Taylor Hits Seventh Test Hundred as Zimbabwe Reach 257/2 in Sharjah
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Brendan Taylor hit his seventh Test hundred as Zimbabwe reached 257 for 2 on the first day of the opening Test against Afghanistan in Sharjah on Thursday.
The 40-year-old former captain was unbeaten on 129 off 165 balls, with 14 fours and four sixes, and he reached his hundred off 146 balls with a boundary off Mohammad Saleem in the 58th over.
Taylor added an unbroken 132 runs for the third wicket with captain Brian Bennett, who was unbeaten on 46 off 71 balls, after Ben Curran made 42 at the top of the order.
Qais Ahmad and Mohammad Saleem took one wicket each for Afghanistan, and Zimbabwe, who won the toss and chose to bat first, are playing their first Test in Sharjah in ten years.
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