Afghan national cricket team in Zimbabwe in the 2015/16 season

The tour of the Afghan national cricket team to Zimbabwe in the 2015/16 season took place from October 16 to 28, 2015. The international cricket tour was part of the 2015/16 international cricket season and included five ODIs and two Twenty20s . Afghanistan won the ODI series 3–2 and the Twenty20 series 2–0.

prehistory

Zimbabwe previously played one tour against Ireland , while it was Afghanistan’s first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Zimbabwe in the 2014 season .

Stadion

Bulawayo

Tour venues

The following stadium was designated as the venue for the tour and announced on October 2nd, 2015.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Queens Sports Club	Bulawayo	9,000	1st - 5th ODI; 1st & 2nd T20

Squad lists

The teams announced the following roster.

ODI		Twenty20
Zimbabwe	Afghanistan	Zimbabwe	Afghanistan
Elton Chigumbura ( K ) Brian Chari Chamu Chibhabha Tendai Chisoro Craig Ervine Luke Jongwe Neville Madziva Wellington Masakadza Tinotenda Mutombodzi Richmond Mutumbami ( wk ) Taurai Muzarabani John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Sikandar Raza Sean Williams	Asghar Stanikzai ( K ) Aftab Alam Amir Hamza Dawlat Zadran Fareed Ahmad Hashmatullah Shahidi Mirwais Ashraf Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Shahzad ( wk ) Najibullah Zadran Nawroz Mangal Noor Ali Zadran Samiullah Shenwari Shafiqullah Shapoor Zadran	Elton Chigumbura ( K ) Brian Chari Chamu Chibhabha Tendai Chisoro Craig Ervine Luke Jongwe Neville Madziva Wellington Masakadza Tinotenda Mutombodzi Richmond Mutumbami ( wk ) Taurai Muzarabani John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Sikandar Raza Sean Williams	Asghar Stanikzai ( K ) Aftab Alam Amir Hamza Fareed Ahmad Gulbadin Naib Karim Sadiq Mirwais Ashraf Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Shahzad ( wk ) Nawroz Mangal Rashid Khan Samiullah Shenwari Shafiqullah Shapoor Zadran Usman Ghani

Tour matches

October 8th scorecard	Bulawayo (BAC)	Afghanistan 356-5 (50)	-	Zimbabwe Chairman's XI 286 (48.1)
		Afghanistan wins with 70 runs

October 10 scorecard	Bulawayo (BAC)	Afghanistan 226 (49)	-	Zimbabwe Chairman's XI 204 (44.1)
		Afghanistan wins with 22 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Bulawayo

October 16 scorecard	Bulawayo	Afghanistan 122 (34.1)	-	Zimbabwe 126-2 (23.2)
		Zimbabwe wins with 8 wickets

Second ODI in Bulawayo

October 18 scorecard	Bulawayo	Afghanistan 271-6 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 213 (46.4)
		Afghanistan wins with 58 runs

Third ODI in Bulawayo

October 20 scorecard	Bulawayo	Afghanistan 223-8 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 229-4 (49.4)
		Zimbabwe wins with 7 wickets

Fourth ODI in Bulawayo

October 22nd scorecard	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe 184-8 (50)	-	Afghanistan 185-7 (46.4)
		Afghanistan wins with 3 wickets

Fifth ODI in Bulawayo

October 24th scorecard	Bulawayo	Afghanistan 245-9 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 172 (44.1)
		Afghanistan wins with 73 runs

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Bulawayo

October 26 scorecard	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe 153-5 (20)	-	Afghanistan 154-4 (19.1)
		Afghanistan wins with 6 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Bulawayo

October 28 scorecard	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe 190-6 (20)	-	Afghanistan 191-5 (19.5)
		Afghanistan wins with 5 wickets

Web links

Tour on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Afghanistan to tour Zimbabwe for five ODIs, two T20Is ( English ) Cricinfo. October 2, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.