BULAWAYO: Leg-spinner Rashid Khan took six wickets in a row to put Afghanistan on the verge of victory in the series-deciding second Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Sunday. Zimbabwe were 205-8 in their second innings at stumps on day four —72 runs off their target heading into the final day of a seesaw contest at Queens Sports Club. Rashid, who took 4-94 in the first innings, finished the day with 6-66 in the second. A star of T20 cricket but playing in only his sixth Test, it was Rashid’s fifth five-wicket haul, the third time he has taken 10 wickets in a match. Ismat Alam, playing in his first Test, struck 101 to propel the tourists to 363 all out in their second innings and a lead of 276. Sikandar Raza and captain Craig Ervine put on 58 for the fifth wicket to leave Zimbabwe on 157-5 when Rashid dealt a massive blow to the home team. Raza tried to loft a short delivery from the 26-year-old spinner and Shahi­dullah Kamal took a simple catch at silly mid-off. The all-rounder departed for 38 from 83 balls. Rashid had already removed Dion Myers (6) and followed Raza’s dsmissal by bowling Sean Willi­ams and Brian Bennett in the space of three balls. Williams, who has been battling a back injury, departed after mistiming an attempted sweep and Bennett failed to cope with a ball which pitched on middle and straightened enough to fly past the edge and rattle the stumps. Zimbabwe’s hopes on Monday will rest on Ervine who was unbeaten on 53 at stumps, having struck a six and four fours off 97 deliveries. Earlier, Alam atoned for a first-innings duck with a century before pulling a shot to mid-wicket where Takudzwanashe Kaitano took the catch. His 181-ball innings included nine fours. Alam was among the victims of Blessing Muzarabani (6-95) and fellow Zimbabwe quick Richard Ngarava (3-76) also enjoyed success. AFGHANISTAN (1st Innings) 157 ZIMBABWE (1st Innings) 243 AFGHANISTAN (2nd Innings, overnight 291-7): Abdul Malik c N’huri b M’rabani 1 Riaz Hassan c Gumbie b M’rabani 11 Rahmat Shah lbw Muzarabani 139 Hashmatullah Shahidi b Raza 13 Zia-ur-Rehman c Bennett b Ngarava 6 Afsar Zazai c Myers b Ngarava 5 Shahidullah Kamal c K’tano b M’rabani 22 Ismat Alam c K’tano b M’rabani 101 Rashid Khan c Gumbie b M’rabani 23 Yamin Ahmadzai c Raza b Ngarava 19 Fareed Ahmad not out 2 EXTRAS (B-10, LB-2, NB-1, W-8) 21 TOTAL (all out, 113.5 overs) 363 FALL OF WICKETS: 1-1 (Malik), 2-18 (Riaz), 3-43 (Hashmatullah), 4-55 (Akbar, 5-69 (Zia), 6-136 (Afsar), 7-268 (Shahidullah), 8-318 (Rashid), 9-356 (Ismat) BOWLING: Ngarava 25.5-4-76-3 (3w), Muzarabani 29-5-95-6 (2w, 1nb), Nyamhuri 17-2-60-0 (2w), Raza 30-4-79-1, Bennett 12-1-41-0 J. Gumbie c Malik b Zia 15 B. Curran b Rashid 38 T. Kaitano c Malik b Rashid 21 S. Raza c Shahidullah b Rashid 38 D. Myers lbw Rashid 6 C. Ervine not out 53 S. Williams b Rashid 16 B. Bennett b Rashid 0 N. Nyamhuri lbw Zia 0 R. Ngarava not out 3 EXTRAS (B-12, LB-3) 15 TOTAL (for eight wickets, 66 overs) 205 FALL OF WICKETS: 1-43 (Gumbie), 2-63 (Curran), 3-89 (Kaitano), 4-99 (Myers), 5-157 (Sikandar), 6-177 (Williams), 7-177 (Bennett), 8-178 (Nyamhuri) STILL TO BAT: B. Muzarabani BOWLING: Yamin 11-1-24-0, Fareed 12-4-44-0, Zia 15-1-44-2, Rashid 26-2-66-6, Malik 2-0-12-0