http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045: Zimbabwe XI v Bangladeshis – Day 1 Recap
Day 1 of the tour match came to its closure after the Zimbabwe XI wrapped up the opening session at a disappointing total of 42 runs with a loss of 4 wickets. The warm up game, featuring Bangladesh and Zimbabwe XI, was staged at the Harare Sports Club, on
Saturday, July 30, 2011, and comes as part of Bangladesh’s tour to Zimbabwe, prior to the official kick off to the one off Test match against the hosts on August 4.
As for the 3-day warm up bout, the match began after the tourists won the toss and chose to bat, kicking off their session with openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KO-Meth-c1803
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kyle-Malcolm-Jarvis-c71974.
Offering a troublesome start for the side, Bangladesh suffered an early blow on its top order after losing three of its crucial wickets in the opening overs of the innings.
The players to mark their return included Kayes (8), Siddiqui (0) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Ashraful-c76740 (0). The batting side’s swift loss came at a minor total of 10 runs in just 5.4 overs.
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahriar-Nafees-c2486 and Mahmudullah taking over the crease, the pair managed to aid the side, adding some minor runs for the team, however, in another jolt to the batting side, the team failed to retain stumps after two more wickets fell for Bangladesh
in the respective 12th and 13th overs.
However, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045.
The duo managed to bring about a fair halt to the consistent wicket loss, despite adding some sluggish numbers to the total.
More trouble came for the batting team after Mahmudullah too left for the pavilion in the 31st over after holding on to a slow 36 runs partnership with Rahim.
By now, Bangladesh stood at a disappointing aggregate of 67 runs after losing a total of 6 wickets.
However, aiding the side, Rahim, alongside lower order player http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nasir-Hossain-c77146 went on with the procession, leading the team into the 50 overs mark, but only to lose Hossain with the close of the 50th over.
The session lingered on as the eventual order failed to retain the wicket, after all players being declared out at a disappointing total of 188 runs, after a 61 overs of play.
Following the opening session, Zimbabwe XI took on a comparatively safe opening. However, in a similar fashion the batting side lost two successive wickets in the early 5th and 6th overs.
The session was then taken over by opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/T-Taibu-c2630 who aided the side in recovering from the loss, leading the team into the 12th over.
Following the loss of both the batsmen, the day came to its eventual closure with Zimbabwe XI retaining a total of 42 for 4 in 16.1 overs.
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