For the Afghanistan side, the pick of the bowler was Rashid Khan who grabbed seven wickets in his spell of 27.3 overs where he conceded 66 runs. Two wickets were snapped by left-arm spinner Zia-Ur-Rehman in his 15 overs where he gave away 44 runs.

Experienced spinner Rashid Khan celebrated his return to red-ball cricket after a gap of three years by claiming a career-best figures of 7/66 and helped Afghanistan fight back from a first-innings deficit to overcome Zimbabwe by 72 runs in the second Test to claim the series 1-0 at the Queens Sports Club,

Rashid bowling to Zimbabwe's No. 10 Richard Ngarava. Four balls into play, Afghanistan got exactly what they wanted - almost. Ngarava skied an attempted slice off Rashid, and the ball popped up behind the man at silly point.

After conceding an 86-run lead, Afghanistan were bailed out of trouble by Rahmat Shah and debutant Ismat Alam's twin centuries before Rashid Khan worked his magic in the second innings as Zimbabwe failed to chase down a 278-run target.

Craig Ervine, batting on 53, holds the key for Zimbabwe, who are 73 runs from their target but have just two wickets in hand going into day five