short again, on the leg side, whips that away behind square for the win and the series
Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, 3rd ODI at Dhaka, Jan 23 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Bangladesh won by 6 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)
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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goes short outside off, left alone
outside off, full, drives well and square, lovely shot behind point
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
touch short, but that rears up from that length, trying to flick that on side he ends up taking the ball on the shoulder
good cover drive, fielded at cover, good shot for no run
shuffles down to a fullish ball, dabs to the on side
full ball at last, gets forward to defened, that bounces back into the pad flap from bat
also a bit short and on this pitch easy to pick your spot at that pace, works it forward of the deep midwicket
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
on the back foot to another shortish ball, has time to work that towards the deep midwicket
too short, whips that off the hips wide of Price at fine leg, he does well but can not stop the second
outside off, tries to improvise to the on side, does not quite get it right, ball ends up at his feet
touch fuller, still on the back foot, played down the pitch
short again, gets inside that on the back foot and gently runs it to third man