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Historic Boxing Day Test in Zimbabwe

Toss: Zimbabwe, chose to bat

Day 1 Close of play score Zim 363-4 (85)

Sean Williams 145* (161) - 9x4, 3x6
Ben Curran 68 (74) - 11x4, 0x6
Craig Ervine 56* (94) - 6x4, 0x6
Takudzwanashe Kaitano 46 (115) - 4x4, 0x6

AM Ghazanfar 22 3 83 2

In reply to Fantom

Zimbabwe 1 England 2

Ben Curran is the brother of England players Sam and Tom Curran

In reply to Fantom
I couldn’t handle three tests

In reply to Chrissy

I didn't watch a ball of this one. Took a nap before tea for Aus-India test and started after lunch on the SA-Pak.

Good to see Zimbabwe being competitive

Day 2: 3rd Session

ZIM 586
AFG 4/1 (3) CRR: 1.33

Afghanistan trail by 582 runs

A pitch to enhance your batting average, it looks like many batters are cashing in to improve their batting average

In reply to dayne

End Of Day1: Zimbabwe - 363/4 in 85.0 overs (SC Williams 145, CR Ervine 56)

End Of Day2: Afghanistan - 95/2 in 30.0 overs (Rahmat Shah 49, Hashmatullah Shahidi 16)

End Of Day3: Afghanistan - 425/2 in 125.0 overs (Rahmat Shah 231, Hashmatullah Shahidi 141)

In reply to Fantom

It is a Test of endurance and one's ability to endure extreme boredom. When I saw Zimbabwe scored over 5 hundred runs, I knew the pitch was a gift to batters as Afghan is a good bowling team.

More torture for the fielding team

Dis will be a draw