The Afghanistan cricket team toured Zimbabwe in December 2024 and January 2025 to play the Zimbabwe cricket team.[1][2] The tour consisted of two Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[3][4] In October 2024, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) confirmed the fixtures for the tour.[5]
On 29 November, Zimbabwe Cricket rescheduled the series.[6]
Squads
Afghanistan also named Nasir Jamal, Ziaur Rehman, and Mohammad Ibrahim as reserve players for the Test series.[13] On 17 December, Rahmanullah Gurbaz was ruled out of the ODI series due to a grade 2B quadriceps along with a hip flexor injury with Mohammad Ishaq named as his replacement.[14] Additionally Mujeeb Ur Rahman was rested from the ODI series due to recovery process from injury.[15] On 24 December, Rashid Khan was ruled out of the first Test due to his personal reasons.[16] 25 December, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar and Shahidullah were added into the Test squad.[17][18]
On 25 December, Takudzwa Chataira was ruled out of the first Test due to suffered from right-side strain during practice, with Victor Nyauchi named as his replacement.[19]
T20I series
1st T20I
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mohammad Nabi (Afg) played in his 300th international match.[20][21]
2nd T20I
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd T20I
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
ODI series
1st ODI
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 28 overs per side due to rain.
- Rain prevented any further play.
- Ben Curran and Newman Nyamhuri (Zim) both made their ODI debuts.
2nd ODI
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Tinotenda Maposa (Zim) made his ODI debut.
- Sediqullah Atal (Afg) scored his first century in ODIs.[22]
- This was Afghanistan's biggest margin of victory (in terms of runs) in ODIs.[23][24]
3rd ODI
Test series
1st Test
26–30 December 2024
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 31 overs of play was possible on Day 4 due to rain.[25]
- Ben Curran, Trevor Gwandu, Newman Nyamhuri (Zim), Sediqullah Atal, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar and Azmatullah Omarzai (Afg) all made their Test debuts.
- Brian Bennett (Zim) and Afsar Zazai (Afg) both scored their first centuries in Tests.[26][27]
- Zimbabwe's first innings total was their highest score in Tests.[28][29]
- Rahmat Shah (Afg) scored his first double century in Tests and the highest Test score by an Afghan batter.[30] Hashmatullah Shahidi later broke the record for the highest score.[31]
- Afghanistan's first innings total was their highest score in Tests.[32]
- Brian Bennett (Zim) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.[33]
2nd Test
2–6 January 2025
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible before Lunch on Day 1 due to rain.
- Fareed Ahmad, Ismat Alam and Riaz Hassan (Afg) all made their Test debuts.
- Blessing Muzarabani (Zim) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.[34]
- Ismat Alam (Afg) scored his first century in Tests.[35]
References
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- ^ "Afghanistan to tour Zimbabwe for a multi-format tour". International Cricket Council. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Afghanistan to Tour Zimbabwe for an all-format series in December". Afghanistan Cricket Board. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Zimbabwe host Afghanistan in historic Boxing Day, New Year's Tests". Zimbabwe Cricket. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Zimbabwe alter schedule for T20I and ODI series against Afghanistan". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Zimbabwe name squad for historic Test series against Afghanistan". Zimbabwe Cricket. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Ben Curran included in Zimbabwe's squad for Afghanistan ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Curran, Nyamhuri named in Zimbabwe's limited-overs squads". Zimbabwe Cricket. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "ACB Name Squad for the Two-Match Test Series against Zimbabwe". Afghanistan Cricket Board. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "ACB Name Squads for the White-Ball Games against Zimbabwe". Afghanistan Cricket Board. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Exciting batter earns maiden call-up in Afghanistan's squad for Zimbabwe tour". International Cricket Council. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Rashid Khan back in Afghanistan Test squad for Zimbabwe series". ESPNcricinfo. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Gurbaz ruled out of Zimbabwe ODIs with quadriceps and hip flexor injuries". The Hans India. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
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- ^ "Mohammad Nabi becomes first cricketer to achieve this remarkable milestone". Cricket Addictor. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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- ^ "Brian Bennett Reaches Maiden Test Ton With A Six As Zimbabwe Mount Record Total". CricketOne. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
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- ^ "Zimbabwe sets new record, registers its highest total in Test matches". Sportstar. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "ZIM vs AFG: Rahmat Shah registers highest individual score by Afghanistan batter in Test history". Sportstar. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Hashmatullah Shahidi breaks Rahmat Shah's record of highest individual score by an Afghanistan batter in Tests". Sportstar. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ "Stats - Zimbabwe (586), Afghanistan (699) reach record highs in Bulawayo run-fest". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ "Boxing Day Test: Afghanistan and Zimbabwe smash 7 tons, break all records". Mint. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ "Blessing Muzarabani Destroys Afghanistan With Sensational 6-Wicket Haul In 2nd Test". CricketOne. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
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