Raqibul finishes it with a lofted drive over mid-off for a boundary
Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh, 1st ODI at Bulawayo, Aug 09 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st ODI, Bulawayo, August 09, 2009, Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe
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That was a comprehensive win for Bangladesh, totally outplaying Zimbabwe. On a docile pitch, 207 was just not even runs on the board for Zimbabwe, whose batsmen just couldn't score quickly off Bangladesh's array of spinners.
Junaid and Tamim gave the Bangladesh chase the perfect launchpad, and Ashraful made a near-flawless century to finish the game. Zimbabwe's bowlers need to be more disciplined as well, leaking plenty of extras besides feeding the batsmen with hit-me deliveries.
Sharthak from Bangladesh: "Good win to start the series for Bangladesh. The most impressive part of this win was sensible batting."
Post-match presentation:
Prosper Utseya says his batsmen should have applied themselves better early in the innings so that they could have attacked later in the innings.
Shakib Al Hasan says the boys did a very good job, and is happy with his team's performance.
Mohammad Ashraful is the Man of the Match. "My team-mates have supported me though I didn't do well in the Tests against West Indies," he says. He adds that not being captain has also reduced the burden on him and allowed him to play more freely.
That's it from us here at Cricinfo. Thanks for all the mails, do join us again for the second ODI on Tuesday
34.3
4
Chibhabha to Raqibul, FOUR runs
34.3
1nb
Chibhabha to Raqibul, (no ball)
Zimbabwe are helping Bangladesh across the line here, that no-ball means only one more is needed, free-hit time
34.2
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Chibhabha to Raqibul, no run
yorker on legstump, dug out by the batsman towards the off side
34.1
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Chibhabha to Raqibul, no run
short and wide, Raqibul muscles it to mid-on
end of over 344 runs
BAN: 206/2CRR: 6.05 • RRR: 0.12
Mohammad Ashraful103 (103b 12x4 2x6)
Raqibul Hasan7 (21b)
Hamilton Masakadza 3-0-19-0
Chamu Chibhabha 6-0-45-1
33.6
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Masakadza to Ashraful, no run
wanted to finish it off there, but a furious slash is fielded at cover
33.5
4
Masakadza to Ashraful, FOUR runs
that's his century, his 3rd on ODIs, an innovative shot from him to being up three figures, opened the face to glide the ball fine to the third man boundary
33.4
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Masakadza to Ashraful, no run
slower ball outside off, Ashraful goes for the cut but misses, the ball slides under his bat
33.3
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Masakadza to Ashraful, no run
tries to force it past point, but a diving fielder there denies him
33.2
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Masakadza to Ashraful, no run
gets behind the line and defends solidly
33.1
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Masakadza to Ashraful, no run
chopped towards point, the wait for a century continues
end of over 331 run
BAN: 202/2CRR: 6.12 • RRR: 0.35
Raqibul Hasan7 (21b)
Mohammad Ashraful99 (97b 11x4 2x6)
Chamu Chibhabha 6-0-45-1
Graeme Cremer 5-0-30-0
Will Ashraful finish things off with a six, a-la Virender Sehwag? He's on 3000 ODI runs by the way
32.6
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Chibhabha to Raqibul, no run
more defence from Raqibul to end the over
32.5
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Chibhabha to Raqibul, no run
short and outside off, punched off the back foot towards mid-off
32.4
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Chibhabha to Raqibul, no run
length ball just outside off, driven firmly towards cover
32.3
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Chibhabha to Raqibul, no run
back of a length on offstump, more defence from Raqibul
32.2
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Chibhabha to Raqibul, no run
fullish on middle and off, Raqibul defends off the back foot
32.1
1
Chibhabha to Ashraful, 1 run
well outside off, Ashraful chops it down to third man for a single, moves to 99
Chibhabha comes back into the attack
end of over 323 runs
BAN: 201/2CRR: 6.28 • RRR: 0.38
Mohammad Ashraful98 (96b 11x4 2x6)
Raqibul Hasan7 (16b)
Graeme Cremer 5-0-30-0
Prosper Utseya 6-0-31-0
31.6
1
Cremer to Ashraful, 1 run
driven inside-out towards sweeper cover for a single to retain the strike
31.5
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Cremer to Ashraful, no run
on middle and off, Ashraful gets behind the line and defends
31.4
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Cremer to Ashraful, no run
a googly from Cremer, Ashraful defends off the back foot
31.3
1
Cremer to Raqibul, 1 run
just a defensive push from Raqibul, sends the ball towards long-on
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