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Overnight was the start of the one-off Test, ending Zimbabwe's 5 year, self-imposed, Test hiatus.

Zimbabwe still has some talented cricketers, although they may not be household names, but Vusi Sibanda, Hamilton Masakadza, skipper Brendan Taylor, Tatenda Taibu, and all-rounder Elton Chigumbura.

Zimbabwe batting first:

Zimbabwe 2/264 (90)

TMK Mawoyo (debutant) 43 (76)
Sibanda 78 (153)
Masakadza not out 88 (203)
Taylor not out 40 (108)
Rubel Hossain 2/58 (18)

Zimbabwe all out 370 (131 overs)
Hamilton Masazadka 104 (244)
Vusi Sibanda 78 (153)
Brendan Taylor 71 (163)
Rubel Hossain 3-84 (29)
Shakib al Hasan 3-62 (26)

Good to see Zim having a decent first innings

Zimbabwe 370 all out

Bangladesh 3/107 Stumps Day 2

Shariar Nafees 50 (126)
Brian Vitori 2/29 (11) on debut
Ray Price 1/9 (7)

Zimbabwe 370 all out

Bangladesh 287 all out

Mohammed Ashraful 73 (158)
Shakib Al Hasan 68 (88)
Sharhiar Nafees 50 (126)
Brendan Vitori 4-66 (24)

Zimbabwe 4-92 and crumbling.

Good work MP. Keep it up mate

I get the feeling that there's not a great deal of interest in this game.

That 4-92 was the stumps (day three) score too.

Could be an interesting chase for the Bangers, they are a good chance to win if they can keep the chase below 250

pafc1870 wrote:Could be an interesting chase for the Bangers, they are a good chance to win if they can keep the chase below 250

Tamim Iqbal the key.

Media Park wrote:

pafc1870 wrote:Could be an interesting chase for the Bangers, they are a good chance to win if they can keep the chase below 250

Tamim Iqbal the key.

And Mohammad Ashraful.

Zimbabwe are batting Bangladesh out of the game, currently lead by 261. Taylor and Taibu in the 40s, 86 run partnership

pafc1870 wrote:

Media Park wrote:

pafc1870 wrote:Could be an interesting chase for the Bangers, they are a good chance to win if they can keep the chase below 250

Tamim Iqbal the key.

And Mohammad Ashraful.

Ashraful... What a story...

Tendulkar-esque pressure to perform, with the batting ability of Martin Love.

Zim 4/196, lead by 279 with 6 wickets remaining

Zimbabwe 370 & 5/291dec.

Bangladesh 287 & 3/112
Ashraful 19*
Al Hassan still to bat.
Require another 263 to win with 7 wickets in hand. Could be a classic finish.

Ashraful falls early for 39

Bangladeah 4/140 (need 235 more runs)

Zimbabwe v Bangladesh
Only Test
Harare

ZIMBABWE WON BY 130 RUNS

Zimbabwe 370
H Masakadza 104
V Sibanda 78
BRM Taylor 71
Shakib Al Hasan 3/62
Rubel Hossain 3/84
Bangladesh 287
Mohammed Ashraful 73
Shakib Al Hasan 68
Shahriar Nafees 50
BV Vitori 4/66
Zimbabwe 5d/291
BRM Taylor 105*
T Taibu 59
Bangladesh 244
Tamim Iqbal 43
Abdur Razzak 43
KM Jarvis 4/61
CB Mpofu 3/51

MAN OF THE MATCH - BRM Taylor

Shows you that the Bangers are a joke and deserve test status no more than Zimbabwe do.

As I posted earlier, Zimbabwe coming back in had four debutants.
They also did not play Prosper Utseya, who has been a staple of their solid ODI form, as a tight slow bowler and useful lower order bat.

I can think of one other batsman (Coventry) that would make that side...

What Zimbabwe could take out of this match is that they won, without a major input from Elton Chigumbura, their premier all-rounder, who has featured heavily with bat and ball, in most of their recent triumphs, and the debut's of Vitori and Jarvis.

Bangladesh rely to heavily on Shakib and Tamim, and still expect Ashraful to dazzle, even though he has proven that he is sporadic at best.

I think Zimbabwe are well-deserving of their return, but I shudder to think what will happen if their preparation for matches against England or South Africa are one-off series against Bangladesh or West Indies.

NFC wrote:Shows you that the Bangers are a joke and deserve test status no more than Zimbabwe do.

Do you go to Macca's and ask for Sad Meals? Then ask them to break the toy?

Lightning McQueen wrote:

NFC wrote:Shows you that the Bangers are a joke and deserve test status no more than Zimbabwe do.

Do you go to Macca's and ask for Sad Meals? Then ask them to break the toy?