Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe, 2024-25: The 2nd Test of the 2-match Test series between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe will be played today on 2nd January at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe at 01:30 PM (IST).
| Match | Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe (AFG vs ZIM) |
| League | Zimbabwe vs Pakistan Test |
| Date | Thursday, 2nd January 2025 |
| Time | 01:30 PM (IST) - 08:00 AM (GMT) |
The second exciting match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan will be played from Thursday. The first match of the series was a draw. Due to this, the second match of the series is important for both the teams. The teams of Zimbabwe and Afghanistan will come up with a new strategy in the second match and will try to win the match as well as capture the series. In the first match of the series, Zimbabwe's Sean Williams played a brilliant innings of 154 runs and took the team to a strong position in the first innings. Apart from this, Craig Ervine and Brian Bennett also scored centuries. Afghanistan's Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi scored double centuries and Afsar Zazai scored a century.
Zimbabwe (ZIM) Possible Playing 11: 1. Joylord Gumbie(WK), 2. Ben Curran, 3. Takudzwanashe Kaitano, 4. Sean Williams, 5. Craig Ervine(C), 6. Dion Myers, 7. Brian Bennett, 8. Brandon Mavuta, 9. Newman Nyamhuri, 10. Blessing Muzarabani, 11. Trevor Gwandu
Afghanistan (AFG) Possible Playing 11: 1. Sediqullah Atal, 2. Abdul-Malik, 3. Rahmat Shah, 4. Hashmatullah Shahidi(C), 5. Afsar Zazai(WK), 6. Azmatullah Omarzai, 7. Ikram Alikhil(WK), 8. Naveed Zadran, 9. Zahir Khan, 10. Allah Mohammad, 11. Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar
The second Test match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan will be played in Bulawayo. The pitch of Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo proves to be helpful for the batsmen. It will be easy to bat on this ground for the first three days. The average first innings score on this pitch can go up to more than 500 runs. As the match progresses, spinners may also get help, but fast bowlers will not have much hope from this pitch. The team winning the toss on this pitch may prefer to bat first, because the conditions will be very favorable for batting in the initial days.
| Total matches: | 25 |
| Batting first won: | 4 |
| Bowling first won: | 12 |
| 1st inn avg score: | 307 |
| 2nd inn avg score: | 395 |
| Highest Total: | 713/3 |
| Lowest Total: | 104/10 |
The temperature on the day of the Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan match in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on Thursday, 2nd January 2025 is expected to be around 23°C, with 27% humidity and 13.8 km/h wind speed. And the visibility is 10 km. There is no chance of precipitation during the game.
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