50 overs Bangladesh 290 for 9 (Mahmudullah 80*, Tamim 50, Raza 3-56) v Zimbabwe
Tamim bought Bangladesh off to a sound begin with a flurry of boundaries within the first Powerplay. He struck the ball sweetly by way of the arc between cowl and quick third, together with an higher-reduce six off Brad Evans in an over that additionally had two fantastically timed fours.
Tamim reached his fifty with one other nicely-timed drive; however fell within the following over whereas attempting to hoick Tanaka Chivanga, solely to be caught on the sq.-leg boundary. The dismissal slowly sucked away Bangladesh’s momentum.
Anamul Haque, opening rather than Litton Das, would, nevertheless, have thought-about himself unfortunate when Najmul Hossain Shanto’s straight drive brushed Chivanga’s fingers earlier than hitting the stumps on the non-striker’s finish. Anamul, who was out of his crease, did not look ahead to the umpire’s determination, and walked off with hand on head, for 20.
Mushfiqur Rahim and Shanto added 50 for the third wicket, earlier than Rahim fell to his favorite shot – the slog-sweep – within the twenty fourth over. Madhevere, who had Mushfiqur’s wicket, added that of Shanto to his half-time without work-spin kitty, within the thirtieth over.
Mahmudullah and Afif Hossain put collectively an 81-run stand for the fifth wicket, however they scored at 5.92 per over in a sophisticated stage of the innings. Partly, it was due to the lengthy tail that Bangladesh had picked. Afif fell within the forty fourth over when his reverse-sweep discovered Chavanga at quick third, off Raza.
The offspinner eliminated Mehidy Hasan Miraz in his subsequent over, however Mahmudullah struck three sixes within the final 4 overs to make sure Bangladesh bought to a giant complete. The guests added 84 runs within the final ten overs, and 44 within the final 5, barely higher than what they did in the identical stage of the final sport.
