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AM Ghazanfar to Joylord Gumbie, Flatter and around off. This is guided to point. AM Ghazanfar to Joylord Gumbie, On middle.
Gumbie gets right behind the line and plays it to cover. AM Ghazanfar to Joylord Gumbie, On middle. This is swept but it goes off the inner half to square leg.
AM Ghazanfar to Joylord Gumbie, Flatter and on middle. Blocked. Azmatullah Omarzai to Ben Curran, On the stumps this time! Curran gets right behind the line and blocks it.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Ben Curran, Length again and arond off. Curran looks to push but this lands and moves away. Azmatullah Omarzai to Ben Curran, Fuller and on off.
Curran drives it to cover. Azmatullah Omarzai to Ben Curran, On middle. Length.
Kept out. Azmatullah Omarzai to Ben Curran, Two more! Fuller and on middle. This is worked through mid-wicket for two.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Joylord Gumbie, Around off. Gumbie pushes it toward mid off for one. Azmatullah Omarzai to Joylord Gumbie, Another wide! Full and swinging down the leg side.
Gumbie misses the sweep. Wided again. Azmatullah Omarzai to Joylord Gumbie, Down the leg side.
Gumbie looks to pull but misses. Wided. Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, FOUR! Solid shot! This will give him confidence! Too full and on off, Curran smashes it down past mid off for a boundary.
Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, Slides it full and on the pads. Curran flicks it sweetly to deep square leg. The fielder misfield and they take two.
Subscribe to our newsletter and get all the stories that matter delivered to your inbox Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, Short in length and around off, Curran punches it to point. Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, A good length ball on off, Curran blocks it out. Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, CLOSE AGAIN! Much fuller and on middle and leg, comes with an angle.
Curran fails to flick away. Must be going down. Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, CLOSE! Full and around off, nips away a touch.
Curran swings his blade and misses. Azmatullah Omarzai to Ben Curran, Leg bye! Shapes in a length ball around off, Curran steps across to flick but misses and gets hit on the pads. An appeal for LBW but would have missed the stumps.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Ben Curran, A hard length delivery outside off, Curran rocks back and taps it to point. Azmatullah Omarzai to Ben Curran, Tad fuller and around off, shapes back in. Curran drills it to mid on.
Craig Ervine: The first 10 overs is going to be the key for us, hopefully we can set a good score and make use of the conditions in the afternoon. We got 2 changes. Shahidi: We want to bowl first.
It is a new pitch and there will be a little bit of moisture on it and we want to take advantage of that. We have a debutant, Sami and Fareed Malik is in. Pitch report:" It's a brand new pitch.
Looks dry and there are a few cracks on the surface. Early on you need to be a little circumspect, but guess it should be good for batting" reckon Sikander Bakht and Darlington Matambanadzo. Afghanistan (Playing XI): Sediqullah Atal, Abdul Malik, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil(w), Bilal Sami, Rashid Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Fareed Ahmad Malik Azmatullah Omarzai to Joylord Gumbie, A good length ball, around off, Gumbie splices his shot to third man for one.
Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Ben Curran, Tadiwanashe Marumani(w), Joylord Gumbie, Craig Ervine(c), Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Brian Bennett, Wellington Masakadza, Newman Nyamhuri, Richard Ngarava, Trevor Gwandu Afghanistan have won the toss and have opted to field Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the third ODI between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan in Harare Azmatullah Omarzai to Ben Curran, Outside off, Curran slashes his blade and it goes aerially to third man for a single. Azmatullah Omarzai to Ben Curran, Outside off and it swings away late. Curran tries to play this one with a straight bat but misses.
Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, On a length and outside off, Curran slaps it to the left of point for a single. Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, On a length and on middle, Curran eases it to mid on. Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, Slants in a length ball around off, Curran turns it to mid-wicket.
Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, A good length ball on off, nips in. Curran hangs back and defends. Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, Short in length and around off, Curran gets behind the line of the delivery and blocks.
Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, A length ball, outside off, Curran lets it go. Azmatullah Omarzai to Joylord Gumbie, Maiden! Too full and on middle, Gumbie pushes it down to mid on. Azmatullah Omarzai to Joylord Gumbie, This one straightens off, full and on around off, Gumbie pushes it back to the bowler.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Joylord Gumbie, Similar delivery! Tad fuller and around off, nips away. Gumbie sees and leaves it to the keeper. Azmatullah Omarzai to Joylord Gumbie, Bowls it full and outside off, swings away.
Gumbie watchfully leaves it alone. Azmatullah Omarzai to Joylord Gumbie, This one lands on off and shapes away. Gumbie leaves it alone.
Azmatullah Omarzai to Joylord Gumbie, Full and outside off, Gumbie shoulders arms to it. Azmatullah Omarzai to bowl from the other end. Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, Too full and around off, Curran drills it to mid on.
Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, Wide! Short in length and on leg, Curran looks to pull but misses. Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, This is full and outside off, Curran shoulders arms to it. Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, Curran is underway! On off, Curran steps across and nudges it behind square leg for a couple.
Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, Curran shuffles across and Ahmad bowls it on a length and on off, Curran misses his flick and gets hit on the pads. An appeal for LBW but turned down. Fareed Ahmad to Ben Curran, Lovely delivery! A length ball around off and shapes away.
Curran looks to defend but is beaten on the outside edge. Match Statistics Ben Curran Tadiwanashe Marumani (W) Joylord Gumbie Sediqullah Atal Abdul Malik Azmatullah Omarzai Top Stories Right Now.
