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Noor Ahmed celebrating after taking the wicket.
Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe by 7 wickets in the third T20 played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Batting first, Zimbabwe was all out for just 79 runs in 14.3 overs.
In reply, Afghanistan achieved the target of 80 runs by losing 3 wickets in 8.1 overs. Spinner Noor Ahmed took 5 wickets for 13 runs in 3.3 overs.
Zimbabwe’s bad start
Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bowl first. Fazalhaq Farooqui dismissed Innocent Kaiya in the first over. Kaiya was caught by Noor ul Rehman after scoring 5 runs in 4 balls.
After this Azmatullah Umarzai sent Brian Bennett to the pavilion. Bennett could score only 2 runs on 3 balls. In this way Zimbabwe lost two wickets for 8 runs.
Captain Sikandar Raza also could not last long. After scoring 2 runs on 8 balls, he was caught by Ibrahim Zadran off the ball of Abdullah Tarkhail. Three batsmen of the team were out by 13 runs.
Ryan Burl took charge of the innings, but wickets kept falling from the other end.
After the initial shock, Ryan Burl tried to handle the innings. He scored 30 runs on 29 balls. Hit 5 fours during this period. Wesley Madhevere also contributed 10 runs in 17 balls.
There was a partnership of 43 runs between the two for the fourth wicket. This was the biggest partnership of Zimbabwe’s innings. But Burl was out LBW on the score of 56 runs. Abdullah Ahmadzai sent him to the pavilion.
Noor Ahmed completed Zimbabwe’s innings by taking 5 wickets.
Afghanistan spinner Noor Ahmed dismissed Wesley Madhewere, Tadivanashe Marumani, Tafajwa Tsiga, Newman Nyamahuri and Ernest Masuku. Abdullah Tarakhail took 2 wickets. Azmatullah Omarzai, Fazalhaq Farooqui and Abdullah Ahmadzai got one success each.
Noor Ahmed sent Wesley Madhevere to the pavilion.
While chasing the target, Afghanistan also lost early wickets.
Afghanistan had a fast start to chase 80 runs. Mohammad Akram hit three consecutive fours in the first over. However, Blessing Muzarabani dismissed him on the fourth ball. Akram scored 14 runs on 5 balls.
After this, Sediqullah Atal took the innings forward with Ibrahim Zadran. Atal scored 20 runs in 14 balls, which included 2 fours and a six. He was caught by Wesley Madhevere off the ball of Ernest Masuku.
Masuku gave out Noor ul Rahman LBW in the same over. Noor could not open the account. In this way Afghanistan lost the third wicket for 44 runs.
Ibrahim and Umarzai finished the match by adding 37 runs in 19 balls.
Even after the fall of three wickets, Afghanistan needed only 36 runs to win. Ibrahim Zadran and Azmatullah Omarzai batted without pressure. Both made an unbeaten partnership of 37 runs in 19 balls for the fourth wicket.
Ibrahim scored unbeaten 25 runs on 17 balls. His innings included 4 fours. Umarzai scored unbeaten 18 runs on 12 balls and hit 2 sixes.
On the first ball of the eighth over, Umarzai sent Vincent Masekesa’s ball over wide long on for a six. With this, Afghanistan won the match by scoring 81/3 runs in 8.1 overs.
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