Zimbabwe Select XI v Bangladeshis - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 tour of Zimbabwe - Tour Match - Zimbabwe Select XI won by 3 wickets - Live Score and Update
Bangladeshis 126/7 (20/20 ov) v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 Select XI 127/7 (19.3/20 ov) - Zimbabwe Select XI won by 3 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
In the opening tour match between Zimbabwe Select XI and Bangladeshis, the hosts won the 20/20 game by three wickets on Friday, June 15, 2012, at Country Club, Harare.
Each team was allowed to play 13 players with 11 allowed to bat and bowl. The Bangladeshis, who chose to bat after winning the toss, gave their hosts a tough time as their upper-order exhibited an impressive batting performance.
Openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Ashraful-c76740 staggered an opening stand of 64 runs before the partnership was broken in the ninth over on the demise of star batsman Tamim, who perished after scoring an innings of 29 runs.
Zimbabwe Select XI saw this as an opportunity to come back in the game as they grabbed their second wicket in the next over when Ashraful departed after scoring 32 runs.
With both openers back in the pavilion, Bangladeshis needed the remaining batsmen to come through and halt the hosts from getting carried away.
The with 80 runs on the board, the batting side lost their third wicket with the departure of dependable middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nasir-Hossain-c77146, who could muster a meagre innings of five runs.
Five runs later, another wicket fell and this time skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045, failed to deliver as he walked back to the pavilion after scoring an innings of three runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MN-Waller-c1989 remained second best with three wickets to his name as the duo restricted Bangladeshis on a total of 126 runs.
Beginning their run chase, Zimbabwe did not have a commendable start as they lost their first wicket with only 20 runs on the board, and then suffered the demise of their second wicket when the score was just 32.
Nonetheless, they gave a collective batting performance and chased down the total in 19.3 overs for the loss of seven wickets to win the match.
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