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4th ODI, Bulawayo

Zimbabwe v Afghanistan, 2015-16

Fourth one-day international At Bulawayo, October 22, 2015. Afghanistan won by three wickets. ‡Zimbabwe 184-8 (50 overs) (Sikandar Raza 86; Dawlat Zadran 3-37); Afghanistan 185-7 (46.4 overs) (Mohammad Shahzad 80, Asghar Stanikzai 32; T. S. Chisoro 3-38). MoM: Mohammad Shahzad. Two quick wickets from Dawlat set Zimbabwe back, then the spinners tightened the noose: in all they took 4-120 in 34 overs. Sikandar overcame uncomfortable stiffness in his right knee and a withering blow to the groin during his battling 86; no one else made more than 26. After a cautious start to the chase, Shahzad opened up, clattering three sixes on his way to 80, before he sliced Chisoro into the covers. That made it 119-3, but skipper Asghar Stanikzai hung on grimly for 60 deliveries and, although he was out in the 45th over, making it a nervous 178-7, Rashid's straight six off Sean Williams soon levelled the series at 2-2.

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