Mutumbami, Chigumbura Star in Zimbabwe Victory

Bulawayo: Richmond Mutumbami, Elton Chigumbura fifties give Zimbabwe lead as beat Afghanistan by six wickets in third ODI at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo on Tuesday.

Richmond Mutumbami's 74 helped Zimbabwe to secure a 2-1 series lead against Afghanistan. His aggressive knock, which included four fours and two sixes, ensured a steady start to Zimbabwe's pursuit of Afghanistan's 223 for 8.

The visitors chipped away at the middle order, but Zimbabwe never lost wickets in clusters, with Elton Chigumbura and Sikandar Raza's unbeaten 51-run stand seeing the side home in the final over.

Earlier, that had not been the case when Afghanistan batted, and they will rue the collapse which ruined the platform which had been set by their top order.

Noor Ali Zadran scored his second consecutive fifty in the series, and Mohammad Nabi chipped in with 42 but Afghanistan slipped from 124 for 1 to 149 for 6 against some disciplined bowling.

Brief scores
Afghanistan - 223/8 (Noor Ali Zadran 56)
Zimbabwe - 229/4 (Mutumbami 74, Chigumbura 50*, Hamza 3-47)
Result - Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets
MOM - Richmond Mutumbami (Zimbabwe)

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