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Afghan Test squad for Zimbabwe tour 2025
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 2:39 pm
by Kriterion_BD
Just noticed the Afghans have picked Ziaur Rahman, the medium pacer. They've also picked a spinning all-rounder in Zia ur Rehman. Interesting selections because neither have a huge pedigree in Tests so far, with the former being totally uncapped in fact.
It appears as though the Afghans want to recreat the Zia magic from Bangladesh's 2013 tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taHS8Vl5VYk
Re: Afghan Test squad for Zimbabwe tour 2025
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 3:13 pm
by andrea lanzoni
Rashid Khan ruled out
Re: Afghan Test squad for Zimbabwe tour 2025
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 5:02 pm
by karthicks10
Afghanistan’s Test Squad
Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Abdul Malik, Afsar Zazai (WK), Ikram Alikhel (WK), Bahir Shah, Shahidullah Kamal, Ismat Alam, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Zia Ur Rahman Akbar, Yamin Ahmadzai, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi, Khalil Gurbaz, and Bashir Ahmad.
Reserves: Ibrahim Abdulrahimzai, Sediqullah Atal, and Shams Ur Rahman
Afghanistan’s T20I Squad
Rashid Khan (C), Ibrahim Zadran (VC), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Shahidullah Kamal, Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Bashir Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad Malik and Abdullah Ahmadzai.
Reserves: AM Ghazanfar and Faridoon Dawoodzai
Re: Afghan Test squad for Zimbabwe tour 2025
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 6:27 pm
by Pat_Bee
Old lanzone
not seen him for years
Re: Afghan Test squad for Zimbabwe tour 2025
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2025 7:33 am
by TapsC2
I think Rashid Khan has been the difference in every single test match they have won against us. Will be interesting to see how this one goes.
Out test xi will also be very interesting. Some have suggested we will never see a Sogo like Lineup for Zim but I just don't see how the"quota" won't be broken here. Even the random senior player injury won't work because of BT. Unless maybe they drop both Evans and Ngarava because they are "white ball" players at the moment. If we are being honest only Tsiga, Ngarava, Blessing and Chivanga make the 11 on merit right now.
Cremer will make it even harder in the future. I suspect after the first half of the season is over he will be in the squad again. The ODIs will be even worse because Burl is a candidate there too
Re: Afghan Test squad for Zimbabwe tour 2025
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2025 8:10 am
by ZIMDOGGY
TapsC2 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 16, 2025 7:33 am
I think Rashid Khan has been the difference in every single test match they have won against us. Will be interesting to see how this one goes.
Out test xi will also be very interesting. Some have suggested we will never see a Sogo like Lineup for Zim but I just don't see how the"quota" won't be broken here. Even the random senior player injury won't work because of BT. Unless maybe they drop both Evans and Ngarava because they are "white ball" players at the moment. If we are being honest only Tsiga, Ngarava, Blessing and Chivanga make the 11 on merit right now.
Cremer will make it even harder in the future. I suspect after the first half of the season is over he will be in the squad again. The ODIs will be even worse because Burl is a candidate there too
Depends what is more important to ZC.
1. Success, future opportunities.
2. Some weird racial agenda none of the fans want where they are happy to lose, as long as blacks lose, to prove a point that no one really knows what it is.
Re: Afghan Test squad for Zimbabwe tour 2025
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2025 8:13 am
by ZIMDOGGY
1 Curran
2 Bennett
3 Welch
4 williams
5 BT (w)
6 Ervine
7 Raza
8 cremer
9 Evans
10 Chivanga
11 Blessing
Is his what the forum is thinking?
Re: Afghan Test squad for Zimbabwe tour 2025
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2025 8:36 am
by aydee
ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Thu Oct 16, 2025 8:13 am
1 Curran
2 Bennett
3 Welch
4 williams
5 BT (w)
6 Ervine
7 Raza
8 cremer
9 Evans
10 Chivanga
11 Blessing
Is his what the forum is thinking?
It really shouldn't be Cremer. He hasn't played a FC match in so long. Not as if he even had a particularly good test record anyway. I'd also be very worried about Taylor being entrusted with the gloves for 5 days. His fitness seems short of where it needs to be.
Ngarava (and others) ahead of Chivanga, I would have thought. He was pretty poor last week against MCC.
Re: Afghan Test squad for Zimbabwe tour 2025
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2025 9:16 am
by secretzimbo
BT seems to struggle with walking down the stairs from the change rooms currently so I think keeping wicket in a Test is probably pushing it.
Re: Afghan Test squad for Zimbabwe tour 2025
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2025 10:02 am
by zimbot
A rare Harare test match. I wouldn't mind a green mamba and a four man pace attack.
Curran
Bennett
Welch
Williams
Ervine (c)
Taylor
Tsiga (wk)
Evans
Ngarava
Chivanga
Muzarabani
Maybe I should get off the drugs now.