SHARJAH (The Thursday Times) — Naseer Khan Maroofkhil ne Afghanistan ke liye apne Test debut par saat wickets hasil keen, lekin hafte ke roz Sharjah Cricket Stadium mein doosre Test ke doosre din ke ikhtitam par Brendan Taylor ki century aur Blessing Muzarabani ki umda bowling ne Zimbabwe ko bartari dila di.
20 saala spinner ne 44 overs mein 151 runs de kar saat wickets leen, aur Zimbabwe ki team 114.5 overs mein 339 runs bana kar out ho gayi. Jawab mein khel khatam hone par Afghanistan ka score chhe wickets par 159 tha aur woh ab bhi 180 runs peechhe hai. Afsar Zazai 33 aur Maroofkhil teen runs par not out hain.
Do matches ki series ka pehla Test draw hua tha, is liye Sharjah ka nateeja series ka faisla karega. Afghanistan ne is maah ke aaghaz mein Zimbabwe ke khilaf teen matches ki T20 International series 3-0 se jeeti thi.
Debut par shandaar karkardagi
Pehle din Zimbabwe aik bare score ki taraf barhta dikhai de raha tha. Openers Innocent Kaia aur Ben Curran ne mazboot aaghaz faraham kiya, aur mehmaan team aik wicket par 200 runs tak pohanch gayi thi ke Kaia century se chaar runs pehle 96 par out ho gaye. Un ke out hone ke baad team chaar wickets par 212 tak larkhara gayi, jis mein sab se zyada nuqsan Maroofkhil ne pohanchaya, aur Zimbabwe ne pehla din paanch wickets par 250 runs par khatam kiya.
Taylor, jo raat bhar 96 par not out the, ne hafte ko apni aathveen Test century mukammal ki, jo is series mein un ki doosri century hai. Unhon ne 217 gendon par 14 chaukon aur aik chhakke ki madad se 119 runs banaye, jis ke baad Maroofkhil ne unhein out kiya. Zimbabwe ne aakhri nau wickets 139 runs ke izafe par ganwayin, taham Brad Evans ne tail-enders ke saath 50 gendon par 32 runs ki mufeed not out innings kheli.
Ziaur Rahman ne do aur Yamin Ahmadzai ne aik wicket li. Reports ke mutabiq Maroofkhil ki saat wickets kisi Afghan bowler ki janib se Test debut ki aik innings mein sab se zyada wickets ke barabar hain, aur aik mazeed wicket unhein debut innings mein kisi bhi bowler ki behtareen karkardagi ke barabar le aati.
Jawab mein Afghanistan ki larkharahat
Afghanistan ka aaghaz achha nahin raha aur us ne 10 overs ke andar 27 runs par dono openers, Sediqullah Atal (aik) aur Abdul Malik (18), ko kho diya. Hashmatullah Shahidi aur Rahmanullah ne teesri wicket ke liye 46 runs ki shirakat se innings ko sambhala, yahan tak ke Rahmanullah 44 gendon par 34 runs bana kar Vincent Masekesa ka shikar bane. Yeh ab tak ka sab se bara infiradi score hai.
Shahidi ne 30 runs banaye, jis ke baad Afghanistan waqfe waqfe se wickets ganwate hue chhe wickets par 154 tak aa gaya. Zazai date rahe aur itwar ko teesre din aathveen number ke batter Maroofkhil ke saath innings dobara shuru karenge.
Zimbabwe ki janib se Muzarabani sab se kamyab bowler rahe jinhon ne 13 overs mein 31 runs de kar teen wickets leen. Masekesa ne do aur Evans ne aik wicket hasil ki.
