Williams 50 sets up easy win for Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe 227 for 4 (Williams 70, Taylor 43, Raza 42*) beat Afghanistan 223 for 9 (Shenwari 65, Nabi 54, Chatara 2-37) by six wickets

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BULAWAYO — Sean Williams’ 65-ball 70 was the leading performance in Zimbabwe’s comfortable six-wicket cricket win over Afghanistan in Bulawayo, giving the hosts a 1-0 lead in the four-match one-day international (ODI) series.

Williams joined his captain Brendan Taylor in the middle when the team was still 135 runs adrift of the target and carefully set about building a solid foundation.

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