- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.6 hacked to point!! Things have suddenly turned around in the space of three balls. Mosaddek takes a simple catch, with the ball coming to his right. Bennett had played plenty of slashes today, and mistimed a lot of them. He was dropped on 8 off one of those shots, but this time perishes. The ball is on the shorter side, and slightly wide of off. He has a powerful slash at it again, but plays it straight into the hands of Mosaddek 36/26.4 Curran is run-out from what the Bangladesh fielders suggest. Mehidy was placed much closer in at mid-off, and threw himself forward to grab the ball and aim at the stumps at the non-striker's end. He had only one stump to aim at from that angle, and he struck. Curran ended up well short when the stumps were hit. He had earlier moved back in the crease to nudge this short-of-a-length ball angling into off, before rushing for the risky single. This ball is also a front-foot no-ball, by the way 36/119.1 and Rana to continue picking wickets! And this time, he gets the set batter! Hard length just outside off and this kicks up a shade. A bit of nip away too and Kaia goes following it away from his body. The ball floats off the shoulder of the bat and Nurul, diving to his right, completes the catch. Zimbabwe seven down now, and they only have 69 on the board! 69/78.1 bowled him!! Lovely ball from Taskin. He hits the top of middle to leave Ervine with a first-ball duck. Taskin angled it across, and went on the shorter side of a length around middle and leg. There was a slight movement off the pitch, with the ball shaping away. Ervine is into his flick a little early, and the ball beats the closed face of the bat. Taskin has another, and Zimbabwe are three down out of nowhere 38/313.1 oh dear - that is not a great shot! Dug in short and climbing through outside off. Raza backs away and tries to flay it over the off-side ring. Not sure that was the stroke to play, with his side tottering, and also unsure if that was the right shot at all with Rana's pace and bounce. A floaty feather through to the keeper, and Zimbabwe are now four down! 45/415.3 edged and gone! Rana has two! Back of a length in the channel and this bounces steeply. Straightens against the angle too and Madhevere feels the need to play at it due to the original angle. Gets a thick outside edge and Shanto gobbles it up at second slip. Half the Zimbabwe side now back in the shed, and with less than 50 on the board! 47/517.4 sliced straight to backward point, and that is another soft dismissal! A proper tempter. Full and wide, and inducing the drive away from the body. Madande does not transfer his weight onto the front foot and cannot subsequently keep his drive down. A tame slice and Mosaddek does the rest in the ring. Zimbabwe in all sorts of trouble! 51/619.5 pinged on the back leg, and given! Rana has five! Evans not happy with the decision but he has to trudge off. Back of a length on off. Jags back in and Evans, swiping at it in an ungainly fashion, gets struck on the back leg. May have been sneaking down leg but the umpire felt otherwise, and Rana is having a ball in Harare! 70/836.4 skied, and Mehidy wraps up the innings. Zimbabwe rolled over for 141! Floated up on a length on middle and leg. Nyamhuri gets down on one knee and swipes at it. Skews it terribly off the top edge and the ball hangs in the air for an eternity. Tanzid runs in from deep square leg, settles under it and does enough (just). Hugs and handshakes from the Bangladesh players for Rana, the man of the moment, and he has given his team a great shot at surging ahead in this series! 141/1033.2 got him!! Nahid has six. Short ball is followed by a yorker to end a frustrating 63-run ninth-wickets stand. Nahid fired this in from around the wicket, and the ball landed on middle and leg. That was too full and too quick for Ngarava, who missed his attempted push forward 133/9Extras10 (lb 3, nb 1, w 6)TOTAL141 all out (36.4 Overs, RR: 3.84)Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Ben Curran, 6.4 ov), 2-36 (Brian Bennett, 6.6 ov), 3-38 (Craig Ervine, 8.1 ov), 4-45 (Sikandar Raza, 13.1 ov), 5-47 (Wessly Madhevere, 15.3 ov), 6-51 (Clive Madande, 17.4 ov), 7-69 (Innocent Kaia, 19.1 ov), 8-70 (Brad Evans, 19.5 ov), 9-133 (Richard Ngarava, 33.2 ov), 10-141 (Newman Nyamhuri, 36.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Taskin Ahmed 7 1 32 2 4.57 27 3 0 0 1 Mustafizur Rahman 6 0 19 0 3.16 28 3 0 0 0 Nahid Rana 10 2 21 6 2.1 48 0 0 4 0 Soumya Sarkar 3 0 17 0 5.66 11 1 1 0 0 Rishad Hossain 5 0 27 0 5.4 20 5 0 1 0 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 5.4 0 22 1 3.88 22 2 0 1 0
Player of the Match
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.4 superb catch!! Nyamhuri dragged Zimbabwe with the bat, and now takes a great catch in the field. But the third umpire will confirm before anything else. Nyamhuri was at a straighter fine leg than usual. He saw the ball coming on to him, grabbed it, and then realised momentum was taking him past the boundary line. But he popped the ball back on the field of play before stepping out with his right foot, and returned on the field to catch it cleanly. This is what happened earlier: Tanzid saw a short delivery, and went to pull, almost giving the impression that he was happy to use the pace of the bowler rather than himself play it forcefully 11/14.1 what is happening here?! Bangladesh are throwing it away. In what is another harmless ball, a Bangladesh batter falls in going for a big hit. Ngarava bowls this short and wide of off, but Soumya can't put it away. He has a hard slash at it, but ends up playing it right into the hands of the deep-third fielder. Ngarava reacts as if all that was planned already 17/33.4 taken at deep third!! Muzarabani has another. He is pumped up after striking. Shanto saw a length delivery angling across and arriving wide of off, and threw his bat at it. He ended up playing far away from his body, and the ball ended up flying off the outside edge. Curran at deep third hardly had to move, before taking it with a reverse cup 17/218.5 slashed and snaffled up at deep third! And this game gets broken wide open again! Short and wide outside off. Hridoy's eyes light up and he throws the kitchen sink at it. Only shanks it off the outer half of the bat and deep third does the rest. Another batter perishes to the short and wide line, and Bangladesh have been rocked, just as they were threatening to make this game safe! 66/425.5 gone!! Trapped him in front. Game on!! My first impression, though, was that the ball was heading down the leg side. Anyway, he's given out, and Evans is over the moon. He swung the ball into Nurul, and landed it on the fuller side on middle. Nurul looked to push forward, but was struck in front after being beaten on the inside edge 98/720.2 edged behind!! Nyamhuri's day keeps getting better. Mosaddek, though, nearly looks surprised with the outcome. Nyamhuri bowled it on the shorter side of a length, and wide of off. Mosaddek couldn't hold back, and went pushing hard at it. He ended up getting a thin outside edge, and Madande did the rest for Zimbabwe 74/523.6 another superb catch!! Zimbabwe keep hitting back. Bangladesh keep losing wickets to short and wide balls outside off. This time it's Bennett who does it for Zimbabwe. He was at deep point, and he rushed forward before taking this low. The catch looked quite good as it was hit very hard by Mehidy, who went hacking at this ball wide of off. Bennett didn't seem to have much time there, and did well to grab the ball 89/627.1 taken at slip!! Zimbabwe on top. Evans strikes again. Raza, at the lone slip, goes low to grab the ball. The ball had fallen short of him earlier today, but not this one. Rishad went jabbing at this length delivery in and around off, and got an outside edge. Bangladesh's last hope walks back 99/829.3 plonked to extra cover, and Zimbabwe are almost there! Bashed in short on middle and leg. Taskin opens up his front hip, trying to smear this over cow corner. Gets it nowhere near the middle of the bat and the ball floats through harmlessly to extra cover, where Ervine snaps it up. Bangladesh on the brink! 105/933.1 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! 116/10Extras12 (b 1, lb 4, w 7)TOTAL116 all out (33.1 Overs, RR: 3.49)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Tanzid Hasan, 1.4 ov), 2-17 (Najmul Hossain Shanto, 3.4 ov), 3-17 (Soumya Sarkar, 4.1 ov), 4-66 (Towhid Hridoy, 18.5 ov), 5-74 (Mosaddek Hossain, 20.2 ov), 6-89 (Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 23.6 ov), 7-98 (Nurul Hasan, 25.5 ov), 8-99 (Rishad Hossain, 27.1 ov), 9-105 (Taskin Ahmed, 29.3 ov), 10-116 (Mustafizur Rahman, 33.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB R Ngarava 7.1 1 31 3 4.32 27 2 0 2 0 B Muzarabani 10 1 24 2 2.4 47 3 0 1 0 B Evans 10 2 34 3 3.4 44 2 1 3 0 NT Nyamhuri 6 2 22 2 3.66 25 2 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Bangladesh , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Zimbabwe led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
9.30 start, First Session 9.30-13.00, Interval 13.00-13.45, Second Session 13.45-17.15
Match days
6 July 2026 (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 3 wickets)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 102 runs, 7 wickets)
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 45/4 in 13.1 overs (I Kaia 8)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 16.4 overs (101 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 98/8 in 26.0 overs (NT Nyamhuri 16, R Ngarava 9)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 26.3 overs (160 balls), Extras 7
- 9th Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (NT Nyamhuri 27, R Ngarava 21, Ex 4)
- Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 141/10 in 36.4 overs (B Muzarabani 4)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 32 runs, 3 wickets)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 84 runs, 7 wickets)
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 40/3 in 15.0 overs (Towhid Hridoy 10, Nurul Hasan 10)
- Bangladesh: 50 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 99/7 in 27.0 overs (Rishad Hossain 3, Taskin Ahmed 0)
- Bangladesh: 100 runs in 28.4 overs (172 balls), Extras 10
Match Coverage
All Match NewsMustafizur Rahman ruled out for four weeks with hamstring and knee injuries
Seamer will travel to Birmingham for rehabilitation after being ruled out of Zimbabwe tour
Nyamhuri and Ngarava stun Bangladesh by defending 141
Nahid Rana's 6 for 21, the best figures by a Bangladeshi in ODIs, went in vain
Bangladesh bowl against Zimbabwe under slightly overcast skies
Taskin Ahmed and Nahid Rana were back in Bangladesh's side while Raza returned to XI for Zimbabwe
Bangladesh's big guns return for ODI battle against Zimbabwe
Both teams will want to gain knowledge about their personnel in conditions where the 2027 World Cup will be played
Kaia, Burl, Marumani, Masakadza back in ODI side for Bangladesh series
This will be Ngarava's first ODI series as captain, having recently led them to the one-off Test win against Bangladesh



