Prince Masvaure’s career-best 65 ushered Zimbabwe through most of the morning session
Lunch Zimbabwe 145/2 (Musakanda 23*, Williams 8*) trail Afghanistan 545 for 4 (Shahidi 200*, Jamal 55*) by 400 runs
Prince Masvaure‘s career-best 65 ushered Zimbabwe through most of the morning session but his dismissal in the third over before lunch gave Afghanistan a slender advantage as the Test approached the halfway stage. Zimbabwe are still 200 runs away from avoiding the follow-on and only need a draw to win the series. Although the pitch remains good for batting, there are signs of turn and Afghanistan’s spinners will hope for the cracks open up and the surface to deteriorate which would help them push for victory.
Rashid Khan made the first incision into the Zimbabwean line-up when Kevin Kasuza chased a wide delivery and got a thin edge to Afsar Zazai. Kasuza had looked relatively comfortable to that point, particularly against Afghanistan’s lone seamer, Sayed Shirzad, who he took…