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Afghanistan down Zimbabwe for historic T20 sweep

Afghanistan hammer home their superiority with a five-wicket win

Afp October 28, 2015

afghanistan 039 s players pose with the series trophy after they won the fifth and final one day international odi cricket match against zimbabwe at the queens sports club in bulawyo on october 24 2015 photo afp

Afghanistan's players pose with the series trophy after they won the fifth and final One Day International (ODI) cricket match against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club, in Bulawyo on October 24, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE: Afghanistan swept to a second historic triumph on Wednesday when they defeated Zimbabwe 2-0 in their two-match Twenty20 series.

Four days after becoming the first non-Test side to beat a Test-playing nation in a one-day 50-over series, Afghanistan hammered home their superiority with a five-wicket win.

They had won the first Twenty20 clash at the same Queen's Sports Club venue by six wickets on Monday.

Afghanistan celebrate historic series triumph in Zimbabwe

Opener Usman Ghani smashed a 45-ball 65 with man-of-the-match Guldabin Naib hitting an undefeated 56 off just 31 balls with seven boundaries.

Afghanistan chased down their imposing 191-run target with one ball to spare.

Sean Williams had top-scored for Zimbabwe with a 26-ball 54.