Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

I Kaia
I Kaia
140(227) 17x4 - 0x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 30 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
12 28 19 20 15 14 8 24
W Madhevere
77(108) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 18 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
10 12 5 6 16 9 3 16

Best performances - Bowlers

Taijul Islam
Taijul Islam
O40.2
M1
R138
W7
Eco3.42
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
3W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
NT Nyamhuri
O12.2
M1
R61
W4
Eco4.94
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: @himanshu_a30

END OF OVER:
45 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | BAN: 185/10

  • Ebadot Hossain12 (10b)
  • Newman Nyamhuri8-0-28-2
  • Blessing Muzarabani17-3-65-4

Ngarava receives the winners' trophy, and is surrounded by his team-mates, who lift it with a loud "hoooooooo" cry. Zimbabwe take this one-off Test by a massive margin, but remember, the tour also includes ODIs and T20Is. Before that, though, there's more cricket coming your way. It's the first semi-final of the Women's T20 World Cup 2026 tonight, where Australia and West Indies will fight it out. But until next time, it's a goodbye from here. Take care!

Richard Ngarava: "It's a nice feeling. Bennett has been one of the best batters in the team. Everyone has to contribute something. Newman will be something big in the future for Zimbabwe. Looking forward to the one-dayers. Taking it day by day."

Innocent Kaia is the Player of the Match for his 140: "Quite simple: put in the hard work... staying fit. It was a tough wicket to play on. Credit to Bangladesh bowlers; I think they bowled well. But it was my game. I can only control my process; the outcome, I don't know."

Najmul Hossain Shanto on the defeat: "In the first innings, we didn't bat properly. That cost us the match. But with both batting and bowling, we didn't do well - especially in the first innings. We've been playing some good cricket. But the conditions [here] are different. We didn't just execute our plans. It is a part of the plan [to rest those players]. We've been playing some brilliant cricket in white-ball cricket. So the boys are pretty confident."

Time for the presentations

1.25pm Zimbabwe win by an innings and 85 runs to register successive innings wins in the format for the first time after trumping Afghanistan last October. They had probably won this Test on the first day itself, you'd think, given their seamers had combined to bowl Bangladesh out for 140 and Innocent Kaia helped wipe 136 of those runs out. Kaia eventually went on to post 140 himself, while half-centuries from Madhevere, Ervine and Bennett also helped Zimbabwe go 270 ahead. Muzarabani and co then ensured that was more than enough. Hang around for the presentations.

44.6
W
Nyamhuri to Hasan Mahmud, OUT, gone!! Muzarabani doesn't get his fifth, but he does take the winning catch. Zimbabwe record their biggest Test win. Short in length from Nyamhuri to Mahmud, who's cramped by the tight line around middle and leg. He ends up awkwardly swiping at the ball, and ends up skying it to wide mid-on. Muzarabani runs across to his right, and grabs the catch. A comprehensive win for Zimbabwe against a side, which, although they rested some of their key players, entered this Test after beating Australia 2-1 in ODIs and Pakistan 2-0 in Tests

Hasan Mahmud c Muzarabani b Nyamhuri 15 (33m 17b 3x4 0x6) SR: 88.23

44.5
0
Nyamhuri to Hasan Mahmud, no run, short delivery at the stumps, and Mahmud sways out of the way while also looking to have a ramp. He's beaten, though
44.4
1
Nyamhuri to Ebadot Hossain, 1 run, very full on off, and Ebadot hangs back to push it to deep point
44.3
1
Nyamhuri to Hasan Mahmud, 1 run, this time there's a man out at deep point. Mahmud punches at this short-of-a-length ball just outside off, and gets it to trickle through point
44.2
0
Nyamhuri to Hasan Mahmud, no run, sharp bouncer. Nyamhuri bangs it on leg, and gets it to finish on middle, as Ebadot looks to ramp but misses
44.1
3
Nyamhuri to Ebadot Hossain, 3 runs, "Two, two" is the call. Ebadot pushes at this length ball around off slightly aerially, but there's loads of space available through cover

Three slips, a gully and short leg.

Nyamhuri replaces Ngarava.

Bangladesh 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st22Shadman IslamMahmudul Hasan Joy
2nd19Mominul HaqueMahmudul Hasan Joy
3rd5Mominul HaqueNajmul Hossain Shanto
4th61Mushfiqur RahimNajmul Hossain Shanto
5th10Mushfiqur RahimTowhid Hridoy
6th7Towhid HridoyAmite Hasan
7th34Taijul IslamAmite Hasan
8th4Hasan MahmudAmite Hasan
9th0Hasan MahmudKhaled Ahmed
10th23Hasan MahmudEbadot Hossain