Zimbabwe Select XI v Bangladeshis - Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe - 2nd Tour Match - Zimbabwe Select XI win by 19 runs - Live Score and Update
Zimbabwe Select XI 175/5 (20/20 ov) v Bangladeshis 156/7 (20.0/20 ov) - Zimbabwe Select XI won by 19 runs
Friday June, 15: After winning the first T20 tour match, hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 Select XI bettered their record by beating their guests Bangladeshis by 19 runs after comprehensively defending a total of 175 runs at Country Club, Harare.
Unlike their previous game where they lost the toss, this time Zimbabwe Select XI won and chose to bat first in a bid to stagger a daunting total on the board to leave their opponents flabbergasted.
Openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sibanda-c2740 hammered the bowlers right from the word go and posted a first-wicket stand of 79 runs before the demise of Sibanda, who hit the showers after bolstering an innings of 26 runs.
Later, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Matsikenyeri-c2395 forged an outstanding partnership alongside skipper Masakadza as the duo took the score to an amazing tally of 146 runs, by pounding the bowlers without remorse.
However, the partnership came to its end on the wicket of Masakadza, who lost his wicket after scoring a superb knock of 102 runs which included six boundaries and five sixes. This innings was enough to decapitate Bangladesh’s bowling attack which now looked
tired and out of the will to bounce back.
The hosts managed to clobber a tough total for the loss of five wickets by the end of their 20 overs.
Needing a huge tally of 176 to win the game, the tourists launched their run chase, but suffered the loss of their first wicket with only 21 runs on the board as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Ashraful-c76740 fell after scoring only 13 runs.
For Bangladesh it was vital for them to keep wickets in hand in order to prevail in the game, while at the same time they also needed to keep the asking run rate under check.
By the time the side had amassed 52 runs, they had lost four of their wickets and were looking in dire need of a big innings from the remaining batting line-up.
However, this was not to be, as even the knocks of 49 runs from http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/56029.html and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jahurul-Islam-c1624 were not enough to avoid defeat.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 consequently perished after amassing 156 runs in 20 overs for the loss of seven wickets.
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