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HARARE, March 10: Bangladesh celebrated their first win for five years when they beat Zimbabwe by eight runs in the third One-day International on Wednesday.
Bangladesh, who were put into bat, totalled 238 for seven before restricting Zimbabwe to 230 for nine to seal their first victory since beating Pakistan by 62 runs at the 1999 World Cup in England. It was only their fourth success in 83 One-day Internationals.
Bangladesh, 1-0 up in the five-match series after two wash-outs over the weekend, were inspired to victory by a trio of half-centuries from captain Habibul Bashar, Rajin Saleh and Mohammad Ashraful.
Zimbabwe seemed to be cruising to their target on the back of a second-wicket stand of 109 between Barney Rogers and Stuart Carlisle but they lost eight wickets for 109 runs to stumble to their first defeat against Bangladesh.
Scoreboard
BANGLADESH:
Alok Kapali c Taibu b Hondo 9
Shahriar Hossain c Rogers b Streak 2
Habibul Bashar c Ebrahim b Flower 61
Rajin Saleh c Hondo b Ervine 57
Mohammad Rafique run out 6
Mohammad Ashraful not out 51
Mushfiqur Rahman run out 0
Khaled Mahmud run out 22
Khaled Mashud not out 11
Extras (lb-6 nb-2 w-11) 19
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 238
FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-20, 3-134, 4-148, 5-153, 6-159, 7-211.
DID NOT BAT: Tareq Aziz, Tapash Baisya.
BOWLING: Streak 10-2-34-1 (3w); Hondo 8.2-0-48-1 (1nb, 5w); Ervine 10-1-54-1 (1nb); Mahwire 4.4-2-30-0 (3w); Price 10-0-42-0; Flower 7-0-24-1
ZIMBABWE:
G.W. Flower lbw b Tareq 2
B. Rogers c Kapali b Mushfiqur 51
S.V. Carlisle c Kapali b Rafique 71
T. Taibu c K. Mahmud b Mushfiqur 2
S.M. Ervine c sub b K. Mahmud 4
H.H. Streak c K. Mashud b Baisya 30
D.D. Ebrahim b Rafique 13
S. Matsikenyeri b Tareq 20
R.W. Price not out 20
D.T. Hondo b Tareq 0
N.B. Mahwire not out 3
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-7, NB-4) 14
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 230
FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-121, 3-129, 4-139, 5-140, 6-169, 7-199, 8-226, 9-226.
BOWLING: Tapash Baisya 10-0-51-1 (2nb, 1w); Tareq Aziz 6-0-38-3 (1nb, 2w); Mushfiqur Rahman 10-0-30-2 (1w); Khaled Mahmud 10-0-57-1 (1nb, 3w); Mohammad Rafique 10-1-33-2; Alok Kapali 4-0-18-0.
RESULT: Bangladesh won by eight runs. -Reuters
