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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 15 4 Sikandar Raza · 6 players | 15 3 W Madhevere · 8 players | 30 |
| Afghanistan | 7 4 Azmatullah Omarzai · 3 players | 14 7 Rashid Khan · 5 players | 21 |
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 | Hamidullah Qadri +18% Azmatullah Omarzai +13% Fazalhaq Farooqi +12% Rashid Khan -13% Ibrahim Zadran 1 not readable | Azmatullah Omarzai Fazalhaq Farooqi Rashid Khan Hamidullah Qadri Ibrahim Zadran 1 not readable | Azmatullah Omarzai +25% Ibrahim Zadran Fazalhaq Farooqi Rashid Khan 2 not readable |
| 2 I Kaia RHB | Azmatullah Omarzai Fazalhaq Farooqi Ibrahim Zadran Rashid Khan 2 not readable | Fazalhaq Farooqi +11% Azmatullah Omarzai +10% Rashid Khan Hamidullah Qadri 2 not readable | rarely bats here |
| 3 Sikandar Raza RHB | Hamidullah Qadri +12% Azmatullah Omarzai Ibrahim Zadran Fazalhaq Farooqi Rashid Khan 1 not readable | Azmatullah Omarzai Fazalhaq Farooqi Hamidullah Qadri Noor Ahmad Ibrahim Zadran Rashid Khan | Azmatullah Omarzai +27% Rashid Khan +12% Ibrahim Zadran +11% Noor Ahmad -15% Fazalhaq Farooqi 1 not readable |
| 4 RP Burl LHB | rarely bats here | Azmatullah Omarzai Ibrahim Zadran Fazalhaq Farooqi Hamidullah Qadri Rashid Khan 1 not readable | Noor Ahmad -11% Hamidullah Qadri Ibrahim Zadran Fazalhaq Farooqi Azmatullah Omarzai Rashid Khan |
| 5 T Marumani LHB | Hamidullah Qadri Fazalhaq Farooqi Azmatullah Omarzai Ibrahim Zadran Rashid Khan 1 not readable | Azmatullah Omarzai +17% Hamidullah Qadri +13% Rashid Khan Ibrahim Zadran Fazalhaq Farooqi 1 not readable | Rashid Khan -12% Azmatullah Omarzai -16% Fazalhaq Farooqi 3 not readable |
| 6 W Madhevere RHB | Hamidullah Qadri +14% Rashid Khan -12% Fazalhaq Farooqi Azmatullah Omarzai Ibrahim Zadran 1 not readable | Rashid Khan -12% Hamidullah Qadri Azmatullah Omarzai Fazalhaq Farooqi Ibrahim Zadran 1 not readable | Azmatullah Omarzai +19% Ibrahim Zadran Fazalhaq Farooqi Rashid Khan 2 not readable |
| 9 NT Nyamhuri RHB | rarely bats here | Rashid Khan -11% Hamidullah Qadri Fazalhaq Farooqi 3 not readable | Azmatullah Omarzai +13% Fazalhaq Farooqi 4 not readable |
| 11 B Muzarabani RHB | rarely bats here | Azmatullah Omarzai -10% Rashid Khan -13% 4 not readable | Rashid Khan -11% Azmatullah Omarzai -12% Fazalhaq Farooqi -13% Ibrahim Zadran -23% 2 not readable |
Afghanistan batting v Zimbabwe bowling
| Batter | Powerplay 1-6 | Middle overs 7-16 | Death 17-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Ibrahim Zadran RHB | BJ Bennett, T Marumani -12% W Madhevere -17% NT Nyamhuri B Muzarabani Sikandar Raza 2 not readable | BJ Bennett +14% RP Burl -14% I Kaia -18% B Muzarabani W Madhevere T Marumani Sikandar Raza NT Nyamhuri | BJ Bennett +13% NT Nyamhuri -10% B Muzarabani -14% Sikandar Raza W Madhevere 3 not readable |
| 3 Sediqullah Atal LHB | W Madhevere -13% NT Nyamhuri B Muzarabani BJ Bennett Sikandar Raza 3 not readable | NT Nyamhuri +12% BJ Bennett B Muzarabani W Madhevere Sikandar Raza RP Burl 2 not readable | rarely bats here |
| 6 Azmatullah Omarzai RHB | rarely bats here | I Kaia +22% RP Burl +21% BJ Bennett +14% W Madhevere B Muzarabani T Marumani Sikandar Raza NT Nyamhuri | NT Nyamhuri +14% BJ Bennett Sikandar Raza B Muzarabani W Madhevere RP Burl 2 not readable |
| 9 Noor Ahmad RHB | rarely bats here | I Kaia -10% Sikandar Raza -12% BJ Bennett NT Nyamhuri RP Burl W Madhevere B Muzarabani 1 not readable | W Madhevere -13% NT Nyamhuri -18% RP Burl -24% BJ Bennett B Muzarabani Sikandar Raza 2 not readable |
| 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi RHB | rarely bats here | rarely bats here | RP Burl -15% B Muzarabani -24% BJ Bennett Sikandar Raza W Madhevere NT Nyamhuri 2 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.
- Zimbabwe hold 30 — 15 while they bat, 15 from their bowlers.
- Afghanistan hold 21 — 7 while they bat, 14 from their bowlers.
- Both sides are on a named XI, so that is 9 more for Zimbabwe.
- Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan) is the best set up with the bat — 4 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.
- Sikandar Raza (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 — 7 against him, 2 in his favour.
- B Muzarabani (Zimbabwe) is the one to bowl at — 6 against him, 0 in his favour.
- Noor Ahmad (Afghanistan) is the one to bowl at — 5 against him, 0 in his favour.
- Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) holds the most with the ball — 7 in his favour, 1 batter the other way.
- RP Burl (Zimbabwe) holds the most with the ball — 3 in his favour, 1 batter the other way.
- W Madhevere (Zimbabwe) holds the most with the ball — 3 in his favour, 0 batters the other way.
- The numbers favour Zimbabwe by 9, on 51 match-ups between the sides.