The first test match between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe has ended in a draw. On the fifth day of the first test played at Queens Sports Club, Afghanistan made the highest total in the history of test cricket. Afghanistan scored 699 runs in the first innings. Afghanistan captain Hasmatullah Shahidi played a record-breaking innings of 246 runs. Earlier, Rahmat Shah was out after scoring 234 runs on the fourth day.

On the 5th day of the match, Afghanistan resumed the match at 513 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. Afsar Zazai scored the first century of his Test career. He was dismissed after playing an innings of 113 runs. After Afsar's wicket fell, the Afghanistan team collapsed like a pack of cards. It lost its last 7 wickets within 60 runs. Part-time off-spinner Brian Bennett took 5 wickets.

Zimbabwe had scored 65 runs without loss in their second innings, but the game was interrupted due to rain, which affected Zimbabwe's innings as well and they lost 4 wickets in quick succession. When the team's score was 142 runs at the loss of 4 wickets, both the captains shook hands and agreed on a draw. Earlier, Zimbabwe had scored a huge score of 586 runs in the first innings, which was their highest score in the Test. The second Test will be played on the same ground from January 2.

Earlier, Afghanistan had won the 3-match T20 series 2-1 and the ODI series of the same number of matches 2-0. Apart from the first T20 match, Zimbabwe's team has not been able to take advantage of the home advantage.