HARARE: Bangladesh’s Tanzid Hassan fell narrowly short of a century as he guided his team to a seven-wicket victory over hosts Zimbabwe in their third One-day International here at the Harare Sports Club on Saturday.
It was a consolation win for Bangladesh, who lost the opening two games of the three-match series.
Tanzid scored 94 before skying the ball for a catch at long on as he tried to hit a match-winning six.
But his 151-run first-wicket partnership with Soumya Sarkar saw Bangladesh most of the way home as they chased down Zimbabwe’s 199 off 48.1 overs and secured victory with 84 balls to spare.
The home side were put in to bat with Wessly Madhevere top-scoring 75 and Brad Evans hitting 50 after losing early wickets cheaply, with Shoriful Islam taking 4-44.
The two countries will now play a three-match Twenty20 International series starting in Bulawayo on Wednesday.
SCOREBOARD
ZIMBABWE:
B. Bennett c Nurul b Taskin6
B. Curran b Shoriful2
I. Kaia c Tanvir b Taskin25
C. Ervine c Nurul b Shoriful5
W. Madhevere c Mehidy b Tanvir75
S. Raza c Saifuddin b Tanvir11
C. Madande c Nurul b Shoriful1
B. Evans c Tanvir b Shoriful50
W. Masakadza run out (Towhid)7
E. Masuku c Mehidy b Saifuddin2
T. Chivanga not out2
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-9)13
TOTAL (all out, 48.1 overs)199
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-12 (Curran), 2-17 (Bennett), 3-27 (Ervine), 4-78 (Kaia), 5-107 (Raza), 6-108 (Madande), 7-151 (Madhevere), 8-171 (Masakadza), 9-197 (Evans)
BOWLING: Taskin 10-4-32-2 (4w), Shoriful 10-1-44-4 (3w), Saifuddin 9.1-1-31-1, Tanvir 10-0-37-2, Mehidy 7-0-42-0 (2w), Soumya 2-1-9-0
BANGLADESH:
Tanzid Hasan c Evans b Masuku94
Soumya Sarkar b Chivanga69
Najmul Hossain not out18
Towhid Hridoy c Ervine b Masuku0
Nurul Hasan not out0
EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-1, W-16)19
TOTAL (for three wickets, 36 overs)200
DID NOT BAT: Mosaddek Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Tanvir Islam, Mohammad Saifuddin
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-151 (Soumya), 2-197 (Tanzid), 3-197 (Towhid)
BOWLING: Evans 7-2-36-0 (3w), Masuku 6-1-33-2 (4w), Chivanga 7-0-34-1 (1w, Raza 6-1-28-0 (1w, 1nb), Bennett 3-0-22-0, Masakadza 4-0-28-0 (2w), Madhevere 3-0-17-0 (1w)
RESULT: Bangladesh won by seven wickets.
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Tanzid Hasan
Published in Dawn, July 12th, 2026