Sean Williams scored a century, Zimbabwe scored 363/4 at stumps on the first day against Afghanistan
Zimbabwe played two matches against Afghanistan test series With the help of a century by Sean Williams in the first match, by the end of the first day's play, they had scored 363 runs after losing 4 wickets in 85 overs. Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test match being played at the Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo.
For Zimbabwe, the maximum runs came from the bat of Sean Williams. He played an unbeaten century of 145 runs in 161 balls with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes. Debutant Ben Curran scored a half-century of 68 runs in 74 balls with the help of 11 fours. Captain Craig Ervin played an unbeaten half-century of 56 runs with the help of 6 fours in 94 balls. Williams and captain Erwin have made a partnership of 143 (179)* runs for the 5th wicket.
Takudzwanashe Kaitano played an inning of 46 runs in 115 balls with the help of 4 fours and a six. Dion Myers contributed 27 runs in 38 balls with the help of 3 fours. Williams and Caetano made a partnership of 78 (114) runs for the third wicket. Williams and Myers added 50 (66) runs for the fourth wicket.
Curran and Caetano made a partnership of 49 (96) runs for the second wicket. Allah Ghazanfar won for Afghanistan. Navid Zadran and Zaheer Khan managed to take one wicket each. Afghanistan's bowlers were seen struggling to take wickets throughout the day. They are missing the experienced Rashid Khan.
Zimbabwe's playing eleven: Joylord Gambi (wk), Ben Curran, Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Sean Williams, Craig Erwin (c), Dion Myers, Brandon Mavuta, Brian Bennett, Newman Nyamurhi, Blessing Muzarabani, Trevor Gwandu.
Afghanistan's playing eleven: Abdul Malik, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Allah Ghazanfar, Afsar Zazai (wicketkeeper), Azmatullah Umarzai, Shahidullah Kamal, Naveed Zadran, Zia-ur-Rehman, Zaheer Khan.
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