Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan 1st ODI: After a 2-1 series win against Zimbabwe in the T20I series, Afghanistan look to emulate the same performance in the 3-match ODI series. With the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled to be held next year, the 50-over format of the game holds a special place in Afganistan's preparatory plans. Afghanistan will have the likes of Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, etc. to test the hosts Zimbabwe who would be keen to not repeat the same mistakes they made in the T20I series. (LIVE Scorecard)
Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan 1st ODI Live
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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9.20Azmatullah Omarzai to Sikandar Raza
Too full and on off, this is driven to mid off.
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9.10Azmatullah Omarzai to Sikandar Raza
A good length ball, outside off, swings away. Raza looks to push at it but misses.
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8.60AM Ghazanfar to Craig Ervine
Tossed up on middle, Ervine blocks it out.
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8.50AM Ghazanfar to Craig Ervine
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.
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8.41AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza
Fuller and on middle, Raza helps it to square leg for a quick single.
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8.30AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza
An inswinger, flat and shaping on the pads. Raza misses his flick and gets hit on the pads.
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8.20AM Ghazanfar to Sikandar Raza
Full and around off, Raza leans and defends.
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8.11AM Ghazanfar to Craig Ervine
Tossed up on middle, Craig Ervine turns it to mid-wicket for a single.
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7.60Azmatullah Omarzai to Sikandar Raza
Shapes the other way now! Length and outside off, Raza looks to defend but is beaten once again.
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7.50Azmatullah Omarzai to Sikandar Raza
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.
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7.51 wdAzmatullah Omarzai to Sikandar Raza
Wide! Dishes out well over the tramline. Raza leaves.
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Sikandar Raza is the new man in.
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7.4WAzmatullah Omarzai to Sean Williams
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.
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7.30Azmatullah Omarzai to Sean Williams
Too full and around off, Williams blocks it to cover.
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7.20Azmatullah Omarzai to Sean Williams
Azmatullah Omarzai is pleading for this one! Full and shaping on the pads. Williams misses his flick and gets hit on the pads. It was doing too much.
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Sean Williams comes to the middle.