Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe, Match 2, Oct 19, 2026: form and head-to-head
| Afghanistan | 294 | 50.0 ov |
|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 136 | 38.4 ov |
Afghanistan win by 158 runs
Result
Afghanistan win by 158 runs
What the reporting says
Richard Ngarava is out with a back injury, so Sikandar Raza keeps the ODI captaincy for Zimbabwe's UAE tour.
Innocent Kaia, hurt in the thigh against Australia, is only expected to be available from the T20Is against Afghanistan on October 27.
Keeper-batter Tafadzwa Tsiga and legspinner Vincent Masekesa are in both white-ball squads as possible debutants.
Graeme Cremer has been dropped from Zimbabwe's ODI squad after playing one of three matches against Australia.
Masekesa took 25 wickets at 29.92 as joint-leading wicket-taker for Mountaineers in the Logan Cup.
Afghanistan are at full strength, with Rashid Khan and Ibrahim Zadran returning after being rested for the Bangladesh Test.
Facts taken from the stories linked beside them, each from a sentence in the original.
