Afghanistan v 
Zimbabwe
Each batter against the bowlers he would face, by phase. Colour is always from the batter's side. These are match-ups by type, not by history — nobody here has faced anybody often enough for a head-to-head record to mean anything. A batter appears in a phase only if he actually bats there, and a bowler only where both careers hold at least 30 balls in that exact split. A bowler named in grey was read and came out inside 10% of par — checked, and nothing to say. The not readable count beside him is the bowlers whose pair could not be read at all, which is a different claim entirely. A name marked ° is a weaker reading, from less than the full record: either that bowler has under 30 balls against this hand in these overs and the pair is read from the batter alone, or the batter has under 30 against this type here and is read from what he has, shrunk toward the league rate. Held out on matches from 2025 both kinds sorted outcomes, but they rest on less than a full pair does; the hover text says which it is.
| Team | Batting | Bowling | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 22 9 Rahmanullah Gurbaz · 5 players | 27 9 Rashid Khan · 6 players | 49 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 4 BJ Bennett · 8 players | 23 4 W Madhevere · 10 players | 38 |
Every edge counted twice over, once from each side: a match-up that favours a batter is one his opponents' bowlers are losing. Under each count is the player holding most of them and how many players it is spread across — a total resting on one man is worth less than the same total spread down the order, and it leaves with him. Amber marks a count of five or more where two players hold 70% of it.
Zimbabwe batting v Afghanistan bowling
| Batter | Powerplay 1-6 | Middle overs 7-16 | Death 17-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 BJ Bennett RHB | Azmatullah Omarzai +13% Mujeeb Ur Rahman +12% Fazalhaq Farooqi +12% Rashid Khan -13% Ibrahim Zadran 1 not readable | Azmatullah Omarzai Fazalhaq Farooqi Rashid Khan Ibrahim Zadran Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1 not readable | Azmatullah Omarzai +25% Ibrahim Zadran Fazalhaq Farooqi Mujeeb Ur Rahman Rashid Khan 1 not readable |
| 2 BJ Curran LHB | Fazalhaq Farooqi +14% Rashid Khan -12% Azmatullah Omarzai Ibrahim Zadran Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1 not readable | Mujeeb Ur Rahman +12% Noor Ahmad -11% Fazalhaq Farooqi -11% Azmatullah Omarzai Rashid Khan Ibrahim Zadran | rarely bats here |
| 3 I Kaia RHB | Mujeeb Ur Rahman -17% Azmatullah Omarzai Fazalhaq Farooqi Ibrahim Zadran Rashid Khan 1 not readable | Fazalhaq Farooqi +11% Azmatullah Omarzai +10% Mujeeb Ur Rahman -16% Rashid Khan 2 not readable | rarely bats here |
| 4 Sikandar Raza RHB | Azmatullah Omarzai Mujeeb Ur Rahman Ibrahim Zadran Fazalhaq Farooqi Rashid Khan 1 not readable | Azmatullah Omarzai Fazalhaq Farooqi Noor Ahmad Mujeeb Ur Rahman Ibrahim Zadran Rashid Khan | Azmatullah Omarzai +27% Rashid Khan +12% Ibrahim Zadran +11% Mujeeb Ur Rahman -15% Noor Ahmad -15% Fazalhaq Farooqi |
| 5 T Marumani LHB | Fazalhaq Farooqi Azmatullah Omarzai Mujeeb Ur Rahman Ibrahim Zadran Rashid Khan 1 not readable | Azmatullah Omarzai +17% Mujeeb Ur Rahman Rashid Khan Ibrahim Zadran Fazalhaq Farooqi 1 not readable | Rashid Khan -12% Mujeeb Ur Rahman -13% Azmatullah Omarzai -16% Fazalhaq Farooqi 2 not readable |
| 6 RP Burl LHB | rarely bats here | Azmatullah Omarzai Ibrahim Zadran Fazalhaq Farooqi Mujeeb Ur Rahman Rashid Khan 1 not readable | Noor Ahmad -11% Ibrahim Zadran Fazalhaq Farooqi Mujeeb Ur Rahman Azmatullah Omarzai Rashid Khan |
| 7 W Madhevere RHB | Rashid Khan -12% Mujeeb Ur Rahman Fazalhaq Farooqi Azmatullah Omarzai Ibrahim Zadran 1 not readable | Rashid Khan -12% Azmatullah Omarzai Mujeeb Ur Rahman Fazalhaq Farooqi Ibrahim Zadran 1 not readable | Azmatullah Omarzai +19% Ibrahim Zadran Fazalhaq Farooqi Rashid Khan Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1 not readable |
| 8 B Evans RHB | rarely bats here | Rashid Khan -11% Azmatullah Omarzai Ibrahim Zadran Mujeeb Ur Rahman Fazalhaq Farooqi 1 not readable | Azmatullah Omarzai +16% Fazalhaq Farooqi -11% Rashid Khan -11% Mujeeb Ur Rahman -14% Ibrahim Zadran 1 not readable |
| 9 NT Nyamhuri RHB | rarely bats here | Rashid Khan -11% Mujeeb Ur Rahman Fazalhaq Farooqi 3 not readable | Azmatullah Omarzai +13% Fazalhaq Farooqi 4 not readable |
| 10 WP Masakadza LHB | rarely bats here | Fazalhaq Farooqi -11% Rashid Khan -13% Azmatullah Omarzai -20% Mujeeb Ur Rahman -21% Ibrahim Zadran -28% 1 not readable | Mujeeb Ur Rahman -13% Fazalhaq Farooqi -14% Azmatullah Omarzai -18% Rashid Khan Ibrahim Zadran 1 not readable |
Afghanistan batting v Zimbabwe bowling
| Batter | Powerplay 1-6 | Middle overs 7-16 | Death 17-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz RHB | I Kaia, RP Burl +27% Sikandar Raza +15% BJ Bennett, BJ Curran, T Marumani +10% B Evans NT Nyamhuri WP Masakadza W Madhevere | BJ Bennett +23% B Evans +20% W Madhevere +13% BJ Curran, T Marumani Sikandar Raza NT Nyamhuri I Kaia WP Masakadza RP Burl | rarely bats here |
| 2 Ibrahim Zadran RHB | BJ Bennett, BJ Curran, T Marumani -12% W Madhevere -17% WP Masakadza -21% NT Nyamhuri B Evans Sikandar Raza 2 not readable | B Evans +15% BJ Bennett +14% RP Burl -14% I Kaia -18% W Madhevere BJ Curran, T Marumani Sikandar Raza NT Nyamhuri WP Masakadza | BJ Bennett +13% NT Nyamhuri -10% Sikandar Raza W Madhevere WP Masakadza B Evans 4 not readable |
| 3 Sediqullah Atal LHB | WP Masakadza +11% W Madhevere -13% B Evans NT Nyamhuri BJ Bennett Sikandar Raza 4 not readable | NT Nyamhuri +12% WP Masakadza +11% B Evans BJ Bennett W Madhevere Sikandar Raza RP Burl 3 not readable | rarely bats here |
| 5 Azmatullah Omarzai RHB | rarely bats here | I Kaia +22% RP Burl +21% BJ Bennett +14% B Evans +10% W Madhevere BJ Curran, T Marumani Sikandar Raza NT Nyamhuri WP Masakadza | NT Nyamhuri +14% B Evans +11% BJ Bennett Sikandar Raza W Madhevere WP Masakadza RP Burl 3 not readable |
| 8 Rashid Khan RHB | rarely bats here | WP Masakadza B Evans NT Nyamhuri BJ Bennett W Madhevere I Kaia RP Burl Sikandar Raza 2 not readable | B Evans +12% I Kaia BJ Bennett RP Burl NT Nyamhuri Sikandar Raza WP Masakadza W Madhevere 2 not readable |
| 9 Mujeeb Ur Rahman RHB | rarely bats here | RP Burl BJ Bennett I Kaia B Evans WP Masakadza NT Nyamhuri W Madhevere Sikandar Raza 2 not readable | WP Masakadza -12% B Evans -12% Sikandar Raza -13% RP Burl -13% W Madhevere -18% NT Nyamhuri -19% BJ Bennett 3 not readable |
| 10 Fazalhaq Farooqi RHB | rarely bats here | rarely bats here | RP Burl -15% B Evans -16% BJ Bennett Sikandar Raza WP Masakadza W Madhevere NT Nyamhuri 3 not readable |
| 11 Noor Ahmad RHB | rarely bats here | I Kaia -10% WP Masakadza -11% Sikandar Raza -12% BJ Bennett B Evans NT Nyamhuri RP Burl W Madhevere 2 not readable | W Madhevere -13% NT Nyamhuri -18% RP Burl -24% B Evans BJ Bennett Sikandar Raza WP Masakadza 3 not readable |
Talking points
Read off the matrix on this page and nothing else — the same edges, counted from both ends. Direction is always from the batter's side.
- Afghanistan hold 49 — 22 while they bat, 27 from their bowlers.
- Zimbabwe hold 38 — 15 while they bat, 23 from their bowlers.
- Both sides are on a named XI, so that is 11 more for Afghanistan.
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan) is the best set up with the bat — 9 match-ups in his favour, 0 against.
- Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan) is the best set up with the bat — 6 match-ups in his favour, 0 against.
- BJ Bennett (Zimbabwe) is the best set up with the bat — 4 match-ups in his favour, 1 against.
- Ibrahim Zadran (Afghanistan) is the one to bowl at — 8 against him, 3 in his favour.
- WP Masakadza (Zimbabwe) is the one to bowl at — 8 against him, 0 in his favour.
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan) is the one to bowl at — 6 against him, 0 in his favour.
- Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) holds the most with the ball — 9 in his favour, 1 batter the other way.
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan) holds the most with the ball — 7 in his favour, 2 batters the other way.
- Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan) holds the most with the ball — 4 in his favour, 3 batters the other way.
- The numbers favour Afghanistan by 11, on 87 match-ups between the sides.