Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

Mahmudullah
Mahmudullah
150(278) 17x4 - 1x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 29 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
9 21 15 13 38 4 13 37
Najmul Hossain Shanto
Najmul Hossain Shanto
117(118) 5x4 - 6x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • straight drive
  • 24 runs
  • 1x4 - 3x6
4 0 3 7 25 24 30 24

Best performances - Bowlers

Mehidy Hasan Miraz
Mehidy Hasan Miraz
O31
M5
R82
W5
Eco2.64
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
3W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Mehidy Hasan Miraz
Mehidy Hasan Miraz
O30.4
M10
R66
W4
Eco2.15
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorecard Summary

BANGLADESH 468(126 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ZIMBABWE 276(111.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

BANGLADESH 284/1d(67.4 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

ZIMBABWE 256(94.4 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: @himanshu_a30

It was a fantastic one-off Test, leaving us desired for more. But the limited-overs leg of the tour starts with the first ODI five days later. And in case you can't wait for cricket for that long, don't forget to hop on to the action between Ireland and South Africa in Malahide at the moment. Until more on this tour, it's a goodbye from Thilak, Sreshth and me, Himanshu!

Mahmudullah cracked 150* to help his side avoid a slip and announced a shock retirement from Tests a few days later; Shanto and Shadman slammed centuries in the second innings; and Taskin, Mehidy and Shakib shone with the ball after Taskin also contributed with the bat. But Zimbabwe aren't without their own share of positives. Sans Williams and Ervine, their batting did some fighting to keep Bangladesh in check, led well by Taylor and debutant Kaitano, who showed shades of Cheteshwar Pujara across both innings.

Alan: "Such a shame this is a one-off test. This match would have been the perfect start to a series. "

Mominul now lifts the match series trophy as he waits for his team-mates to join. The side gathers together and pose for the cameramen with a V sign.

Mominul Haque, the winning captain has this to say: "[Overseas win] Whether home or away, a win is always a proud thing for me. When juniors contribute, it really looks good. When we were in trouble, partnership between Riyad bhai and Taskin was crucial. [On Mehidy] It was a flat wicket, so it's difficult to get wickets. It was a special performance for his nine wickets. Even Shakib and Taskin got four wickets, and it was a team effort."

Mahmudullah, in his last Test, is the Player of the Match for his 150* in a rescue act: "[I] always like to be a team man. Fortunately, we have won this game and really happy to see the smiles on our team's faces. Liton batted really well. It was pleasing to see his batting. Me and Taskin were having good fun at the crease, though he was at times a bit inpatient! We need to handle the pressure of the crunch moments, and I just tried to stick to my basics and score when the chance came."

Brendan Taylor, who led Zimbabwe's batting efforts in both innings, will speak first: "You've got to seize those important moments, and we didn't do that. I got out at the wrong times, left some runs out there. Credit to Kaitano, on debut. It was down to being in good positions and throwing that away."

Time for the post-match presentations

Nabil: "I think it was a bowling effort the BD bowlers can be extremely proud of. To force a result in this flat day 5 pitch that offered almost nothing to them even after dropping abt 4 catches. Kudos! "

Joe: "Watching from the UK I've been impressed by Zim's efforts in this game. We've love to see this team touring here again - it's been too long!"

Here's Sampath with more: Mehidy's 9 for 148 is the best Test match figures for a Bangladesh bowler away from home.

2.24pm A comfortable win by 220 runs for Bangladesh. Huge credit to Zimbabwe for continuing to fight even with their tail after Bangladesh seemed all set to wrap this up rather quickly on the final day. The visitors made a comeback in the game each time they looked down with the bat in the first innings - they were 132 for 6 before posting 468 - and even fashioned a Zimbabwe collapse of 8 for 51 with the ball.

94.4
W
Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Ngarava, OUT, the middle stump is dislodged and the game is over! This was bowled slower and tossed up on middle and off, as Ngarava went for the heave on the leg side but was beaten by the slowness of the ball. It bounces just enough to clip the top of middle stump, which falls on the ground

R Ngarava b Mehidy Hasan Miraz 10 (31m 27b 2x4 0x6) SR: 37.03

94.3
0
Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Ngarava, no run, fullish ball on off defended off the front foot

Man at catching cover now

Tareq: "@Ashish The pitch doesn't look like a 5th day pitch, I don't see any purchase out of the surface. It's due to the tight line and length of the bowlers and miserable first innings batting from Zimbabwe that's forcing a result here."

94.2
1
Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Muzarabani, 1 run, short of a length outside off, turning in as the ball is pushed to long-on off the back foot
94.1
0
Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Muzarabani, no run, full and quicker on off, keeps low while it is defended

Back to spin, as Mehidy returns from over the wicket with a slip, short leg and leg slip

END OF OVER:
94 | 4 Runs | ZIM: 255/9

  • Richard Ngarava10 (25b)
  • Blessing Muzarabani29 (49b)
  • Ebadot Hossain11-2-39-1
  • Taskin Ahmed24-4-82-4
93.6
4
Ebadot Hossain to Ngarava, FOUR, slashed to the long-on fence for four. There's no mid-on in place either, and Ngarava swings his bat to this full ball on off and plays across the line to fetch himself four more
93.5
0
Ebadot Hossain to Ngarava, no run, bowls a low full-toss on middle, perhaps in search of the yorker. Pushed with an angled bat to the on side

Zimbabwe 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15T KaitanoM Shumba
2nd95BRM TaylorT Kaitano
3rd22T KaitanoD Myers
4th27DT TiripanoD Myers
5th0T MarumaDT Tiripano
6th1DT TiripanoR Kaia
7th4RW ChakabvaDT Tiripano
8th34DT TiripanoVM Nyauchi
9th41DT TiripanoB Muzarabani
10th17R NgaravaB Muzarabani