Zimbabwean cricket team against Afghanistan in the 2015-16 season

The Zimbabwean cricket team's tour to Afghanistan in the 2015/16 season took place from December 25, 2015 to January 10, 2016. 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

Afghanistan previously played a tour against Oman , Zimbabwe in Bangladesh . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Zimbabwe in the same season .

Stadion

Sharjah

Tour venues

The following stadium was designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	Sharjah	27,000	1st - 5th ODI; 1st & 2nd T20

Squad lists

Afghanistan named its squad on December 22, 2015.

ODI		Twenty20
Afghanistan	Zimbabwe	Afghanistan	Zimbabwe
Asghar Stanikzai ( K ) Yamin Ahmadzai Mirwais Ashraf Rokhan Barakzai Usman Ghani Amir Hamza Nawaz Khan Rashid Khan Nawroz Mangal Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Karim Sadiq Shafiqullah Rahmat Shah Hashmatullah Shahidi Mohammad Shahzad ( wk ) Samiullah Shenwari Sayed Shirzad Dawlat Zadran Najibullah Zadran Noor Ali Zadran	Elton Chigumbura ( K ) Chamu Chibhabha Tendai Chisoro Graeme Cremer Craig Ervine Luke Jongwe Neville Madziva Hamilton Masakadza Wellington Masakadza Peter Moor Richmond Mutumbami ( wk ) Taurai Muzarabani Tinashe Panyangara Sikandar Raza Malcolm Waller	Asghar Stanikzai ( K ) Yamin Ahmadzai Mirwais Ashraf Rokhan Barakzai Usman Ghani Amir Hamza Nawaz Khan Rashid Khan Nawroz Mangal Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Karim Sadiq Shafiqullah Rahmat Shah Hashmatullah Shahidi Mohammad Shahzad ( wk ) Samiullah Shenwari Sayed Shirzad Dawlat Zadran Najibullah Zadran Noor Ali Zadran	Elton Chigumbura ( K ) Chamu Chibhabha Tendai Chisoro Graeme Cremer Craig Ervine Luke Jongwe Neville Madziva Hamilton Masakadza Wellington Masakadza Peter Moor Richmond Mutumbami ( wk ) Taurai Muzarabani Tinashe Panyangara Sikandar Raza Malcolm Waller

One-day internationals

First ODI in Sharjah

December 25th scorecard	Sharjah	Afghanistan 131 (38.5)	-	Zimbabwe 82 (30.5)
		Afghanistan wins with 49 runs

Second ODI in Sharjah

December 29th scorecard	Sharjah	Zimbabwe 253-7 (50)	-	Afghanistan 254-6 (47.4)
		Afghanistan wins with 4 wickets

Third ODI in Sharjah

January 2nd scorecard	Sharjah	Zimbabwe 175 (48.3)	-	Afghanistan 58 (16.1)
		Zimbabwe wins with 117 runs

Fourth ODI in Sharjah

January 4th scorecard	Sharjah	Zimbabwe 226 (49.1)	-	Afghanistan 161 (45)
		Zimbabwe wins with 65 runs

Fifth ODI in Sharjah

January 6th scorecard	Sharjah	Zimbabwe 248 (49.5)	-	Afghanistan 254-8 (49.4)
		Afghanistan wins with 2 wickets

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Sharjah

January 8 scorecard	Sharjah	Afghanistan 187-7 (20)	-	Zimbabwe 182-7 (20)
		Afghanistan wins with 5 runs

Second Twenty20 in Sharjah

January 10th scorecard	Sharjah	Afghanistan 215-6 (20)	-	Zimbabwe 134 (18.1)
		Afghanistan wins with 81 runs

Web links

Tour on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Uncapped Nawaz in Afghanistan squad ( English ) Cricinfo. December 22, 2015. Accessed November 12, 2016.