Blessing Muzarabani, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
0.6
Ngarava to Hazratullah Zazai, 1 run, to point
0.5
Ngarava to Hazratullah Zazai, FOUR, to deep backward point
0.4
Ngarava to Hazratullah Zazai, no run, short of length and rising outside off, Hazratullah Zazai goes on the back foot to punch to the right of Bennett at backward point, he gets across and cuts it off
Hazratullah Zazai, left handed bat, comes to the crease
0.3
Ngarava to Gurbaz, out Caught by Brian Bennett!! And Gurbaz holes out. Gurbaz c Brian Bennett b Ngarava 0(3)
Ngarava to Gurbaz, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
0.2
Ngarava to Gurbaz, no run
0.1
Ngarava to Gurbaz, no run
Gurbaz and Sediqullah Atal are at the crease. Gurbaz is on strike. Ngarava will open the attack
Then Zimbabwe get into a huddle before the players walk out. What a day in Harare. Not a cloud in the sky.
Time for the national anthems. Brilliant rendition of them. And we are done.
Sikandar Raza: We wanted to bowl first. We had a good look at the wicket today and yesterday, the wicket will get better and it will be tricky early on. Unfortunately Madande got injured and we have got direct replacements. Quick turnaround and sometimes it's good, don't have time to look at the negatives. It's another opportunity for us to set right the negatives.
Rashid Khan: We would like to bat first. We want to put runs on the board and it's a fresh wicket, we feel our bowling is our strength. A long tour for us and it's going to be a long tour for me as I'm playing Tests after a year. Lots of things to learn and lots of things to get better.
Pitch report by Ed Rainsford: A beautiful day in Harare. The square boundaries are big here - 79m to one side and 64m to the other. And straight is 69m. The pitch has a few cracks but looks like a belter. The outfield is quick as well. The toss is not that important as to whoever plays well and exhibits their skills better will win.
Teams:
Zimbabwe (Playing XI): Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani(w), Dion Myers, Wessly Madhevere, Sikandar Raza(c), Ryan Burl, Wellington Masakadza, Tashinga Musekiwa, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Trevor Gwandu
Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sediqullah Atal, Hazratullah Zazai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Mohammad Ishaq, Rashid Khan(c), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fareed Ahmad Malik
Afghanistan have won the toss and have opted to bat
12:40 Local Time, 10:40 GMT, 16:10 IST: Another white-ball series starts today as Zimbabwe take on Afghanistan in a three-match T20I series.
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