Sports minister: Proteas shouldn’t play Afghanistan
Sports minister Gayton McKenzie says the Proteas would not play against Afghanistan if it were up to him.
Sports minister Gayton McKenzie says the Proteas would not play against Afghanistan if it were up to him.
Star leg spinner Rashid Khan took his seventh wicket of the innings as Afghanistan speedily wrapped up a 72-run victory over Zimbabwe on Monday to win the two-Test series.
Leg-spinner Rashid Khan took six wickets in a row to put Afghanistan on the verge of victory in the series-deciding second Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Sunday.
Rahmat Shah struck 139 in Bulawayo to revive Afghanistan hopes of winning a series-deciding second Test against Zimbabwe before rain stopped play late on day three.
Captain Craig Ervine top scored with 75 as Zimbabwe made 243 in their first innings on day two of the second and final Test against Afghanistan in Bulawayo.
Veteran Sikandar Raza and teenager Newman Nyamhuri took three wickets each as Zimbabwe bowled out Afghanistan for 157 on the first day of the second Test.
Afghanistan veteran Hashmatullah Shahidi and Zimbabwe rookie Brian Bennett starred as the first Test was drawn after a rain-shortened final day in Bulawayo.
Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi was unbeaten on 179 as Afghanistan trailed Zimbabwe by 71 runs after a rain-shortened fourth day of the first Test in Bulawayo.
Rahmat Shah struck an Afghanistan Test record 231* while partnering Hashmatullah Shahidi in an unbeaten 361-run stand on the third day of the first Test against Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe and their veteran batsman Sean Williams created Test records on Friday against Afghanistan.
Veteran middle-order batsman Sean Williams was unbeaten on 145 as Zimbabwe posted 363-4 against Afghanistan on the first day of the first Test in Bulawayo.
Teenage spinner Allah Ghazanfar took 5-33 as Afghanistan overwhelmed Zimbabwe by eight wickets on Saturday for a 2-0 ODI series win.
Sediqullah Atal scored his maiden ODI century as Afghanistan crushed Zimbabwe by 232 runs in Harare on Thursday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
The first ODI between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan in Harare on Tuesday was called off due to rain after the hosts made 44-5 in 9.2 overs.
Veteran Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi delivered a three-wicket T20I win over Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on Saturday, and a 2-1 series victory.