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: Nasir Hossain and Ziaur Rahman set up a huge 121-run win for Bangladesh over Zimbabwe in the first one-day international at Queens Sports Club on Friday. Bangladesh posted 269 for 8 in the three-match series opener in Bulawayo and Zimbabwe crumbled to 148 all out in reply in just 32.1 overs. Hossain's 68 from 67 balls dug Bangladesh out of trouble at 94 for 4 and a lower-order contribution...
08:38 PM, May 03, 2013
Bulawayo: Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bowl in the first of three one-day internationals against Bangladesh, as both sides handed out debuts in Bulawayo.While Bangladesh's new ODI cap was no surprise, with seamer Robiul Islam picked on the back of his 15 wickets in the two-Test series, Zimbabwe's debutant was the Pakistani-born batsman Sikander Raza Butt. The hosts also brought in Tinashe Panyangara, Tendai Chatara, Sean Williams and...
04:21 PM, May 03, 2013
Andy Waller has been named as Zimbabwe's new coach, taking over from Englishman Alan Butcher who departed after the recent tour to West Indies, Zimbabwe Cricket officials said on Friday. Waller will be assisted by Stephen Mangongo, who is the caretaker coach for the current home series against Bangladesh. Waller, 53, will start his tenure with a home series against Pakistan in July. He played two Tests for Zimbabwe against...
03:22 PM, May 03, 2013
Live updates from the first ODI between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh in Bulawayo. Zimbabwe innings: End of 32.1 overs: 148 all out Shingi Masakadza becomes the last man to fall to Robiul Islam for 33 lbw. Ziaur Rahman ends with a five-wicket haul. End of 30 overs: 139 for 7 Shingi Masakadza tonked two sixes and a four as he, along with Malcolm Waller took the Zimbabwe innings forward. But the...
12:19 PM, May 03, 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
As soon as the match ended, I stepped out to have a cup of tea at a stall near my house. I noticed two middle-aged ...
09:13 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Harare: Bangladesh's cricket captain Mushfiqur Rahim on Monday dedicated his team's victory over Zimbabwe in a Test match to several hundred of their compatriots who lost their lives when a factory collapsed last week. The match got underway on Thursday - a day after a garment factory collapsed with around 3,000 textile workers inside - with Bangladesh's cricketers wearing black armbands to show solidarity with those affected by the tragedy....
10:46 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Harare: Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 143 runs Monday for their first Test win in four years and only their fourth victory ever in the five-day format. Bangladesh bowled Zimbabwe out for 257 on the final day of the second Test at Harare Sports Club to draw their series 1-1 and end a run of nine straight series defeats. Ziaur Rahman took 4-63 in Zimbabwe's second innings on debut as the...
06:15 PM, Apr 29, 2013
With quick wickets falling at the other end, Hamilton Masakadza waged a lone battle as his side crumbled down to 257 runs in 95.3 overs. Zimbabwe second innings: 257 all-out Over 95.3 Kyle Jarvis is trapped in front of the wicket by Shakib Al Hasan for seven runs. Zimbabwe all out for 257. Bangladesh win by 143 runs and level the series 1-1. End of over No. 87: Century for...
01:28 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Bangladesh closed in on a maiden test win in Zimbabwe after reducing the hosts to 138 for four wickets in pursuit of 401 as bad light brought an early halt to play on day four of the second and final test at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday. An excellent 93 from Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim helped the tourists to declare their second innings on 291 for nine midway through...
10:35 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Spinner Shakib Al Hasan and debutant Ziaur Rahman picked up a couple of wickets each as Zimbabwe ended the day on 138 at the loss of four wickets. Over 43.1, Zimbabawe 138 for four, Bad light ends play: Zimbabwe continue to lose wickets in intervals as Malcolm Waller departs for 15. Deutant Ziaur Rahman picks up his second. Shingi Mazakadza came in as night watchman before play was stopped due...
01:45 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Harare: Bangladesh bowled Zimbabwe out for 282 and built a 272-run lead by stumps on the third day of the second Test on Saturday, pushing for the win that would level the series between cricket's lowest-ranked teams. Seamer Robiul Islam took 5 for 85 and spinner Sohag Gazi had 4-59 to do the damage for the Bangladeshis at Harare Sports Club as Zimbabwe fell well short of Bangladesh's first-innings 391....
09:55 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Live updates from Day 3 of the second Test between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh at the Harare Sports Club on Saturday. Bangladesh second innings: End of over 44, Bangladesh 140 for 4: Shakib Al Hasan scored a solid fifty and at the other end is well supported by Mushfiqur Rahim who is batting in the forties. Bangladesh now lead Zimbabwe by 258 runs. End of over 16, Bangladesh 43 for 3...
01:34 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Harare: A blazing innings of 45 from Elton Chigumbura rescued Zimbabwe as they closed on 158 for four on day two of the second and final Test against Bangladesh at Harare Sports Club on Friday. Chigumbura, who was the star with the ball in the Bangladesh first innings, put on an unbeaten 61-run stand for the fifth wicket with Malcolm Waller (30 not out) to almost certainly help Zimbabwe avoid...
09:25 PM, Apr 26, 2013
