015
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rashid Khan, Usman Ghani (Afg) and Tendai Chisoro, Wellington Masakadza (Zim) all made their T20I debuts.
2nd T20I edit
References edit
- ^ "Afghanistan to tour Zimbabwe for five ODIs, two T20Is". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ "Afghanistan's chance at history in series decider". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ "Afghanistan defend 245 in historic series win". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Afghanistan, the fastest Associate off the blocks". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Zimbabwe Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ "Afghanistan One-Day Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ "Afghanistan Twenty20 Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ "Afghanistan level series with Nabi century". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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