1st ODI, Harare, December 17, 2024, 01:00 PM
Zimbabwe
44/5(9.2ov)
Afghanistan
Match Abandoned
Commentry
This now becomes a two game series then! The second game will be played on the 19th of this month. Join us at 7.30 am GMT. Hopefully, the weather remains good for us! Till then, goodbye and take care!
UPDATE - Well, the inevitable has happened, the game has been CALLED OFF! The players are shaking hands! We were just about to witness around 10 overs. There was rain before the game started which saw a long delay. The groundsmen did a brilliant job to get the ground ready but the rain which returned washed away the hopes of any kind of play.
Update - 1239 GMT - Nothing new to update. It continues to pour down and resumption looks very far away right now. Not a single moment on the ground as well.
Update - 1208 GMT - It has started to rain again and the players are running off the field. The covers are back on. We are in for another delay.
In over# 10
0
0
Azmatullah Omarzai 18/4(4.2)
9.2
.
Too full and on off, this is driven to mid off.
9.1
.
A good length ball, outside off, swings away. Raza looks to push at it but misses.
In over# 9
0
0
1
0
0
1
AM Ghazanfar 5/1(2)
8.6
.
Tossed up on middle, Ervine blocks it out.
8.5
.
Flat and outside off, turns in. Craig Ervine hangs his bat out and it rolls past his inside edge and just wide of the stumps.
8.4
1
Fuller and on middle, Raza helps it to square leg for a quick single.
8.3
.
An inswinger, flat and shaping on the pads. Raza misses his flick and gets hit on the pads.
8.2
.
Full and around off, Raza leans and defends.
8.1
1
Tossed up on middle, Craig Ervine turns it to mid-wicket for a single.
In over# 8
0
0
1wd
0W
0
0
0W
Azmatullah Omarzai 18/4(4)
7.6
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Shapes the other way now! Length and outside off, Raza looks to defend but is beaten once again.
7.5
.
An absolute beauty from Azmatullah Omarzai! Unplayable! Bowls it full and outside off, swings in sharply and Raza is cut in half as he looks to defend but misses and it goes just past the pole.
7.5
1wd
Wide! Dishes out well over the tramline. Raza leaves.
Sikandar Raza is the new man in.
OUT! TAKEN! This is a soft dismissal! Azmatullah Omarzai gets another! Very full and in the corridor of uncertainty, outside off and Williams tries to push it away but edges it to the keeper, Ikram Alikhil who takes his second catch in the over.