- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.5 absolute peach. He'd been calibrating his line all through the over. Now he has it pitch perfect. Also, it's a fuller length. And it cuts the other way. Bennett having been plied several much shorter deliveries that were moving away from his bat isn't prepared for one that is pitched up and snarling in for his stumps. HUUUGE gap between bat and pad. Proper mess of the stumps. The batter was so late on the shot, so unprepared for its mischief 0/12.6 His side has lost an early wicket. The pitch is doing plenty. He's somehow looked good. Seemed to be making good choices on what to play and what to leave. Then all of a sudden he comes barrelling down the pitch and swings awfully across the line and gets a leading edge that is caught by mid-off running forward. Looked a bit silly though Kaia might argue he was feeling good enough to try the shot and maybe if he had succeeded he could have put Bangladesh off their lengths. 8/28.5 yorker on target. That length at that pace is dangerous enough on its own. But Rana gets the ball to tail in through the air and tail in late. Ervine leaves the field, a distant second best in the contest. 32/316.2 skied a mile up, and Madhevere falls! Pulls the length back outside off, perhaps sensing the charge. Madhevere goes for the lofted shot anyway but is nowhere near the pitch of the ball, meaning he does not generate any power. Long on settles under it and makes no mistake, and Mehidy gets on the board in his second over too. Zimbabwe in a spot of bother now! 66/432.1 caught at cover. Wicket against the run of play. And Raza is hugely disappointed. Walks off punching his own thigh. A fairly straightforward delivery - flat and in line with off stump - is essentially catching-practiced into Hridoy's hands 134/536.5 nicked and gone! Fizzed through on a length outside off. Madande thinks the cut is on but the ball is too full for that stroke. A bit of turn, a bit of bounce and the ball kisses the outside edge on its way to the keeper. Sharp grab by Nurul, and Bangladesh keep chipping away. Zimbabwe now 148-6! 148/6Extras13 (lb 7, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL247/6 (50 Overs, RR: 4.94)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Brian Bennett, 0.5 ov), 2-8 (Innocent Kaia, 2.6 ov), 3-32 (Craig Ervine, 8.5 ov), 4-66 (Wessly Madhevere, 16.2 ov), 5-134 (Sikandar Raza, 32.1 ov), 6-148 (Clive Madande, 36.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Taskin Ahmed 10 2 57 2 5.7 39 6 3 1 0 Shoriful Islam 10 0 50 0 5 34 4 0 3 0 Nahid Rana 10 1 48 1 4.8 39 3 1 1 1 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 10 1 32 2 3.2 34 1 0 0 0 Rishad Hossain 8 0 40 1 5 26 3 1 0 0 Mosaddek Hossain 2 0 13 0 6.5 6 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR26.3 and they have it. They have the mistake they wanted. Tanzid goes for a slog sweep but he fails to connect and the ball slips under his bat, through the gap and crashes into his stumps. He might have had a life four overs ago with DRS not available to clarify a caught behind appeal. No doubts about it here. First ODI wicket for Bennett. 122/33.2 What else can you do when the ball spits up like that? Stunning work from Muzarabani. All those natural attributes, the strength, the height, work so wonderfully in his favour when he hits the right areas and here he definitely does. Back of a length ball on middle stump prompts a response. Sarkar offers a bit of an angled bat. Gets a healthy edge and the ball settles in second slip's hands. Sharp catch from Ervine 13/18.4 caught behind. Fifty in no time with the bat. And a wicket in his first over with the ball. Shanto is undone by a short ball snaking in at him off the pitch. He is unable to compensate for that exaggerated movement, unable to bring the bat in line quickly enough and only ends up with an inside edge through to the keeper. Good work from Madande diving to his right 38/236.1 shanked to deep square leg, and Hridoy perishes! Dragged down on middle and leg, and this is there to be hit. Hridoy hops back, though, and picks out Evans to absolute perfection. Not sure what went wrong there. Maybe a tinge of extra bounce leading to his undoing. Hridoy is livid as he walks off, and this might just be the window of opportunity the hosts were after! 169/441.6 oh, what have you done, Nurul Hassan?! Ngarava pumps his fist in delight, and just as Bangladesh were threatening to take this game away, it turns again. Bumper on leg but the difference this time is that this is bowled from over the wicket. Nurul looks to hook it all the way but he can only pick fine leg out. Nurul, like Hridoy, is livid, but nothing he can do about the outcome now. Zimbabwe right back in this! 207/637.4 spliced and taken! And Bangladesh may be losing their way all over again! Banged in short on middle and off. The angle from around the wicket tucks up the batter and disables Mosaddek from freeing his arms on the pull. A tame pop off the bat and Muzarabani, moving to his right from mid on, makes no mistake. Zimbabwe in the ascendancy now! 176/548.1 swiped to deep square leg, and there is dancing and cheering everywhere in Harare! A famous, famous win in the fading Harare light, and Bangladesh have been on the wrong end of a thriller once again! Oh, what drama. Shortish on the hips. Mehidy has every right to go after it but like many of his teammates previously, he cannot muster the power to get it beyond the fence. A tame swat in the end and Evans snares it well off the deep square leg fence. Limbs everywhere in the stands. And this is some way for Zimbabwe to seal a stunning series win! 234/1045.3 another splice, and gobbled up! Muzarabani strikes, and Bangladesh stutter! Hard length outside off and this skids through. Rishad has a swish at it but does not get on top of the bounce. Muzarabani's lift too hot to handle and the ball lobs up to Raza at extra cover. Bangladesh seven down now! 219/746.2 pinned on the pad, and the finger goes up! Fired in on a length on off. Skids through and Taskin gets caught on the crease, perhaps due to the flatter trajectory. Plays around it completely and that looked pretty adjacent. Taskin departs, and Bangladesh staring down the barrel again! 222/847.6 middle stump out of the ground, and Harare roars in delight! Zipped in full outside off. Shoriful's feet are stuck to concrete and he wafts at it. Seems to get a faint inside edge and middle stump lies flat on the ground soon after. Evans wheels away in celebration, and this game is increasingly becoming Mehidy or bust for Bangladesh! 234/9Extras17 (lb 2, nb 1, w 14)TOTAL234 all out (48.1 Overs, RR: 4.85)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Soumya Sarkar, 3.2 ov), 2-38 (Najmul Hossain Shanto, 8.4 ov), 3-122 (Tanzid Hasan, 26.3 ov), 4-169 (Towhid Hridoy, 36.1 ov), 5-176 (Mosaddek Hossain, 37.4 ov), 6-207 (Nurul Hasan, 41.6 ov), 7-219 (Rishad Hossain, 45.3 ov), 8-222 (Taskin Ahmed, 46.2 ov), 9-234 (Shoriful Islam, 47.6 ov), 10-234 (Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 48.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB R Ngarava 9.1 0 55 3 6 31 6 1 4 0 B Muzarabani 10 2 33 2 3.3 45 4 0 3 0 B Evans 9 0 48 2 5.33 26 5 0 2 0 NT Nyamhuri 4 0 20 0 5 16 1 0 3 1 Sikandar Raza 9 0 51 1 5.66 24 4 0 2 0 BJ Bennett 3 0 13 1 4.33 8 1 0 0 0 W Madhevere 4 1 12 1 3 16 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Bangladesh , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Zimbabwe led the 3-match series 2-0
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
9 July 2026 (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 3 wickets)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 125 runs, 3 wickets)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 61/3 in 14.0 overs (BJ Curran 29, W Madhevere 13)
- BJ Curran: 50 off 59 balls (5 x 4)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 25.1 overs (151 balls), Extras 6
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (BJ Curran 31, Sikandar Raza 19, Ex 0)
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 131/4 in 31.0 overs (BJ Curran 66, Sikandar Raza 31)
- Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 37.1 overs (223 balls), Extras 6
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 85 runs, 0 wicket)
- BJ Curran: 100 off 122 balls (9 x 4)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (BJ Curran 27, B Evans 19, Ex 4)
- Zimbabwe: 200 runs in 46.1 overs (277 balls), Extras 10
- B Evans: 50 off 36 balls (2 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 247/6 in 50.0 overs (BJ Curran 111, B Evans 58)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 38 runs, 2 wickets)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 153 runs, 3 wickets)
- Bangladesh: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (74 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 64/2 in 15.0 overs (Tanzid Hasan 39, Towhid Hridoy 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (Tanzid Hasan 26, Towhid Hridoy 21, Ex 3)
- Tanzid Hasan: 50 off 59 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Bangladesh: 100 runs in 21.6 overs (133 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 129/3 in 29.0 overs (Towhid Hridoy 42, Nurul Hasan 5)
- Bangladesh: 150 runs in 33.2 overs (201 balls), Extras 12
- Towhid Hridoy: 50 off 83 balls (3 x 4)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 5 wickets)
- Bangladesh: 200 runs in 41.3 overs (250 balls), Extras 13
- Slow over-rate Penalty: Overs 48.1 - 50.0 (extra fielder inside the circle)
Match Coverage
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