Rashid Khan bowled the most overs in a Test in the 21st century

Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan set a record for bowling the most overs in a single Test in his 21st century on Sunday. The spinner bowled a total of 99.2 overs in the second Test between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. This is the highest number of overs taken by a bowler in Tests since 1998. In 1998, Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan bowled 113.5 overs against England at The Oval.

In the first innings against Zimbabwe, Rashid returned with figures of 4–138 in 36.3 overs while in the second innings the spinner bowled 62.5 overs.

In the second innings, Rashid returned with seven wickets and scored 137 runs.

The spinner bowled a total of 17 maidens in the second innings and his effort helped Afghanistan target 108 runs to win the second Test.

Zimbabwe followed in the second innings and the team was reduced to 142/7, but Sean Williams and Donald Tiripano scored 187 runs for the eighth wicket.

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Tiripano missed out on a century as he was dismissed for 95 while Sean Williams remained unbeaten on 151 runs.

Afghanistan finished with a six, Rahmat Shah hit a half-century as they drew the series 1–1.