Record totals for Zimbabwe, Afghanistan in first Test
Published:Wednesday | January 1, 2025 | 12:10 AM
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AP):
Zimbabwe and Afghanistan both piled up record totals in the same Test, which ended in a draw on Monday.
Hosts Zimbabwe were all out for 586 in their first innings of the first Test. Cricinfo.com said this exceeded their previous Test record of 563-9 at home to West Indies in 2001.
In reply, Afghanistan scored 699 all out, with Rahmat Shah (234) and captain Hashmatullah Shahidi (246) sharing a 364-run third-wicket stand – a Test record for Afghanistan for any wicket. The innings total of 699 beat Afghanistan’s previous Test record of 545-4 against Zimbabwe in 2021.
Zimbabwe reached 142-4 in their second innings by the end of the match.
The second and last Test starts tomorrow, also at Bulawayo.
Sri Lanka hold the record for the most runs scored in a Test innings with 952-6 declared against India in a drawn Test at Colombo in 1997.