Zimbabwe v Bangladesh, 2012-13
Wisden's review of the first ODI between Zimbabwe v Bangladesh, 2012-13
15-Apr-2014
At Bulawayo, May 3, 2013. First one-day international: Bangladesh won by 121 runs.
Bangladesh registered their heaviest victory over Zimbabwe in terms of runs, and improved their record in Bulawayo to seven wins out of nine. They were grateful to Nasir Hossain for digging them out of a hole at 94-4, and then to the Zimbabwean batsmen for playing across the line: eight were either bowled or lbw. Abdur Razzak took the key wicket of Taylor, which precipitated a collapse from 78-2, with Ziaur Rahman finding a hint of reverse-swing to claim five of the last six. Shafiul Islam became the first international bowler to be no-balled for disturbing the non-striker's stumps in his delivery stride, under the new Law triggered by Steven Finn's crooked knee. However, Shafiul did not merely clip the stump: he uprooted it entirely.
Bangladesh registered their heaviest victory over Zimbabwe in terms of runs, and improved their record in Bulawayo to seven wins out of nine. They were grateful to Nasir Hossain for digging them out of a hole at 94-4, and then to the Zimbabwean batsmen for playing across the line: eight were either bowled or lbw. Abdur Razzak took the key wicket of Taylor, which precipitated a collapse from 78-2, with Ziaur Rahman finding a hint of reverse-swing to claim five of the last six. Shafiul Islam became the first international bowler to be no-balled for disturbing the non-striker's stumps in his delivery stride, under the new Law triggered by Steven Finn's crooked knee. However, Shafiul did not merely clip the stump: he uprooted it entirely.