Zimbabwe v Bangladesh – Test Series- Final Day’s Summary
Zimbabwe 370 & 291/5d v Bangladesh 287 & 244 (57.3 ov) - Zimbabwe won by 130 runs
After ending the fourth day on 112 runs for the loss of three wickets, Bangladesh began the proceedings on the final day of the Test against hosts Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club to bat throughout the day in a bid to save the game as the tourists went after
the target of 375 runs, posted by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045.
From Bangladesh, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 (four runs) came out to continue their overnight cameo as the batsmen tried to forge a match saving partnership to evade an imminent defeat.
After adding 20 more runs to his tally, Ashraful on the score of 39 runs off 51 deliveries, had his stumps shattered after clipping an inside edge off the bowling of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brian-Vitori-c1198. The batsman fell on the penultimate delivery of the 39th over when
the Bangladesh squad had managed to post 140 runs on the board.
With Ashraful back in the pavilion, the responsibility of seeing the team through rested on the shoulders of Rahim who needed to establish a formidable partnership with the remaining batsmen to save the game.
After the demise of Ashraful, it was time for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CB-Mpofu-c1219, when he was caught
behind by wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/T-Taibu-c2630.
An over later, the Bangladesh skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/E-Chigumbura-c1411.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Razzak-c41688 was the next man in, who took the Zimbabwean bowlers to task right from the word go as he showed good touch with the bat. A blazing knock by some Bangladeshi batsman was the need of the hour because the tourist were losing wickets quick making
it obvious that they would not be able to bat throughout the whole day.
Meanwhile, while Razzak was hammering the bowlers, he lost his batting partner Rahim in the 50th over when the batsman after playing an innings of 28 runs off 70 deliveries was caught at square-leg by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Craig-Richard-Ervine-c51733 off the bowling of Mpofu. At
the time of his departure http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 had made 174 runs for the loss of seven wickets.
Razzak, however, maintained the batting onslaught as he wreaked havoc on the hosts by ripping the bowling brigade and made them look like a meagre outfit as he left the hosts flabbergasted by playing a blistering innings of 43 runs off just 17 deliveries
which included five boundaries and three sixes.
Nonetheless, his flamboyant innings could not save the team from defeat as Bangladesh fell after scoring 244 runs, failing to overcome the tally posted by the hosts.
With this win, Zimbabwe have made a remarkable comeback in Test cricket after a period of six years and now the African side is looking like a formidable power in the world of cricket.
The Zimbabwean skipper BRM Taylor was named the Man of the Match for playing a 71-run knock in the first innings and then remaining unbeaten after playing a well tamed innings of 105 runs in the second innings.
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