| 0.0 : Hello and welcome to the live coverage of match 9 of ICC World T-20 |
| The two teams battling it out are Afghanistan and Zimbabwe and the venue for the match is Vidarbha CA Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur |
| Toss and Team updates are on your way shortly. |
| Zimbabwe is the home team for this match, Masakadza will spin the coin |
| Toss: " Heads" is the call from Stanikzai and the spin of the coin goes his way. Afghanistan have won the toss and elected to bat first |
| Both the teams have played 2 matches so far and won both of them. So the team winning this match will move into the Super 10 from Group B |
| Afghanistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Shahzad(w k), Noor Ali Zadran, Asghar Stanikzai(c), Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Samiullah Shenwari, Najibullah Zadran, Shafiqullah Shafiq, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Hamid Hassan |
| Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Hamilton Masakadza(c), Vusi Sibanda, Richmond Mutumbami(w k), Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Malcolm Waller, Elton Chigumbura, Wellington Masakadza, Tendai Chatara, Donald Tiripano, Tinashe Panyangara |
| The two teams are out in the middle for national anthems |
| Play is about to start. Zimbabwe players are taking their positions |
| 0.1 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Shahzad, two runs, goes on the back foot and cuts it through point |
| 0.2 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, cuts it straight to the point fielder this time |
| 0.3 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, another cut shot goes straight to the point fielder |
| 0.4 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, comes forward and defends it back to the bowler |
| 0.5 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Shahzad, two runs, uses the pace of the ball and dabs it down towards third man. Deft Touch! |
| 0.6 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, goes back and cuts but finds the point fielder again. End of over: AFG 4/0 (Mohammad Shahzad 4, Noor Ali Zadran 0) |
| 1.1 : Chatara to Noor Ali Zadran, one run, comes forward and drives it towards wide mid on |
| 1.2 : Chatara to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, defends it towards short square leg |
| 1.3 : Chatara to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, smashes it back past the bowler for a boundary |
| 1.4 : Chatara to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, goes on the back foot and cuts this short ball through point for a boundary |
| 1.5 : Chatara to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, hangs back and swings this short ball over the short fine leg fielder for a boundary |
| 1.6 : Chatara to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, slices it over backward point for a boundary. End of over: AFG 21/0 (Mohammad Shahzad 20, Noor Ali Zadran 1) |
| 2.1 : WP Masakadza to Noor Ali Zadran, leg bye, comes down the track and looks to defend but misses, off the pad the ball goes towards short third man |
| 2.2 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, pushes it towards point |
| 2.3 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, pushes it towards short third man |
| 2.4 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, drives it towards mid on |
| 2.5 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, comes forward and defends it back to the bowler |
| 2.6 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, cuts it towards point. End of over: AFG 22/0 (Mohammad Shahzad 20, Noor Ali Zadran 1) |
| 3.1 : Tiripano to Noor Ali Zadran, no run, flicks it to the short fine leg fielder |
| Tiripano to Noor Ali Zadran, wide, down the leg side, looks to glance but misses |
| 3.2 : Tiripano to Noor Ali Zadran, one run, turns it towards square leg for a quick single |
| 3.3 : Tiripano to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, uses the pace of the ball and slices it over short third man fielder for a boundary |
| 3.4 : Tiripano to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, makes room and drives it hard through wide mid off for another boundary |
| 3.5 : Tiripano to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, goes on the back foot and cuts it through backward point for a boundary |
| 3.6 : Tiripano to Mohammad Shahzad, one run, drives it towards mid on for a quick single. End of over: AFG 37/0 (Mohammad Shahzad 33, Noor Ali Zadran 2) |
| 4.1 : Williams to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, makes room and slices it over deep extra cover for SIX |
| 4.2 : Williams to Mohammad Shahzad, one run, drives it down towards long on |
| 4.3 : Williams to Noor Ali Zadran, FOUR, comes on the front foot and drives it through cover for a boundary |
| 4.4 : Williams to Noor Ali Zadran, one run, pushes it towards mid off and takes an easy single |
| 4.5 : Williams to Mohammad Shahzad, OUT, no run, bends down and tries the reverse sweep but finds the point fielder. Hamilton Masakadza takes the catch |
| Shahzad goes after a quick cameo of 40 runs from just 23 balls |
| 4.6 : Williams to Asghar Stanikzai, no run, defends it off the front foot. End of over: AFG 49/1 (Noor Ali Zadran 7, Asghar Stanikzai 0) |
| 5.1 : Panyangara to Noor Ali Zadran, no run, pushes it towards short cover and thinks about a single but is sent back by his partner |
| 5.2 : Panyangara to Noor Ali Zadran, one run, flicks it through mid wicket for a single to bring up 50 for Afghanistan |
| 5.3 : Panyangara to Asghar Stanikzai, OUT, no run, tries to pull but hits it straight towards short mid wicket fielder. Raza takes the catch |
| 5.4 : Panyangara to Gulbadin Naib, no run, drives it towards mid off |
| 5.5 : Panyangara to Gulbadin Naib, FOUR, pulls it through mid wicket for a boundary |
| 5.6 : Panyangara to Gulbadin Naib, one run, turns it towards square leg. |
| 6.1 : Williams to Gulbadin Naib, one run, drives it towards mid off |
| 5.6 : Panyangara to Gulbadin Naib, leg bye, misses the flick and off the pad the ball goes towards square leg. End of over: AFG 55/2 (Noor Ali Zadran 8, Gulbadin Naib 4) |
| 6.1 : Williams to Gulbadin Naib, one run, looks to drive but gets a leading edge towards short cover |
| 6.2 : Williams to Noor Ali Zadran, no run, cuts it towards cover |
| 6.3 : Williams to Noor Ali Zadran, no run, turns it towards mid wicket |
| 6.4 : Williams to Noor Ali Zadran, two runs, flicks it through mid wicket for a couple of runs |
| 6.5 : Williams to Noor Ali Zadran, no run, drives it towards cover |
| 6.6 : Williams to Noor Ali Zadran, no run, cuts it to the point fielder. End of over: AFG 58/2 (Noor Ali Zadran 10, Gulbadin Naib 5) |
| 7.1 : Panyangara to Gulbadin Naib, no run, drives it towards mid wicket |
| 7.2 : Panyangara to Gulbadin Naib, two runs, works it through backward square leg |
| 7.3 : Panyangara to Gulbadin Naib, OUT, no run, tries to pull the slower shot ball but gets a glove and the ball rolls onto the stumps |
| 7.4 : Panyangara to Samiullah Shenwari, two runs, works it through backward square leg |
| 7.5 : Panyangara to Samiullah Shenwari, one run, drives it through cover |
| 7.6 : Panyangara to Noor Ali Zadran, OUT, no run, swings it towards wide long on. Raza moves to his right and takes a good diving catch. End of over: AFG 63/4 (Noor Ali Zadran 10, Samiullah Shenwari 3) |
| 8.1 : Williams to Mohammad Nabi, one run, pushes it towards point |
| 8.2 : Williams to Samiullah Shenwari, one run, drives it towards square leg |
| 8.3 : Williams to Mohammad Nabi, one run, punches it to the right of the bowler towards deep mid on |
| 8.4 : Williams to Samiullah Shenwari, no run, defends it back to the bowler |
| 8.5 : Williams to Samiullah Shenwari, no run, drives it towards short mid wicket |
| 8.6 : Williams to Samiullah Shenwari, no run, looks to defend but misses and gets beaten. End of over: AFG 66/4 (Mohammad Nabi 2, Samiullah Shenwari 4) |
| 9.1 : Panyangara to Mohammad Nabi, one run, drives it towards deep cover |
| 9.2 : Panyangara to Samiullah Shenwari, one run, drives it towards long on for a single |
| 9.3 : Panyangara to Mohammad Nabi, one run, drives it towards long on |
| 9.4 : Panyangara to Samiullah Shenwari, two runs, works it towards fine leg for a couple of runs |
| 9.5 : Panyangara to Samiullah Shenwari, one run, pulls it towards fine leg |
| 9.6 : Panyangara to Mohammad Nabi, one run, works it towards square leg. End of over: AFG 73/4 (Mohammad Nabi 5, Samiullah Shenwari 8) |
| 10.1 : Williams to Mohammad Nabi, FOUR, pulls it towards deep mid wicket and beats the chase from the fielder for a boundary |
| 10.2 : Williams to Mohammad Nabi, no run, pushes it towards mid on |
| 10.3 : Williams to Mohammad Nabi, one run, drives it towards long off |
| 10.4 : Williams to Samiullah Shenwari, one run, turns it towards square leg |
| 10.5 : Williams to Mohammad Nabi, one run, drives it towards deep backward square leg |
| 10.6 : Williams to Samiullah Shenwari, no run, tries the reverse sweep but misses. End of over: AFG 80/4 (Mohammad Nabi 11, Samiullah Shenwari 9) |
| 11.1 : Chatara to Mohammad Nabi, one run, drives it through square leg |
| 11.2 : Chatara to Samiullah Shenwari, no run, looks to flick but misses |
| 11.3 : Chatara to Samiullah Shenwari, one run, drives it towards square third man |
| 11.4 : Chatara to Mohammad Nabi, two runs, drives it towards deep extra cover for a couple of runs |
| 11.5 : Chatara to Mohammad Nabi, one run, dabs it down towards third man for a single |
| 11.6 : Chatara to Samiullah Shenwari, one run, pushes it towards point and goes for a quick single. A slight hesitation but the batsmen survives as the fielder fumbles. End of over: AFG 86/4 (Mohammad Nabi 15, Samiullah Shenwari 11) |
| 12.1 : Sikandar Raza to Samiullah Shenwari, wide, down the leg side |
| Sikandar Raza to Samiullah Shenwari, leg bye, misses the flick and off the pad the ball goes towards square leg |
| 12.2 : Sikandar Raza to Mohammad Nabi, one run, turns it towards short fine leg |
| 12.3 : Sikandar Raza to Samiullah Shenwari, no run, looks to flick but misses |
| Sikandar Raza to Samiullah Shenwari, wide, down the leg side |
| 12.4 : Sikandar Raza to Samiullah Shenwari, no run, pushes it towards short cover |
| 12.5 : Sikandar Raza to Samiullah Shenwari, no run, drives it towards mid wicket |
| 12.6 : Sikandar Raza to Samiullah Shenwari, one run, drives it through mid wicket for a single. End of over: AFG 91/4 (Mohammad Nabi 16, Samiullah Shenwari 12) |
| 13.1 : WP Masakadza to Samiullah Shenwari, no run, looks to defend but misses and gets hit on the back leg |
| 13.2 : WP Masakadza to Samiullah Shenwari, one run, reverse sweeps it towards cover |
| 13.3 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Nabi, FOUR, goes on the back foot and cuts it through backward point for a boundary |
| 13.4 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Nabi, no run, makes room and looks to drive but misses |
| 13.5 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Nabi, bye, comes down the track and wings but misses. Mutumbami fails to collect the ball and misses an easy stumping |
| 13.6 : WP Masakadza to Samiullah Shenwari, one run, drives it towards deep cover. End of over: AFG 98/4 (Mohammad Nabi 20, Samiullah Shenwari 14) |
| 14.1 : Sikandar Raza to Samiullah Shenwari, no run, swings it towards mid wicket |
| Sikandar Raza to Samiullah Shenwari, three wides, down the leg side, Mumbami fails to collect and gives 2 extra runs |
| 100 comes up for Afghanistan . 53 balls it has taken for the 2nd fifty |
| 3rd umpire in action to check if a catch has been taken cleanly or not |
| 14.2 : Sikandar Raza to Samiullah Shenwari, APPEAL, no run |
| Sikandar Raza to Samiullah Shenwari, APPEAL, one run, bends down on his knee and slogs it towards deep mid wicket. Waller dives to catch it but replays fails to show it is a clean catch. |
| 14.3 : Sikandar Raza to Mohammad Nabi, FOUR, lofts it straight down the ground towards long off for a boundary |
| 14.4 : Sikandar Raza to Mohammad Nabi, one run, drives it towards long on |
| 14.5 : Sikandar Raza to Samiullah Shenwari, one run, turns it towards square leg |
| 14.6 : Sikandar Raza to Mohammad Nabi, one run, pushes it towards point for another quick single. End of over: AFG 109/4 (Mohammad Nabi 26, Samiullah Shenwari 16) |
| 15.1 : 84 meters that ball travelled |
| WP Masakadza to Mohammad Nabi, SIX, pulls the short ball over deep mid wicket for SIX |
| 15.2 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Nabi, one run, drives it through mid wicket |
| 15.3 : WP Masakadza to Samiullah Shenwari, FOUR, drives it through extra cover for a boundary |
| 15.4 : WP Masakadza to Samiullah Shenwari, one run, pushes it towards cover for a quick single |
| 15.5 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Nabi, SIX, short ball and Nabi pulls it over deep mid wicket for SIX |
| WP Masakadza to Mohammad Nabi, wide, full ball and well outside off stump |
| 15.6 : WP Masakadza to Mohammad Nabi, two runs, drives it through backward point for a couple of runs. |
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A huge over that. 21 runs came from that End of over: AFG 130/4 (Mohammad Nabi 41, Samiullah Shenwari 21)
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| 16.1 : Tiripano to Samiullah Shenwari, two runs, flicks it through backward square leg for a couple of runs |
| Tiripano to Samiullah Shenwari, two wides, down the leg side, A under arm throw from the keeper and a extra run is taken from the deflection |
| 16.2 : Tiripano to Mohammad Nabi, one run, makes room and lofts it towards long off |
| 16.3 : Tiripano to Samiullah Shenwari, FOUR, uses the pace of the ball and slices it past the keeper for a boundary |
| 16.4 : Tiripano to Samiullah Shenwari, one run, drives it down towards long on |
| 16.5 : Tiripano to Mohammad Nabi, two runs, turns it through mid wicket for a couple of runs |
| 16.6 : Tiripano to Mohammad Nabi, one run, drives it towards long on for a single. End of over: AFG 143/4 (Mohammad Nabi 45, Samiullah Shenwari 28) |
| 17.1 : Panyangara to Mohammad Nabi, one run, makes room and cuts it towards point for a quick single |
| 17.2 : Panyangara to Samiullah Shenwari, no run, swings across the line but misses |
| 17.3 : Panyangara to Samiullah Shenwari, no run, tries to swing it across the line but misses |
| 17.4 : Panyangara to Samiullah Shenwari, FOUR, drives it straight down the ground and beats the dive from the mid off fielder to collect a boundary |
| 17.5 : 150 comes up for Afghanistan |
| Panyangara to Samiullah Shenwari, FOUR, changes the grip and reverse sweeps it over the keeper's head for a boundary |
| 17.6 : Panyangara to Samiullah Shenwari, SIX, lofts it straight down the ground for SIX. |
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2 Overs to go. Can Afghanistan reach 185? End of over: AFG 158/4 (Mohammad Nabi 46, Samiullah Shenwari 42)
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| 18.1 : Tiripano to Mohammad Nabi, leg bye, misses the flick and off the pad the ball rolls on the pitch |
| 18.2 : Tiripano to Samiullah Shenwari, one run, bends down on his knee and reverse sweeps it towards point |
| 18.3 : Tiripano to Mohammad Nabi, bye, makes room and swings but misses. A quick bye is taken |
| 18.4 : Tiripano to Samiullah Shenwari, OUT, no run, swings it towards deep mid wicket. Sibanda takes the catch on the boundary |
| End of a 98 runs 5th wicket partnership |
| Tiripano to Mohammad Nabi, five wides, slower ball down the leg side. Mutumbami dives but fails to stop it and it goes for 5 wides |
| Tiripano to Mohammad Nabi, wide, another slower ball down the leg side |
| 18.5 : Tiripano to Mohammad Nabi, FOUR, glances it off his pads into the fine leg boundary to reach his maiden T-20international fifty from 30 balls with 4 FOURS and 2 SIXES |
| 18.6 : Tiripano to Mohammad Nabi, two runs, swings it towards wide long on for a couple of runs. End of over: AFG 173/5 (Mohammad Nabi 52, Shafiqullah Shafiq 0) |
| 19.1 : Chatara to Shafiqullah Shafiq, SIX, swings it straight down the ground over long on for SIX |
| 91 metres that ball travelled |
| 19.2 : Chatara to Shafiqullah Shafiq, one run, drives it towards long off |
| 19.3 : Chatara to Mohammad Nabi, bye, swings across the line and misses. A quick bye is taken |
| Chatara to Shafiqullah Shafiq, wide, bowls it fuller and well outside off stump |
| 19.4 : Chatara to Shafiqullah Shafiq, two runs, swings hard and gets a leading edge over extra cover for a couple of runs |
| Highest T-20 total for Afghanistan in world cup |
| 19.5 : Chatara to Shafiqullah Shafiq, OUT, no run, swings and misses. A quick bye is attempted. Mutumbami hits the stumps with the under-arm throw to catch Nabi well short of his crease |
| Chatara to Dawlat Zadran, wide, bowl it fuller and well outside off stump |
| 19.6 : Chatara to Dawlat Zadran, bye, looks to drive but misses. The batsmen goes for a quick bye off the deflection as Mutumbami hits the stumps. |
| Afghanistan finishes with 186/6 from their 20 overs. They scored 77 runs from the last 5 Overs. The inning stated with some wonderful hitting and it ended in the same fashion |
| Chatara to Dawlat Zadran, bye, looks to drive but misses. The batsmen goes for a quick bye off the deflection as Mutumbami hits the stumps. |
| Shahzad scored 40 runs from just 23 balls to give Afghanistan a perfect start. Few quick wickets after that and Afghanistan looked in a spot of bother at 63/4 after 8 Overs |
| Nabi and Shenwari added 98 runs for the 5th wicket and gave Afghanistan inning the much needed momentum. Nabi scored 52 runs from just 32 balls, while Shenwari contributed 43 from 37 balls. |
| Afghanistan batsmen also got good support from Zimbabwe bowlers . Zimbabwe bowlers bowled as many as 17 wides and contributed 25 extras |
| Panyangara was the only bowler to leave some impression. He took 3 wickets for 32 runs from his 4 overs. |
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Join us back in a short while for the coverage of Zimbabwe run chase. End of over: AFG 186/6 (Shafiqullah Shafiq 9, Dawlat Zadran 0)
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Afghanistan Squad:
Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Noor Ali Zadran, Asghar Stanikzai (c), Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Samiullah Shenwari, Najibullah Zadran, Shafiqullah Shafiq, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Hamid Hassan
Zimbabwe Squad:
Hamilton Masakadza (c), Vusi Sibanda, Richmond Mutumbami (wk), Sean Williams, Malcolm Waller, Sikandar Raza, Elton Chigumbura, Donald Tiripano, Tinashe Panyangara, Wellington Masakadza, Tendai Chatara
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