| Series Name: | Afghan cricket team Zimbabwe in 2022 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of Zimbabwe.svg |
| Team1 Name: | Zimbabwe |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg |
| Team2 Name: | Afghanistan |
| From Date: | 4 |
| To Date: | 14 June 2022 |
| Team1 Captain: | Craig Ervine |
| Team2 Captain: | Hashmatullah Shahidi (ODIs) Mohammad Nabi (T20Is) |
| No Of Odis: | 3 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 0 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 3 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Sikandar Raza (145) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Rahmat Shah (198) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Blessing Muzarabani (7) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Mohammad Nabi (8) |
| Player Of Odi Series: | Rahmat Shah (Afg) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 3 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 0 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 3 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Sikandar Raza (86) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Najibullah Zadran (103) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Ryan Burl (6) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Noor Ahmad (4) Rashid Khan (4) Nijat Masood (4) |
| Player Of Twenty20 Series: | Najibullah Zadran (Afg) |
The Afghanistan cricket team toured Zimbabwe in June 2022 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1] The ODI series formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.[2] [3] In April 2022, Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed the fixtures for the tour.[4] The following month, the tour itinerary was changed slightly, bringing the matches forward by one week and reducing the number of T20Is from five to three.[5]
Afghanistan won the opening ODI match by 60 runs.[6] Afghanistan also won the second ODI, with an unbeaten century from Ibrahim Zadran,[7] to take an unassailable lead in the three-match series.[8] Afghanistan won the third and final ODI by four wickets to win the series 3–0.[9] In the T20I series, Afghanistan won the first match by six wickets,[10] and the second T20I match by 21 runs to win the series with a match to spare.[11] Afghanistan won the final match of the tour by 35 runs to win the T20I series 3–0.[12]
Afghanistan were originally scheduled to tour Zimbabwe in July and August 2020 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches,[13] [14] subject to lockdown restrictions being lifted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15] The tour was not part of the Future Tours Programme.[16] In June 2020, the Zimbabwe cricket team resumed their training, after passing COVID-19 tests.[17] On 20 July 2020, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) requested clearance from the government for the tour to go ahead,[18] with a spokesperson from ZC stating that Afghanistan were still committed to touring.[19] However, on 8 August 2020, the tour was called off, following an increase of COVID-19 cases in Zimbabwe.[20] [21]
A revised tour was scheduled to take place in February 2022.[22] [23] However, in January 2022, both cricket boards agreed to postpone the tour after Zimbabwe Cricket could not secure all the broadcasting services including the Decision Review System.[24] [25] Despite the second postponement, both cricket boards were working to reschedule the matches as soon as possible.[26] In April 2022, the rescheduled dates for the tour were confirmed.[27]
Afghanistan also named Noor Ahmad and Nijat Masood as reserves in their ODI squad, and Zahir Khan and Sayed Shirzad as reserves in their T20I squad.[32]