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Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, 3rd ODI at Dhaka, , Jan 23 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
3rd ODI, Mirpur, January 23, 2009, Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh
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(37/37 ov) 119/9
(32.3/37 ov, T:120) 121/4

Bangladesh won by 6 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
3/26
mashrafe-mortaza
Player Of The Series
70 runs • 6 wkts
shakib-al-hasan
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BAN
Full commentary

A well deserved win for Bangladesh who were in the long run the better team, a slight wobble in the first ODI was followed up by two convincing wins to take the series 2-1

Shakib Al Hasan has shown throughout this series why he does have such a high ICC rating. Mashrafe Mortaza is also a class bowler and those two can only inspire the rest of a young team, hurt by the ICL exodus, to improve in future games.

Zimbabwe however has a lot of hard work to do, average bowling led by Ray Price and a very brittle batting line-up

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32.3
4
Chigumbura to Mushfiqur, FOUR runs

short again, on the leg side, whips that away behind square for the win and the series

32.2
Chigumbura to Mushfiqur, no run

goes short outside off, left alone

32.1
4
Chigumbura to Mushfiqur, FOUR runs

outside off, full, drives well and square, lovely shot behind point

end of over 324 runs
BAN: 113/4CRR: 3.53 RRR: 1.40
Shakib Al Hasan33 (36b 4x4)
Mushfiqur Rahim12 (28b 1x4)
Stuart Matsikenyeri 1-0-4-0
31.6
Stuart to Shakib, no run
31.5
1
Stuart to Mushfiqur, 1 run
31.4
1
Stuart to Shakib, 1 run
31.3
1
Stuart to Mushfiqur, 1 run
31.2
Stuart to Mushfiqur, no run
31.1
1
Stuart to Shakib, 1 run
end of over 311 run
BAN: 109/4CRR: 3.51 RRR: 1.83
Mushfiqur Rahim10 (25b 1x4)
Shakib Al Hasan31 (33b 4x4)
Elton Chigumbura 4-0-10-0
30.6
Chigumbura to Mushfiqur, no run

and another kicks from just short of a length, gets the gloves, but enough pace off the ball to land well short of the keeper

30.5
Chigumbura to Mushfiqur, no run

touch short, but that rears up from that length, trying to flick that on side he ends up taking the ball on the shoulder

30.4
Chigumbura to Mushfiqur, no run

good cover drive, fielded at cover, good shot for no run

30.3
Chigumbura to Mushfiqur, no run

shuffles down to a fullish ball, dabs to the on side

30.2
Chigumbura to Mushfiqur, no run

full ball at last, gets forward to defened, that bounces back into the pad flap from bat

30.1
1
Chigumbura to Shakib, 1 run

also a bit short and on this pitch easy to pick your spot at that pace, works it forward of the deep midwicket

end of over 305 runs
BAN: 108/4CRR: 3.60 RRR: 1.71
Shakib Al Hasan30 (32b 4x4)
Mushfiqur Rahim10 (20b 1x4)
Ed Rainsford 6-1-19-0

I am very glad to see that not all the mails are anti Ashraful, today he tried hard to play a different innings, and shows that he can concentrate for long periods

Elton Chigumbura comes back on

29.6
1
Rainsford to Shakib, 1 run

on the back foot to another shortish ball, has time to work that towards the deep midwicket

29.5
2
Rainsford to Shakib, 2 runs

too short, whips that off the hips wide of Price at fine leg, he does well but can not stop the second

29.4
Rainsford to Shakib, no run

outside off, tries to improvise to the on side, does not quite get it right, ball ends up at his feet

29.3
Rainsford to Shakib, no run

touch fuller, still on the back foot, played down the pitch

29.2
1
Rainsford to Mushfiqur, 1 run

short again, gets inside that on the back foot and gently runs it to third man

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