Bulawayo: Zimbabwe and Bangladesh go into Wednesday's third and final one-day international in Bulawayo locked at one match apiece, yet it is the hosts who know they will need to improve their game if they are to claim a rare series victory.
After being humiliated by 121 runs in the first match last week, Zimbabwe drew level with a six-wicket victory on Sunday, preventing Bangladesh from extending their unbeaten run in bilateral one-day series to three.
However Zimbabwe have enjoyed the benefit of bowling first in both matches so far, with early morning starts giving their seam bowlers an advantage against Bangladesh's strong top order - none of whom have registered telling scores as a result.
Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan remain some of the most dangerous batsmen on either side, yet none have passed 34 in the series thus far....
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09:46 PM, May 07, 2013
Bulawayo: Zimbabwe's batsmen go into Sunday's second one-day international against Bangladesh knowing that they must cast aside their suicidal tendencies if they are to keep the series alive. The hosts were bowled out for just 148 inside 33 overs as they lost the first one-dayer by 121 runs on Friday, with the majority of their batsmen either trapped lbw or bowled while playing across the line. Many of the same...
03:26 PM, May 04, 2013
Bulawayo: Having contested a hard-fought tied Test series, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh turn their focus to the 50-over format with the first of three ODIs starting here on Friday. Bangladesh bossed the hosts in the second Test at Harare to level the series, and will take that spirited performance in the first match of a low-key series while the much rest of the cricketing world engages in the razzmatazz IPL or...
08:24 PM, May 02, 2013
After being put in to bat by Bangladesh, Sri Lanka were 33 for 0...
02:26 PM, Mar 25, 2013
The 24-year-old Rahman, who is likely to play in the 2nd ODI Monday, has amassed 978 runs in 48 List-A fixtures. ...
12:47 PM, Mar 25, 2013
The Bangladesh bowlers need to pull up their socks after they went for plentiful in the first one-dayer. ...
06:02 PM, Mar 24, 2013
In a match that saw 400 runs being scored in 40 overs, Duronto Rajshahi beat Barisal Burners by four runs. ...
06:56 AM, Jan 29, 2013
In a match that saw 400 runs being scored in 40 overs, Rajshahi beat Burners by four runs. ...
10:51 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Samuels has also moved up four places in the bowling charts to 56th ...
07:48 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Marlon Samuels scored a brilliant century to guide West Indies to a four-wicket win over Bangladesh in the third ODI. ...
02:21 PM, Dec 05, 2012
Tamim Iqbal (58) and Naeem Islam (50*) hit half-centuries as Bangladesh beat West Indies by seven wickets. ...
08:31 AM, Nov 30, 2012
Tamim Iqbal has passed a fitness test and cleared to play in the second Test against West Indies. ...
03:38 PM, Nov 20, 2012
The visitors go into the second and final Test beginning Wednesday with a 1-0 lead after winning the first by 77 runs. ...
01:24 PM, Nov 20, 2012
The uncapped opener will be the back-up for the injured Tamim Iqbal for the second Test against West Indies. ...
11:53 AM, Nov 20, 2012
Chanderpaul (123 no) hit his 26th ton, while Powell (117) notched up his second as the Caribbean team closed the day on 361 for 4 in Dhaka. ...
08:44 AM, Nov 13, 2012
West Indies, though improved in the limited-overs format in the last couple of the years, still have a lot to prove ...
04:54 PM, Nov 12, 2012
The Chittagong Kings icon player told a Bangladeshi newspaper that he has not received the amount owed to him from the first season of the BPL. ...
12:15 PM, Oct 16, 2012
The 26-year-old, who played his last T20 international in November 2011 against Pakistan, replaced paceman Nazmul H ...
06:51 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Mortaza took 19 for 4 and then struck 30 off just 13 balls with four sixes as Bangladesh won by two wickets. ...
08:38 AM, Jul 22, 2012
