Bangladesh romp to consolation win in final ODI vs Zimbabwe

An unbeaten 85 from Afif Hossains 85 and 76 from Anamul Haque propelled Bangladesh to a 105run victory over Zimbabwe in the third and final ODI at Harare Sports ClubAfter Bangladesh made 2569 Zimbabwe were bowled out for just 151 in 322 overs despite a record 68run stand for the last wicket between Richard Ngarava and Victor Nyauchi But Zimbabwe had already won the ODI series with a 21 scoreline while Bangladesh ended their tour on a winning note but it didnt coat over the fact that they lost both the T20I and ODI seriesCaptain Tamim Iqbal and Anamul put on 41 for the opening stnad before in the ninth over they had a mixup over a possible single and Tamim was run out for 19 Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mushfiqur were out quickly without scoring to make the score 473Mahmudullah came in to start cautiously and the score rose slowly for a while until Anamul reached his fifty off 48 balls Both batters now began to play more aggressively with Anamul in particular looking to hit boundariesHe was looking dangerous when finally Luke Jongwe bowled him a good delivery outside the off stump which he edged to Madande behind the stumps having scored 77 off 74 balls with four sixes and six foursMahmudullah and Afif shared a useful partnership together without ever really dominating the bowlers until Ngarava returned and with his first ball dismissed Mahmudullah sending him back to dressing room for 39 off 69 ballsMehidy Hasan Miraz scored 14 before Sikander Raza trapped him lbw Afif soon reached his fifty off 58 balls and opened up to Ngarava for four and six off successive deliveries But he lost Taijul Islam to a run out Hasan Mahmud was caught without scoring and Mustafizur Rahman was run out attempting a stolen byeWith the last man Ebadot Hossain in Afif did his best to boost the score but only 12 runs came off an erratic last over from Jongwe and the final total was 2569 Afif finished with 85 not out off 81 balls with two sixes and six fours Evans took 253 in eight overs and Jongwe 238 in sixAlso Read Tendulkarrsquos son Arjun quits Mumbai to join GoaHasan Mahmud gave Bangladesh early breakthrough as Takudzwanashe Kaitano was trapped lbw In the next over Mehidy saw Tadiwanashe Marumani charging down the pitch but failed to reach the ball which hit his off stumpInnocent Kaia and Madhevere played very cautiously for three overs but then Ebadot produced a superb delivery that flew off the shoulder of Madheveres bat and was caught at point Ebadot then bowled a swinging yorker and Raza could only chop it into his stumpsKaia defiantly struck Hasan for two successive fours But when the leftarm spinner Taijul came on he failed to read his arm ball and was trapped lbw for 10 leaving Zimbabwe reeling at 315Tony Munyonga hit a few blows before he was stumped out for 49 Madande and Jongwe put up a fight for the seventh wicket sharing a stand of 28 in seven overs before the latter was easily caught at cover for 15Madande soon followed after he skyed an attempted pull off Mustafizur and was caught for 24 off 45 balls Three balls later Evans skyed a ball from the same bowler to be caught at point for twoNgarava showed some fight smashing two legside fours and a six in an over from Mehidy He and Nyauchi kept the spectators entertained with their plucky batting Their gallant effort came to an end at 151 when Nyauchi backing away to slog was bowled out by Mustafizur for 26 scored off 32 balls with a six and three foursNgarava remained unbeaten on 34 off 26 balls with a six and six fours Their partnership of 68 is a new Zimbabwe record for the last wicket in ODIs beating the 60 scored by Shingi Masakadza and Ian Nicolson against Ireland in Harare in 201011 Mustafizur was the most successful bowler of the match taking 417 runs while Ebadot and Taijul scalped two wickets eachBrief Scores Bangladesh 2569 in 50 overs Afif Hossain 85 not out Anamul Haque 76 Luke Jongwe 238 Brad Evans 253 beat Zimbabwe 151 all out in 322 overs Richard Ngarava 34 Victor Nyauchi 26 Mustafizur Rahman 417 Taijul Islam 234 by 105 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever