Bulawayo: Shakib Al Hasan performed with bat and ball to hand Bangladesh a comfortable 34 run win over Zimbabwe and ensure a drawn Twenty 20 series in Bulawayo on Sunday.
Bangladesh's victory in the second international levelled the series at 1-1 after Zimbabwe had won the opening match by six runs on Saturday. Shakib scored 40 runs after Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat in a vital 82-run second wicket partnership with opener Tamim Iqbal, who top scored with 43.
Shakib's 40 runs came in just 28 balls and set the platform for the win, even though Bangladesh did collapse towards the end of the innings and finish on 168 for seven at a rate of 8.4 runs to the over.
He then returned figures of 4 for 22 as he took vital wickets at key junctures of Zimbabwe's response, which fell well short of the target despite good batting conditions at the Queens Sports Club....
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Dubai: Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was on Monday fined 75 per cent of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during his side's loss in the second one-day international against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo. Shakib was fined after he pleaded guilty to a Level 2 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct during the match. Shakib was found to have breached Article 2.2.1 of the ICC Code...
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10:35 PM, Apr 28, 2013
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10:19 PM, Apr 25, 2013
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03:06 PM, Feb 24, 2013
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11:05 AM, Feb 24, 2013
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09:24 AM, Nov 25, 2012
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08:59 AM, Nov 15, 2012
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