Seven-wicket Rashid leads Afghanistan to Test series win over Zimbabwe

Rashid Khan takes 11 wickets successful the lucifer to springiness Afghanistan a 1-0 triumph successful the bid aft the archetypal Test ended successful a draw.

Afghanistan needed lone 15 balls connected the last time of their 2nd Test against Zimbabwe to wrapper up a 72-run triumph and instrumentality the two-match series, with prima limb spinner Rashid Khan bagging 7 wickets successful the 2nd innings.

Zimbabwe were dismissed for 205 connected Monday astatine the Queens Sports Club successful Bulawayo, with skipper Craig Ervine the past wicket to autumn arsenic the hosts failed to adhd to their overnight people and mislaid their past 2 wickets successful lone 13 minutes.

Richard Ngarava was tally retired for 3 earlier subordinate of the lucifer Rashid trapped Zimbabwe’s apical scorer Ervine (53 runs disconnected 103 balls) limb earlier to decorativeness with 11 wickets successful the match.

Rashid tormented Zimbabwe passim a lucifer interrupted respective times by rain.

The 26-year-old deflected attraction from himself aft receiving the subordinate of the lucifer award, praising second-innings centurions Rahmat Shah (139) – named subordinate of the bid – and debutant Ismat Alam (101) instead.

“The mode they performed 2nd clip circular got america backmost into the match,” helium said, referring to the 86-run shortage the tourists faced aft the archetypal innings.

“The mode Ismat shrugged disconnected the disappointment of being retired for nought successful his archetypal innings was amazing. He was wounded during the 2nd innings but carried connected for the involvement of his country.

“I americium recovering from backmost country truthful taking 11 wickets was precise encouraging. It was each astir adapting to the conditions, which initially favoured the bowlers, past the batters.”

The archetypal test, besides successful Bulawayo, ended successful a high-scoring draw.

Afghanistan person present won 4 of 11 Tests played since winning Test presumption successful 2017 – 2 of them against Zimbabwe.