Afghan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2024–25
International cricket tour
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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]
Sikandar Raza (T20Is)
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| Zimbabwe | Afghanistan | ||
| Dates | 11 December 2024 – 6 January 2025 | ||
| Captains |
Craig Ervine (Tests & ODIs) Sikandar Raza (T20Is) |
Hashmatullah Shahidi (Tests & ODIs) Rashid Khan (T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Afghanistan won the 2-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Craig Ervine (254) | Rahmat Shah (392) | |
| Most wickets | Blessing Muzarabani (9) | Rashid Khan (11) | |
| Player of the series | Rahmat Shah (Afg) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Afghanistan won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Sean Williams (76) | Sediqullah Atal (156) | |
| Most wickets |
Trevor Gwandu (3) Newman Nyamhuri (3) | Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (9) | |
| Player of the series | Sediqullah Atal (Afg) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Afghanistan won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Brian Bennett (107) | Azmatullah Omarzai (75) | |
| Most wickets | Trevor Gwandu (5) | Rashid Khan (9) | |
| Player of the series | Naveen-ul-Haq (Afg) | ||
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 Scorecard |
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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 Scorecard |
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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]