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Afghan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2024–25
	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
Most runs		Rahmat Shah (392)
Most wickets	Blessing Muzarabani (9)	Rashid Khan
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)

The Afghanistan cricket team is touring Zimbabwe in December 2024 and January 2025 to play the Zimbabwe cricket team. The tour consists of two Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. In October 2024, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) confirmed the fixtures for the tour.

On 29 November, Zimbabwe Cricket rescheduled the series.

Squads

Zimbabwe			Afghanistan
Tests	ODIs	T20Is	Tests	ODIs	T20Is
Craig Ervine (c) Brian Bennett Ben Curran Johnathan Campbell Takudzwa Chataira Joylord Gumbie (wk) Trevor Gwandu Takudzwanashe Kaitano Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk) Brandon Mavuta Nyasha Mayavo Blessing Muzarabani Dion Myers Richard Ngarava Newman Nyamhuri Victor Nyauchi Sikandar Raza Sean Williams	Craig Ervine (c) Brian Bennett Ben Curran Joylord Gumbie (wk) Trevor Gwandu Tinotenda Maposa Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk) Wellington Masakadza Tashinga Musekiwa Blessing Muzarabani Dion Myers Richard Ngarava Newman Nyamhuri Victor Nyauchi Sikandar Raza Sean Williams	Sikandar Raza (c) Faraz Akram Brian Bennett Ryan Burl Trevor Gwandu Takudzwanashe Kaitano Wesley Madhevere Tinotenda Maposa Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk) Wellington Masakadza Tashinga Musekiwa Blessing Muzarabani Dion Myers Richard Ngarava Newman Nyamhuri	Hashmatullah Shahidi (c) Rahmat Shah (vc) Bashir Ahmad Fareed Ahmad Yamin Ahmadzai Ikram Alikhil (wk) Ismat Alam Sediqullah Atal Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar Riaz Hassan Rashid Khan Zahir Khan Abdul Malik Azmatullah Omarzai Zia-ur-Rehman Shahidullah Bahir Shah Zahir Shehzad Naveed Zadran Afsar Zazai (wk)	Hashmatullah Shahidi (c) Rahmat Shah (vc) Fareed Ahmad Ikram Alikhil (wk) Sediqullah Atal Fazalhaq Farooqi Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) Mohammad Ishaq (wk) Rashid Khan Nangialai Kharoti Abdul Malik Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Azmatullah Omarzai Mujeeb Ur Rahman Darwish Rasooli Bilal Sami Naveed Zadran	Rashid Khan (c) Fareed Ahmad Noor Ahmad Zubaid Akbari Sediqullah Atal Fazalhaq Farooqi Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) Naveen-ul-Haq Mohammad Ishaq (wk) Karim Janat Nangialai Kharoti Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Azmatullah Omarzai Mujeeb Ur Rahman Darwish Rasooli Hazratullah Zazai

Afghanistan also named Nasir Jamal, Ziaur Rehman, and Mohammad Ibrahim as reserve players for the Test series. 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. Additionally Mujeeb Ur Rahman was rested from the ODI series due to recovery process from injury. On 24 December, Rashid Khan was ruled out of the first Test due to his personal reasons. 25 December, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar added into the Test squad. Shahidullah also added to the Test squad.

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.

T20I series

1st T20I

Afghanistan  144/6 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 145/6 (20 overs)
Karim Janat 54* (49) Richard Ngarava 3/28 (4 overs)		Brian Bennett 49 (49) Naveen-ul-Haq 3/33 (4 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mohammad Nabi (Afg) played in his 300th international match.

2nd T20I

Afghanistan  153/6 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 103 (17.4 overs)
Darwish Rasooli 58 (42) Ryan Burl 2/16 (3 overs)		Sikandar Raza 35 (30) Naveen-ul-Haq 3/19 (4 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd T20I

Zimbabwe  127 (19.5 overs)	v	Afghanistan 128/7 (19.3 overs)
Brian Bennett 31 (24) Rashid Khan 4/27 (4 overs)		Azmatullah Omarzai 34 (37) Blessing Muzarabani 2/19 (4 overs) Sikandar Raza 2/19 (4 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.

ODI series

1st ODI

Zimbabwe  44/5 (9.2 overs)	v	Afghanistan
Ben Curran 15 (22) Azmatullah Omarzai 4/18 (4.2 overs)

• 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

Afghanistan  286/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 54 (17.5 overs)
Sediqullah Atal 104 (128) Newman Nyamhuri 3/53 (10 overs)		Sikandar Raza 19* (32) Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar 3/9 (3.5 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Tinotenda Maposa (Zim) made his ODI debut.
• Sediqullah Atal (Afg) scored his first century in ODIs.
• This was Afghanistan's biggest margin of victory (in terms of runs) in ODIs.

3rd ODI

Zimbabwe  127 (30.1 overs)	v	Afghanistan 131/2 (26.5 overs)
Sean Williams 60 (61) Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar 5/33 (10 overs)		Sediqullah Atal 52 (50) Trevor Gwandu 1/27 (7 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Bilal Sami (Afg) made his ODI debut.

Test series

1st Test

Zimbabwe	v	Afghanistan
586 (135.2 overs) Sean Williams 154 (174) Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar 3/127 (30.2 overs)		699 (197 overs) Hashmatullah Shahidi 246 (474) Brian Bennett 5/95 (28 overs)
142/4 (34 overs) Ben Curran 41 (61) Zahir Khan 2/43 (10 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• Only 31 overs of play was possible on Day 4 due to rain.
• 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.
• Zimbabwe's first innings total was their highest score in Tests.
• Rahmat Shah (Afg) scored his first double century in Tests and the highest Test score by an Afghan batter. Hashmatullah Shahidi later broke the record for the highest score.
• Afghanistan's first innings total was their highest score in Tests.
• Brian Bennett (Zim) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.

2nd Test

Afghanistan	v	Zimbabwe
157 (44.3 overs) Rashid Khan 25 (20) Sikandar Raza 3/30 (12 overs)		243 (73.3 overs) Craig Ervine 75 (165) Rashid Khan 4/94 (27.3 overs)
363 (113.5 overs) Rahmat Shah 139 (275) Blessing Muzarabani 6/95 (29 overs)		205/8 (66 overs) Craig Ervine 53* (97) Rashid Khan 6/66 (26 overs)

• 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.
• Ismat Alam (Afg) scored his first century in Tests.

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