Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh, 3rd ODI at Bulawayo, May 08 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Great final match to end a closely contested series. It has been a pleasure. Thanks for all the comments and feedback, this is Devashish Fuloria signing off, ciao ciao.

Brendan Taylor: "Just to come back after the loss in the first game, it shows a lot of character. All credit to the team, we are heading in the right direction. Vusi is rated very highly and it is seven years after he scored his first hundred. Credit to the entire team really. Vitori is swinging the ball and bowling at pace, so it's nice to have him back in the team."

"We didn't bat well in the series, our Top 5 didn't add much," Mushfiqur says. "It's not easy to beat Zim in their home conditions. But Zimbabwe bowled really well and I lost all the tosses. There are couple of positives - Nasir has been playing well, Mahmudullah also came back to form. Zia bowled well too."

Sibanda is the Man of the Match and Man of the Series too. He says, "It felt good to hit the century, but it was not just me, all other guys have worked with me to help me get here. The wicket was a bit of hard work, it was not easy to score. Credit to the Bangladesh bowlers."

Vusi Sibanda and Mahmudullah get an award for hitting two sixes each. Brian Vitori is the smart player of the day..

What a knock by Sibanda! He started on a positive note, got bogged down in the middle for a while, but then Williams came together and the two took the team over the line with ease. Sibanda played some sumptuous pull shots and apart from a couple of drops, he played a largely unblemished innings. Finally the deadlock in this series is broken and Zimbabwe take it 2-1. Bangladesh's total was set up by another strong performance by Nasir and Mahmudullah, but their bowlers didn't have any impact on a surface that was good to bat on.

"I was there to just support Vusi today," says Williams, who has marshalled two successful chases in a row now. "Sweep shot and running between the wickets turned it around for us."

Rajitha: "Kudos to Zimbabwe for clinching the series. Williams had matured well, two great knocks for the last couple of matches. Terrific ODI century from Sibanda. All this shows Z'babwe is no longer depends on one man (Brendon Taylor). Well done Taylor & co."

Justin: "So I can understand a lot of the Zim and Bang supporters being at times pessimistic about your team. But surely we need to be more rational about the results of both the respective teams and players instead of going on last result and start talking negatively. Particularly in series which Bang and Zim play against each other as both are very similar in ability and expectation."

Kyle: "Top effort Zim!!! great to see 4 of our top 5 Batsmen scoring well...... out of the ordinary it must be said, with Taylor being the one not to score, but nice to see we have some depth in other players!"

Steven: "Have never cheered on this many dot balls in my life!!!"

Huston Lopes: "Shafiul and Williams: both of you ....a grand salute for allowing Sibanda to score a well deserved century..."

Wahid: "As comprehensive a win as it gets! Congratulations, Zimbabwe. Some very poor cricket from Bangladesh top order. All in all a bizarre series : losing team not putting any fight in any of the 5 matches!"

Al Mamun: "Keep going- both the teams!! Good spirit. These matches were really competitive except the Toss Win by Taylor!"

Tafadzwa Chipfuva: "Well done Zimbabwe. Now we want England!"

Chip Chirara: "Shafiul Islam you beauty, thanks for not bowling a deliberate no-ball"

Here is Sibanda, against Robiul...

Muvati: "Couldnt resist loggin in again. Phew...."

Strange that no one wants a run here.. Every dot ball is being cheered

Pratik: "Shafiul please dont bowl a wide or No"

Does he block out the next five?

Steven: "Given what we've been through (seemingly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory), i understand Muvati's pessimism, but this team has grown into a much tougher(mentally) unit that teams of old.."

Tim: "Geez. No wonder nobody wants to play these teams. If you when you get zero credit at all. If you lose it's a catastrophe. How about saying that Sibanda has batted really well and Zimbabwe deserve this win but Bangladesh have done well to take two wins so far on this tour after starting so badly."

Lovelorn: "@justin: spot on mate. Being a Bangladeshi, I feel disappointed with what has transpired in the ODI series so far. Poor show from BD, specially from the top order..We did bad and no excuses can topple that."