Afghan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2025–26

Afghan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2025–26
	Zimbabwe	Afghanistan
Dates	20 October – 2 November 2025
Captains	Craig Ervine (Test) Sikandar Raza (T20Is)	Hashmatullah Shahidi (Test) Rashid Khan [a] (T20Is)
Test series
Result	Zimbabwe won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Ben Curran (121)	Ibrahim Zadran (61)
Most wickets	Blessing Muzarabani (6)	Ziaur Rahman (7)
Twenty20 International series
Results	Afghanistan won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Sikandar Raza (89)	Ibrahim Zadran (169)
Most wickets	Brad Evans (5)	Abdullah Ahmadzai (7) Mujeeb Ur Rahman (7)
Player of the series	Ibrahim Zadran (Afg)

The Afghanistan cricket team toured Zimbabwe in October and November 2025 to play the Zimbabwe cricket team. ^[1] The tour consisted of one-off Test and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. ^[2] In October 2025, the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) confirmed the fixtures for the tour. ^[3] All the matches were played at the Harare Sports Club. ^[4]

Squads

Zimbabwe		Afghanistan
Test [5]	T20Is [6]	Test [7]	T20Is [8]
Craig Ervine (c) Brian Bennett Tanaka Chivanga Ben Curran Brad Evans Roy Kaia Tanunurwa Makoni Wellington Masakadza Tinotenda Maposa Blessing Muzarabani Antum Naqvi Richard Ngarava Sikandar Raza Tafadzwa Tsiga (wk) Brendan Taylor (wk) Nick Welch	Sikandar Raza (c) Brian Bennett Ryan Burl Graeme Cremer Brad Evans Clive Madande (wk) Tinotenda Maposa Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk) Wellington Masakadza Tony Munyonga Tashinga Musekiwa Blessing Muzarabani Dion Myers Richard Ngarava Brendan Taylor (wk)	Hashmatullah Shahidi (c) Bashir Ahmad Yamin Ahmadzai Ismat Alam Ikram Alikhil (wk) Sharafuddin Ashraf Khalil Gurbaz Rahmanullah Gurbaz Abdul Malik Zia-ur-Rehman Ziaur Rahman Bahir Shah Shahidullah Ibrahim Zadran Afsar Zazai (wk)	Rashid Khan (c) Ibrahim Zadran (vc) Bashir Ahmad Fareed Ahmad Noor Ahmad Abdullah Ahmadzai Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai Sharafuddin Ashraf Sediqullah Atal Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) Mohammad Nabi Azmatullah Omarzai Mujeeb Ur Rahman Darwish Rasooli Shahidullah

Afghanistan named Sediqullah Atal, Mohammad Ibrahim and Shams Ur Rahman as reserves for the Test match while Faridoon Dawoodzai and Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar were named as reserves for the T20I series. ^[9]

Only Test

20–22 October 2025 Scorecard

Afghanistan	v	Zimbabwe
127 (32.3 overs) Rahmanullah Gurbaz 37 (37) Brad Evans 5/22 (9.3 overs)		359 (103 overs) Ben Curran 121 (256) Ziaur Rahman 7/97 (32 overs)
159 (43 overs) Ibrahim Zadran 42 (59) Richard Ngarava 5/37 (13 overs)

Zimbabwe won by an innings and 73 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Ben Curran (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Khalil Gurbaz, Sharafuddin Ashraf and Ziaur Rahman (Afg) all made their Test debuts.
• Brad Evans (Zim) took his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests. ^{[10] [11]}
• Ben Curran (Zim) scored his maiden century in Tests. ^{[12] [13]}
• Ziaur Rahman (Afg) took his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests. ^{[14] [15]}
• Richard Ngarava (Zim) took his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests. ^{[16] [17]}
• This was Zimbabwe's first Test win at home after 12 years. ^[18]

T20I series

1st T20I

29 October 2025 13:30 Scorecard

Afghanistan   180/6 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 127 (16.1 overs)
Ibrahim Zadran 52 (33) Sikandar Raza 3/20 (4 overs)		Tinotenda Maposa 32 (15) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4/20 (3 overs)

Afghanistan won by 53 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Azmatullah Omarzai (Afg)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd T20I

31 October 2025 13:30 Scorecard

Zimbabwe   125 (19.3 overs)	v	Afghanistan 129/3 (18 overs)
Sikandar Raza 37 (32) Rashid Khan 3/9 (3 overs)		Ibrahim Zadran 57* (51) Brad Evans 2/21 (3 overs)

Afghanistan won by 7 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Percival Sizara (Zim) Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Afg)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd T20I

2 November 2025 13:30 Scorecard

Afghanistan   210/3 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 201 (20 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 92 (48) Brad Evans 2/33 (4 overs)		Sikandar Raza 51 (29) Abdullah Ahmadzai 3/42 (4 overs)

Afghanistan won by 9 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Langton Rusere (Zim) and Percival Sizara (Zim) Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afg)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

1. Ibrahim Zadran captained Afghanistan in the 3rd T20I.

References

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2. "Afghanistan to tour Zimbabwe for one-off Test and T20Is". Cricbuzz . Retrieved 2 October 2025.
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4. "ZIM vs AFG: Harare to host one-off Test and three T20Is". Revsportz. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
5. "Zimbabwe name squad for one-off Test against Afghanistan". Zimbabwe Cricket . Retrieved 18 October 2025.
6. "Zimbabwe name squad for T20I series against Afghanistan". Zimbabwe Cricket . Retrieved 24 October 2025.
7. "ACB Name Squad for the One-off Test Match and T20I Series against Zimbabwe". Afghanistan Cricket Board . Retrieved 15 October 2025.
8. "Rashid rested for one-off Test against Zimbabwe, will return for T20Is". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 15 October 2025.
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11. "Evans, Curran put Zimbabwe in lead on first day of solitary Afghanistan Test". Geo Super. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
12. "Curran's maiden ton puts Zimbabwe on top against Afghanistan". Reuters. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
13. "Ben Curran ton puts Zimbabwe in total control". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
14. "Afghanistan's Ziaur Rahman Sharifi Creates History, Becomes 1st Fast Bowler From Asia To..." News18. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
15. "अफगानिस्तान के इस गेंदबाज ने डेब्यू टेस्ट में 7 विकेट झटककर रचा इतिहास, यह कारनामा करने वाला पहला एशियाई पेसर" [This Afghan bowler created history by taking 7 wickets in his debut Test, becoming the first Asian pacer to achieve this feat]. Cricketnmore (in Hindi). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
16. "Afghanistan collapse twice to hand Zimbabwe innings-win". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
17. "Only Test: Ngarava's Five-for Powers Zimbabwe To First Home Test Win Since 2013". Cricketnmore. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
18. "Ngarava and Curran lead Zimbabwe to first home Test win in 12 years". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2025.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo