Player of the Match
Player of the Match
2505dThe Report by Firdose Moonda in Harare

Zimbabwe triumphant on Test return

A dominant all-round performance by Zimbabwe ensured victory in their comeback Test after an almost six-year exile from the format

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

BRM Taylor
BRM Taylor
105(175) 9x4 - 0x6
Control %90%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 37 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
6 9 18 7 12 6 15 32
H Masakadza
H Masakadza
104(244) 8x4 - 1x6
Control %91%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 27 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
4 11 16 5 19 14 15 20

Best performances - Bowlers

KM Jarvis
KM Jarvis
O16.3
M4
R61
W4
Eco3.69
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
BV Vitori
BV Vitori
O24
M5
R66
W4
Eco2.75
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Bangladesh , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Zimbabwe won the one-off match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00

Match days

4,5,6,7,8 August 2011 (5-day match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorecard Summary

ZIMBABWE 370(131 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

BANGLADESH 287(96.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ZIMBABWE 291/5d(92 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

BANGLADESH 244(57.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: Abhishek Purohit

Taylor gets the trophy from Peter Chingoka, chairman of Zimbabwe Cricket, and holds it up proudly. That brings us to the end of Zimbabwe's comeback Test match, a game in which they outplayed Bangladesh, who will continue to struggle at Test level with a thin bowling attack and an impatient batting line-up. This is Abhishek Purohit signing off on behalf of ESPNcricinfo, been great to have all your feedback throughout the five days. Join us for the ODI series that begins on Friday. Good bye.

Medallions for all the officials and the players now. Chris Mpofu is smiling broadly as he comes up to collect his medal. Couple of players still have the flag around themselves.

Brendan Taylor is the Man of the Match. Taylor: "Great honour to lead a wonderful bunch of guys, all the hard work we put in came good. Lot of credit to Grant Flower and the rest of the coaching stuff, all the guys have a good work ethic, we have played a lot of cricket actually, and no surprises really. We have played a lot against Bangladesh, our preparation against Australia A was good, no reason why we would come here and think we could not win. Happy to get the team into a winning position, credit to Taibu and Ervine for playing the supporting role, we should good character to come back from 92 for 4 on the third day. We will keep trying to improve in the ODI series and leading up to the Pakistan series."

Shakib Al Hasan: "I thought we did not bat well, it was a good wicket to bat on, although we did not bowl well, we are disappointed with the batting. We had good preparation at home, we should have scored more in the first innings and then showed more patience. We thought if we could bat two sessions today, we could set it up but we kept losing wickets. Disappointing for all of us, hopefully we will turn it around in the ODIs."

Hang on for the presentation

Zimbabwe are in a huddle on the field. They have so much to be proud of. Debutant opener, debutant new-ball bowlers, and they have all showed so much potential, Vitori and Jarvis have been superb, ten wickets between them, they will test much better batting line-ups if they keep developing. Brendan Taylor, what a game he has had, century on captaincy debut, he had another one for the taking in the first innings before he played a rash shot. He caught superbly in the slips, and to top it all, surprised everyone with a declaration at tea with Zimbabwe only five wickets down. Hamilton Masakadza, it was he who set up the game for his side with his first Test century since that memorable one on debut a decade ago.

Some of the Zimbabwe players are draped in the national flag, now they are taking a victory lap around the ground with the flag.

Firdose Moonda, our correspondent from the ground: "I have never seen a team so overjoyed to win a Test. They are playing a traditional zim song on the speakers, shona language. And people are just going bananas, there are vuvuzelas as well. "

Shan: "4 debutants, 2 100s, 2 four-wicket hauls... what a comeback Test!"

roger: "the celebrations are just crazy here at harare sports club...people are running around like mad all around me...we cant believe our team has done so well this match.."

cricketator: "Bangladesh's new coach must be a disapointed man. His main challenge is to develop patience in BD batsmen."

shafi: "Bangladesh have to stop tall talking. Its really bad habit and make opponent more serious to prove."

57.3
W
Jarvis to Robiul Islam, OUT, that has got to be close and umpire Dharmasena has given it, Jarvis gets the last one with a length ball that jags back in sharply to strike him in front

Robiul Islam lbw b Jarvis 12 (10m 8b 3x4 0x6) SR: 150.00

57.2
0
Jarvis to Robiul Islam, no run, dug in short, a touch down the leg side and he allows it go over him as he ducks
57.1
0
Jarvis to Robiul Islam, no run, goes down the leg side from wide of the crease

Harrison: "This has been a brilliant test, ups and downs, shifts in momentum, good batting, superb bowling. Brilliant advertisement for test match cricket. A gutsy last wicket stand would cap it off." Three slips, gully for Jarvis

END OF OVER:
57 | 4 Runs | BAN: 244/9

  • Rubel Hossain8 (11b)
  • Robiul Islam12 (5b)
  • Brian Vitori14-1-56-1
  • Kyle Jarvis16-4-61-3
56.6
0
Vitori to Rubel Hossain, no run, beaten again, this one is pitched up full wide outside off, he looks to hammer it through covers but cannot connect
56.5
0
Vitori to Rubel Hossain, no run, another one darted across the batsman wide outside off, he tries to reach out but cannot get to it
56.4
0
Vitori to Rubel Hossain, no run, has a waft from the crease at one leaving him widish outside off stump, and misses

Karthik: "Given the passion with which Zim are playing, it would be great if ICC squeezes in one-off tests for them with every major country."

Bangladesh 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st65Tamim IqbalImrul Kayes
2nd22Shahriar NafeesImrul Kayes
3rd15Mohammad AshrafulShahriar Nafees
4th38Mohammad AshrafulMushfiqur Rahim
5th27MahmudullahMushfiqur Rahim
6th7Mushfiqur RahimShakib Al Hasan
7th0Abdur RazzakMushfiqur Rahim
8th50Abdur RazzakShafiul Islam
9th4Shafiul IslamRubel Hossain
10th16Robiul IslamRubel Hossain