Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Ngarava lifts the series trophy, and then invites his team-mates to join in the celebration. There's a loud "yayyyy" as the trophy goes up in arms, while the champaign is also sprayed around. That's it from the ODI leg of this tour, as it now moves on to the T20Is in Bulawayo. Until then, it's a goodbye from us. Take care!

Richard Ngarava, the series-winning captain: "Quite important [to start with a win]. The group is quite happy about it. It's quite special [to see new names performing]. Quite nice to have youngsters there. Hopefully, it's going to continue for a long time. We haven't really managed to achieve some of the goals we had. Winning is quite nice. Every game we were able to cover two departments, which is a plus... it's really nice to be coming out of this series the way we are. Brad Evans takes on the game."

Mehidy Hasan Miraz: "The boys played really well. The way Taskin and Shoriful bowled was really well. We still had a very good opportunity. We won, and that gives us the momentum... our fast bowlers bowled really well. They took the responsibility. Nahid, Taskin and Shoriful bowled really well. It [the 151 stand] was a great partnership. We have to improve in a few areas. These are new conditions, and I hope in the future we think about how to play in these conditions."

Brad Evans is the Player of the Series: "Bit disappointing. We did try our best. Definitely I've worked hard with the coaches. It's obviously a work in progress. I'm happy to see the rewards... another series, another opportunity to take the series [in the T20Is]."

Tanzid Hasan is the Player of the Match: "I'm happy because the wicket looked very good. When I went to the wicket, the ball came on nicely. In the previous wickets, there was a little bit more bounce, but today, it was coming on more evenly. They bowled really well. We needed a big partnership to win this match. This win will give us confidence ahead of the T20I series."

Time for the presentations

4.26pm In the end, it takes much longer than what we had anticipated. Shanto played out a maiden for Tanzid to get a to hundred, only for the latter to fall on 94 next ball. Another wicket fell in that over to delay the inevitable, but eventually, Bangladesh finally registered a win on this tour. Shoriful and Taskin led the show with the ball to restrict the hosts to 199, and that opening stand of 151 between Tanzid and Soumya, who scored 69, killed the contest. Hang around for the presentations.

36.1
1w
Masuku to Najmul Hossain Shanto, 1 wide, a bouncer... and called wide. So that's it. Bangladesh win by seven wickets. The series ends at 2-1 in favour of Zimbabwe. Masuku banged the ball around middle and leg, and Shanto only had to half-duck at it to let the ball fly

END OF OVER:
36 | 1 Run | BAN: 199/3 (1 run required from 14 overs, RR: 5.52, RRR: 0.07)

  • Nurul Hasan0 (3b)
  • Najmul Hossain Shanto18 (28b)
  • Sikandar Raza6-1-28-0
  • Ernest Masuku6-1-32-2
35.6
0
Sikandar Raza to Nurul Hasan, no run, not yet. Nurul blocks this fullish ball on middle and leg, which hints to turn away

Raza from over the wicket, with a slip.

One more to win. Will Nurul go big?

35.5
1
Sikandar Raza to Najmul Hossain Shanto, 1 run, tossed up, and full on off. Driven to long-off
35.4
0
Sikandar Raza to Najmul Hossain Shanto, no run, another dot, as Shanto whips to midwicket again seeing a full ball just outside off

Bangladesh 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st151Soumya SarkarTanzid Hasan
2nd46Najmul Hossain ShantoTanzid Hasan
3rd0Najmul Hossain ShantoTowhid Hridoy
4th3Nurul HasanNajmul Hossain Shanto