The first match of the Test series between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan is being played in Bulawayo. Zimbabwe scored 586 runs in the first innings on Friday. Shaun Williams, captain Craig Irwin and Brian Bennett scored centuries for the team. By the end of the second day's play, Afghanistan had lost 2 wickets for 95 runs.
Williams out for 154 runs Zimbabwe started the second day with a score of 363/4. Shaun Williams led his innings with 145 runs and Craig Irwin with 56 runs. Williams was dismissed after scoring 154 runs. After that, Irwin took over with Bennett.
Shaun Williams scored 154 runs.
Irwin-Bennett pushed the score past 450 Zimbabwe lost the fifth wicket at a score of 383 runs. From here Irwin and Brian Bennett took the team past 450. Irwin was dismissed for 104 runs. After that, Bennett stayed at one end, with Newman Nyamhuri scoring 26, Blessing Muzarabani 19 and Trevor Gwandu 3. Brandon Mawuta could not even open an account.
Bennett remained unbeaten after scoring 110, scoring the first century of his Test career. Based on his innings, Zimbabwe scored 586 runs. Allah Ghazanfar took 3 wickets from Afghanistan. Naveed Zadran, Zaheer Khan and Zia-ur Rahman got 2 wickets each. Azmatullah Omarzai took one wicket.
Afghanistan lost 2 wickets Afghanistan also opened the first innings on the very next day. The team lost the wicket of Siddiquullah Atal in just 3 runs. So 3 runs were scored. After that, Abdul Malik shared a partnership of 61 runs with Rahmat Shah. Abdul was dismissed after scoring 23 runs.
At the end of the day's play, Rahmat remained unbeaten on 49 and captain Hashmatullah Shahidi was dismissed for 16. The team scored 95 runs. Trevor Gwandu and Blessing Muzarabani got 1 wicket each for Zimbabwe.
Naveed Zadran took 2 wickets in the first innings from Afghanistan.
Williams' century on day one On Thursday, Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat. Joylord Gumbi was dismissed for 9 runs. Ben Curran played an innings of 68 runs, before T Cayetano scored 46 runs. After the wicket of Ben Curran, Shaun Williams combined with Kaytano to take the score past 150. He scored a century.
Ben Curran scored 68 runs in his debut Test. He is the brother of England all-rounders Sam and Tom Curran.
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