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DHAKA, Nov 9: Craig Wishart fell just short of a maiden Test century as Zimbabwe built a near-impregnable position in the first Test against Bangladesh Friday.
He top-scored with 94 before tailenders Heath Streak and Travis Friend put on an unbeaten 89-run stand for the eighth wicket as the touring side closed the second day on 348 for seven, 241 runs ahead.
The key partnership, however, came from the 27-year-old Wishart and Douglas Marillier after Zimbabwe lost three quick wickets in the morning.
They put on 137 runs after Zimbabwe slumped from 20 for two overnight to 89 for five, still 18 runs short of Bangladesh’s first innings.
Wishart, averaging just 16 in Tests before the game, missed three figures when he was run out by a direct throw. He hit 11 fours and two sixes in his three-hour innings.
Marillier made 73 before he was seventh man out. Streak ended on 57 not out and Friend on 38 not out.
BANGLADESH (1st Innings) 107 (T.J. Friend 5-31).
ZIMBABWE (1st Innings, overnight 20-2):
D.D. Ebrahim lbw b Manjural 3
T.R. Gripper c Javed b Manjural 0
S.V. Carlisle c Masud b Mortuza 33
G.W. Flower c Al-Shahriar b Mortuza 10
A. Flower b Enamul 28
C.B. Wishart run out 94
D.A. Marillier lbw Enamul 73
H.H. Streak not out 57
T.J. Friend not out 38
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, W-3, NB-2) 12
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 116 overs) 348
FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-4, 3-31, 4-60, 5-89, 6-226, 7-259.
TO BAT: B.A. Murphy, H.K. Olonga.
BOWLING (to-date): Manjural Islam 23-4-69-2 (1w); M. Mortuza 23-4-86-2 (1w); Khaled Mahmud 12-2-42-0 (2nb, 2w); Enamul Hoque 33-11-54-2; Naimur Rahman 13-0-46-0; Mohammad Ashraful 12-3-45-0.—Reuters
