Zimbabwe pile up a modest total as Bangladeshi spinners thrive
Zimbabwe choked in the middle overs as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 stunned them with their left-arm spin bowling to restrict them to a modest total of 209 runs in the first One Day International (ODI) at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
Bangladesh has discovered a new method of choking teams in the middle of the innings as they surprise them with their slow left-arm bowling. The home team scalped all the ten wickets, and 7 of them were a result of some mean left-arm spin bowling.
Abdur Razzak has been the pick of the bowlers as he grabbed significant figures of 4/41 in his quota of ten overs. In between, Razzak broke the attacking opening partnership, which was threatening to take the game away from the hosts.
Chamu Chibhabha (24) was clean bowled by Razzak with a straight delivery to break the opening partnership. The left arm spinner jolted Zimbabwe for the second time by dismissing their premier batsman Brendon Taylor.
Razzak deceived http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 with a flighted delivery, which lured him to play the big shot, but Taylor missed the line of the ball completely and was stumped to give the left-arm bowler his 2nd wicket.
Moreover, in the middle of the innings, Bangladesh’s premier spin bowler, struck twice to rattle Zimbabwe with his accurate left arm spin bowling. In doing so, Razzak dismissed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Elton-Chigumbura-c55937 and Keith Debengwa to register 150 wickets in his ODI career.
Suhrawadi Shuvo has impressed everyone with his all-round ability. This time around it was his left arm spinners that cause real problems to the opposition. Resultantly, the talented all-rounder recorded decent figures of 2/32 in his 10 incisive overs.
Unexpectedly, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahmudullah-c1877, who is known for his dependable batting, stunned the opposition batting line-up with his gritty off-spin bowling as he grabbed 2 wickets, in the process. Shakib ul Hassan chipped in with a sole wicket of Ervine.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 was bowled out within their 50 overs as they only managed to play 49 overs. The tourists lost their last four wickets in a space of just 8 runs.
The visiting team started off well as they racked up 53 runs in an aggressive opening partnership between, Brendon Taylor and Chamu Chibhabha. The opening stand lasted for ten overs.
Chakabva was the star of the show for Zimbabwe as he batted well for his resilient 45-run innings to stabilize the innings. He put on a 65-run resolute partnership with Ervine to coast Zimbabwe to a competent total of 209 runs.
If the visitors have to make a game out of this, they will have to play out of their skins to beat an in-form Bangladeshi side.
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