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Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan, 1st T20I

Gurbaz 26(17)
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4.3
Brad Evans to Gurbaz, 1 run, mishit, catch it is the cry, short fine leg fielder circles, he's not confident. Dives full length forward but spills the catch. Did the Sun get in the eyeline? Gurbaz lost grip on the handle while trying to slog too hard, edge flew straight away towards backward square leg and he escapes
4.2
6
Brad Evans to Gurbaz, SIX, front leg out of the way and baaangg, over long-on. Brad Evans offers another full delivery, slot ball and belted down the ground wide of the sightscreen
4.1
4
Brad Evans to Gurbaz, FOUR, poor ball! Short and wide with no sweeper, asking for trouble and Gurbaz has been looking for square hits all day. Easy cut shot and he didn't even bother to keep it down
4
Muzarabani to Gurbaz, 1 run, oh good bowling and equally good batting! Muzarabani spotted Gurbaz making room again and followed him with a sharp short ball that was asking for Gurbaz's head. The batter hurriedly managed to get bat on ball on this pull shot as he wanted to avoid damage, managed to drag it behind square to long leg. Played that pretty well despite being off balance
3.2
Muzarabani to Gurbaz, 1 run, wants to flay it over cover but swings early and gets an inside edge that rolls to mid-on. Fielder attempts a direct-hit but misses. Gurbaz was easily home though
3
Ngarava to Gurbaz, no run, makes room to slash it on the off-side for four more, but this short of length delivery keeps coming at him and beats the bat
2.5
Ngarava to Gurbaz, no run, round the wicket and angling in, Gurbaz looks to flick, ball rolls towards the bowler off the leading edge
2.4
4
Ngarava to Gurbaz, FOUR, it's still width outside off stump, only the length has changed. Ngarava bowls full and angling away, Gurbaz lofts with an angled bat to kind of slice it over cover-point
2.3
4
Ngarava to Gurbaz, FOUR, he's telegraphed that he's only going to bowl wide of off stump. Gurbaz now stays inside the line and cuts hard over point for four more
2.2
Ngarava to Gurbaz, no run, full and angling away wide of off stump, Gurbaz moves across to loft but misses. He thought that could have been called a wide but not to be
2.1
4
Ngarava to Gurbaz, FOUR, oh backs away and slaps it hard! Length delivery on the stumps, Gurbaz gives room and smacks it hard through cover-point and Gurbaz gets going as well. Set a solid base and hit that so well in the big gap at cover
1.4
Muzarabani to Gurbaz, 1 run, short of length delivery, Gurbaz looks to pull, mistimes to mid-wicket
1.3
Muzarabani to Gurbaz, no run, short and rising, Gurbaz looks to back away and pull, but misses
1.2
Muzarabani to Gurbaz, no run, fullish and moving away, Gurbaz defends towards cover
1
Ngarava to Gurbaz, no run, wants a quick single but sent back and rightly so. The ball hardly left the pitch and Ngarava was able to attack quickly moving forward to the right, would have been a suicidal run if it was a direct-hit
0.2
Ngarava to Gurbaz, leg byes, 1 run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Gurbaz looks to glance, ball hits the thigh pad and rolls towards short fine leg
0.1
Ngarava to Gurbaz, no run, short of length delivery angling away, Gurbaz looks to cut and misses. Gets beaten on the angle