Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan, One-off Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, out Bowled!! Finally Afghanistan get Nick Welch. A patient knock but full of luck. A cracker of a delivery, wide of the crease and nips back in from a good length, Welch gets forward to defend, but leaves a gap between bat and pad, the ball sneaks through and uproots middle-stump. Sends the stump cartwheeling much to the delight of Ziaur Rahman Sharifi who is pumped. Welch battled on and even survived a catch off a no-ball, had his fair share of luck but that has now run out. Falls a run short of his fifty. Nick Welch b Ziaur Rahman Sharifi 49(89) [4s-5 6s-1]

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, 1 run, good length on off, Nick Welch goes on the back foot and nudges it to backward square-leg, quick single taken

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, 1 run, flat good length just outside off, Nick Welch goes on the back foot and punches it down to long-on

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, 1 run, flat good length outside off, Nick Welch goes on the back foot and punches to sweeper cover

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, no run, tossed up full on off, a forward defence to cover

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, 1 run, short of length on off, Nick Welch goes on the back foot and drops it with soft hands in front of mid-on, they take a quick single, the fielder was caught napping there

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, 1 run, good length outside off, turns away, Nick Welch goes on the back foot and punches wide of cover, hesitation between the two batters but Nick Welch is in, Rahmanullah the fielder, needed a direct-hit to make things interesting, not to be, again a word or two between Welch and Rahmanullah

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, no run, tossed up full on middle, Nick Welch shuffles across and flicks to mid-wicket

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, no run, big appeal for LBW not given. Words from Rahmanullah Gurbaz to Nick Welch and the umpires get together to calm things down. They have a word with the duo. It's a tossed up googly outside off, spins back in, Welch shuffles across well outside off and misses the nudge, impact outside off on the pads, Nitin Menon gets it right and then calms down things, asking the duo to calm down

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, no run, quicker good length on middle, Nick Welch goes on the back foot and turns it to the mid-wicket fielder

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, no run, slower and wider outside off, Nick Welch thinks about another loft, but lets it go

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, FOUR, tossed up full outside off, the leg-break turns away, Nick Welch gets forward to loft and clears mid-off, one bounce over the ropes

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, leg byes, 1 run, full and sliding down leg, Nick Welch flicks and mises, rapped on the pads but missing leg-stump

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, FOUR, more luck for Nick Welch. Closes the face too early to a length delivery angled in on middle, the thick leading-edge flies away into the gap at backward point, it slowly runs away to the fence

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, no run, length delivery and nips back in to off, Nick Welch gets forward to defend, the thick inside-edge hits the pad and rolls to cover

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, 1 run, short and spins away from outside off, Nick Welch goes on the back foot and cuts to sweeper cover

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, no run, big appeal for LBW and not given by umpire Nitin Menon. The googly and Nick Welch misses the forward defence, rapped on the pads in line with middle and was it spinning down leg? Looked far closer than initially thought. Will be interesting to see ball-tracking on this

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, no run, quicker and flatter on the stumps, Nick Welch tucks it to short-leg

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, 1 run, full outside off, Nick Welch gets forward to drive wide of mid-off for one

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, SIX, tossed up full on off and middle, Nick Welch with a big slogsweep and he clears the deep mid-wicket fence, calculated hit and that's all the way

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, 1 run, full on middle, Nick Welch gets forward to flick in front of mid-on and races across for a quick single

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, no run, short of length outside off, angled in and then shapes away a hint, Nick Welch pulls his bat inside the line just in time

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, no run, wide of the crease and full outside off, left alone

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, no run, full just outside off, good leave

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, no run, big nipbacker and Nick Welch is hit on the back thigh. It nips back in a long way and beats the inside-edge of Welch who is already batting outside his crease. Welch is down on his haunches as he soaks in the pain

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, 1 run, on the pads, turned wide of short-leg

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, no run, tossed up full outside off, Nick Welch goes for a big drive but mistimes it to mid-on

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, FOUR, sliding down leg, full, Nick Welch goes low and sweeps it fine to the fine-leg fence

Khalil Gurbaz to Nick Welch, no run, tossed up full just outside off, Nick Welch gets forward to defend to short cover

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, 1 run, pitched up full outside off, Nick Welch gets forward to drive big and the thick inside-edge rolls to deep backward square-leg

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, FOUR, fine shot. Full and angled in from wide of the crease, around off, Nick Welch gets forward and shows the full face of the bat to drive it straight down the ground, was in the air but wide of the bowler and the stumps, races away

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, no run, pitched up outside off, Nick Welch gets forward to drive to mid-off

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, no run, full and shapes back in on off, Nick Welch gets forward to defend to cover

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no run, wide of the crease and angled in on a good length on off, keeps low, Nick Welch defends it back

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no run, Nick Welch is struggling here. Misses the big inswinger again, but this is sliding down leg, goes on the back foot to tuck and misses the length delivery, sliding down though

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no run, full and angled in on off, Nick Welch gets forward to drive and it's in the air, but on the bounce to mid-off

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no run, big inswinger and Nick Welch is saved by the thin inside-edge on to pad. Hoops in a long way from outside off, Welch gets forward to drive and is saved by the inside-edge. Otherwise he was right in front

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no run, wide of the crease and angled in on a good length and it nips back in after pitching, Nick Welch goes on the back foot to nudge to leg, misses, rapped on the pads but too high and the stifled appeal for LBW dies down

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no run, full outside off, shapes back in a bit, Nick Welch gets forward to drive, beaten on the inside-edge, not far from off-stump

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, 1 run, length delivery on the pads, tucked to deep backward square-leg

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, ripper. Fine delivery that, angled in on a good length and nips away with extra bounce, Nick Welch spars at it and is lucky not to outside-edge it

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, wide length delivery outside off, shapes away, left alone

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, 2 runs, Nick Welch shuffles across well outside off, exposes his three stumps, flicks the length delivery from off, fine and fine-leg with a superb effort, runs and dives to his right to cut it off, saves two

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, short of length outside off, again angle in and shape away, left alone

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, short of length and angled in on the fifth-stump line, Nick Welch shoulders arms

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, short of length outside off, seams away, Nick Welch thinks about a cut but lets it go

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, short of length outside off, Nick Welch looks to slash and misses, under the bat it goes

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, full outside off, Nick Welch gets forward and opens the face of the bat to drive, finds backward point

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no run, wide of the crease and full outside off, Nick Welch gets forward to defend to cover

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no run, pitched up outside off, Nick Welch gets forward and drives well, but picks out mid-off

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no ball, a wicket off a no-ball. Ismat Alam has overstepped. It's full outside off, shapes away, Nick Welch gets forward to drive, the thick outside-edge is easily caught by Zazai but Ismat Alam has not had any part of his foot behind the line, a life for Welch

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no run, full on off, a neat forward stride, and the defence finds mid-off, right off the middle of the bat

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no run, thick leading-edge and just past the outstretched right hand of Ismat Alam. Length delivery on middle, Nick Welch is already standing well outside his crease, flicks and the leading-edge lobs safely

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no run, good length outside off, holds its line, left alone

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no run, fullish outside off, Nick Welch gets forward to drive and mistimes it back to Ismat Alam, the bottom-hand takes over

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, 3 runs, full and angled in on middle, Nick Welch falls over as he flicks but gets it wide of mid-wicket and mid-on, long chase for mid-on and the fielder cuts it off, keeps it to three

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, 1 run, full on off, Nick Welch gets forward to drive and gets it wide of mid-on, Yamin dives to his left and keeps it to one

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, on a good length and just outside off - defended to the off-side

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, fuller length delivery and holding its line wide of off, left alone

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, 1 run, length ball angling into the right-hander, clipped down to long leg for a single

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no run, fuller length delivery outside off - a big stride forward as Welch defended

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no run, on a good length and well wide of off, left alone

Ismat Alam to Nick Welch, no run, a friendly start from Ismat Alam, length ball outside off and it's left alone, bounces through to the keeper

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, on a good length and just outside off - blocked to the off-side

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, a big shout for caught behind, the Afghanis were all excited, but umpire Adrian Holdstock shakes his head - there was a sound as the ball went past the inside edge, so he might've got away with it - jagged back in sharply and cut him in half, gap between the ball and his trouser, so could've only been an inside edge, no DRS in this Test though and Rahman has to wheel away once again

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, on a good length and angling back into the right-hander - Welch gets close to the ball in defence

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, FOUR, slapped, full and wide of off - Welch leans into the drive and hammers it through extra-cover, no need to run for those

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, banged in short and just outside off - Welch sways away from the line and lets it go

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, short of a length and angling back into the right-hander, defended to mid-on

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, 3 runs, full and at the stumps - Welch shuffles across and clips it into the gap wide of mid-on, it's chased down and he's back for the third

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, no run, on a good length and just outside off - Welch plays with soft hands and runs it to gully

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, no run, full and just outside off - a big stride forward as Welch defended

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, on a good length and just outside off - Welch gets a big stride forward in defence

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, fuller length delivery on off - Welch plays with a slightly angled bat as he pushes it to mid-off

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, on a good length and holding its line outside off, left alone

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, banged in short and at the right-hander, Welch drops his wrists and gets out of the way

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, tad fuller and just outside off - a half-forward Welch pushes it to the off-side

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, on a good length and angling into the right-hander, turned to the on-side

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, fraction fuller and around off - Welch opens himself up and pushes it to the off-side

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off, pushed in front of cover and Welch scampers across for a quick single

Ahmadzai to Nick Welch, no run, banged in short and at the stumps - Welch ducks under and lets it go

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, 1 run, fuller length delivery and jagging back into the right-hander, Welch presses forward and the ball catches the inside edge, skewing away behind square on the on-side

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, Rahman shortens the length and gets it to seam away from the right-hander - Welch is half-forward as he looked to defend and missed

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, appeal for LBW, but the bowler wasn't interested, looked very high - Welch was a long way down the pitch as he shuffled across on the tuck and missed

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, lovely, Rahman comes from wide of the crease and creates that angle around the off-stump - Welch is very tentative as he plays at that, gets beaten on the outside edge

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, on a good length and well wide of off, left alone

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, short of a good length and slanting across the right-hander, left alone

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, on a good length from wide of the crease, Welch gets right back in defence

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi to Nick Welch, no run, short of a length and angling into the right-hander, thuds into Welch's body and drops onto the on-side