Harare: Brendan Taylor became just the third Zimbabwean batsman to score centuries in both innings of a Test match as his side registered a handsome 335-run victory over Bangladesh in the first Test at Harare Sports Club.
Zimbabwe declared once Taylor had reached the landmark half an hour into day four to set Bangladesh an unlikely 483 runs to win, before Kyle Jarvis and Graeme Cremer skittled out the visitors for 147.
Only brothers Andy and Grant Flower had previously managed twin tons in the same Test for Zimbabwe, while Taylor is the first Zimbabwean captain to achieve the feat.
Although Taylor's 171 and 102 not out were perhaps not quite as impressive as Andy Flower's 142 and 199 not out in a losing cause at the same venue against the stronger opposition of South Africa in 2001, it nevertheless came in a match where no other batsman has passed 55....
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