A unique sight seen in the history of Test cricket after 5 years, bowlers yearning for wickets
afghanistan vs zimbabwe
The year 2024 is about to end and Test cricket is all the rage in the cricket world. Three Boxing Day Tests are being played simultaneously. All three test matches started on 26th December and now all three test matches have reached an exciting turn. On the third day of the Boxing Day Test being played between India and Australia in Melbourne, Nitish Kumar Reddy made a brilliant partnership of 127 runs with Washington Sundar and then created a sensation by scoring the first century of his Test career before the end of the day’s play. . Thanks to this century innings, Team India managed to score 358/9 runs by the end of the third day’s play. Apart from Melbourne, the second Boxing Day Test match is being played between South Africa and Pakistan in Centurion. This match has reached an exciting stage. South Africa needs 121 runs to win and has 7 wickets left.
Apart from Melbourne and Centurion, the third Boxing Day Test is being played on Zimbabwean soil. The fight continues between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan in this match. Batting on the first 2 days, Zimbabwe scored its highest score in Tests with the help of centuries from 3 batsmen. Zimbabwe scored 586 runs in their first innings. In response, Afghanistan, on the basis of brilliant innings of Rahmat Shah and captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, scored 425 runs by the end of the third day’s play, losing 2 wickets.
Unique record made on third day
Rahmat Shah returned unbeaten after scoring 231 runs and Hashmatullah Shahidi scored 141 runs. There was a partnership of 361 runs between the two batsmen for the third wicket. Both of them added 330 runs for the third wicket on the third day. In this way a new history was made in Test cricket. In fact, in the Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan Boxing Day Test, more than 300 runs were scored on the third day and not a single wicket fell. Such a unique incident has been seen in the history of Test cricket after 5 years. Earlier, this scene was seen on the third day of the first Test between West Indies and England in January 2019. In this match, more than 300 runs were scored on the third day but not a single wicket could fall.
