Afghanistan Trail Zimbabwe by 198 Runs

Afghanistan 127 & 34 for 1. Zimbabwe 359 (Curran 121, Raza 65, Ziaur 7-97) by 198 runs

Zimbabwe scored 229 runs and lost eight wickets. Afghanistan scored 34 and lost one. On paper, day two was a day of shared honours. In reality though, the hosts were left holding all aces after having bundled out Afghanistan for 127 on day one, and then converting a three-run lead to a 233-run lead, thanks mainly to a gritty, layered 121 from Ben Curran and a calculated (if not slick) 65 from Sikandar Raza.

Ziaur Rahman‘s 7 for 97 was a dreamy career-best on Test debut. He became the first bowler to take seven or more wickets via bowled or LBW in a Test innings as Imran Khan in 1982. Afghanistan batted for 12 overs before stumps and lost opener Abdul Malik to Richard ngarava.Ibrahim Zadran got off to a start and was unbeaten on 25.