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Bulawayo: The first match of the two-match Test series between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan is being played in Bulawayo. Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat first and three of its batsmen scored centuries in the first innings itself. On the basis of the centuries of these three batsmen, the Zimbabwe cricket team has created a new history in Test cricket.
The Zimbabwe team scored a record huge score of 586 runs in the first innings against Afghanistan. This is the highest team score made by Zimbabwe in the Test format. Sean Williams scored 154 runs with the help of 10 fours and 3 sixes in 174 balls for the host Zimbabwe.
After Williams, captain Craig Irvine scored a century of 104 runs with the help of 10 fours in 176 balls. After these two, Brian Bennett also batted brilliantly. Brian scored an unbeaten 110 runs with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes in 124 balls. On the strength of these three centuries, the Zimbabwe team put a big score of 586 on the board.
23 year old record was broken
With this, the Zimbabwe cricket team has broken its 23-year-old record. The team had earlier scored 563 runs in a Test against West Indies in 2001. Now Zimbabwe has surpassed this record and scored 586 runs.
After the excellent batting of the Zimbabwe team, the team's position on the match also looks strong. In the match, Zimbabwe's bowlers will also want to do wonders and wrap up the Afghanistan team as soon as possible. By the end of the second day of the match, Afghanistan has scored 95 runs after losing 2 wickets in the first innings and is still 491 runs behind Zimbabwe's score.
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