Afghanistan reached 95/2 at stumps on day 2, trailing by a whopping 491 runs in reply to Zimbabwe's 486 at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. (Streaming | More Cricket News)
Earlier, centuries from Sean Williams (154), ZIM skipper Craig Ervine (104) and Brian Bennett (110) helped Zimbabwe register a massive 586 in their first innings of the 1st Test against Afghanistan at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo on Friday, December 27.
This is the first Boxing Day Test match in Zimbabwe in 28 years. For Afghanistan, AM Ghazanfar was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3/127 as the Afghan Atlans had no answer to the Zimbabwe batting on the second day.
Zimbabwe skipper Irvine had won the toss and decided to bat first.
Playing XIs
Zimbabwe: Joylord Gumbie(w), Ben Curran, Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Sean Williams, Craig Ervine(c), Dion Myers, Brandon Mavuta, Brian Bennett, Newman Nyamhuri, Blessing Muzarabani, Trevor Gwandu.
Afghanistan: Abdul Malik, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), AM Ghazanfar, Afsar Zazai(w), Azmatullah Omarzai, Shahidullah Kamal, Naveed Zadran, Zia-ur-Rehman, Zahir Khan.
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Full Squads
Zimbabwe Test squad: Craig Ervine (captain), Ben Curran, Brian Bennett, Johnathan Campbell, Takudzwa Chataira, Joylord Gumbie (wicket-keeper), Trevor Gwandu, Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Tadiwanashe Marumani (wicket-keeper), Brandon Mavuta, Nyasha Mayavo (wicket-keeper), Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, Newman Nyamhuri, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams.
Afghanistan Test squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Rahmat Shah (vice-captain), Ikram Alikhail (wicket-keeper), Afsar Zazai (wicket-keeper), Riaz Hassan, Sediqullah Atal, Abdul Malik, Baheer Shah Mahboob, Ismat Alam, Azmatullah Omarzai, Zahir Khan, Zia Ur Rehman Akbar, Zahir Shehzad, Rashid Khan, Yamin Ahmadzai, Bashir Ahmad Afghan, Naveed Zadran, Fareed Ahmad Malik. Reserves: Nasir Jamal, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi, Ibrahim Abdulrahimzai.
