Player of the Match
Player of the Match

4:22pm That will be all from us. A classic low-scoring thriller, and if the remaining games are going to be like this, we cannot wait for them to rattle in. It was a pleasure having your company, and thanks for all the comments. We will be back with more from this tour in a couple of days. Until then, from Harshith, Himanshu, Ranjith and myself (Shashwat), it is goodbye!

Newman Nyamhuri, Player of the Match: (On how he is feeling) Quite happy - did the job for my team. We are telling each other we had to fight and put everything in the field. He was telling me to focus ball by ball and to stay (in the moment). The pitch was favouring bowlers - it was doing a lot, that's it.

Richard Ngarava, Zimbabwe captain: (Discussion at the break) Discussion was, as Zimbabweans, we can go through any situation and come out of it. I had belief - we know what we are. We fight till the end and we do it as a pack. (On the batting) We just want to keep it simple, watch the ball and play accordingly. (Feeling in the change room) Quite nice, it is exciting. Hopefully it continues. I am quite happy I have been able to put a smile on their (fans) faces. Nice to see someone painted (with my number in the stands). They are our twelfth man and good to have them.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Bangladesh captain: We bowled really well, especially Nahid - he took six wickets and it was exceptional. They got a partnership (between Ngarava and Nyamhuri) and those were crucial runs. Little disappointed in our batting unit. (On Rana) That was great. The last few series, the way he has been bowling, it has been excellent. We can do better but we have to bowl right areas. Both batters played really well (during that partnership). If you get partnership in the first 10 overs, it would have been better but we did not get it.

Dr Brix: "From the dusty bowls of Chingele to every corner of Zimbabwe, the celebrations have begun! What a victory! We believed, we held our breath, and the boys delivered. Today, the whole nation stands proud. Well played, Zimbabwe!"

4:05pm Phew. What a game. At the half-way stage, it felt this would be a routine run-chase. It was anything but. Bangladesh lost three wickets early in the piece. They then established a footing through Nurul and Hridoy but once they were dislodged, their chase descended into freefall. Lots of questionable shot-selection along the way and Bangladesh will be very disappointed with how things panned out.

Zimbabwe will be on the opposite end of that emotional spectrum. They had no business winning this game. They had no business even competing, given how many they had on the board. But they stll made it happen. They fought. And they fought. And they fought until Bangladesh ran out of steam. Ngarava was superb - with the ball and with his decision-making. Evans was brilliant too, as were Muzarabani and Nyamhuri, and they have combined for a famous win, and a win that the fans at the ground are already celebrating quite audibly.

Evans: Bowling at a total like that is simple - you have nothing to lose. We have shown we are a team of fighters and we fight for every ball. When it comes out like that, it is fun (to play) and watch. We had a great start and then collapsed. And that partnership (between Ngarava and Nyamhuri) then got us to a total - we had something to bowl at. We kept it simple and it worked. Just about persisting and trusting that a collapse is around the corner. In a low-scoring game, you always put two wickets on the score to see where it is at.

33.1
W
Ngarava to Mustafizur Rahman, OUT, goes a mile up, and taken! Zimbabwe pull a win out of the fire, and this is now the fourth-lowest score they have EVER defended in a men's ODI! Speared in full on middle and off. Mustafizur backs away, trying to tonk this into tomorrow. Slices across it too much, though, and Muzarabani, running back from mid off, snares the chance. Plenty of dancing and singing in the stands. A few hours ago, Zimbabwe seemed down for the count. But they were not out. And they have roared back to snatch this away from Bangladesh in dramatic style!

Mustafizur Rahman c Muzarabani b Ngarava 5 (30m 14b 1x4 0x6) SR: 35.71

END OF OVER:
33 | (maiden) | BAN: 116/9 (26 runs required from 17 overs, RR: 3.51, RRR: 1.52)

  • Nahid Rana5 (15b)
  • Mustafizur Rahman5 (13b)
  • Newman Nyamhuri6-2-22-2
  • Brad Evans10-2-34-3
32.6
0
Nyamhuri to Nahid Rana, no run, short and wide outside off. Rana has a spar at it and misses again
32.5
0
Nyamhuri to Nahid Rana, no run, big caught-behind appeal, but the umpire is unmoved! Hard length, tailing in and following the batter outside leg. Rana has a jab at it and the ball seems to brush his arm before lodging into the keeper's gloves
32.4
0
Nyamhuri to Nahid Rana, no run, full toss on off. Rana backs away but ends up shanking it to mid on. He will feel he missed out on that
32.3
0
Nyamhuri to Nahid Rana, no run, speared in full and following the batter outside leg. Rana tries to squeeze it out but is late on it. Ball passes between his body and the stumps in the end. A polite caught-behind enquiry by the hosts too but nothing in it
32.2
0
Nyamhuri to Nahid Rana, no run, dug in short outside off. Rana flays at it and makes no contact whatsoever

Bangladesh 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st11Soumya SarkarTanzid Hasan
2nd6Soumya SarkarNajmul Hossain Shanto
3rd0Soumya SarkarTowhid Hridoy
4th49Nurul HasanTowhid Hridoy
5th8Nurul HasanMosaddek Hossain
6th15Nurul HasanMehidy Hasan Miraz
7th9Nurul HasanRishad Hossain
8th1Taskin AhmedRishad Hossain
9th6Mustafizur RahmanTaskin Ahmed
10th11Mustafizur RahmanNahid Rana